"Lets Get Ready To Rumble"

Arsenal v Stoke City Preview

Things to expect:

Mark Hughes will act like a petulant dickhead and get into it with the refs(all 4), Wenger, Players, ball boys you name it, he'll pretty much treat everybody like crap, including the post match interviewer.  H'e'll also make up a story about how an Arsenal player farted in the tunnel at halftime, and how that player should be suspended for 3 matches. 

The Stoke City Fans a bunch of dim-witted dumb asses,will actually boo Aaron Ramsey every chance they get even though he wont be playing, because his leg was broke by an all grown up Robin Arryn AKA Ryan Shawcross

Mesut Ozil will play, and play well, the week to recharge, reflect, and run over photographers will do wonders for Ozil physically and mentally. Giroud showed lastweek what time off can do for a player, and hopefully Ozil can have the same impact against Stoke.

I’m surprisingly optimistic about Saturday’s match.  The team is rested, batteries recharged, and the squad has got to feel like the title is right there for the taking.  Arsenal is so close, and I know its cliche but these are the kind of games Arsenal must win if they want to win the title. And hell why stop at the Premier League title, Arsenal are in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup playing at home against an Everton side feeling the effects of playing a long season with a thin squad.  I don’t want to get ahead of myself but if Arsenal handle business against Stoke City, and come out of the match unscathed on the injury front, then the quarter-final match against Everton would be a great way to exact revenge on a side that came to Emirates and out played Arsenal and got a result.  My only concern for Saturday’s is the ease in which Arsenal brushed aside Sunderland last week.  That match was as easy a match as a team could have in the BPL, and boy did it come at a perfect time.  Saturday’s match will have everything  that the Sunderland match didn't have  in terms of physicality, fouls, cards, and if Arsenal come into the game expecting another stroll in the park, then it will be long frustrating match to watch.  But if the manager, (that’s right the manager) Mr. Arsene Wenger can have the team mentally prepared of what to expect, and have the squad ready to fight from the BEGINNING OF THE MATCH, then I think Arsenal’s class and newly found confidence will be enough to defeat these goons. #COYG "Lets Get Ready To Rumble"

Prediction – Stoke City 0 – 3 Arsenal

Goals (Santi, OX, Ozil)

Peace Out,

Blanco