allardyce has been running his mouth so much that i want a blowout...

i'd go for 4-1 Arsenal... Henry x2, Reyes, Pires, Okocha

Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp (rib) and Fredrik Ljungberg (abdominal) are in contention for a starting role.

Jeremie Aliadiere is also back in the squad after a thigh injury. Ray Parlour (knee), Sylvain Wiltord (ankle) and Philippe Senderos (foot) remain out.

Bolton's Youri Djorkaeff is missing for his second successive match with a hamstring injury.

Djorkaeff's absence means Henrik Pedersen will continue up front alongside Kevin Davies.




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Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Stack, Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cygan, Keown, Cole, Clichy, Vieira, Gilberto, Edu, Pires, Reyes, Ljungberg, Bentley, Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu, Aliadiere.

Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Thome, N'Gotty, Charlton, Giannakopoulos, Campo, Frandsen, Okocha, Nolan, Davies, Pedersen, Poole, Barness, Moreno, Otsemobor, Howey, Ba.



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BIG-MATCH FACTS


ARSENAL welcome Bolton Wanderers to Highbury with manager Arsene Wenger expecting another record breaking performance from the unstoppable treble chasing Gunners. The runaway Premiership leaders are defending a nine point advantage at the summit, have won nine League and Cup games on the bounce and are seeking a ninth successive maximum in the top League.

Now the untouchable North London giants can break the Premiership and their own club record of 30 successive matches without defeat. Should the Champions League Quarter-finalists and FA Cup semi-finalists not lose to the Trotters, they'll also equal the record of Leeds (1973-74) and Liverpool (1987-88) of 29 unbeaten League games from the start of the season. Arsenal also need just a draw to total 5,000 points in 100 seasons of League football. They already have 15 more points than the defending champions Manchester United had at this identical stage last season, and will only lose the title if they falter disastrously on the run-in for the second year in succession.

Arsenal are undefeated in eight Premiership meetings with Bolton (five wins, three draws). The last two clashes, both at the Reebok, finished level, and the Gunners had to rely on a 93rd minute winner from Nwankwo Kanu to take all three points in last season's corresponding fixture at Highbury.

BOLTON WANDERERS go into the contest on a four match losing run, including defeat in the Carling Cup final. They're battling to avoid a fourth successive loss in the Premiership, and have not lost more than three in a row since a five match pointless run between 23 April and 24 August last year, when Arsenal was one of those to do the damage.

These clubs played out 1-1 draw in a gigantic match in the reverse fixture just before Christmas, staged in front of the Reebok's first ever 28 thousand plus crowd. It was played in terrible conditions at break neck pace with passion and skill in bucket loads.

Bolton's only win in nine Premier League engagements with Arsenal was the very first meeting at Burnden Park on 30 October 1995, in which they prevailed 1-0. The Trotters' only win in 12 League visits to Highbury over 45 years was 1-2 in the old First Division on 13 January, 1962. They've only won once at Arsenal with a clean sheet. That was 0-1 in their first ever League game at the North London clubon 24 February, 1900.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3507770.stm

We beat one of our so called bogey team last week,this is another one, but im counting on the boys to deliver. Expect another Fat Sam bitching after the game tomo if we win.

Fat Sam? That's the first time I've ever heard him called that, usually it's Big not Fat, Jigger.

:crazyboy:

2-0 Reyes, Edu.

0-1
Okocha

Originally posted by Sheringham10
0-1
Okocha

How certain are you of this?

Originally posted by Torsten Frings
How certain are you of this?
pretty certain.. :)

i think it'll only be 2-1 in favor of us

over at arseblog.com we call him walrus looking **** for this very reason:

http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_SM/0001-0208-2810-0800_SM.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/sport/2004/02/29/sam_nottsco_981_406.jpg

Wow, I can't decide which one of those two is uglier.

Originally posted by Torsten Frings
How certain are you of this?

as certain as he is when he always predicts united to win.

is wiltord even alive?

shhhh

Originally posted by Torsten Frings
Fat Sam? That's the first time I've ever heard him called that, usually it's Big not Fat, Jigger.



I'M calling him Fat Sam, didnt know we had to be accurate about nicknames now Torsten. :crazyboy:

Originally posted by Sheringham10
0-1
Okocha

Funny considering I just heard on the FSW report that Okacha has only 7 goals this season. 4 for Nigeria , 3 in cup competition and 0 in the PREMIERSHIP.

2-1

With Henry and Pires scoring and Okacha scoring his first in the Prem.

i don't like it when we play Bolton so i'm not gonna predict anything.
all i can do is hope we win.

Bolton to win.....

Bolton hasn't scored in their last 2 games so Arsenal will probably get a clean sheet.

3-0
Henry, Bergkamp, Ljungberg.

Originally posted by bigp
Funny considering I just heard on the FSW report that Okacha has only 7 goals this season. 4 for Nigeria , 3 in cup competition and 0 in the PREMIERSHIP.

okocha hasn't scored yet in the premiership, but if i'm not correct, he's got the most shots on target. that match against man.utd alone, he could have scored 3 times if not for howard.

Arsenal 2 - 1 Bolton
Henry Ockocha
Pires

Lauren will score

nil-nil with lots of missed chances by both sides...

like Ockocha vs chelsea:confused:

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
as certain as he is when he always predicts united to win.
pfffftt :p at least am always optimistic (H) :mrpimp:

Arsenal is up 2-1 on goals by Pires and Bergkamp at the half

Ivan Campo pulled one back late:crazyboy:

Pires 16m
Bergkamp 24m

Ivan Campo 41m

HT

Beat me too it Rusi. :ewan:

they win again, and are 31 matches unbeaten,

Thats just unreal.

2-1 fulltime

same as the 1st half ecept for a pair of yellows


watching a replay right now

Originally posted by renege
they win again, and are 31 matches unbeaten,

Thats just unreal.

Yes its very unreal :o I think there gonna go unbeaten in the EPL.

Originally posted by Yossarian
great win by us to stave off Manu and Chelsea.


btw, Arsenal's new nickname is "The Wonder Boys" or "I Meraviglosi" in Italian.:rockman:
Wasnt it Milan's nickname?
(H) :mrpimp:

A very good win for us. Try catching us now Man U:crazyboy:

On a more serious note I was worried(just a bit mind you) about the 2nd half performance especially the last 10-15 mins. Of course it could be due to some sorta mental block, playing Bolton and all...........

celebrate till the 28th of march arsenal fans.

Why what's on 28th March

Oh I get it, we celebrate harder after we beat Man U

Lol, goood for us to equal the record, now lets beat Man U and break it:rockman:

Two stunning goals from Super Bob and God. Beautiful, beautiful stuff. :) Bolton did scare the crap out of me in the second half. They were really pushing for that equaliser.
Next stop...Man Utd....:hump:

Kolo was our only decent player in the second half, I think. He stood up when the others were giving the ball away cheaply.

Happy birthday Kolo, he's my MAN OF THE MATCH.