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Arsenal vs Benfica - Europa - 18/2 20h00 GMT. Francesinha sandwich

Claudius

Unchanged line-up. My man!!

banduan

unchanged side??

BWooley

2 GKs on the bench again? Only at Arsenal 😃

goon

I guess that means Holding and Pepe were dropped and not rested. Either way, good team.

BWooley wrote:
2 GKs on the bench again? Only at Arsenal 😃

Actually it's quite literally every team in the EL.

Claudius

BWooley wrote:
2 GKs on the bench again? Only at Arsenal 😃

You’re allowed 2 goalies. And 5 subs. It’s a different game.

QuincyAbeyie

Poor Pépé, possibly our best player in the EL this season.

Qwiss

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Poor Pépé, possibly our best player in the EL this season.

And in the form of his Arsenal career. First dropped for the garbage Willian and now for a loanee, I guess he hasn't a hope under Arteta.

Clrnc

Same team again. Looks like we are throwing away the City game then. Can't imagine we will not rotate against them

KingslandBarge

Quality minutes for Ødegaard, ESR, Saka and Ceballos to continue developing a good understanding in between lines, centre, off-centre zones.

KingslandBarge

Qwiss! wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Poor Pépé, possibly our best player in the EL this season.

And in the form of his Arsenal career. First dropped for the garbage Willian and now for a loanee, I guess he hasn't a hope under Arteta.

From the outside it feels like a series of poor decisions and overall poor player management. Hopefully he helps the cause on the weekend.

goon

Clrnc wrote:
Same team again. Looks like we are throwing away the City game then. Can't imagine we will not rotate against them

I've seen a lot of people saying this but I don't understand why. Everyone else is able to play twice a week without problems yet for us it's unthinkable?

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Claudius wrote:
BWooley wrote:
2 GKs on the bench again? Only at Arsenal 😃

You’re allowed 2 goalies. And 5 subs. It’s a different game.

I'm allowed to eat Big Macs every night, doesn't mean I do it.

Seriously, why can't Nelson take one of their spots?

Clrnc

goon wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Same team again. Looks like we are throwing away the City game then. Can't imagine we will not rotate against them

I've seen a lot of people saying this but I don't understand why. Everyone else is able to play twice a week without problems yet for us it's unthinkable?

Every team rotated to their 2nd stringers though mostly. United, Spurs, Leicester etc.

goon

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:
Claudius wrote:
You’re allowed 2 goalies. And 5 subs. It’s a different game.

I'm allowed to eat Big Macs every night, doesn't mean I do it.

Seriously, why can't Nelson take one of their spots?

It's mandatory in the EL.

Claudius

If this season falls apart it will be because we didn’t play Nelson and Balogun enough 🙂

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Good lord that is mental.

mentalvortex

Clrnc wrote:
goon wrote:
I've seen a lot of people saying this but I don't understand why. Everyone else is able to play twice a week without problems yet for us it's unthinkable?

Every team rotated to their 2nd stringers though mostly. United, Spurs, Leicester etc.

I would say that Leicester have not rotated and gone in with pretty much their first team.

Vardy, Barnes, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddinson, Schmeichel, Evans and Soyuncu all started today.

goon

Clrnc wrote:
goon wrote:
I've seen a lot of people saying this but I don't understand why. Everyone else is able to play twice a week without problems yet for us it's unthinkable?

Every team rotated to their 2nd stringers though mostly. United, Spurs, Leicester etc.

United are pretty much playing their first team but either way that's up to them. My point is it's not exactly unheard of for teams to play twice a week. I think we're overprotective. Half this team have hardly played this season Luiz, Gabriel, Cedric, Ceballos, ESR, Odegaard and Auba have all missed a lot of games.

Claudius

mentalvortex wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Every team rotated to their 2nd stringers though mostly. United, Spurs, Leicester etc.

I would say that Leicester have not rotated and gone in with pretty much their first team.

Vardy, Barnes, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddinson, Schmeichel, Evans and Soyuncu all started today.

Why are we bothered about other teams?

Arteta needs to figure out our identity and make a plan for summer transfers. Maybe he is trying to work out if this is our strongest lineup. We shouldn’t rotate for the sake of it.

Clrnc

goon wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Every team rotated to their 2nd stringers though mostly. United, Spurs, Leicester etc.

United are pretty much playing their first team but either way that's up to them. My point is it's not exactly unheard of for teams to play twice a week. I think we're overprotective. Half this team have hardly played this season Luiz, Gabriel, Cedric, Ceballos, ESR, Odegaard and Auba have all missed a lot of games.

I mean this is our best team so if we rotate against City then it says a lot what Mikel view is the more important match.

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