This picture is too good not to publish in consecutive blog entries in the lead up to the to the Manchester United - Arsenal 5th Round FA Cup tie. On lesser sites, you may only find this picture once, while some sites will not have it at all, which is understandable, I guess, if the sites don't normally cover football, or vampire activity.
Normally, a team hosting a big game would welcome a flood of injuries to the visiting side, but when the visiting team is Arsenal, it can pile on the pressure. No one wants to be embarrassed by the Arsenal reserves, and normally-proud sides can sometimes find themselves in the bizzare situation of protesting the involvement of "some" of Arsenal's first-choice players.
Far be it from mighty Manchester United to cry foul if Arsenal line up first-choice defensive pairing Kolo Toure and William Gallas, but they may feel more anxiety than comfort from the possible absence of Gael Clichy, who would likely be replaced by Armand Traore.
Out
Sagna
Djourou
Van Persie
Diaby
Almunia
Denilson
Rosicky
Walcott
Song
Doubtful
Clichy
Adebayor
Senderos
Flamini
Who's left?
Lehmann
Hoyte Toure Gallas Traore
Eboue Cesc Gilberto Hleb
Bendtner Eduardo
Fabianski
Gilbert
Randall
United supporters will be terribly put out if their expensively-assembled, full-strength side can't, at the very least, earn a replay against this battered Arsenal side. How will their players cope with the weight of expectation in front of these home supporters, whose patience is already stretched with the faltering title challenge? Reading some of the wishful thinking from their supporters, you can see how much they want to win this game. Will that pressure be too much for this United side, or will they avoid an embarrassing slip-up?
If you haven't already, check out some of the You Tube links in the previous post - there are some good ones.
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