Written by Wenger Boy on Monday, 15 August 2011 15:06

While I’m loathe to spend too much time discussing a player who no longer plays for our glorious, glorious club I feel that with everyone still talking about him I must at least give him a passing mention.

With all the focus on Cesc Fabregas over the past few days you’d be well within your rights to consider Arsenal a one man team - a one man team no longer in possession of that one particular man. A no man team, then.

Luckily for all of the Arsenal world, and unluckily for any of our potential opponents, we are not in fact a one man team. We are perhaps a team minus one man, but that’s about as far as this mathematical approach will take us.

Incredible as it is to say, I can confidently predict that our lineup against Udinese will look something like this:

Not Cesc Fabregas

Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas

Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas

Not Cesc Fabregas

Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas  Not Cesc Fabregas

This important CL qualifier is bound to be a tricky one but I’m confident that we have the weapons at our disposal to deal with whatever Udinese throw at us. With Not Cesc Fabregas in the Cesc Fabregas role we have plenty in our locker and with Not Cesc Fabregas coming in off the wings supporting him I think we should be taking a lead to Italy.

Prediction: Arsenal 3 (Not Cesc Fabregas 2, Not Samir Nasri 1) - Udinese 1

WB

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Comments (16)

• 15-Aug-2011 15:33 | | MeanLean
  

  Well said WB, Cesc Fabregas is no longer Arsenal. therefore no longer worth talking about. It seems like so many are forgetting about how important tomorrow is and instead wrapped up in other nonsense.
  
  We had a very good foundation at Newcastle and we know this team is capable of scoring goals. We need to keep that discipline and organisation about us, once we do that then the goals will fly in.
  
  Interested to see what Wenger does without RVP. Will an out of form Chamakh come in or will he play three creative attackers all able to rotate and score goals.
  
  COME ON YOU ARSENAL

• 15-Aug-2011 15:43 | | soul
  

  I would feel much more comfortable with Arshavin in the advanced mid role than Ramsey.
  ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL

• 15-Aug-2011 15:44 | | RedandDread  - Not Cesc Fabregas
  

  haha. cute

• 15-Aug-2011 16:08 | | Ramsey mattew ogugua  - Ramsey
  

  Ramsey is better than Arshavin for starting lineup.if arsenal want to win the game let wenger us Ramsey,Benthner and Rvp,

• 15-Aug-2011 16:43 | | raman
  

  rvp suspended

• 15-Aug-2011 16:54 | | Ogban
  

  Arsenal 2 - Udinese 0. More comfortable

• 15-Aug-2011 17:39 | | Yomi  - Fab&clq
  

  Is time for us 2 move on and focus on champions league game

• 15-Aug-2011 18:26 | | soul
  

  I think he will be by Dec. but not by Tuesday

• 15-Aug-2011 18:27 | | soul
  

  agree why are we getting rid of Bendy? He looked shivels preseason

• 15-Aug-2011 18:59 | | Dobbi
  

  Walcot must lead the line, infront of Arshavin.

• 15-Aug-2011 20:01 | | Man United Killa  - Euro Opener!
  

  I agree..We all wish Cesc the best..there is no more to be said...lets speak of how we will manage to beat Udinese tomorrow.It's going to be a tough one given that our squad is still unsettled.Darn!Not the ideal way to start a season...and by the way, it is just me or Wenger seems like he was forced to sell Cesc.
  I cant wait to see the back of Nasri.I wont settle for that kind of behavior at my club.We need players who want to play for us.WTH?

• 15-Aug-2011 20:02 | | Man United Killa
  

  And ML..I dont think this team knows how to score goals.they run out of ideas in the final third..Hardly the hallmark of a team that knows how to score goals.Overall,I am disappointed at the general quality of my team but can't leave my wife just because she disappoints me..I know..marriage can suck sometimes!

• 16-Aug-2011 07:56 | | jgunz  - 3-0 to the arsenal
  

  its nice that champ league football is back (sorry spuds) , the cesc deal is done 35m up not bad.
  its good to know that we have 20+ million to spend on replacements apparentley jadson and a defender should be here before the end of august so at least we will be slightly modified this season.
  but for tonight i see a high tempo gerviniho giving the defenders kittens and a pacey wallcot helping us to an early lead.
  i hope we can see a return to form of mr chamackh who was doing well until robin turned into a goal machine.
  
  good luck arsenal we can get a win if we work hard enough.

• 16-Aug-2011 13:20 | | Rambo
  

  wanna see the boys do the job tonight. want to see what gervinho is all about.
  
  come on you gooooners!

• 16-Aug-2011 14:22 | | Adams
  

  Feeling apprehensive about tonight. Good defensive performance on Sat but lacking creativity and purpose up front. Now need to do better up front but without RVP and TR. Yikes.

• 17-Aug-2011 02:09 | | luis zelaya
  

  gervinho looks like eboue with a worse haircut and shot, at least he is trying, unlike chamakh. bendtner looks the more quality replacement or companion to van persie. rosicky looked ok, so did ramsey, just ok. song was shocking, apart from a couple mistakes our defence looked solid and sczchesny made very good saves. not looking good.

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