Arsenal ace receives huge boost

News is breaking around social media that Everton’s Leighton Baines has been forced out of England’s next two fixtures – Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia and a friendly against Scotland – meaning that Arsenal’s Kieran Gibbs will more than likely be Roy Hodgson’s left-back of choice when the Three Lions kick-off tomorrow.

Us Gooners, injures aside, know that Gibbs is comfortably a better left back than Baines, however, only now is the Arsenal man starting to genuinely be seen as a rival to Baines by the rest of the footballing community; Gibbs may not have the attributes of Baines going forward, however, Baines does seem to forget he’s a defender at times – all the time.

Anyway, Baines’ bad news is good for our Arsenal man and Twitter reacted wonderfully to the fact us Gooners will have another chance to potentially have six players on the pitch at the same time representing the Three Lions.

It shouldn’t take an injury to Baines for Gibbs to be England’s first choice left back. #AFC

— Arsenal Mania (@arsenalmania) November 14, 2014

oh, baines out of tomorrow :/ excited for gibbs though. reckon that’ll be five afc players starting tomorrow..

— becci. (@becci_afc) November 14, 2014

Kieran Gibbs will now start for England tomorrow. The Baines injury could be the luck he needs to get a place but thoroughly deserved #AFC

— James Dodd (@JamesDoddTS) November 14, 2014

@tomtuck01 Gibbs has been better than Baines and Shaw this season.

— Llew Davies (@LlewAFC) November 14, 2014

Baines out of England squad… Good for Gibbs

— ANJONU EGBA (@supazeez) November 14, 2014

Leighton Baines out of English squad, Surely Gibbs starts now #AFC

— Michael (@GoonerNo1) November 14, 2014

Baines injured, hope gibbs gets the chance

— Ant (@Ant_Walter3) November 14, 2014

No baines, time for man like Gibbs to show everyone what he can do

— JOSH BEACKON (@Josh_beackon) November 14, 2014