It’s Arsenal v Man City in the final of the Carabao Cup at Wembley this afternoon.
It’s a trophy Arsene Wenger has never won, but we have lost two finals so let’s hope it’s third time lucky.
Here are today’s official line-ups.
Arsenal: Ospina, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mustafi, Chambers, Monreal, Xhaka, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Aubameyang
Subs: Cech, Kolasinac, Mertesacker, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Welbeck
Man City: Bravo, Walker, Kompany (c), Otamendi, Danilo, Fernandinho, Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sane, Aguero
Subs: Ederson, Stones, Laporte, Bernardo, Zinchenko, Foden, Jesus
I like it
It’s a bit different isn’t it.
Lots of defenders and midfielders
That said Ramsey mostly plays in attack anyway so …
Likewise, exciting. It’s pretty much our best (fit) eleven. COYG!
I legit feel terrified of their lineup. Who had thought even ten years ago, Man City could ever be so intimidating
The good thing is Bravo is in goal instead of Ederson.. which is great! But hey..! This is the final and there has got to be no fear at all! Whoever is better on the day..wins! Simple as that!
We have got to play without any handbrakes on which is extremely important! Can’t be intimidated. Come on ya Gunners!
Sterling is missing too
that is a bif plus sterling always manages to score against .
He’s been on fire this season
COYG!!!!!!
Monreal to score first!
he,s our top scorer, aint he
I want this.
Shocking bench
Could be worse. Anyway it’s what we’ve got.
Laca is injured and Mhiki is cup tied.
Ah, Ramsey the finale maestro. Hopefully someone fills Giroud’s shoes and assists him.
it could be a back four, with chambers as a dm, no?
Recurring Arsenal fanbase trope number 45: Just imagine how great defender X would be if Wenger would just use him as a DM.
It never gets old.
Or maybe the guy just remembers Wenger once saying Chambers could play DM. And then also remembering Wenger often plays people out of position.
However unlikely, it’s not ridiculous to question it.
Weird to have chambers there but I think the best system is three at the back because at least we won’t have a three Man city attackers against our 2 centre back defenders and get caught out as usual. Mind you that doesn’t mean they won’t be able to score fro our silly mistakes.
Looks good. Ramsey always turns up in the cup finals. Sterling not playing which is great news as he goes down quicker than Pochettino’s mum!
COYG!
5 thumbs up from me!
argh why Chambers? I’d prefer shifting Monreal
to CB and bringing on Kola at LB
Kola is perhaps being held in reserve so he can continue to save our proverbial bacon in the EL.
Nah, Wenger just doesn’t rate Kolasinac.
Chambers? Rewarding those great recent performances
Xhaka ffs.
I smell a win. Want to win this one so bad.
No width, not sure how this will work
Reading through City’s line-up, the only thing I have left to say is Jesus…
He’s still injured, ain’t he?
I’m worried about the on-pitch footballing relationships with this XI. I don’t think we’ve played that midfield ever, but it does look promising on paper.
This Mancity team is beatable, please beat them gunners
Where’s Miki ???
Cup tied
thought i had seen it all in terms of bad defending at this club that that was the worst I’ve ever seen, what a joke
I dunno I think we’ve topped that on a few occasions
Not doing too bad to be fair, aside from that
Give it time mate
Need Welbeck in there to support Auba. Maybe take off Xhaka and let Wilshere play holding mid??
the sight of xhaka and ramsey just walking about for that 3 rd goal has done it for me, fuck wenger and fuck the shit players he has bought. Disgraceful and embarrassing
our players (Mustafi on the goal) need to stop whinging and looking for the ref to win the game for them…
There is a reason the team was willing to let Mustafi go after one season. He loses concentration far too often and it takes away from his positive qualities
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And that’s that !!!!
What a predictable shower of shit lmao
No grit or fight in that team whatsoever, just a bunch of overpaid jessies
Have we even had a shot on target?
Oh FFS !! Danny wellwide is on.
I’m just tired. This isnt worth it anymore. We done!
it was the league cap but still, what a steaming pile of crap
Well that was a shambles. An embarrassment. Turgid spineless and truly fucking awful. Thanks for the memories Wenger but they are fading fast and you are turning our club into a fucking joke. leave!!!!
Shit!