We will need our best starting XI and a good
subs bench for the FA Cup tie against Blackburn.
Since then Gabriel has not played a single minute in either competition; in the league he has been glued to
the subs bench for the last four games, while for Benfica's last two Champions League matches he hasn't even been included in Rui Vitoria's squad.
It was not just the new Arsenal signing Granit Xhaka's place on
the subs bench for the first game of the Premier League campaign that was a surprise to many Arsenal fans and other football watchers, because our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla was also left out of the starting line - up, despite having played the full 90 minutes of a pre-season game the weekend before.
Per Mertesacker was not even on
the subs bench for that game, and it is possible that Wenger had decided to save him for Sunday's game, although an ageing trio of him, Koscielny and Monreal may not be able to cope with the pace of Charlie Austin in the Saint's forward line.
He is still the Arsenal club captain and as far as we know the former Germany international Per Mertesacker has recovered fully from his injury and is fit enough to play, although the tall centre back was not included on
the subs bench for Arsenal's draw with Man City at the weekend.
Not exact matches
The ox this year luks a different player.he is hungry and i do nt think it will be gud
for us to
bench him.it can affect his morale or even make his drive get lost walcot should be a better impact
sub only reason he picks up late is his attitude.
For the life in me i can't see why Wenger would want to keep him, and have our Captain once again as a player wasting away on a
subs bench.
should take care of them easily and it leaves a very strong
bench for impact
subs if it all goes to sh*t.
Again, where was Joel Campbell??? He wasn't even on
subs bench, yet we have Diaby there, who hasn't played a PL game
for years without getting injured
for a year.
The guy had a lively start to life here, but most of the games he was
subbed at minute 60 to 70
for Giroud (who was sold this window) and other games he was
benched in order to play Alexis who clearly wanted to leave.
Agree on needing another holding CM, Agree that Giroud currently isn't ggood enough... although I would be happy to let him sit on the
bench for the rest of this season and coming on as a
sub occasionally to get oppertunities to re-prove himself.
then was inexplicably
benched for our first big game against Liverpool and has been
subbed around the 70 minute
for most games and
benched for the majority of the big games.
He did nt want to dampen Iwobi's spirit / confidence by
benching him straight away but am sure he will gradually become a
sub for Henrikh
He's constantly
subbed, and
benched against Liverpool
for a forward that rarely scores!
At this point, he's doing enough to lead the
subs and take pressure off the starters with seven points on 2 - of - 5 shooting, and the rest of the Clips»
bench mob is going to have to follow suit in order
for them to mount a comeback.
Come the other year when Arsenal went the whole season without a defeat in the Premier League, Barcelona were attracted by Marc Overmas and Emmanue Petti, the two joined Barcelona, they played few games, and sometime on the
bench, as a result Emmanue Petti decided to go back to England and joined New - Castle and always regret leaving Arsenal, then the other year it was Alexander Hleb, he was the best dribller in Arsenal team, he went again to Barcelona, he was never given some games, I think he only played few games as a
sub, and his carrier was destroyed by Barcelona, then come Henry, he again went to Barcelona, he played some games but not like he used to do at Arsenal, he was not looking like a star player anymore, he decided to go to America, then there was Fabrigas, he joined Barcelona again, since he was one of their juniors, I think he played
for two seasons, and supporter used to booing him, he decided to come back to Arsenal, by then Arsenal had already resplaced him with Ozil, and he joined Chelsea, then come Alexander Song, he pushed to go to Barcelona, he was always on the banch, and never been on first eleven, then he ended up regreting joing Barcelona, and wanted to go back to Arsenal, but normally Wenger do not take players who pushed themselves to be out of Arsenal, lastly there was Vermuleen, he went to Barcelona and ended up not playing at all but when playing
for Arsenal they used to be star players.
Basically wenger only can play his 11 he like, the rest are back up
for 80 over mins
sub or his 11 injured, once they back the back up will go to the
bench again.
Clubs are already allowed to field this many
subs for Champions League matches and there seems little harm in each manager having more options on the
bench.
I almost feel like I'd rather try to start Okafor at the four (put Saric back on
bench where he probably belongs) and see if he and Embiid can work and then
sub them both
for Noel and Saric / Illy together.
It remains to be seen whether Chelsea could: a) break that loan deal and, b) convince Lopez to give up regular action
for a seat on a London
subs bench.
This Arsenal XI and
subs bench should be way too much
for the visitors, but which Arsenal will we see tonight?
The 23 - year old was not even on the
subs bench yesterday, with the boss going
for the Welshman Aaron Ramsey alongside Francis Coquelin in the centre from the start and then replacing him with our Spanish magician Santi Cazorla after about an hour.
