Forgotten Gunner returns to challenge Szczesny and sink Almunia
Lukasz Fabianski is available for selection again.
The Polish goalkeeper has been missing since the 3-1 defeat at Olympiakos in the Champions League during early December.
On that night, Fabianski conceded the home side’s first goal but was later substituted after a nasty collision with defender Thomas Vermaelen.
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The 26-year-old recovered from his woeful form during the beginning of 2010 and after a tremendous performance at Stamford Bridge, he even seemed to have snatched the spot as Arsenal’s No.1, only for an injury to hand current first choice Wojciech Szczesny the chance to impress.
Fabianski has been in and out of the team this season but after a solid outing against Fulham for the Arsenal reserves yesterday, the Pole is ready to return to full action according to coach Neil Banfield.
“It’s great to see Lukasz back.” Banfield said after a 1-0 loss to Fulham
“He’s done fine, is a good professional and he helped out a young back four tonight. He’s done well. “
Fabisnki’s return means Manuel Almunia’s place on the bench over the past month is now under threat and with Szczesny conceding seven goals in his last three league games – including a blunder against Fulham – Fabianski could fancy his chances.
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Fabianski fancy his chances where, he should be out in this transfer window, but with a manager life Wanker is stays blind as usual
“but with a manager life wanker is stays blind as usual” WTF!?
there is know difference between the two i prefer a new keeper
If thats truly what you think- then your a moron. There is a world of difference between these two. A WORLD. For one- SET PIECE CONFIDENCE. Try an guess which one has it.
Welcome lukaz
Welcome where, we want to win every epl game we have left for the remainder of the season and see where it would take us, so i pray schz stays fit
Szczesny is one of the finest goalies in the premier league! If our defenders were better or our midfielders tracked back better it would show more. In recent games the reason we havn’t lost was because Szczesny was playing out of his skin.
95% of the time when we concede its cos our defenders have been too easily beaten. Imagine if we had a fully fit set of defenders infront of him Sagna-Kosceilny-Vermalaen-Santos. We’d be fudging strong and Szczesny would be getting lauded as one of the best about and BARCELONA would be knocking at the door spouting about how- Szczesny’s a winner and deserves to play for a winning team etc etc. Instead- On top of the lack of support he’s shown by the fans- he’s got Djourou and Mertasacker filling in positions he rather have others in. Cos the Mert hasn’t adapted yet- he’s getting there but he’s not yet- and Djourou STILL isn’t good enough.
And lets not forget. Fabianski has had chance after chance and he doesn’t fill you with confidence plus he never looks comfortable. Szczesny on the other hand is THE BOSS. The closest personality to Lehmann that we’ve had in years. He’s the man.
I’ll take Szczesny over any goalie in the world. Any day.
wowzers… poor grammar or what?
But about the article. i highly rate Schezney. Fabianski on the other hand…
People are now saying we need a new keeper as our current No.1 is as bad as the others but i say that any keeper in the world would concede when the defense is weak. My examples are Van Der Sar without Vidic and Ferdinand, Joe Hart without Kompany, Valdez without Pique and Puyol. Once we have our full strength back line we will all see our goalkeeper keeping consecutive clean sheets.
There are 88 better goalkeepers in the league than Fabrianski, what the hell is he doing on Arsenals books?
Looks like this is the period to welcome people back n probably nxt week ht will be welcome back Sagna or Gibbs who is nowardays pretending to be Hagreves.
But most of all can’t wait for a Welcome back Wilshire
Ouch…not the finest piece of literary genius. However for me its Chesney all the way. Blows the other two out the water. COYG
Its great to see healthy competition among our keepers so as to keep each other on their toes. Welcome back, Fabiansky..