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Come this saturday, we will meet our arch enemy in the FA Cup. The draw has not been kind for us and the situation is not very advantageous to us.

There are only 6 premiership clubs left in the 5th round and we were damn 'fortunate' to get manure.

Check out the draw:

Bristol Rovers vs. Southampton
Cardiff City vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United vs. Middlesbrough
Liverpool vs. Barnsley
Manchester United vs. Arsenal
Preston North End vs. Portsmouth
Coventry City vs. West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea vs. Huddersfield Town

In addition, couple of factors that may go against us. Man U has just lost to Man city at Old Toilet and will be dying to get back to winning ways. We host AC Milan 4 days after this energy sapping tie in the Champion League tie.

AND we are down to our bare bones with injuries piling up freely.

Once again, we have to depend on our team spirt, will power and silky skill to grind out a win. i firmly believe we can do it with manpower we can conjure up. Together we will make it!!!!

Go Gunners!

A 2-1 win for us!

With the Champions League around the corner and a Premier League title to fight for, some might expect Saturday's FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Arsenal to lack its usual intensity.

Abou Diaby disagrees. The French midfielder expects both sides to give it everything at Old Trafford and believes that the winner of the Fifth Round tie could have a psychological advantage when the title rivals go head to head at the same venue in April.

"I think we want to play well in every competition whether it's the FA Cup, the Champions League or the League," Diaby told Arsenal TV Online. "We want to win all of them because we are a big club and we want to win trophies. This Saturday is very important to us.

"Maybe a win will give us a psychological advantage. We just want to give our best and win the game."

Unfortunately, Diaby will not get a chance to make his mark in the FA Cup this weekend. The 21-year-old suffered a calf injury against Manchester City at the start of February.

"I took a kick around the ankle against Manchester City and my calf felt very stiff," explained Diaby. "I won’t make the match against Manchester United, but I hope to be back as soon as I can."

Yes, the pre-match talk is all about which team will both the manager play. The first team or the reserve team or a mixture of both.

In my opinion, this match is too big to gamble. I hope Wenger fields his strongest team for the game.

Btw, have you guys checked out our walking wounded that will out of this Saturday FA Cup? Almost enough to form a team!!!

GK: Almunia
LB: Clichy (Shd recover in time)
CB: Djourou
CB: Senderos (May recover in time)
RB: Sagna (personal reason??)
LM: Rosicky
CM: Diaby
CM: Denilson
RM: Walcott
ST: Van Persie

Imagine if we just add Adebayor to this team. I think this team is ready to beat many teams!

Go Gunners! Lets make sure Manure dont get a second win for the premier league. Beat them and condemn them for the season.

I am hoping that Wenger plays the best team he has. It has proven before that resting players might not be the best decisions at times. Just look at loserfool. Really lost the plot.

Come on, you gunners!

We will win but i think Ronaldo will score for them.

2-1 to us.

I can't believe that we got MU. In lot number of other teams we got MU. But it's OK. We have lot of injures but I believe that we can win this game. So, we have to contrecate and give everything to win this game. COME ON GUNNERS!!!!

today i woke up and was very worried about this game. i think it will be a 0-0 draw. then we win when we do the replay.

in my heart, i am still wishing for a 2-0 victory for us. but it is really going to be difficult at Old Trafford.

By Richard Clarke

Saturday will be an occasion in which Arsenal and Arsène Wenger have to dig deep.

The manager admits he must delve down into his squad just to put out a side against Manchester United in the FA Cup Fifth Round tie. On Friday afternoon, the Frenchman claimed he had only 14 fit outfield players and several struggling members of his squad would have to travel up north in the hope of recovering overnight.

With that in mind, those who emerge from the tunnel at Old Trafford know they will have one almighty battle on their hands.

Apart from the injuries, Arsenal are actually in fine fettle right now and the word "treble" has just started to peek into the odd press conference. Of course the manager dismisses the notion out of hand but it is certainly not stretching a point to suggest that Arsenal's future in all three remaining competitions will be influenced by this game.

Last weekend Wenger's men moved five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League. Surely a win at Old Trafford with an injury-ravaged side would give them a psychological edge when they return in April for the critical fixture in the title race?

Secondly, Arsenal entertain a resurgent Milan on Wednesday in the Champions League Knockout Round first leg. And, at his pre-match press conference on Friday, Wenger was certainly suggesting that Saturday's game would set the tone for a vital week.

"We will dig deep tomorrow because we want to win the game and we want to qualify," said Wenger.

"Manchester United are a big club and certainly they will want to respond to the two disappointments they had recently, so it promises to be an interesting tie tomorrow.

"We will fight, don't worry. It's always better to win because it makes you stronger. I believe highly in that influence. You want to win and you want to win the big games especially because it makes your whole squad stronger.

"And I certainly feel they are still in the title race anyway. Two games ago we were second. That shows you how quickly it can change from one day to the next. And this year, it changes very quickly."

Wenger could do with his injury situation doing something similar before the 5.15pm kick-off (UK time) on Saturday.

Nine players are out and three will travel with injuries. The definite absentees are: Johan Djourou (groin), Robin van Persie (thigh), Abou Diaby (calf), Manuel Almunia (sick), Denilson (hamstring), Tomas Rosicky (hamstring), Theo Walcott (thigh), Alex Song (muscular) and Bacary Sagna (personal reasons). The travelling players are: Philippe Senderos (knee), Gael Clichy (hamstring) and Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring).

There was a moment of humour - even though it is no laughing matter - at the press conference when Wenger was asked if a youngster like Henri Lansbury, 17-years-old, might be drafted in.

"Lansbury has glandular fever," replied the manager.

Of course, Manchester United have the same three trophies in their sights. They are not suffering the same injury crisis and it could be argued their upcoming Champions League tie will be a little less testing.

However Wenger believes both sides will go for it on Saturday, especially as replays are not required at this stage of the season.

"I expect them to play a full strength side," said the 58-year-old. "Maybe I’m wrong but I expect them to play with their best possible team.

"Of course you can never predict it but usually the cup games [between these sides ] are very good and both teams go for it.

"Both teams will do that because we don’t want a replay and Manchester United don’t want a replay as well that is why it should be an exciting game."

And a pivotal one too.

40 min. we are 3 goals down...

so sad... what is happening..??