Next CL match: Ospina Debuchy
Mert Gab Gibbs Arteta Chambers Ox Ozil Campbell Walcott Because I don't care much about the result in CL... Let's get it ready for MU, I want us to knock them down very badly...
starting line up cech hect
mert gab nacho coq ramsey / santi santi / ramsey ozil alexis theo key player cech
The line - up might be; Ospina Chambers
Mert Gab Gibbs Flamini Elneny Campbell Iwobi Sanchez Giroud That should be able to beat Hull.
No, I say give Sanchez some rest, never gamble with Ramsey's fitness, rest Kos... Also, this a good chance to try Chamber at DM Ospina Deb
Mert Gab Gibbs Chamber Cazorla Bel Ozil Campbell Giroud If these players aren't capable of wining against Zagreb and on our turf, then better not to think about going forward in CL... Rest Sanchez, Rest Sanchez, Try Chamber at DM... I rest my case...
Ospina Debauchy
Mert Gab Gibbs Arteta Chambers Ox Ozil Campbell Walcott Should be enough to win at home...
Schez (only cause he in FA cup final) Bellerin
Mert Gabs Monreal (more defensive against a decent WBA — Gibbs will be caught out of position) Coq Jack Theo Ozil Rosicky OG
Not exact matches
thats the only option i see but knowing Koscielny injury concerns this season can we risk
Mert, Kosc,
Gab potentially playing at the same time.
Please Wenger Give Kos a relief and play
Gab along with him... I don't care about
Mert being calm and determined, just give
Gab his game time or buy a new CB who you trust... Every time Kos move forward even a little bid I got nervous because I know what a counter attack against
Mert means...
The same fans who were calling Wenger an idiot for not putting
Gab in every team sheet, ahead of
Mert, are the same ones who are writing
Gab off and venting towards Wenger, for doing the very thing that they were asking to be done all season long.
I usually prefer
Gab for when playing top strikers but when we concede possession 70 % and are all on the d I think that this is when
Mert plays his best game.
I expect
Mert to come back in for Bournemouth,
Gab was definitely the right man to go with against sou but I expect it none the less.
Wenger may just think Monreal can play CB, we have Kos,
Gab,
Mert and don't forget he has used Debuchy as a CB before....
similarly,
mert could be dropped for
gab; OG could be dropped for walcott.
We are really good in the CB department (Kos,
Gab,
Mert, Chambers, Hayden).
Is Wenger really going to buy another CB as some are requesting and get rid of
Merts and demote
Gab in his first season?
I do not think there is a need for CB, Holding, Beilik and Chambers are aging nicely, Kos has about 3 years left in him, Must still learning,
GaBs still here,
Mert have couple more games in the legs, Monnreal and Kolasonic can stand in, that is basically 9 CBs.
Giroud and
Mert, I'm not gonna argue on that... Let's start with
Mert, if Wenger has the believe in
Gab and willing to give him the chance to be a starter, then fine, I'm happy with
Mert and Chamber as a backup (No need to buy CB)...
OT: My wishes: — Wenger to stop playing
Mert ahead of
Gab... this is a must — Wenger being ruthless and stop being stubbornness «big wish» — Wenger to change his transfer policy «big wish as well» — Not count on very injury prone players (Wilshere, Walcott, Ox, Welbeck), take them only as a bounce because they would never stay fit... It is a dilemma because they are all quality home grown players, so I can not say «get rid of them all» — Give our smart attacking players (Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil) what they need, a striker... that is a must — Strengthen the flank with another quality because all the sights now on Sanchez — Get rid of useless team players (Campbell, Flamini, yes they are useless) and replace them with better players (promote or buy good ones)-- Loan Chamber... 16M is too much to ruin
Tired of the blaming game, I just need a win, anyway, we will find out soon whether
Gab or
Mert will start
The back four have a rapport (whether
Gab or
Mert) that shall be very much needed this weekend.
I do remember Sterling vs
Mert in the Anfield, really horrible show, the German got passed every time... Using
Gab might a better option...
Now fastforward few months Later and all the experienced defenders (Kos,
mert,
gab) are out!
