Can see this going to extra time and killing all the players, making them ready for the mauling at Munich.
Can see this going to extra time and killing all the players, making them ready for the mauling at Munich.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
I'm going to this.
This is a huge game, particularly now as we know we're unlikely to progress in the CL and fading in the league.
A win here will keep interest alive, a defeat would leave our season hanging on by the finest of threads and a poisonous atmosphere will ensue.
Oh and there's no extra time FY, goes to a replay if it's a draw.
Lukaku is back annoyingly.
Replay?!Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Oh dear lord, might as well. We are not winning the CL or the league anyway!
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
We have to win this - don't even care if we go to ET in a replay. The FA Cup is the only show in town now.
An obvious line up should be,
scezney
Sagna
Mert
Kos
Gibbs
Flamini
Rosicky
Cazorla
Oxlade
Sanogo
Gnabry
However Wenger will definitely go with his default eleven of,
Fabianski
Sagna
Mert
Kos
Gibbs
Arteta
Wilshere
Ozil
Podolski
Giroud
Cazorla
somebody put something in my milk
Well, Oxlade has to play every game he can from now on. He's made a difference in every game he's played this season. A few of us noticed that he looked different in pre-season and his output on the pitch seems to confirm he's made a step up. Just a shame it had to be delayed by a bastard injury and couldn't coincide with Ramsey also having his breakout.
On the subject of Ramsey, come back please.
Wilshere and Rosicky are seemingly alternating between excellent and terrible performances. Cazorla, despite his goals, has been poor for the most part. He's probably been worse than the hounded Ozil. Giroud wasn't great against Stoke, but what can he do with no-one near him or running beyond to link up. He's just as much a victim of a lack of pace, runners and overall cohesive forward play as Ozil supposedly is. When we play quick football, he links up well and contributes.
Anyway, we have to play a strong team, which mainly means our first choice back five these days. And a balanced front six, which is a lottery with Wenget at the moment. Anything less than a win here would be criminal really. A mildly competent, non-corrupt referee would be welcome too.
Hopefully something like:
Fabianski
Sagna
Mertesacker
Koscielny
Gibbs
Arteta/Flamini
Rosicky
Ozil
Oxlade
Sanogo/Giroud/Podolski
Gnabry
Prediction: 2-1 (Oxlade, Koscielny).
Wenger may well throw this one in terms of the team selection and then hope for the best. Everton will be up for it, that's for sure. A negative approach to preserve energy may well have the opposite outcome. Depends what the stats package spits out I suppose.
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International friendlies midweek. Arteta and Flamini to start I'd guess.
Our last chance to show some progress. Hard to call.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
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