There was a noisy reaction to my last North London Derby XI when these teams last met in a defining fixture in May — and believe me, no one was louder than my talkSPORT colleague Simon Jordan!
That’s because I didn’t name a single Tottenham player.
I explained that as an Arsenal man I didn’t want to take anything away from my team.
I didn’t want to hamper any of the players’ confidence ahead of such a huge clash.
But Mikel Arteta’s players have grown in stature since that 3-0 defeat last season.