Brentford v The Arsenal, Sunday 18 September, 12pm

[McNamara That Ghost...]

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

[HCZ_Reborn]

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

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

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Always handy to have a Targaryen on the bench.

[HCZ_Reborn]

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

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

[HCZ_Reborn]

Always handy to have a Targaryen on the bench.

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

[Marc Overmars]

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

[Mac76]

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

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

[Marc Overmars]

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

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.

[Mac76]

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.

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

[Mac76]

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