I would say that it looks pretty good for the name of Theo Walcott being at least in the matchday
squad for that game on Saturday, because the England international forward was originally thought to be due back in action only a week or two after the international break finishes and the domestic football begins again.
Burnley striker Wood, who has overcome a hamstring injury to take his place in the squad, and West Ham defender Winston Reid lead the group of six Europe - based players in Anthony Hudson's
squad for the game on Saturday.
Not exact matches
Will you ignore the fact that,
for the Stoke
game Wenger had enough CBs in the
squad to have Kolasinac
on the left flank and Ox / Hector
on the right?
«We are in a position where we know what is requested, so everybody in the
squad will have to play a part in that and it's a good opportunity
for us to show that we can produce the performances needed and that we can maintain the focus
on every single
game.»
It turns out that Mahrez's has started
for Leicester against Celtic and his agent was at the Lens
game on behalf of one of his other young clients and if there were any truth in the Mahrez to Arsenal rumour, he would have been omitted from the Leicester
squad for to today's
game.
we have no cover
for CB at all then, Chambers needs to sit
on the bench and be healthy
for covering RB and CB as much as i want to see what hes like as a DM its too high of a risk to play him there atm, I'd def go
for bellerin
for RB though hes so fast and has tremendous technical ability, One person i think wenger should of taken to dortmund is diaby just incase hes needed would be nice
for diaby to get a good 60 min
game but i do nt think hes ready
for CL just yet since he hasnt even featured in the PL yet but then again no harm in taking him since hes been linking up with bellerin pretty well in the U21's we must remember we have some really good youngsters in the
squad than can fill in some of the spaces.
Having said that we have a lot of players away
on international duty and highly unlikely they will all come back fit we always pick up 1 or 2 injuries so we may have important players missing as well fingers cross
for a change we have no injuries and everyone fit
for liverpool
game also we should have arteta, chamberlain and wilshire all fit to be in the
squad!
Thought Chambers had a good
game in midfield
on Monday, he looks as though he's now recovered his confidence after Hodgson foolishly selected him
for senior England
squad.
In addition, if neither Cazorla nor Ramsey improve their
game by a mile, i reckon Ox (
for ramsey) or Sanchez (
for Cazorla) should take their place
on the team and put Poldi
on the left winger (or even Campbell
on the right) They do nt even have to be bad, this could even be nothing more than a proposition
on how to rotate the
squad in the way of avoiding injuries
on players, as well as giving frustrated benchwarmers some much appreciated time
on the pitch.
Our
squad is good enough
for top 4 I agree but can you beat your chest and say these players have left everything
on the pitch in every
game besides Azpi and Kante?
Forwards Ok, Ozil is an important player and its pre-season, but the energy I hope to see from him is just not there, once couple tackles come in
on him, he fades out of the
game,
for one of the biggest, if not the biggest earner in the
squad, just passing is not enough.
and
for the major problem which is arsene wenger this man does nt even veiw his opposition let alone construct a tactical plan
for them wenger's football ideas are extinct and in all honesty we have a decnt
squad, he have seen ferguson do better with less so maybe wenger should bow out
for some change because now all other clubs have to do is veiw the swansea
game and step up
on it and they will cause arsenal problems.
These guys might not be the biggest team out there and they might not be the most talented — not to say they aren't talented, because they every guy
on the team can win a
game for his
squad — they just seem to find a way most weeks (drawing back
on their All Sports Series history)..
If you strip away the records from the past 6 weeks and just go
on historical data from past Leagues — Team Maione is one of the top - tier
squads you can come across in the Chicago Hoops League scene, and they were just the latest tally in the Win column
for these guys who — let us remind you — are still just playing their first handful + of
games together..
The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few
games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21
squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming
on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.
Dele Alli would have been a shoe - in to be in the
squad, however, he may be thinking twice about his place in the England
squad — given that he played just 22 minutes against the Netherlands
on Friday, was again left
on the substitutes bench
for the
game against Italy.
Arsene Wenger started with Olivier Giroud as striker in that
game, and took a chance of putting Alexis
on as a sub, despite only being with the
squad for one week.
This is the main part of the season where u need to utilise the
squad, looking at our bench who
on earth can we put into team
for tmrws
game most of them are still in their nappies.....
Spurs forward Tim Duncan will make his 14th appearance in the
game as he joins his coach
on the West
squad while guard Tony Parker will appear in the
game for the fifth time.
So are we once again going to be looking at the FA cup to put some gloss
on our season, so is it time
for Arsene Wenger to stop doing the usual tinkering with the Arsenal
squad that he does in these
games and pick the strongest possible team
for Saturday.
Meanwhile, the need
for defensive reinforcements at Liverpool is obvious given their poor record this season with 42 goals conceded in 34
games, while Everton and Tottenham are seemingly always
on the look - out to strengthen their respective
squads where possible.
On - loan Jonny Williams could be included in the Forest
squad for the first time after featuring
for the Under - 21 side this week while Chris O'Grady, Ryan Mendes and David Vaughan could all gets their chance as Forest prepare
for a 3rd
game in 8 days.
Of course we expect to see some of the fringe players and the young players like Zelalem and Akpom given a chance to impress and make a case
for the first team
squad, but the pre-season
games, especially the Emirates cup, gives the boss a great opportunity to get his best XI out
on the pitch before the serious stuff starts.
This time the university issued not a sentence
on Brennan's status, and without even a written contract Brennan began to build a promising team including 25 veterans from the»57
squad which, after all, lost only three
games and won seven, including a stirring victory over Army and an upset of Oklahoma, which had been unbeaten
for 47
games.
We should actually see this as a good thing in a way as it shows the
squad has the depth we have all been calling out
for where we can throw different personel
on for certain
game situations without throwing off our momentum and flow.
