They don't have much time to think of a way to counter that system, seeing as they've
got midweek commitments to worry about.
This is the biggest game of the season so far for Arsenal, with the winner taking a place at the top table of European club football and the loser
getting their midweeks off for the next few months.
Not exact matches
This is a fast - as - it -
gets weeknight dinner, perfect for those
midweek nights when you're ready to cave and order a pizza instead of cooking.
Starting
midweek also meant less in the way of preparation and planning since I didn't
get around to doing meal prep that Sunday.
No Mayo Avocado Tuna Melt is the perfect lunch to
get out of the
midweek slump!
To maximize your Temecula Valley Wine Month experience, consider staying at least two nights
midweek, when your odds of meeting a winemaker or
getting a peek behind the scenes run high..
We made a number of changes to play in
midweek, with Arsene Wenger attempting to keep his players fresh having to play on Thursday quickly followed by tomorrow's match, and it makes it difficult to
get his thinking spot - on, especially without knowing the fitness levels of players following the
midweek match.
You would've thought Arsenal would come out of the traps quickly after
getting the poor performance in
midweek.
We won in
midweek against Dortmund and carried on and
got back to winning ways in the league, so hopefully we can continue this run now.
Man City have
got to
get over their massive
midweek disappointment but Arsenal are just as focused on catching Spurs: «For us it's important to finish third, or even second,» Hector Bellerin told Sky Sports.
Van Gaal
got it wrong at Anfield in
midweek.
Now that footballs back, having had to bare with the dull international break fortnight (I'm sure most football fans will agree) that's just gone by, the silver lining is that we
get three fixtures in the space of a week, as
midweek Championship football returns.
Come on Arsenal, after
midweek a good performance alone won't be enough,
get these points, come on!
Many eyes will be on the England international, who left the Gunners to move to Merseyside last month, and Walcott will be keen to add to the two goals the winger grabbed in
midweek, but the majority of people will be most keen to
get a glimpse of the two new Arsenal stars.
I am confident that we have more than enough quality to deal with Sunderland again, and hopefully
get far enough in front to give a few of our top players a rest ahead of the clash with Liverpool in
midweek.
If we fail to
get an early goal, this could well turn into a scrappy affair, but Theo Walcott loves to open up defences in
midweek, and I can see him breaking through in the opening 45 minutes, and the game should be much more open from then on.
Dexter Blackstock was the hero
midweek as he scored the only goal in the clash with Birmingham, the forward
getting on the end of some good work by Jamie Ward to fire home.
Then, starting with a clean slate, it would condense its calendar by
getting rid of the redundancy, add a
midweek race or two during the summer, increase the number of short tracks and road courses.
Championship front runners Aston Villa and Middlesbrough meet at Villa Park while there is an all Premier League affair at Selhurst Park as Crystal Palace taker on Huddersfield, with new Eagles manager Roy Hodgeson hoping to
get his reign out of the starting blocks with a
midweek win.
It hasn't always been convincing though, particularly in
midweek in the Europa League against Zorya Luhansk, but against a Stoke side currently sitting in 19th place in the Premier League table, they'll be confident of
getting all three points.
playing
midweek and weekends,
getting tired through over playing and travel.
It was a bad
midweek performance but lets
get over it and look forward in the league.
Not once have Arsenal
got the Monday night game after these European nights and then they complain about Wenger not picking strong enough teams in
midweek.
Wilshere
got back on the scoresheet in
midweek as he continues to impress in Europe, but Wenger continues to hold him back in domestic action as he's forced to settle for a place on the bench again as he'll have to carry on banging on the door for a permanent place in the Arsenal line - up.
Would love to see what Coquelin and Elneny can do in the middle but with Southampton
midweek my preference is for Coquelin to be subbed at halftime after
getting rid of some ring rust.
Not much change in the attacking four as Walcott, Alexis and Iwobi all
got a bit of rest in
midweek (not a lot but better than nothing!)
I look forward to seeing some players
get a rest in
midweek, if I don't see it I will worry about needless injuries ruining our season.
At least the current league leaders did not win their own
midweek game against Liverpool, but they did
get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Arsenal
got away with conceding a late equaliser away to Liverpool in
midweek, although it was a bitter pill to swallow for the Gunners, because our main Premier League title rivals Man City had been held to a draw themselves by Everton.
Having seemingly turned a corner against Fiorentina last weekend, it remains to be seen whether or not they can
get back to winning ways in the Coppa Italia in
midweek, when they face Alessandria in the first leg of the semi-finals on Tuesday night.
If the boss is not sure how Gabriel will cope, especially with a minutes silence planned before the kick - off, he may have to go back to Jenkinson and that is also a risk as the lad is not in great form and his confidence will not be high after
getting the hook in
midweek.
After
getting sent off against PSG
midweek, to see him not in the squad that travelled to Hull was quite a shock.
After a terrible new year fixture schedule that saw Arsenal, who have already had the drawback compared to Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool of having to play the six extra
midweek games in the Champions League, have to play two games in two days and
get the shortest recovery time of all the clubs chasing the EPL title, we now have a well needed breather before the next league match.
Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether or not Manuel Pellegrini's men will be able to change the tide and
get back into the contest, as the Chilean tactician undoubtedly prioritised the Champions League over the FA Cup with Dynamo Kiev lying in wait in
midweek.
With six goals in our last two games it certainly looks promising and we will find out if everyone's confidence back when we face Watford tomorrow, and then maybe we'll
get 4 or 5 against Barcelona in
midweek??
As seen in the video below, Guardiola
got the media talking in
midweek as he suggested that Pogba's agent, Mino Raiola, had offered both the French international and Henrikh Mkhitaryan to City in the January transfer window.
Now another defeat by City
midweek and a thrashing by AC Milan and Wenger will have nothing to hide his face with and will have no choice but to resign or
get fired!
We had more players in the World Cup that are just
getting back to speed and we played a
midweek game in Turkey, yet it was still their team that tired first.
I expected a high energy performance at the least seeing as city played
midweek while our players had time to
get their act together.
And Chelsea now have Eden Hazard back from injury and is likely to start after
getting a run out in
midweek against Qarabag, Marcus Alonso has been doing a Kolasinac from the wing back position and has scored twice for the Blues, and it looks like Alvaro Morata has taken no time to adapt to the English game at all and is banging them in.
Jack Wilshere finally
got his first Premier League start of the season for Arsenal against West Ham in
midweek, and he impressed many watching fans and pundits.
Sh1t happens, we move on, beat Leicester
midweek and spuds
get mullered by Pool and we are back above them, simples!
It is vital we
get our fourth win in a row on Sunday to give us added confidence for the visit of CSKA in
midweek....
We can now give most players a rest in
midweek, let fringe players and young guns
get some game time.
I like the idea of Holding
getting a game, but surely he will be playing in the League Cup in
midweek, along with Gibbs and Debuchy.
And that was something the boss had called for in
midweek, but that is a two - way street and if Ozil was playing badly he would not have
got that rousing support.
I heard Kevin Harvick talking about this and it
got me wondering: Can you explain why it's a big deal that NASCAR issues penalties
midweek instead of right after the race?
The theme for Arsenal's
midweek game at Olympiakos is clear, and the message we need to
get through to the players is simply Attack!
With the
midweek game against Besiktas in mind and some of the Arsenal squad still to
get up to speed, Arsene Wenger opted for a bit of an experimental selection for the away game with Everton.