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I would leave Mustafi on the side of the road somewhere and take Mavropanos, at least he can defend. It's all or nothing now anyway
Mustafi is rash and weak but he can sometimes produce one of those really good games and I'm hoping he will for this one. The Greek guy looked solid yesterday but away to Atletico is a different prospect alltogether.
Mkhi should start over Welbeck, thats a no brainer. Otherwise same as last week, same intensity and quick passing and we'll do some damage.
My hoped-for possible lineup - i'm thinking three at the back - as i'm sure you can tell...
Ospina
Bellerin
Mavropanos
Holding
Chambers
Monreal
AMN
Ozil
Mkhi
Nelson
Laca
Holding instead of Mustafi.
AMN instead of Xhaka.
Mikki instead of Welbeck.
I suppose Wenger has Xhaka, Mustafi and Welbeck nailed onto the teamsheet though. He saw what happened in the first leg and he should be able to see who the repeat liabilities are.
Holding will stay on his feet at least. Something Mustafi seems incapable of doing.
AMN can move the ball much quicker than Xhaka and he's less likely to commit stupid fouls.
Welbeck is a great guy, great smile, I'm sure he does lots of charity work etc, etc. But he's a key reason why so much of our play breaks down and he's often the cause of our attacks turning into scrambled defence. Same story last week when he lost the ball and Atleti pounced. Mikki will retain the ball better and has a much better chance of getting a shot on target.
Mikki will likely start anyway, but I bet Welbeck is shoehorned in there too.
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i like Welbeck and think he is worth having in the squad because we aren't going to have 25 superstars. Also he is our 3rd highest scorer which isn't bad as he has been injured a fair bit this year.
Anyway AMN should be given a go ahead of Xhaka, and anyone should play ahead of Mustafi. Mikki will play unless he is injured
Welbeck needs to seriously 'up' his game as he is close to being complete shit.