Trotting On... Bolton (H)

After the despair at Blackburn last weekend, it is another Lancashire club against which we face this weekend. Long gone are the days of Sam Allardyce and Bolton's rough and ready tactics somewhat proving to be our bogey team, yet Coyle's side work well together technically and are not to be under-estimated.

A solid defensive display will no doubt be our no.1 aim for this match with a new defensive strategy being worked on in training this week whilst Marouane Chamakh may be in line for a start after his goal at Ewood Park last Saturday.

Kieran Gibbs says we won't sit back.
"We want to keep it tight without taking away anything from our attacking flair," he told Arsenal Player. "If we sit back we could invite more pressure so it is important we don't do that and win the game. We want to improve defensively. Their manager is strict and he will go to all places this season looking to win. It will be an interesting game for both of us and we can hopefully look to pick back up some form. So will they."

In terms of team news, Rosicky is back in the squad whilst Sagna and Ramsey had positive tests this morning. Benayoun has a thigh strain and Djourou a hamstring problem. Both of them are very minor muscular problem but I'm sure Wenger won't take the gamble. We have also recieved some bad news on the injury front today with Jack Wilshere's ankle surgery planned to go ahead, meaning we will now miss our star midfielder until the new year.