Another Gunner in Platty's side, Jermaine Pennant, could well play. But his warm-up for it was marred by a sending off in Watford's win over Grimsby. He reacted to a bad challenge by Tony Gallimore and appeared to grab him by the neck. The ravenous hacks will be doing their best to add this to the tally of red cards Arsenal have had since Arsene Wenger arrived.

Rupe adds...
Mark Lankester writes with some details...

"...having been hacked down by the Grimsby left back, Jermaine was then stamped on, by the same player! Only then did he react. Jermaine was well out of order for grabbing the full back by the throat, however having made the guy look silly all game it was probably the only way Grimsby were going to stop him. After he was sent off I lost interest, but prior to that he was the best player on the park by a country mile!"