In a way, it's good timing. Henry has been off form and we've had some good results without him this season. Of course, you always want to have a player of his class available, but it does at least give us a chance to try 4-5-1 without him again before the Porto game which he'll miss because of the booking picked up on Tuesday.

With Robin van Persie missing through suspension, it's hard to see past Emmanuel Adebayor starting alone up front. But, as the natural successor to Henry and on the back of a match-winning substitute appearance in that game against Hamburg on Tuesday, I'm sure I'm not the only Arsenal (or England) fan that'd like to see Theo Walcott in the role tomorrow, for at least some of the game. More likely, if available, is Theo and Alexander Hleb on the wings and either Freddie or Baptista in a central midfield role supporting Adebayor.

Arsenal have failed to win on each of the last 4 trips to the Reebok, and were something of a bogey team last season with wins over us in the league and the FA Cup (and we only just scraped a draw in the league fixture at Highbury.

William Gallas and Tomas Rosicky are both also injured, making Phillipe_Senderos and Freddie Ljungberg likely starters again. Freddie could lose out to Julio Baptista though. This is just the kind of game you'd like to think the Beast could have a big impact on, though perhaps not yet. Gilberto is likely to come back in for Matthieu Flamini. Lauren and Abou Diaby are out till the new year. Jeremie Aliadiere could get a precious place on the subs bench.

Bolton skipper Kevin Nolan returns, after missing the loss to Everton last weekend to see his child being born. Prior to that he'd missed 3 games through suspension, and the Trotters lost all 3. Left back Ricardo Gardner is back playing for the reserves after being out for 7 months with a knee injury, but Sam Allardyce may see the Arsenal game as being a bit too soon for him. Quinton Fortune is also back from injury and more likely to feature having got on the bench for the Everton game. Watch out for former Gunner Nic Anelka, who's not scored in the Premiership yet this season, so is bound to notch one up against us.