Swansea preview: keep at it

Good day to you.
In a few hours time we take on Swansea in what will be our second away game this week.
No doubt those who featured in the cup game will play little to no role this time. Which is understandable. It's those, who were rested, that should be the ones doing the job this time around. On this front, the news is mostly good. There were some doubts over Flamini and Ramsey, but both seem ready to start the game.
The ones, who already were injured, though, cause some concern. Cazorla won't make it before the break, Rosicky will only return on Monday and still has a question mark over his head, when it comes to picking him for the Napoli game. Walcott is the worst of the lot. As you may remember, only a day or two ago he seemed ready to join the action in two weeks. Now it's three to five weeks for him on the sidelines.
It really is a blow, especially since it's not clear, when Podolski makes his comeback. In the meantime, Gnabry seems to be our best option, but his participation in today's game is out of question. Who can we substitute him with? The way I see it, there are two options. Either Monreal as a left winger with Whilshere on the right, or it's Ozil on the right, Whilshere on the left and an Arteta-Ramsey-Flamini trio in the middle of the park. If the latter's the case, than Ramsey will have to play under the striker.
I gotta say, the second variant looks a better one. We won't have to stretch Monreal to the limit (a full game on Wednesday, remember?), plus the Spaniard is not really a winger. Neither is Whilshere, but here you go. We don't exactly have a couple of flank players queuing up for the game.
Though our squad is a bit light on options, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect us to win this game. Our recent form had been brilliant, our away form even better and Swansea isn't Chelsea or United. They too had a cup game, so both parties are in roughly the same conditions. It's not easy to take points on their stadium, never was, but we have reasons enough to be optimistic. Come on you reds.
In other news, Kroenke had recently spoke up and, once again, expressed his desire for Wenger to stay, saying our manager`s got the right vision and values in mind. Wenger himself was quick to play down any talk about contract extension, so we'll have to wait for something more solid, before we put the hands together for our new-old manager.
Kroenke has also aired his intention to win the Premier League, going on to say it's a "cool" thing to experience. Not only for him would it be cool, mind you.
Another point he raised, was about his laissez-faire attitude to running our football club, stating it's not going to change, cause pumping money can lead not only to positive things.
I always liked our self-sustaining model, but it wasn't it most fans were angry about. It was about Kroenke giving too much power to our manager, and the consequences it can lead to. Luckily it didn't lead to anything bad, though it didn't look like it on August 30th.
It's just further confirmation, that while Kroenke is the majority shareholder, things aren't going to change. For better or for worse. If you're interested, you can read the interview in full here, here and here.
Until later