Don't jinx it!HendrixFreire wrote:think Chamakh and Arshavin are going to start against Wigan ... AW should rest Cesc/Jack and RvP, for at least 45 minutes
0-3 easy.
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A lot depends on the maturity of the players tonight and their willingness to learn from past mistakes.......if we remain 100% focused and committed then we should be taking the 3pts back to london tonight however if we get complacent after monday night then a kick to the bollox is on its way for the players. Arrogance and complacency is even obvious amongst the fans as some are already looking ahead to the brum game at the weekend.......never look ahead further than your next game and concentrate on that instead of surmising over what result we would need in brum to be top new years day
Personally I doubt rvp will start and I would guess that sagna, theo and even song might be rested - does that smack of arrogance from the manager then cos it suggests that he is already looking beyond this game ? Overall I suppose you have to consider the fact that it is only 48 hours since the last game and in todays world players simply cannot be asked to play 2 games in such a short space of time If it was down to me I would pick the same team again if possible with the exception of arshavin replacing suspended cesc and nasri moving back to cesc's position.......we need to get a run of consistant form going and the best way of doing that is to get a settled team in place
Personally I doubt rvp will start and I would guess that sagna, theo and even song might be rested - does that smack of arrogance from the manager then cos it suggests that he is already looking beyond this game ? Overall I suppose you have to consider the fact that it is only 48 hours since the last game and in todays world players simply cannot be asked to play 2 games in such a short space of time
If it was down to me I would pick the same team again if possible with the exception of arshavin replacing suspended cesc and nasri moving back to cesc's position.......we need to get a run of consistant form going and the best way of doing that is to get a settled team in place
We´ll see.Big_G wrote:Gibbs is injured so will be Clichy at left back, unless he puts Eboue there...cusamano wrote:Wigan 1 - 2 Arsenal
goals by RvP & Nasri
I thing Wenger´s starting XI will be:
Flappy
LaSagna - Butter Man - Kos - Gibbs
Wilshere - Song
Walcott - Nasri - Rosicky
RvP
subs used: Chammy, Diaby, Arshavin
Maybe AW will rest young Wilshere and bring in Diaby instead
Maybe AW will rest young Walcott and bring in Arshavin instead
Maybe AW will rest recovered RvP and bring in Chammy instead
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augie wrote:A lot depends on the maturity of the players tonight and their willingness to learn from past mistakes.......if we remain 100% focused and committed then we should be taking the 3pts back to london tonight however if we get complacent after monday night then a kick to the bollox is on its way for the players. Arrogance and complacency is even obvious amongst the fans as some are already looking ahead to the brum game at the weekend.......never look ahead further than your next game and concentrate on that instead of surmising over what result we would need in brum to be top new years day
Personally I doubt rvp will start and I would guess that sagna, theo and even song might be rested - does that smack of arrogance from the manager then cos it suggests that he is already looking beyond this game ? Overall I suppose you have to consider the fact that it is only 48 hours since the last game and in todays world players simply cannot be asked to play 2 games in such a short space of time
Didn't you just surmise
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I always have a bad feeling . winning this will really send out a message to united and citeh though .ambarron wrote:tbh I feel tonight is actually more important than Monday. If we are going to win the title we HAVE to win tonight!!
Anyone else got a bad feeling? think I am still haunted about our visit there last season!!
C'mon you rip roaring.....
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augie wrote:A lot depends on the maturity of the players tonight and their willingness to learn from past mistakes.......if we remain 100% focused and committed then we should be taking the 3pts back to london tonight however if we get complacent after monday night then a kick to the bollox is on its way for the players. Arrogance and complacency is even obvious amongst the fans as some are already looking ahead to the brum game at the weekend.......never look ahead further than your next game and concentrate on that instead of surmising over what result we would need in brum to be top new years day
Personally I doubt rvp will start and I would guess that sagna, theo and even song might be rested - does that smack of arrogance from the manager then cos it suggests that he is already looking beyond this game ? Overall I suppose you have to consider the fact that it is only 48 hours since the last game and in todays world players simply cannot be asked to play 2 games in such a short space of time
Agree 100% I sometimes think all this resting of players is stupid, you take the momentum and run with it, players get injured in training on international duty etc, so play your best players while they are fit, only rotate when they look tired in their performance.
I think resting your best players for smaller teams automatically fires the other team up,
they are likely to think
a) who do they think they are taking us lightly.
b) without this and that player - I think we can beat them or strangle them into a draw.
I also think that having AA23 in the middle is more effective and less of a problem if he does not track his man as in theory (if Song or Jack is in front of the back line) he should not be exposing a single player (clichy for example) to a 2 on 1 situation.
