Arsenal are looking for a third win in the Premier League this season, taking on West Brom tonight at the Emirates.
With Europa League action this week too, Arsene Wenger has picked a strong side for tonight’s game. Here are the official line-ups.
Arsenal: Cech, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Bellerin, Xhaka, Elneny, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Alexis, Lacazette
Subs: Ospina, Mertesacker, Ozil, Wilshere, Maitland-Niles, Walcott, Giroud
West Brom: Foster, Nyom, Gibbs, Evans, Dawson, Robson-Kanu, Livermore, Barry, Rodriguez, Krychowiak, Hegazi
Subs: Myhill, Morrisson, Rondon, Yacob, Phillips, Brunt, McClean
Good team I like it!!!
I really wanna see Rambo bombarding from number 10 position!
I kinda like the idea of Ramsey with even more freedom and less responsibility. Lets do this!
Not sure if we’re going with 3~5~2 formation
Also Maitland-Niles will be our back up RWB
wtf? ramsey started to understand his cm postion and discipline tonplay there and wenger puts him up the field to attack and next game when will return at cm hr will lost hos doscipline and bomb forward. if ozil is not fully fit to play play iwobi in attack. shit
Big call from the manager
What’s up with Iwobi?
I’d bet he’s key to the Thursday plans. That, and Ozil will probably be getting minutes back from injury on Thursday I’d wager.
Ramsey in place of Ozil is a good decision. It’s where Ramsey’s instincts lead him, and he’ll keep up his pressing game, higher up the pitch. Ozil, no disrespect, could probably benefit from the competition – and with no indication he’ll stick around, we should be reworking our midfield and creative departments with a view to the future. Big fan of Iwobi’s performance in Alexis’ place the other day, too.
Come on you Gunners. My girl is coming around about half-time, so let’s hope we’ve got it wrapped up by then, eh.
‘ Come on Ramsey ‘ hope you have a splendid evening with your girl , although maybe unnecessary info …… most important a home win and three points bagged
Somethings getting bagged, lets hope she gives 3 points, and not an at home disappointment eh hahaha.
When I finally think we’ll see the mouth-watering combo of Ozil, Zette and Sanchez, Wenger finds a way to keep that secret sauce away from us smh. Good team tho, lets get this W!
COYG
Let’s still be glad we’re having zette and Alexis. Can’t wait to see them together
Huh, interesting lineup. Guess AW is trying out Rambo further forward which I like. Then Elneny mops up and keep things ticking while Xhaka hopefulyl has time to pick out his passes. Could work nicely!
Could be preparation for Ozil leaving at end of year.
Presume Elneny-Xhaka with Rambo on the right of front 3.
lmao wouldn’t surprise me
Hopefully wilshere can get some minutes too in the second half
Wilshere for Elneny seems the obvious sub choice
Looks like they’ll be attempting to clog the midfield, as expected. Having Ramsey in the middle offers more energy from box to box that Ozil provides, so it looks like a smart call.
Ozil likely to start in midweek in the Europa League perhaps? Or is the lack of Iwobi in the lineup at all more telling of who will be playing there on Thursday?
I’ve seen what you did there Arsene – unshackle Ramsey. That should do.
Ozil to come in for Elneny if needed.
Strong team, id like to see the boy Nelson on the bench tho at least, seems an exciting prospect
He’s probably trying to protect him from Tony Pubics Cloggers.
We’ll see him Thursday I expect. That’s the beauty of squad rotation.
Ramsey is a hustling attack minded player. He is a good defender for an attacker. To play him deep and tell him to be a disciplined defender is not unreasonable but it does not play to his strengths. I like that he gets a chance here. Hope Ozil is just slightly lacking fitness and will be right soon
Gibbs to lose perspective and score an own goal; anyone?
I don’t know how he’d do that considering we sold him to Liverpool for £40m….
I like this line up. Have been wanting Ramsey in a more forward role with Xhaka and Elneny behind him.
How to put down the best creator of the PL and to promote a guy who has costed us a lot lately (Stoke, for example). But it’s great politics, Arsène, everybody will love it and forgive you all, first the mixed mercato. Now you can tell us about players who must respect their contract.
I don’t think that’s AW’s intention at all…although I do agree that A.R has cost this team a lot..
OOOoooorrrr,
Ozil’s just coming back from injury and not ready for 90, especially against the Orc King.
Occam’s Razor, my friend.
Tonight is the first game I’m missing in four years 🙁
Is Iwobi injured? Not even on the bench?
Hmm, this line-up intrigues me. Lots of potential for attacking changes off the bench, as well. I for one, won’t complain about the team picked if it goes tits-up!
I like the balance of this team. Alexis pulling the strings with Ramsey allowed to run in behind but with Xhaka and Elneny keep the ball rolling with long and short passes respectively. And everybody playing defense and tracking back.
Cannot wait for when we have for us to play both Lacazette and Giroud up front with Sanchez supporting.
This team will also be ideal when we meet good attacking top teams.
Where’s Obi van Iwobi?
Ozil wants to go to Man United so i don’t care about the fact that he is not in the starting line up !
Ramsey’s skills is good for an attacking midfielder role so i think he might be good there.
Iwobi’s night off
Is there a Live Blog today ? I keep getting a page cannot load error, which is strange
Does it matter what or who we play. Pulis’ ORCS 2.0 are going to give our backline grief, but I have confidence we can do business today
Don’t understand why Ozil is on the bench while Elerny play.
Elerny was very poor. Headless chicken running, no vision, no control, no defending.
Can anyone explain to me why, if Bould is anything other than Wenger’s glove puppet, he still has a job at Arsenal given that our defence is total shit?
1 goal conceded in 5 matches. Poor defence.
We were lucky in that first half. We should be down at the moment. All sorts of space in the middle.