Here’s the Arsenal team to play Hull today.
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin, Ozil, Iwobi, Walcott, Alexis
Subs: Ospina, Monreal, Gabriel, Elneny, Lucas, Welbeck, Giroud
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Thursday, December 19, 2024
Great team selection. COYG, onwards and upwards
Never mind Wenger out…. Walcott out. No effort… More concerned about his hair and his tatts.
Typical Wenger redemption squad. There is enough on the pitch to win
Personally I would have liked to see Lucas and Welbeck starting.
On current form I’d agree, at the expense of Alexis and Walcott
Iwobi has been fantastic this season. Walcott has scored 14 goals and has the same goals per game ratio over his Arsenal career as Hazard does for Chelsea. Be positive.
Absolutely! Where’s the message to the players to say “you didn’t play well so you’re not picked”? Instead it’s “don’t worry, you’re in regardless”. Too easy on them.
That said, this is a good team on paper and I hope we win.
Interesting to see Wenger say that Gibbs is in based on tactics and his form in training.
Good luck to Gibbs, I think he’s the better left back of the two.
And Mustaffi dropped too. He’s been garbage since he come back.
Hate to be that guy so early on, but really would have really preferred something a bit more left field after the past week… maybe a couple of surprises for Bayern?
why is elneny,lucas,welbeck not playing ffs!
We may win today but the team selection is still…….questionable
Elneny just came back from AFCON after he did his calf mind you, Welbeck is feeling his way back in after a long term injury while he has looked good, it’s too soon to be starting in PL. Lucas is coming back from an ankle injury as well. Wenger knows this team better than anyone else, let him do his thing. At least as long as he’s here. Get behind the team and make emirates a tough place to come to for visitors, the way it is right now it’s tough for our own boys to come to emirates. They… Read more »
Probably he wants to give Elneny a little bit of a rest, maybe save him for Bayern (cuz we could use him), so maybe he’ll bring on elneny in second half to give his legs some running in preperation for bayern Lucas is probably still carrying a bit of a knock. and he wants him to be fresh for bayern. I expect to see elneny, lucas, and welbeck introduced sometime in the second half, cuz i would start those three against bayern But then again, im not a manager, and there’s no one in my room telling me “Lord Bendtner,… Read more »
now Get Out:)
Well, well, well, after those substitutions today, I guess I’m gonna head back in
All of what you said was right on the money!
Totally agree. Play shit, get picked again, play shit, get picked again, repeat.
That’s why we need change. Boring. Whatever the score today.
Pundits, media and fans: if Arsenal lose or draw > Özil out, Özil out and maybe Özil out.
If they win > Oh, Alexiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssss, please f**** me !
The media have basically decided this season that Alexis is the golden boy who can do no wrong and is far too good for us. To give Ozil any kind of praise would undermine that point of view, despite the fact he’s actually been every bit as (I’d actually argue even more) important a player for us since the start of 2015. Can safely say I’ll be watching the game with Niall Quinn muted.
I can’t agree with this. Don’t get me wrong I like Ozil and think we are a better team with him. I know we have missed some of chances he has created. But he has scored 7 less goals and provided 3 less assists than Alexis and by any other midfielder or winger’s standards defensively he helps very little.
I appreciate he is the player he is defensively, but I would have expecting him to be involved in more goals than he has been this year
So much Alexis bashing after a couple of bad games. He has more sum of goals and assists than any other player in the league. His attitude might have stunk for the last few games but some fans don’t seem to be appreciate enough and judge a player’s season on their last couple of games
I don’t think the bashing has started but with tantrums over game time (albeit mini ones), contract negotiations dragging on, big money demands, a dip in form and possible lack of interest in the club he’s playing for I can see it kicking off soon.
