AZ vs Arsenal - The final pre-seaon friendly

Arsenal.com - AZ vs Arsenal : Match Preview

Arsenal go into tonights game with more or less the same squad that will line-up in the Champions League qualifier first leg next week. The only notable exception, other than Henry and Lehmann, is Tomas Rosicky who is not in the squad, again! Wenger stated before that he didn't have a problem but you do have to wonder why he's not even on the bench. Surely he needs as many games as possible to get used to his new team. I expect Wenger feels it's best not to risk bringing him into the side too early.

Walcott obviously didn't recover from his virus yet either. So if you combine this squad with the story about Reyes not wanting to play next week so he can move I'm becoming increasingly worried about the bananaskin fixture next week!

Back to tonight. I feel the starting IX should be as follows:


Almunia
Eboue Toure Djourou Hoyte
Hleb Fabregas Gilberto Reyes
Van Persie Adebayor