Defenders Looks like we could be going for Djbril Sidibe to solve our LB / RB backup problem And Subiotic to join Koscielny,
Mert and
Gabs in CB position
Maybe
Mert over
Gab would make the three stronger or if Mustafi can go back to his earlier form.
What will most likely happen though is the team we saw against Liverpool with maybe the only swap being
Gab in for
Mert if he's injured.
For the past 2 ~ 3 seasons we tried to prepare for
Mert eventual decline... we signed Chamber and
Gab all of which were suppose to be understudy of
Mert and Holding was no different.
Cech / ospina Bellerin / debuchy — kos /
gab —
mert / chambers — monreal / gibbs Coq / flamini — cazorla / arteta Ramsey / ox — Ozil / wilshere — sanchez / welbeck Giroud / walcott And others like: rosicky / campbell and many other on loan players.
so a first choice defence of bellerin
gab kos and darmien with kondogbia in DM position would give forward players real confidence... debouchey, chambers
mert monreal as backup... and then a quality attacking option reus sterling pedro lacazette whatever... all better than walcott...... thats 3 in and half a dozen out... shouldnt be a big deal..
Gab has been brought in to replace
Mert and solidify our back 4.
Other than
gab for
mert it's our best xi right now....
I would start F: Lucas, Walcott, and Alexis CM: Eleney, Adelaide and Ozil D:
Gabs,
Mert, Mustafi, Gibbs GK: Martinez
gab in for
mert, elneny in for ramsey, welbeck in for giroud, campbell in for theo.
Cech Debuchy,
Gab,
Merts, Monreal Le Coq, Santi, Ramsey, Ozil Campbell, Theo Subs: Ospina, Kos, Bellerin, Flamini, Alexis, Ox, Giroud
Swansea is the team having tht Gomis guy who always jumps over
Mert to score in every match,
Gab will do well here, strength is needed coz
Mert will be like one tall giraffe trying to stop an elephant
Mert is experienced and good in most areas but slow and
Gabs is faster but not as experienced.
I think we need a striker, winger and CD I don't think Ramsey, Campbell, Theo or Ox are good enough wingers to win CL
Mert's quality is decreasing and
Gabs isnt ready yet
At times I think the main reason Arsene Wenger is reluctant to take Giroud off even when he clearly wasn't performing is becoz without him on the pitch, we would be left with
Mert and Kos /
Gab to defend corners and freekicks.
Gab and
merts that's very suitable cover.
since we'll be bombing fwd, we'll have a high line so prefer
gab to
mert.
gab has more steel than
mert.
My biggest concern though is how
Mert will deal with the speed and dribbles of MSN, and I personally feel
Gab will be more direct and cope better.
gab: we'd always hoped he'd rise and surpass the gangly
mert.
Kos and
Gab are number 1 choices, if
Mert goes it needs to be someone younger who will step up when his chance arrives and won't mind being on the.Bench while he waits for that chance
We needed a CB before
Mert got injured, then
Gab got injured, I said surely we would have a new CB before the Liverpool game, guess not, after loosing on Sunday I though well guess by Monday we will have a new CB, well it's Wednesday and guess what, no CB.
He didn't have
Mert or
Gabs or Mustafi (has just arrived) as his partner He kept the defense together That said, Holding has done admirably too
GK: Cech, Ospina, Martinez CB: Koscielny, Mustafi,
Mert *, Holding,
Gabs FB: Bellerin, Monreal, Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson CM: Cazorla *, Ozil, Coquelin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Eleney FW: Alexis, Theo, Ox, Giroud, Welbeck *, Iwobi, Akpom * * Injured
Draxler for Walcott
gab for
mert... and genuinely believe this would be up there competing with best....
Seeing as how
Gab was consistently injured last season due to an annoying groin strain it's kind of hard to know if
Mert is still genuinely first choice.
Koscielny and Mustafi are starters But if one should be unavailable, I would choose
Mert over
Gabs and Holding due to his experience
But with neither
Mert,
Gab nor Kos being particularly that dominant, Xhaka would bring very much needed support and balance in this aspect.