He can walk into virtually any club in world. If he can get 200k more than he gets now playing in a team with serious Champions League ambitions why shouldn’t he consider his options. He gives his all in every game, even now, you can’t accuse him of lacking effort during the games or not caring or having his head turned especially if he genuinely seems annoyed whenever he isn’t playing or whenever we don’t win. Ozil’s contract is dragging just as much and although he will have many takers he won’t have as many as Alexis. Yet the original… Read more »
I’m not into bashing players. I’m not into pandering to players if they don’t want to be with us either. If he wants to stay and continue to do great things for us then happy days. if his sights are set elsewhere then he’s welcome to leave. Good fucking riddance. We’ll manage.
Welcome back, Gibbo!
Anyone with me that Cech should be benched after the howler last week? Why is he even on?
True, since he’s the cup keeper, i would have started him today so he can get 90min of gelling with the KosMus pair before the big Bayern game
Seems Wenger is saving Ospina exclusively for CL. T_T
I’m happy with that, and hope to see at least two of Welbeck, Lucas and Giroud come on to put the icing on the cake. Goals from Alexis, Walcott, Özil and Iwobi, please.
It’s worth remembering that just 2 years ago at this point of the season, we were languishing in 6th place in the league after a defeat by the sp*ds at whl, and had a mere 42 points after 24 games. We’d been hovering around there for much of the season, occasionally in 5th, as low as 8th in October and November after defeats at chelsea and at home to man utd. After picking ourselves up and going on an 8-match winning streak, despite faltering at the end, we finished the season in 3rd place. Today we’re in 4th place with… Read more »
Throw in the FA cup and a deep run in Champions league I would say that’s a decent season.
Your reasoned and fact-filled optimism-tinged view does not bel8ng in our year of the squawk, 2017.
Thanks benz, I’m gonna start calling Trump ‘the squawk’ from now on 🙂
I like Gibbs 🙂
Cech finally saves a penalty or two and we bust them 4-0 COYG. The Pringles eating sofaspecialists can eat my undies
I am on my sofa and I am not eating Pringles and I am certainly not going to eat you undies Sir!
*your
Alexis is such a true false 9 with the way he constantly drops deep and I think it works so well when we have wingers who think like strikers and look to get in behind. Walcott is one of these (so is welbz and lucas). Not Iwobi tho, he’s a creator first.
But Walcott complementing sanchez should mean dem goalses today
Understand the lack of available choices for midfield but what does Walcott have to be do be dropped and Lucas have to do to get a start.
Sorry ‘do to be’
Gibbs > Monreal
Why is walcott playing??
Why is monreal not playing??
I dont understand wenger at times
Highly likely we beat them 3 or 4-0. Then we get to hear again all about our great character and courage
No, if we had any of that we wouldn’t have performed yet again like we did at chavski
Lucas could have started for Iwobi; boost the guy’s confidence a little. We need to start a winning run now #COYG
What wrong did Lucas commit against Wenger?
Reading the Ray Parlour book and he says how if you didn’t play well you’d be dropped and it made you fight for your place. And that was under Wenger as well as Graham. Shame this has changed. Given how mentality and attitude is being questioned, surely it’s time to reinstate this. At the moment there are players who know they are guaranteed a start however they perform.
Moment after chelsea gave them piece of the cake #elguche
If Özil and Sanchez are so important to us, why are they not being rested so they’re fresh for BM? Lucas and Welbeck should be starting!
Everyone is now a better manager than Wenger lol. COYG!!!
something to be said for making them clean up their own mess and it’s a good bench if they don’t.
Fast start please. COYG
Same team sheet no message to the big boys
Fresh start at the end of the season please, Wenger to retire and the new manager to move on Gabriel, Ramsey, Wilshire, Walcott and get some fresh faces in who – like Lucas – have some drive and ambition!!!
Is it just me that feels like only watching our Champions League matches now until we inevitably crash out and then calling it a season?
The Ox is so good in his new position!
Walcott is an embarrassment.!!Got booked for spitting the dummy. Its a shame he can’t show that sort of fire when he has the ball at his feet. He’s let Arsenal and the fans down too many times. He had the cheek to stall on signing contracts!! Time he went.