Personal opinion?Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Santi, Coz, Giroud, Sanchez, Ospina are miles ahead. I accept Ozil is a good player but he doesnt suit the Arsenal style of football (which doesnt say much tbf). Either we need to change our style of play or he needs to change. We have no balance with him in midfield and on the wings, he is not a better option than Theo, Ox or Welbeck.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
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Me personally i'd have
Szczesny, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Rosicky, Sanchez, Walcott, Ox, Giroud
Nothing against Ozil actually think he played ok the last couple of games but no sense in playing a player in a game where you will have to roll up your sleeves, the same could be said of Walcott but his pace and goalscoring threat will be vital if we employ the same tactics as against City and go for the jugular on the counter (Welbeck could also be a good option motivated to play against his former employers).
Cazorla is being overused and Ramsey has been nothing but a liability when he starts (even last night yeah he kept the ball away from our box, but almost gave possession away dangerously by trying to weave his way through the QPR box to try and become a hero).
Ospina just isn't good enough full stop.
Third best assist rate of all time in the prem.....just saying.....
No idea how long Gabriel is out for but I assume it's some time.... Ramsey usually has a telling influence against Manure but really Rosicky should be starting. No way can we have Welbeck in there all hyped up and fluffing chances. I like his all round game but Giroud is more likely to score and has done against them this season.
---------------Ospina---------------
Bell-----Merkyl----KOS----NACHO
------COQ----------SANTI----------
Walcott------Rosicky-------Sanchez
-----------Olivier Giroud------------
And yes.....of course he won't go with this team.
Arsenal reckon 3 weeks on Gabriel injury. If 2 weeks = 1 season and we assume linear rather than exponential progression, expect him back for the start of the 2016/17 season.
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If Angela is partnering Kos then he'd better not be ducking out of challenges. Utd will hoof the ball into our box, especially if we get a lead, and we need to handle that properly. I think Kos and Monreal work better together than Kos and Gibbs, but van Genius will be using Young to charge into the box and dive. Monreal will be more prone to that than Gibbs so the latter should play. Bellerin is pacey enough on the other side if Young is switched left and Rooney is sent to dive on their right. Coquelin will need to be disciplined as Utd's ref will be targeting him throughout the game. We've already seen Utd's linesmen ignore the most blatant offsides so we can't play a high line or try to play the offside game. Alexis will be kicked a lot, so he'll need to wear Kevlar shin, knee, thigh, waist, torso and head pads.
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Didn't think in a million years I'd be wanting Nacho to play ahead of Gibbs but he has been pretty good and Gibbs only got back in from Wenger shuffling the pack rather than Nacho losing his place.
Hard to see us winning if it just becomes a tactical battle between the managers so I hope we play well in a way we usually don't in this game.
Pretty much.
reckon there could be a few goals in this, neither team want a replay. and I really do fancy our chances. however united have played badly all season and yet are only one point behind and have a knack of getting a result despite everything.
but 3-2 to us.
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