Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Walcott, Cazorla, Podolski
Subs: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Rosicky, Ryo, Gnabry, Bendtner
Cardiff: Marshall; McNaughton, Caulker (C), Turner, John; Whittingham, Medel, Kim, Noone, Mutch; Campbell.
Subs: Lewis; Hudson, Cornelius, Smith, Gunnarsson, Cowie, Maynard.
Good chance for Theo and Poldi to prove they can score enough that we dont need to worry about giroud being out. Thought we could have maybe rested flamini today and gave gnabry a chance so santi could get some game time in the middle. Stronger XI than i expected 🙂 COYG!
Vincent Tan you see that? We are coming for you!
YES time for Poldi to show his worth.
Poldi looks lost upfront much like he did last season. Looks like the LW is the only place he can express himself. Need bendtner on for Flamini with poldi switching to LW. much more effective there!
Considering everyone that could’ve been out today, this starting 11 makes me feel so at ease
Potrollski to get a cheeky hattrick. You heard it here first!
I wouldn’t mind seeing Podolski getting a hat trick too
BOILK! BOILK! and more BOILK!
Come on Arsenal!
I hope I am fit for my 5 a side later tonight….
Arseblog someone is stealing your identity!
I had a vision….
Podolski hat trick
Theo with a brace
Rosicky comes on to provide the good old “icing on the cake” goal that we haven’t seen from him for a while.
And that’s just the first half 😉
Cardiff have No-one in midfield!
Some would argue that they don’t have Mutch in attack either
I genuinely googled noone and mutch to see if they were real players
Why isn’t the HFB on the bench? He isn’t injured is he?
He is injured
We have no depth! Wenger out!….
Mid is not creative enough…. gnabry should’ve started over wilshere. COYG!!!
yeah Cazorla, Walcott and Wilshere has never made anything creative happen on a football pitch..
Tan likes the number 8. Wants players with 8 in their bday apparently.
Come On Arsenal, put 8 past em!
HFB rolled his ankle. Out for today but says he should be a go for the weekend against those Shite Sp*rs
Surely this game is further evidence, if more was required, that we need a brutally clinical finisher in the team. Time to go shopping.
Yeah not a good start to the new year, dropping points at home to Cardiff is pants – not gonna win the title like that!!!
2 late goals i mean cardiff can be a handful in defence well done gunners happy new year
Lol that has happened to me twice – chunter about our performance and then the lads cheer me up with a late goal or two!!!
Jack puts in two MOTM displays in a row and is it a coincidence that he’s really stepped up since the Welsh Jesus got injured?Theo’s deliveries from corners in 2nd half half deserved a goal and Rocky as always worked his ass off and drove things forward when he came on.