Yeah Wenger confirms Flamini won't be playing tomorrow, no surprises there.
Yeah Wenger confirms Flamini won't be playing tomorrow, no surprises there.
Someone asks about the efficiency of German teams and what makes them so efficient?![]()
Big question is how Arteta fills the Flamini void. When Flamini went off at the weekend Norwich got back into the game for a while.
Can't afford to do that against Dortmund.
Dortmund flight got delayed by 90 mins because of a mechanical fault. Harbinger of things to come perhaps.
http://www.bvb.de/?k%E5%84%ECY%1B%E7%F4%9C%5Cb%E6%87%9A
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Parking the bus.![]()
Was lasagne on the in-flight menu too?
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.
Just remember how quiet Flamini kept Marek Hamsik three weeks ago.