I would pick Welbeck, Sanchez and Perez as the front three with Iwobi no. 10 and Xhaka and the Ox in centre mid.
However I reckon Arsene will be more conservative and incorporate Coquelin and Ramsey in midfield with Theo on the wing.
I would pick Welbeck, Sanchez and Perez as the front three with Iwobi no. 10 and Xhaka and the Ox in centre mid.
However I reckon Arsene will be more conservative and incorporate Coquelin and Ramsey in midfield with Theo on the wing.
Welbeck plays for the U23s, so he'd lack little bit sharpness and would maybe get slight twinge (2 weeks - LOL) if we risked him. We are saving him for U21 match vs Bognor Banshees.
Peres must be Jewish or something. Wenger hates him.
Giroud will start and we'll spend precisely 68 minutes trying to play passes directly onto his big toe. After that Alexis will go up top and we'll start furiously lobbing crosses in.
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Ozil out with the flu again? He was out bowling with the team the night before they said he'll miss training. WTF?
Elneny, Xhaka and Ox in the middle. Welbeck, Sanchez and Perez up front. But also tempted to see Iwobi in the the no.10 role.
Elneny wont play, Coquelin is his favourite
I expect the side put out to be very similar to the one trashed by Bayern Munich
Another extended break for the poor little cherub, like the one he received at Christmas.
As much as I detest Maureen I can see why he wanted rid of Ozil, the guy is a limp lettuce.
It's also the reason I think Ozil will stay with us, nice comfortable environment with very little pressure to give 100% all the time. Conversely Sanchez will be off in the summer for the same reason!
4-2.
Liverpool always turn up in these big games and our lot freeze. We won't be able to pass properly, we will be under pressure from the off and as usual none of the big players will turn up.
There is nothing to look forward to anymore with this manager and team, there won't be a change in tactics/personnel/approach and the in form players will be benched.
Ozil is a racing driver stuck in a hillbilly tractor derby. Like any racing driver, he likes his glamour and the high life but also, like any racing driver, give him a decent car and you'll see some results. He seemed up for that challenge at the start of the season when he'd bulked himself up a bit and was starting to get stuck in. But it has all tailed away. Wenger can't use him, never could, never will be able to. What Wenger has built here is no longer compatible with the world's top players. Either it's our shitty, negative, plodding football or the fact we won't pay the wages for the top stars. If Ozil wants anything else from his career he'll have to go elsewhere (and I bet you anything he'll shine bright). Same with Alexis, if he wants to extract maximum return for the efforts he puts into his game then this isn't the place for him.
What Ozil and Alexis prove is that our transformation into a second tier club is now complete. The very opposite if what was sold and promised when we moved into this accursed stadium.
We'd best be hunting around in the bins now for a bunch of journeymen that plod their way to a CL cash reward each season. It's what Wenger wants and demands. That's why Welbeck and Peres are sitting it out. We don't need players like that. We need Coquelin and Xhaka, Elneny and Gibbs. Mustafi and Giroud. Giroud, the very definition of second tier. Walcott too.
Ox, Kos and Bellerin, they could do a lot better for themselves. They are too good for this team and this unambitious, coin counting, sorry excuse for a football manager.
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In Liverpool now, where are fellow Gooners sipping it 'fore the game?
The crueller it is, the sooner it will be over.