View from the Opposition – Arsenal
A bit about you:
Used to be a season ticket holder with Arsenal however had to give this up a few years ago due to financial restraints of being married and having a child which I called Jack Ramsey after 2 current Arsenal players.
Name: Chris Bond
Current home town: Salisbury
Birthplace: Rinteln (Dad was in the army)
How long have you supported your team? Have now supported Arsenal for 25 years all because a friend of mine had an Arsenal bag when I first started going to school. I guess it just stuck.
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: The pitch, what a well kept pitch it is!
Favourite match played by your team & why: Would have to say the game against Leicester in 2004 to finish our INVINCIBLE season. Dickov puts Leicester ahead before goals from Henry and Veira. Great achievement by what was one of the best teams I have ever witnessed!
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Tough one between Henry and Bergkamp however I would have to go with Henry if pushed. Great striker!
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Alexis Sanchez due to the sheer will to win he has, the work rate he shows in during a game is second to none in the team.
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Again Sanchez, when he is on song there is really no stopping him. Work rate and the fact he is the only person Arsenal have willing to shoot from outside of the area.
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Mahrez – This guy is quality and I think he will give our defense a torrid time! Especially as it looks like Mertesacker will be back in the squad!!
Up and coming prospect in your squad? We have the basis of a great squad however to push on to the next step of winning the league we still lack 2 players. A world class scorer to get over 20 goals a season and a central defensive midfielder to help Coquelin out (who I might add has turned out to be a great player)
Where do you think you’ll finish this season? I think top 4 is a cert (as always) however we lack what we need to push on to win the league. I would say 3rd place again this season.
How do you think you’ll do against us? Tough game, start of the season I would have said 3 points is a must however with Leicester’s form I would take a draw as things currently stand.
General Questions:
What do you think of the summer transfer activity so far both in and out of your club? Cech was a superb signing for us. I still think we missed a trick not going in for Schneiderlin before Man Utd snapped him up. A striker would have been good however I tend to agree with Wenger that unfortunately all the world class strikers are with world class teams, which therefore makes it difficult to pry them away. I would take Mahrez right now though!
Which three teams do you think will go down? I am going to go with Newcastle, Sunderland and Watford.
Who do you think will win the league? It will of course be between City and Chelsea. I would say if City manage to keep the injury prone 3 fit (Silva, Toure and Aguero) they will nick it ahead of Chelsea by a few points.
Any other comments? Alexis Sanchez winner in the 76th minute. You heard it here first. Enjoy the game!!