That starting XI looks to have more than enough top class players and very promising youngsters to beat any Premier
League reserve side and could maybe even win the League Cup and the Europa League, or at least get them into the latter stages of both competitions.
Not exact matches
But to repeat this was the
reserve team of a championship
side... basically a
league one outfit... Arsenal are the seventh richest club on planet... There are no excuses... In any event the problem was not their parking the bus but our hapless attacking options..
All of our rivals have Champions
League games next Tuesday and Wednesday, while we will play our
reserve side again against BATE, giving us yet another boost.
but when the only replacements are people like Alex Iwobi whos only clam to fame is a couple of
reserve matches no proffesional
league experience is that seriously the
side you expect to win the
league?
With Arsenal having played three
League games in six days and the fact that we are facing Liverpool on Friday night, it was always certain that Arsene Wenger would be rotating his team to keep our best players fresh, but it looks like he is going to go the whole hog once again and play his full
reserve side.
Arsene Wenger has made it perfectly clear that he will resting Arsenal's first team players for tonights visit of Reading in the
League Cup, but according to one Arsenal old - boy, Charlie Nicholas, the
reserves should still be able to easily beat the Championship
side.
You're Judging Arsenal by their competitiveness to the
league winners, They can form a
side from their
reserves bench that could finish comfortable in the top half of the
league!
Spurs Ladies
reserve goalkeeper Toni - Anne Wayne netted her
side's fifth and final goal in a 5 - 1 drubbing of Enfield in the FA Women's Premier
League Cup.
Others were well - known stars of the
reserves side and even younger teams who had already become cult heroes in waiting for many in the stands, thrilled to finally see the prospects they had tipped for greatness try their hand in the proper fixtures of the Premier
League, Champions
League, Europa
League, FA Cup and
League Cup.
Having failed to gain
League status and chasing a higher standard of football the Stags were admitted to the Midland Combination, a
League consisting entirely of
reserve sides of Football
League sides.
These «
reserve» options are arguably stronger than any other Premier
League side and each offers an alternative to the players who are on the pitch if something is not working.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho
reserved special praise for Ashley Young following his
side's 3 - 0 win over FC Basel in the Champions
League opener on Tuesday night.
With a capacity of 15,840, it's among the smallest grounds currently used by a Russian Premier
League side, with 10 percent of capacity is
reserved for visiting supporters.