Manchester United vs Arsenal. Sun 10th Nov. 16:10.

Hearing both mertesacker and rosicky out with flu

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Originally Posted by pmakgreb

Hearing both mertesacker and rosicky out with flu

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mate where did you hear this????

we need bfg playing today or it's lights out

its all come from twitter, and not journalists either. while these tweets that they both have flu could prove to be correct, there has been no "official" mention of it from anyone, even goal.com

id take a point right now tbh with this match. its more important not to lose today then to win IMO. 4 points from liverpool and united would be fantastic.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

id take a point right now tbh with this match. its more important not to lose today then to win IMO. 4 points from liverpool and united would be fantastic.

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true, me too at this point. a win is just a wild jizz bonus, unexpected at that.

twitter also saying RVC is out with a groin strain :pray:

https://twitter.com/nikpostinger

He broke the news, 30k followers

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Originally Posted by Penguin

I'm torn about starting Flamini. After 3 weeks out Flamini might not have a feel for the game. The last thing we want is for him to pick up an early booking because that will be in the back of his mind every time he makes a tackle. We all know he's gonna get booked at some point anyway but preferably late on in the match. :lol:

On the other hand I'm worried about the mancs on the counter. I can see us dominating possession but they are dangerous when they win the ball back.

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I'd definitely start him if he's fit - one of Man U's biggest strengths is that they play with traditional, direct wingers, and can simply go around a packed midfield if they have to, and Flamini is absolutely brilliant at getting across and covering the fullbacks, and doubling up with when they need support. He's also probably our best answer we have to that problem of getting caught on the break from our own corners...

Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of RVC's career

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Originally Posted by GayPete

Dunno. Arteta's positioning and passing are better, but Flamini runs about a bit more.

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In theory, they should be a good pairing, almost like the CB partnership we have with Kos and Merts: one more proactive, aggressive player to hunt down threats and snuff them out early, and one more disciplined player, to hang back, hold the position and cover the other?

In theory.

Didn't they both play against West Brom ?

I'd rather have one of the 2, not both. Ramsey needs to be in the centre.