The mismanagement of the
squad is rediculous and no amount of philosophy detracts from the fact that Wenger moved
on 3 defenders and bought only two and now his team are hanging
on for dear life every
game.
Eden Hazard is in the Belgium
squad for the
games against Gibraltar & Greece, but he'll undergo a check - up
on Monday.
How come we all know how to fix the problem, yet Wenger doesn't as
for Boulds the defensive coach he has nothing
on Pat rice
for tactics the problem is the people that coach and select players only select
for that position not
on who best to win the
game, same ol same ol looking at the
squad now apart from Sanches who would you buy from Arsenal that would better your team come
on give me your list.
The Metro also quote him as saying he was «forced» to rotate his
squad for the West Ham
game, suggesting Kane could not have played
on Wednesday night.
Aston Villa could be
on the verge of completing their seventh summer signing after Ravel Morrison was left out of the Lazio
squad for their opening
game of the season.
The best news is
on Jack Wilshere, who the manager revealed was ahead of schedule and was nearly finished with his fitness training and ready to join up with the
squad again, meaning he will be available
for the FA cup and Champions League
games.
I really hope a club comes in with a bid
for Cazorla after his first season he has been useless he might have one good
game then 7 shit ones like i wan na see consistency from our players and Santi ain't getting any younger either so it might be in our best interest to cash in
on him and get a young CAM like Quintero or a young brazilian CAM just look at the likes of Oscar and Coutihno we need someone like that in our
squad.
don, t forget it, s a team sport and you, re only as good as your
squad, the players coming
on from the bench will win us
games for sure, remember only few seasons ago our bench was a disgrace today it, s full of quality so be supportive of all the players please.COYG!!
Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up
for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go
on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be
on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup
squad to fight
for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through
games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped
for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.
But reports yesterday suggested that Olivier Giroud has been given a new contract and with talks underway with Theo Walcott to tie him to the club, plus Wenger stating that young Chuba Akpom would be given some
game time this season rather than going out
on loan, there is not much space in the
squad for a new forward.
i am not too bothered by the manner we won today the most important thing is the 3 pts remember burnley beat liverpool not so long ago, also
for the people who thought the title was already lost after just a few
games (which by the way was stupid to think) well not only man city got beaten but their team looked jaded / tired and even though they have a very good
squad they missed de bruyne terribly, it is not the same team without him they couldn, t create any chances which is good news, it can, t be good
for a team to depend so much
on one player (we should know a thing or two about this) in case he gets injured hopefully we have moved
on from this and can deal with injuries to our players in case it happens to us, we had our fair share and it is time
for us and to watch other teams getting depleted, COYG.
Happy with this, this team currently reflects that the days of fav players are over, happy that even walcott has to fight
for a place
on the
squad and also wilshere can be eased into the team as slowly as possible, hopefully quickly too as santi cant play all
games.
Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon
for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished
for such behaviour... the only
on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the
game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly
for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian
squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed
on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our
squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and
for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though
I reckon this is one of the strongest young England
squads I have seen
for a long long time, with players like Harry Kane, Danny Ings and Jack Butland and I think I will be betting
on them to win to win the trophy to give the
games more interest
for me.
Sanchez should not even be included by the Boss in his 18 match day
squad for the Man City
game at the Ems
on Monday night.
Mourinho has also revealed that he will have Didier Drogba and the rookie U21 striker Dominic Solanke in the
squad for Sunday, which should make it a little easier
on the Arsenal defence, who have only conceded five goals in their current nine -
game winning run.
This performance really does show that Arsene Wenger needs to get his coat and f@ck off!!!! Start your
game with your strongest
squad and then swap the players when your in front Giroud was not worth a pot of cold p!ss, Sanchez who clearly lifts the team was sitting
on the bench
for half the
game I mean WTF????? surely anyone who doubts that Wenger has had his day has had proof positive that it's time to go Just shows what the team is like without sanchez We are sh!t and it's not about the quality of the players it's Thier manager and Thier attitude Its a total disgrace
• 09 Podolski — Under used, best left foot in the
squad, no good at chasing back • 10 Wilshere — Falls over a lot, injury prone, runs down blind alleys, spends more time sitting
on his arse waving his arms around than influencing the
game • 14 Walcott — Quick, can change
games with his pace, improved his finishing, can't wait
for him to be back to full fitness • 22 Sanogo — Looooooooool, that is all • 26 Martinez — Haven't seen enough of him to truly judge.
As has been proved in the first four
games, which have netted the Gunners 10 points from a possible 12 and already secured us a place in the next round, Wenger had a strong enough
squad to do it without too many problems and you could say that the experience and playing time
on the pitch has been very useful
for the young Gunners and the fringe players who would otherwise not have featured much.
When fit, no any other player in our
squad can be compared to Jack Wilshere.I remember there's a time he became man of the match 6 times in 7
games for England.He was
on another level.Don't write off Jack!!
Hopefully Cech and the rest of the
squad have their wits about them come the first
game of the season this year, so we can build
on for a strong and successful start to the campaign.
why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played
for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the
game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it
for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played
for Chile and the one that played
for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame
on you Arsene and shame
on you too Sanchez
for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this
squad to the next level but don't pretend
for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club,
on the outside looking in
As Napersie said above, he is not even in the
squad for this weekends
games so come
on, keep up!
Hopefully then, apart from Olivier Giroud, Arsene Wenger will have a full strength
squad available to him, with the new man Danny Welbeck to come in and Theo Walcott to return to action, although the Man City and Dortmund
games may be too soon
for him to start in, so I expect Welbeck down the middle with Alexis Sanchez
on the right
for those
games.
Depending
on who else makes the 25 man
squad would consider Hayden
for League Cup
games etc if he does not go out
on loan COYG