For some reason, since his arrival at Arsenal, Danny Welbeck has draw comparisons from some people with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. The traits that apparently group them in the same category are the fact that he was struggling for form with his former club, we bought him at a relatively young age, he has pace to burn and the fact that he is now playing for a manager who will have faith in him.

But if you compare Danny Welbeck to Thierry Henry on that basis, then you could easily have said the same about a whole load of players.

They’re two completely different players – Thierry was an artist, a player who was the conductor in a beautiful orchestra who could produce moments of brilliance on a consistent basis. Danny Welbeck is a warrior, a player who holds the ball up and brings others into play better than Titi ever could. He also never stops running and his desire is infectious on the rest of the team.

Watching Danny Welbeck score a well-deserved hat trick against Galatasaray last night however, it was clear that he does remind me of a former Arsenal striker, but it wasn’t Thierry Henry.

It was Ian Wright.

Seeing Danny Welbeck’s performance last night was like going back 20 years and seeing Ian Wright destroy defences with his pace, passion and 110% commitment. The finishes were instinctive, and Ian Wright was certainly that – probably one of the best instinctive finishers we’ve ever seen at Arsenal – and Welbeck looked like that last night.

It was the sheer desire from Welbeck, as well as his finishing, hold up play which reminded me of Arsenal’s former number eight.

He was getting into goalscoring positions and his goals were Ian Wright-esque.

We haven’t found another Thierry Henry, we’ve found another Ian Wright.

Tomorrow is the North London Derby and a massive game for all Arsenal fans. The big question is, are Tottenham good enough to take something away from The Emirates?

For as long as I remember, Arsenal have pretty much dominated all of the North London Derbies, especially at home, and I can only really recall about 4 or 5 defeats that we have suffered in the last 20 years or so (although I could be wrong about the numbers). Even when Tottenham had players like Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, we still beat them time and time again.

So what about this new Tottenham side?

While we are still unbeaten this season (with 2 wins and 3 draws) Tottenham have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. They started the season well with 2 wins against West Ham and QPR, after which all the pundits thought they’d challenge us for a Top 4 place. But they then lost to Liverpool 3-0, drew against Sunderland and then lost last weekend to West Brom. So in terms of current form, they’re doing poorly.

And we’re on the back of a very good win against Aston Villa.

But as the old cliche goes, anything can happen in football.

Tomorrow is a massive game and we all know Tottenham will be desperate to get a result against us. In Mauricio Pochettino, they have a young, talented manager. He did fantastically well at Southampton and now (theoretically at least) has a more talented squad at his disposal. They started the season excellently, but have faltered of late.

So can the pose any real threat?

Even with the midweek defeat to Southampton in the Capital Cup, Arsenal have many reasons to be confident. Mesut Özil has got his swagger back, Danny Welbeck has got off the scoresheet (and has played excellently to be fair), and we are able to field a relatively strong back line, despite suffering injuries in that area. The only real problem Arsene Wenger has is choosing the best midfield for the job.

Against Manchester City and Aston Villa, Arsene got his midfield selection pretty much spot on but in earlier games, especially against Everton and Leicester City, they were completely wrong and we struggled. So Arsene needs to make sure the team he picks is the right one to beat Tottenham.

So what are your predictions for tomorrow? A routine win for Arsenal, or can Tottenham actually give us a game for once?

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In terms of Premier League weekends, that couldn’t have gone any better could it?

Yesterday, Arsenal faced an Aston Villa side bang in form and during a 10 minute footballing masterclass, found themselves 3 goals to the good and the 3 points in the bag. Mesut Özil, a player who has been heavily criticised, was the catalyst for the win, cooly scoring the first and creating the second for Danny Welbeck. Welbeck also had a fantastic game, creating the first chance for Özil’s opener.

The relationship between Özil and Welbeck is something that should excite Arsenal fans.

Aston Villa were shell-shocked after going 2-0 up and when Kieran Gibbs flew into the box and unleashed a wayward shot, Cissokho diverted the ball into his own net. After the break and with the game effectively over as a contest, Arsenal eased their way to a comfortable win.

Our other main rivals; Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City didn’t have such a good weekend, with all dropping points.

