Opportunity knocks, but will we grasp it?

IT’S hard not to harbour hope of straddling the Premier League ship summit, subsequent to this evening’s encore with Owen Coyle’s side.

However, after beating Bolton at the Reebok, I won’t be at all surprised if we end up blowing this opportunity.

In our current injury-depleted guise, the Gunners seem more likely to produce the goods away from home. On Sunday, against a Wanderers side who were up for impressing their new gaffer and with the Bolton fans buoyed by having finally seen off Megson, this resulted in there being an “in yer face” intensity to this encounter that forced the pace from the first whistle.