Arsenal, It's In Your Own Hands Now! WIN, WIN, WIN!

First of all, I am a DIE HARD Arsenal fan, so don't think I'm just some guy with limited knowledge on this subject and I have no business talking about this.

I believe that there are no 'easy' matches in the EPL, but on paper Stoke should be routine for Arsenal, right?.....WRONG!

Arsenal are one of those teams, if not, the only team that fails to learn from previous mistakes and recognize a chink in their own armour and rectify it with immediate effect. Stoke will do the usual and try to bully them off the pitch and hit them on set pieces (Those Rory Delap throw-ins). Last season at the Britannia stadium, we conceded from it, and this season, one of them helped to dump us out of he FA CUP.

There is a way around this, it's called defending! something Arsenal have proved lately, something that they aren't willing to do in exchange for outscoring their opponent.

But wait.....Arsenal have failed to outscore the opponent on the many times they have been 'exposed' defensively this season, they out PASS, out PLAY, out CLASS, but do not out SCORE when needed, Case point Chelsea and Man Utd. Out played yet still managed to out score the Gunners.

Arsenal need to start putting the ball in the net as early as possible in games that look as though they won't have an easy ride, Stoke being one of them! For all the chances they create, they should be scoring 4, 5 or even 6 a game.

I strongly believe that tomorrow against Stoke, they need to score early and defend at all costs. Pretty football won't win tomorrow, gritty football will. It has been expressed that Arsenal lack experience, this is not the problem. Some of the players lack enthusiasm, passion, urgency, desire and heart to win these games.

So against Stoke, they need to employ the right attitude. You've put yourself back in the title race, only you can take yourselves out Arsenal!