Liverpool still haven’t got used to playing 2 games in the space of a week and it clearly showed as West Ham started brightly and caught Liverpool out cold, going 2-0 in the first 10 minutes. Brendan Rodgers is used to having 7 days to prepare his Liverpool team but the fact is he’s playing with the big boys now so he’s going to have to get used to it! Another problem they have is Luis Suarez is irreplaceable and they are going to struggle without him in the team.

Then we have Manchester United.

They’ve spent the most in Europe this season, started with Radamel Falcao, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Angel Di Maria – and still got done over by Leicester City. With an impressive attacking line such as they, teams have worked out that attack is the best form of the defence and it’s working. Manchester United can’t defend, and it is quite frankly hilarious. They’ve spent all that money and can’t field a competent defence.

Also, I’ve never “rated” Louis Van Gaal. Yes, he’s a well-established European manager, but his methods are dated and there have been a number of players who don’t agree with his management style. He’s had some success (in the past) but not really done anything recently. I think it’s pretty damn impressive that Manchester United have found a manager who was worse than David Moyes.

Before the season started, the predictable “experts” all thought Arsenal would be the ones to drop out of the Top Four this season, but haven’t they learnt anything? We’ve finished in the Top Four for the last 17 seasons, so we won’t be the ones to drop out.

It’ll be between Liverpool and Manchester United fighting for fourth place.

We’re unbeaten in the Premier League, which is a positive but it doesn’t hide the fact that we’ve hardly won any games and had a heavy defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Our form and performances this season have not been at the level we have been capable of, which is down to a combination of having a talent, multinational team, most of which played in the World Cup this summer.

But another problem is Arsene Wenger’s unbalanced squad. In defence and attack we are limited in our choices, meaning that the first choice positions in those areas are pretty well established now. Gibbs and Debuchy are first choice fullbacks, with Monreal and Chambers available to cover if required (when they’re not injured obviously). Mertesacker and Koscielny are our first choice central defensive partnership, and Calum Chambers can play there if needed as well.

Our main striker position was filled by Olivier Giroud but since he’s injured Danny Welbeck is playing there, and we have Yaya Sanogo as backup.

But our biggest problem at this moment in time is our midfield.

Simply put, we have too many midfielders. You have players like Lukas Podolski and Mesut Özil, who aren’t really strikers and play in deeper roles. Then we have Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini, Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky, About Diaby (don’t laugh), Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez and Serge Gnabry who are all supposed to fill 5 positions.

And that is badly affecting our performances and results.

Santi Cazorla and Tomas Rosicky in particular, must be wondering why they can’t get a bloody game. Santi changed the game for us against Everton, and is our best attacking midfielder by some distance, but his position is being taken up by the ineffective Mesut Özil. Tomas Rosicky was one of the first names on the team sheet in the biggest games but he can’t even get a look in. Tomas is one of those players who leads by example, and sets the tempo for the game. He is extremely determined and runs all over the pitch, making tackles for good measure. Why he can’t get a game is beyond me.

Then we have Lukas Podolski. He is undoubtedly a very good player who is a fantastic finisher. I don’t expect him to be the first name on the team sheet but how Arsene can’t find a place for him to utilise his obvious talents is a massive shame. When he plays, he scores goals and has a fantastic left foot. But for some reason, he’s been frozen out as well.

You do wonder if Arsene Wenger can work out a way to get the best out of the squad he has assembled. There are players like Santi, Tomas and Lukas who can give something to the team, but they aren’t getting any time on the pitch. I haven’t even mentioned Joel Campbell, who is another player who doesn’t seem to be able to get a look in.

Arsenal need to sort out their squad and quickly. Certain players like Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Özil have looked tired recently so why not throw in Rosicky and Cazorla? It makes no sense whatsoever and if we don’t sort it out soon it could badly damage our season.

If you’re on Facebook (you might not be) and subscribe to the official Arsenal Football Club page like I do, then you will get the updates from them on your news feed (or whatever they call it now). If you don’t have Facebook however, you might have missed this brilliant photo of Alexis Sanchez they used for the Borussia Dortmund / Arsenal promo yesterday:

 [Credit: Arsenal Football Club]

Seriously, they couldn’t get a better photograph of Alexis?

You can click on the image to see Sanchez’s beautiful face in a larger format.