Fulham V Arsenal, Saturday Sep 12, 1230 KO

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

Seen a few people float the idea that we might go with a back 4 today with Gabriel and Holding at CB - how would we feel about that? Is Gabriel ready? Is Holding strong enough at covering space?

The extra man in midfield would certainly be useful, if Fulham decide to sit deep.

I guess we have the options there to quickly change from 2 CBs to 3 CBs (and visa versa), so we could just see what kind of game it’s gonna be and then switch if we need to?

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Was wondering the same thing but with it being the first game and away from home i suspect arteta will go with the back three

And having written that i've now seen the line-up - does look like a back three

Crouch and Rio are pitchside.

El neny and xhaka feels overly defensive - why not ceballos ffs?

I guess Elneny is getting his chance to show Arteta his worth now, given he was on loan when he was appointed.

Would prefer someone more mobile though, we don’t need 2 sitters against teams like this.

Shop window. :bow:

No Ozil of course. :lol:

Oh yeah forgot to say, Jake Humphrey is a total bellend.

Says there hasn't been anything tangible to show in Arterta's side yet.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I guess Elneny is getting his chance to show Arteta his worth now, given he was on loan when he was appointed.

Would prefer someone more mobile though, we don’t need 2 sitters against teams like this.

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quite, we should be going out to win with a more positive lineup

meanwhile Auba's still consigned to the wing when his preference is to play down the middle and he still hasn't signed a contract - does arteta want him to leave or something?

Ceballos lays Nketiah out in the warm-up. :haha:

probably exercising his anger at being left out

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Originally Posted by Mac76

El neny and xhaka feels overly defensive - why not ceballos ffs?

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He’s only been back for a week or two - maybe he’s not quite fit enough yet?