Brentford v The Arsenal, Sunday 18 September, 12pm

Nwaneri is 15. Have we ever had a 15 year old on the bench before, for a league game?

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Partey, Saka, Vieira, Martinelli, Jesus.
Subs: Turner, Tomiyasu, Sousa, Lakonga, Smith, Nwameri, Marquinhos, Nketiah.

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Nwameri is 15 or something isn’t he

Lino Sousa is 17

Matt Smith? Someone needs to stop him from going to Nandos so often

Always handy to have a Targaryen on the bench.

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Originally Posted by Mac76

I get your point about Xhaka obvs, but the White dislike is a bit misplaced IMO, after all it's not like Saka's starved of the ball, in fact some on here think he gets too much of it, in my case I wish he was more effective when he does have it

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It’s not dislike of Ben White at all, it’s recognition that he’s not a full back

I think Saka can be very wasteful on the ball and has been so this season especially which if anything makes it more important to have a secondary attack on the right. Now arguably Tomoyasu isn’t a full back either but he’s more of one than Ben White.

To be honest I wouldn’t have a problem if Ben White was played at centre back and Gabriel was dropped for one game as he’s been distinctly inconsistent this season

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Always handy to have a Targaryen on the bench.

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Haven’t watched House of the Dragon or in fact heard anyone say much about it.

Hope Saliba and Gabriel are up for marking Toney, I imagine he’s going to cause a fair bit of chaos.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Hope Saliba and Gabriel are up for marking Toney, I imagine he’s going to cause a fair bit of chaos.

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We're not just up against him or Brentford either, no doubt the media will, as per last year, all be baying for a big 'upset' to throw at us if we lose

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Originally Posted by Mac76

We're not just up against him or Brentford either, no doubt the media will, as per last year, all be baying for a big 'upset' to throw at us if we lose

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I don’t think it would be a big upset anyway tbh. At home Brentford will probably take points off a lot of sides perceived to be better than them.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

I don’t think it would be a big upset anyway tbh. At home Brentford will probably take points off a lot of sides perceived to be better than them.

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Sure i agree, but it won't stop the media from describing it that way

on anothernote and albeit that it's at the expense of Odegaard, i'm glad Vietra's getting anothe runout, he already looks good and a threst