The Arsenal v Aston Villa, Sunday 14 April, 4.30pm

[Mac76]

The smartest approach would be to try and win the game 1st half and then manage it second half. I don’t think we can fuck around by starting Nelson etc on Sunday…plus we’ve had a five day gap between games, so as long as a lot of our players aren’t playing the full 90 minutes should be fine for Munich on Wednesday

City will rest players today I imagine, but that’s because a) they’ve got greater squad depth and b) they are playing Luton

Well ok, I admit I probably wouldn't start Nelson when it came to it but I think someone like ESR can do a job against Villa, that's I'm really saying, Arteta stuck rigidly to the same 11 last season and a) we became too predictable and b) I think some players did get a bit fatigued which cost us IMO

I'm pretty sure at least some of you were making exactly those same points this time last season and we didn't even have European football to contend with that time