Squillaci was extremely clumsy in his time at Arsenal, putting in multiple shaky performances in the league which saw him demoted to being a player only
used in cup matches.
He has not been playing
in any cup matches at all, and he wasn't even given a starting spot in our away matches against Liverpool and Man City, two of our most difficult games this season.
Our only hope is for Wenger to strengthen up our attack by getting a top CF / winger so that we can score lots of goals and hope that Coquelin is fit throughout the year AND Arteta / Flamini perform well in Cup matches
If and when he gets some decent minutes at his new club — oh, just heard he is going to start with 2nd / 3rd team
players in the Cup match coming up.
The real question on Wenger's mind is do i risk not signing another striker on the promise Walcott can go an entire season without a majorly significant injury period (over a month), Or do i sign another striker and ocassional rotate Walcott giving him more frequent opportunities up front
like in cup matches.
I'm not against the idea of playing the second choice
keeper in the cup matches but the final should be the no1 especially if the no2 conceded a howler in the semi
When we need Giroud (be it to partner Alexis, to rest Alexis and play
Giroud in Cup matches or whatever) we will use him and hopefully he will perform
I would actually play Campbell /
Podolski in Cup matches and Welbeck / Giroud in PL / Champions League or different combination.
The bookie gives you a # 25 free bet and you place it on York City to beat
Chelsea in a cup match at the weekend.
It does» nt matter how many first team squad players we get we need them all especially when the manager plays
11reserves in cup matches.
Initially, he was a right winger but has played in both central midfield positions in a 4 -2-3-1 for the youth sides as well as a handful of appearances at right back, a position he played
in cup matches against Nottingham Forest and Preston North End this season.
Remember they reached the semi finals of the competition last season, and this is an example of a struggling league side finding their feet without
pressure in cup matches.
Kelechi Nwakali and Takuma Asano had similar
luck in their cup matches on Wednesday, with VVV - Venlo and Stuttgart both winning 3 - 1.
I don't think we can expect to see too many youngsters starting, Mourinho does like to field a strong
side in cup matches.
These players
start in cup matches We basically have NO decent backup for RB We lack another CB of Kos / mustafi quality We lack another quality DM Cazorla is soooo important to our team.
Up top, while Jay - Roy Grot did not set the world on fire against Burnley, it would make sense for the big man to get the start
again in a Cup match.
The goalkeeper is growing frustrated at the Nou Camp due to the fact he only
plays in cup matches, while Claudio Bravo is used for La Liga games.
He has already reacted.he is going to play
in the cup matches and learn as much as he can from cech.
first step we should sign a free agent defender like YEPES / YOBO / LUGANO and use
them in cup matches to rest our main defenders.
While Klich performed admirably against Burnley in the League Cup match, Vieira has had a couple of very good performances
himself in Cup matches and, while considerably younger than Klich, has more Championship experience than the former FC Twente midfielder.
Klich has made one league start, in the Cardiff City debacle, and I would expect him to once again get the start
in the Cup match.