Originally Posted by
Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I'm a bit concerned about the loss of Flamini for such a big game, he has been without doubt one of our most influential players this season.
The amount of people who said Ramsey can do a job in front of the defence last season, he can't...in fact his renaissance as a footballer has come about because he has been played in a more advanced position...and i feel that whatever he has acheived this season it ends any argument about him being a defensive midfielder.
Arteta can play there, but again he's not a defensive midfielder and i think he hasn't got the pace not to be caught out if we push up too much.
I think hopefully what will cancel this out is the ability of Ramsey, Wilshere and Ozil to retain the ball....but i think we will need to be a bit cagey....with the loss of Gotze i think our midfield is superior to theirs....we just need to be careful of their dangermen Reuss and Gundogan who can pick out Lewandowski in a heartbeat if we are not careful.
I still think we will win, but i think it's going to be tougher than Napoli....i'd go for 2-1 to us.
