LUTON VS ARSENAL – AWAY DAYS HAVEN’T BEEN KIND

Arsenal vs Luton away. We haven’t won in 10 games.  A 4o year record. We last won the year I was born! That’s a scary stat, people.

I was drinking victory beers last night until I read it. Now I’m nervous.

Are we about to get pummelled by a club yet to hit their rhythm this season?

I have my doubts.

This is a pretty strong line-up. The changes aren’t that significant, but they’re enough to shape how we play.

Kiwior gives rest to Zinchenko who is injury prone… this is the biggest change because we don’t have enough data on the Polish defender to know how he’ll play.

Ben White in for Tomiyasu might be forced, but it makes sense, and he’s a BIG player for us. No loss of quality.

Then you have Kai Havertz back in after three games in which he scored last week.

The front three is a lethal group of players. Luton should be worried. If we play the same as we did against Wolves, we’ll smash them.

The only concern I have is complacency. Do we think we’re too good to show up at Kenilworth Road? Are our babies impacted by 40 years’ worth of history? Is the Liverpool game in their heads – THEY DREW?

I’d say no based on the form we’ve shown over the last 2 weeks. We look focused, we haven’t been complacent, and we’re moving through the gears.

My hope is we can score a couple of goals early and kill them so we can make subs. These dreams are often silly. Chances are the afternoon will be harder than we imagined, and the result will be closer than we dreamed.

Whatever the performance, this is a must-win. You have to rack up points when your rivals drop them. We have to go away from home against Aston Villa this weekend with some confidence because that’ll be a rough game.

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