Wolves Tomorrow

Hello from hell on earth - Atlanta.  I hope I'm not rubbing anybody the wrong way but this place is awful and is getting increasingly worse.  I'm heading back to Denver as soon as is possible.  I will miss the BrewHouse, but such is life I guess.

I've got a terrible head ache this morning, likely brought on by the new stress brought on at work.  I'm always getting the stress run from my parents about graduate school so I'm used to the lengthy conversations we've been having but it was all compounded by the fact that my boss has now banned all talking or leaning at work.  "Stand at attention, always be standing at attention."  He's deathly scared of his bosses and is really pretty pathetic and it's part of why I hate this place so much.  My head is killing me anyway.

So, onto Wolves tomorrow.  They're 17th in the table and struggled in the beginning but have been picking up a little lately.  Not that we should be scared, despite what their manager says about coming at us.  I can't imagine that doing anything but opening up the park for us to spray passes and move quickly into holes and behind their defenses and score plenty of goals, which is exactly what I expect given our current form. 

Fabregas has been on fire lately, 8 goals and 11 assists in 13 games make him Cesc Fabregas statistically and the way he's been playing to achieve these statistics make him Cesc Fabregas all the rest of the time.  He's an excellent captain, proving wise well beyond his years in the press, leading by example on the park and no doubt in training and on the form he's in now he has to be the best midfielder in the world.  Robin van Persie can certainly attest.  Wenger's been singing about RvP lately too and he and Cesc really have been on great form and are playing some outstanding football while being very productive in the goals and assists department. 

In other good news we have no new injuries, a rather pleasant little surprise, although we don't have anyone back from injury either, but with Vela, Traore, Denilson, Walcott and Fabianski all very close, if we can just stay fit for the next few weeks we could be up to full strength, which no matter what trophies we win or how many goals we score, would be the feat of the season. 

Now, Vela will be on the fringe of the team and hopefully will get some time to prove himself because he has something world class in him and I think we'd all like to see it.  Traore might get some chances coming up with Clichy out and Gibbs in to deputize, which means that Traore will likely play in the Carling Cup and obviously for Gibbs should he need a sub.  Walcott should slide right into the team, especially with Bendtner out and Fabianski will give Almunia a worry, which'll be good for everybody.  Denilson's return is the most intriguing.  What does it mean for Diaby?  With Nasri and Rosicky back where will everyone slot in.  Diaby has been decent in his run in the team with a few goals but he really hasn't wowed anyone with his many giveaways and some slack defending.  
Rosicky has been on fire this season when he's played and is a certain starter, up front or in the middle is the question.  With Walcott being a likely starter you'd have to say in the middle.  But then there's Nasri who showed his class with a great goal in midweek.  Denilson is super efficient if not too spectacular and he's come along leaps and bounds and I think we've all come to like the boy.  So a rotation of top class attacking midfielders and forwards seems likely to continue but for the first time this season we look like we might have all our weapons loaded. 

Anyway, in other news the club have agreed a deal with the next Cesc Fabregas, Fran Merida but the deal is yet to be signed.  Finally, as I'm sure everyone knows by now, Kroenke has upped his stakes in the club to 29.9 percent, putting him a fraction of a percent away from his obligatory take over bid.  This doesn't mean that anyone has to sell to him but the fact that he's been so quiet is slightly suspicious.  We'll have to see how it unfolds. 

So Wolves tomorrow, should be another 3 points in the form we're in and I'm looking forward to some good football.

Highbury86