Arsenal take on Newcastle at St James Park this afternoon, with the Premier League now secondary to our European campaign.
As expected, Arsene Wenger has made a number of changes for this game. Here are today’s official line-ups.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame, Kenedy, Perez, Gayle,
Subs: Darlow, Clark, Manquillo, Hayden, Murphy, Slimani, Joselu
Arsenal: Cech, Chambers, Mustafi, Holding, Monreal, Elneny, Xhaka, Willock, Iwobi, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Subs: Ospina, Maitland-Niles, Mertesacker, Kolasinac, Nelson, Welbeck, Nketiah
I like this team
Mustafi the least in form defender yet the only one who plays every single game.
He obviously needs the practice
Got to be sold if he carries on like this
If he continues like this, which club would take him?
True, although he might do better in a more defensively minded team.
Mustafi is the fittest of all the defenders. He’s the least likely to get injured.
A few goals today lads.
Hopefully most in their goal.
Especially as the Dungeon is playing!
A start for Willock. Both Ospina and Maitland-Niles back. That’s not bad. Could have started Kolasinac, perhaps.
I am planning to watch the match….but no Ozil, Bellerin, Ramsey, Welbeck, Koscielney….
I might change my mind and not watch
I love the thought of not wanting to watch a match because Welbeck isn’t in it 😀
Why the thumbs down? We are playing like shit now. Especially Mustafi!!!
Back 4 or back 5?
Gowan Joe Willock, your time to shine!
4-4-2??! Well on board with this!!
should have started with Kolasinc
kolasinac
good to see ozil out of the team
Because???
because he is shit
I like the look of this team me.
Interested to see if Iwobi can achieve a bit more consistency – hopefully the fact the boss is giving him this extra game time in the middle will give him some confidence.
and Lacca and Aubs playing together yum yum.
So I’m guessing it’s Auba on the left and Laca up top?
Will be interesting to see how that goes, although I’m not convinced that will get the best out of Auba.
Joe Willock is making his senior Arsenal debut. Good luck to the lad. COYG
Kolasinac should get chances in the league to hone himself better. Monreal is going to get tired, given his age. We need him for Europa League. Can someone change my mind about this?