Arsenal vs Southampton. 2nd Feb. 19:45

[Niall_Quinn]

Personally, I don't think the Gabriel and Kos partnership is better than Merts and Kos and I wouldn't tinker with that understanding at the tail end of the season.

Check the stats and you'll see we've lost more games with the Kos and Gabriel partnership this season. We've lost 9 games across all comps this season but 4 of those games we've lost with Kos and Gabriel as CB pairings. They hardly keep clean sheets either. Best to explore that partnership next season but for I wouldn't switch things up now when they haven't been successful so far.

Stats don't even begin to tell the story. But there's another way of looking at it. Which club in the top half of the PL would have Merts anywhere near their first eleven? It's like the terrible keeper syndrome, the shitty sideways midfielder affliction, Wenger will persist until the whole world is screaming at him and only then will he... sign him for another 5 seasons.

[Alpha]

No, he served his ban against Burnley. It was only a one match ban and apparently you can't appeal to have it extended.

Thanks for letting me know . I would have played Merts and Kos though . That is our best CB partnership so far . Kos and Gab still in experimentation as they look similar to me .

[Power n Glory]

Team news out.

Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Kos, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Ozil, Campbell, Sanchez, Giroud.

Terrible choice to bring Flamini and Rambo as the CM pair.

[Power n Glory]

Stats don't even begin to tell the story. But there's another way of looking at it. Which club in the top half of the PL would have Merts anywhere near their first eleven? It's like the terrible keeper syndrome, the shitty sideways midfielder affliction, Wenger will persist until the whole world is screaming at him and only then will he... sign him for another 5 seasons.

Well, Wenger has chosen Gabriel for this game so we'll see if we fair any better without Merts. Wenger's not so stubborn after all. But I don't think it's a wise choice playing Flamini and Rambo again.

[Maestro]

Team news out.

Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Kos, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Ozil, Campbell, Sanchez, Giroud.

Terrible choice to bring Flamini and Rambo as the CM pair.

Is Wenger demented, I mean seriously WFT ....Ramsey and Flamini after the shite they've been serving over the last month????? Please tell Coq and Elneny are in hospital.

Did he not watch how Wanyama and the Saints midfield dick and scrote us last time met???

[IBK]

Is Wenger demented, I mean seriously WFT ....Ramsey and Flamini after the shite they've been serving over the last month????? Please tell Coq and Elneny are in hospital.

Did he not watch how Wanyama and the Saints midfield dick and scrote us last time met???

This. But Talkshite saying Sky reporting Elneny injured...nevertheless, this is madness!

[Munchies]

how the fuck is Per on the bench ? Am i blind>??

[Niall_Quinn]

Sky reporting Elneny injured

Welcome to Arsenal. There's nothing unfortunate or random about this. The other dinosaur over at Utd has a ton of injuries too.

[Master Splinter]

Flamini starts.

FFS WUMger. He's a psychopath.

The only worthwhile explanation would be that Elneny has picked up an injury and Coquelin has a slight knock. Or he's a psychopath.

Need some some magic from Alexis and Campbellinho to counter the abyss occupying the middle of the team.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini and Ramsey dream team.