Diving, cheating bastards v Arsenal preview

It can't have been two weeks since my last post, surely?

Actually, it can and is. I was off work last week, and whilst you might think that all that extra time not doing stuff would more easily allow for writing on here, I am a very very lazy guy, and I was up til god knows when watching the Ashes.

So obviously that was all worthwile. Fucking Ashes.

Anyway, it's the return tie against the diving, cheating bastards in Porto tonight, with both teams needing just the point to make certain of qualification to the knockout stage of the Champions League, although you won't see either side setting their stall out for the draw. It is a truly massive game, and we've got to look to get all three points, not only to guard against complacency but also because I'd really like it if Porto didn't go through.

With Thierry out for the forseeable future (I really must change my fantasy team) following all of this hoo hah over a fallout with Wenger, as well as longtime absentees Ralph and Diaby, and now Tomas Rosicky for god knows how long (becoming a little injury prone this lad) I fear we'll see the 4-5-1 deployed tonight. I don't like it, especially when Rosicky isn't available as I think he's really the player which makes this formation work, so I hope I'm wrong and Wenger goes for the 4-4-2 which saw us decimate the jokers for Totteringham and which we switched to in the second half against Hamburg, which ultimately saw us win the game 3-1.

With Thierry and Rosicky out, I think that YTW is more likely than ever to get a start in a Champions League game, whilst la Bestia is likely to play if we go with the 4-5-1. There really are too many permeatations to list for tonight's game, despite the players who we have out, so I'm not going to bother.

1-0 to the Arsenal tonight. Come on you Gunners.