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The Defence
Big game tonight at home. We must be sharper than we were against Everton on the weekend. Clichy, Senderos and Flamini are all in the squad and there are injury doubts about Hoyte, so there could be another reshuffle at the back.

We desperately need Eboue or Lauren back and Clichy fully fit to shore up the defence and give Gallas a decent run with Kolo in the centre.

Van Persie and Henry
We also need Van Persie to keep scoring - he seems to need that for his confidence at the moment. He still looks a bit indecisive and I think TH14 doesn't always help with some of the stares he gives him.

As a captain, Henry can certainly improve a lot. As a player Thierry always seems to be adding another feather to his bow. This season, his heading has improved a lot. His motivation has been a bit questionable at times though. Have you seen how he seems disinterested until we get a goal, then all of a sudden he's all over the place making runs and scaring the crap out of defenders?

Is it too much to ask him to be like that all the time, when he's getting paid 110k quid a week?