Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin are set to light up Park View Road tomorrow as Arsene Wenger brings his Arsenal side to face Welling United.
A bumper crowd is expected as the Gunners continue their preparations for another crack at the Premier League title, with the Wings hoping to reap the financial rewards.
While his World Cup players have yet to return to the fold, Wenger can also call on the likes of Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky and Thomas Vermaelen, who all faced Mark Stimsons Barnet side last Saturday.
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Very embarrassing. I am sure the club has made it clear that we are playing an Arsenal Xl. It is on the official site as an Xl and, as such, on the advertising board outside the ground and in other newspapers' coverage of the fixture. Although the team will be made up of reserve and youth team players, it is, after all, an Arsenal team with top youngsters likely to make it in the Premiership or in the Championship or higher reaches of the Football League.
-- Edited by Exec lounge Bertie on Friday 23rd of July 2010 05:28:38 PM
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That is ridiculous. If whoever wrote that article knew anything about whats going on in his patch, let alone the football world, he'd realise Arsenal's first team squad aren't even in the country during the game!
Hope people don't turn up expecting the stars and then leave disappointed.
Thing with that article is it's hardly going to look favourable on Welling - IF people did turn up as a result of it - when Barrie is quoted in the article stating "It will be a mix of some senior players and some younger lads," which in the context of the article tends to suggest they may be there. Very shoddy reporting IMO.