Sunday 12th early Pick

The “big 3” are all in action today and it will be interesting to see how they all start off.

First up is Arsenal V Fulham.
Arsenal face a big test this year as they have to head into the year minus Thierry Henry. Now in my opinion two years back this would have been a disaster as they relied so much on him to do the business. But the fact is that last year he never got going at all and gave a long time out through injury. I believe his loss wont be as big a factor as people say and they will do very well this year. Arsenal have been going very well in pre-season and I expect it to continue today against the cottagers. Part of the reason that Arsenal fell away last year is that they didn’t step it up a gear against the lesser teams and to be considered contenders this year they will simply have to put teams like Fulham away.
Today Adebayour and Silva are out. Will Van Persie deliver? That’s the big question, I think he will and the 2.1 anytime score today looks worth a little maybe.
Fulham today are without Hughes, Ian Pearce, Christanval and Lee Cook. Many have Fulham tipped for relegation but I don’t think they are that bad at the moment. An opening away fixture to the gunners is something they could have done without though

I think Arsenal will lay down a marker today and win 2 – 0 or 3 – 0

PICKS
Arsenal –1.5 (2.25 @ betfair) 2 points
Arsenal clean sheet (2.04 @ betfair) 1 point


Ive more for today, should be up in the next two hours