In those days there was only one
sub per team and
for me as a 17 - year - old, to get on the
subs bench was very, very exciting.
Whether the boss is worried about their fitness is unsure, bu8t the fact that Hector Bellerin, Kieran Gibbs and Francis Coquelin are all on the
subs bench and have not been out
for long suggests to me that they could play if the boss thought it necessary.
The «facts» you refer to are pretty apparent, he was
subbed all the time,
benched for extended periods, loaned, and then sold...... but he clearly a real diamond in training and on match days.
Only Wenger would try
for ages to buy a top, proven goal taker and then
bench him,
sub him or not play him at all.
This ruling, if it happens, could mean inflated prices
for English players or players being purchased to play bit parts because of their nationality, used rarely as
subs but sitting on the
bench for most of the year.
Varney has struggled
for game time at Ewood Park this season, having not started a single match and being limited to 11 appearances off the
subs»
bench.
To rest
for the Monaco game and on the
bench as
Subs for the West Ham game: MartinezCazorlaRhino'BellerinWelbeckRosickyFlamini.
Olivier Giroud, who had a great view from the
subs bench in the first half, was full of praise
for the Arsenal defence.
I like the fact that our manager has gone
for the pace of Welbeck in the centre forward role, with Giroud back on the
bench and ready to perform his super
sub heroics if called upon.
We will always lose games like this when the
bench for Subs is so weak even, Debuchey would have been a better choice than Arteta it's undermining the players out there bringing old and un fit players in.
Comes on from the
bench, makes 3 back passes before committing 3 individual mistakes which result in 2 conceded goals, limps off after playing 35 minutes to waste our second
sub, all this
for a CDM with zero tackles won to his name!
BUT in arsenal we get players injured
for months while our
SUB bench is GIBBS - CHAMBERS AND CAMPBELL to bring in every single game..
The other big decision
for the boss was about who to play on the right and he has gone
for Alex Iwobi over Oxlade - Chamberlain and Campbell, with the Costa Rican not even making the
subs bench.
Lacazette has been
benched for some our some of biggest games, and constantly
subbed, whilst Xhaka, and Bellerin don't even understand what the word «
sub» means!
there are not enough spaces
for them in the
subs bench and first team to accommodate all of them considering they are internationals
Giroud is certainly a brilliant player to have on the
bench, and he has now equalled the Premier League record
for goals scored as a
sub (17), an honour previously held by Ole Gunnar Solksjaer
for Man United.
Our
subs bench against the Spuds, will give us a clue to who will start tonight... So Swap Sanchez
for Walcott and your line up will be more or less spot on.
The Arsenal and France international star Olivier Giroud may have been something of a bit part player
for the Gunners so far this season, with just three Premier League starts up until now, but he has been having a big impact from the
subs bench and seems now to have forced his way back into first team contention.
I don't see why not see him as a
sub for the rest of the season, he can come from the
bench instead of Merte every game after job has done.
It will be great
for the Arsenal fans if we see the return of Danny Welbeck in this game and looking at the
subs bench you would think there is a good chance of that.
But we need a top striker to get us 35 + goals every season, giroud would be a great
sub to have on the
bench, him and welbeck can fight it out.giroud is a good striker and I'm a huge fan but he alone is not enough
for a title challenge.
The way that Giroud responded to the lack of game time and losing his place to Alexis Sanchez was fantastic, but does it suggest that the
bench is the best place
for him and that an Arsenal super
sub is his best role?
Feeling too many emotions right now, i have no clue how to feel but one thing is
for sure, PLEASE KEEP RAMSEY ON THE BENCH TO COME ON AS A SUB FOR THE LAST 5MN OF THE GA
for sure, PLEASE KEEP RAMSEY ON THE
BENCH TO COME ON AS A
SUB FOR THE LAST 5MN OF THE GA
FOR THE LAST 5MN OF THE GAME.
Had he been on the squad
for the second half of the year, he would have made a rare start or two but probably would have come off the
bench a lot as a second half
sub in tight games.
The truth remains, and below from 2008 when City was taken over from a billionaire with enough money to make sure even the talented
subs bench had heated seats
for the ass's of the «substantial players» to last season.
why play Bel LWB in front of Sead why leave mustafi on the
bench why buy mustafi
for 35m then sell or loan him out who decided Xhaka was our answer to CM Who said Holding was struggling with confidence,
subbed him, dropped him then started him agains Mane i could literally write and write about the strange if not idiotic decisions there is a part of me that thinks he is delibrately doing this but if so why?.
To the ramsey n Ox debate yes it's true at times ox can look like a world beater but too many times he bottles it or makes very poor decisions so
subs bench is just about right
for him.
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