Man City v Arsenal - Sunday September 22nd 1630 PM GMT KO: Page 3 - The Arsenal discussion community: One More in the Tolly

Man City v Arsenal - Sunday September 22nd 1630 PM GMT KO

banduan

Attacking line up? Les foggin go

Clrnc

Very surprised to see White dropped but he has always struggled at the Etihad against their speedy wingers.

Sterling will be a great weapon to bring on

Panda

Happy with that. Surprising to see White on the bench. Assume he has a knock. Hope he's ok.

Feeling weirdly confident for this 1. No idea why. Lol. Come on Arsenal! 😄😄

USArsenal

Surprised White on the bench... But pretty much full strength given our injuries. Big game for Cala..

Burnwinter

Dropping White is okay, merit based and I dare suggest he may not be fully fit. Great move to include Calafiori and give us that desire to impress on both flanks. All eyes on Partey though: he's gotta improve on midweek by a big margin not to cost us.

It's a strong lineup with or without Ødegaard. Let's go fuck them up.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

White not produced the levels of last season. Cut throat Arteta strikes again but rightly so as Cala looked brilliant in cameos and evident Timber better at RB. Hopefully we will see the real attacking Timber today.

Don Pacifico

I think this just shows that White was always the most at risk with us signing Calafiori. Either way, not bad to have the rotation options.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Don Pacifico

White not the same without Odegaard ahead of him imo.

Clrnc

Don Pacifico Yup definitely. Still he will be a very important player for us

Burnwinter

I'd expect White to buckle down and assert himself, but it's a healthy situation. Playing every match the past two seasons has crippled him by March or so, meanwhile we have to assume Timber's still vulnerable to injury.

Mirth

Couple of folks have been commenting on White being under par lately although I personally didn't see him being benched. Wonder if Arteta's also going for a tactical roll of the dice given how reliant we are on fullbacks and no one's seen us play with Timber + Cala

Don Pacifico

Mirth yeah, that's a good shout. Feels like Calafiori and Timber combo probably gives us more offensive options without sacrificing too much defensively.

MistaT

Little worried about how dropping White will impact Saka

Kel Varnsen

Arteta has a lot of faith in Calafiori. Not an easy place to get your first pl start.

Clrnc

Kel Varnsen Statistically the best dribbler in La Liga Savinho vs him. Huge test

Panda

Saka is the captain 🤩

Arteta said "It was a little bit forced [to drop Ben White and start Riccardo Calafiori], but we are ok. We've done it with different players but we have full belief in the players we have. It gives us something different."

I reckon he is carrying a knock.

USArsenal

Definitely carrying a knock. But he's on the bench in case we need him.

naz

Arteta said it was forced, White isn't fully fit.
This is going to be a 0-0 drag isn't it?

RocktheCasbah

naz This is going to be a 0-0 drag isn't it?

I'd take a 0-0 drag over getting beat five zip every time we go up there, no?

USArsenal

Still dont feel great about this match. Hope they prove me wrong, but im thinking 2-0 City in my mind.

AAStyle

0-0 at Etihad? Dunno mate

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