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Arsenal v Olympiakos October 1st 8 PM KO

Pepe LeFrits

Gurgen my thinking as well. White, MLS, Norgaard and Nwaneri have some of the fewest minutes in the squad, hence I'd give them this one.

USArsenal

flobaba

Nah, this is the kind of game he could get a couple, would be good for his confidence.

flobaba

USArsenal and when he breaks will you be happy with Merino upfront in the next month or two, pending Havertz' return? We have a squad now, so let's use it. It's a shit team in the champions league. He'll want to go, but it's the managers job to get him rested. The league campaign is more crucial at this stage and we can afford to prioritize that for now. It's a long season - he will get his goals. I'd rest him then bring him on last 20 minutes just to give him a taste.

lorddulaarsenal

——————-Kepa
White——Saliba—-Mosquera-MLS
—————-Norgaard
——-Odegaard——Merino
Martinelli—-Gyokeres——Trossard

flobaba

lorddulaarsenal swap Gyok for Trossard, let Eze start on the left. Happy with the rest of it

Meatwad

our CBs are not indestructible. one of them should rest, preferably gabriel. we go again on saturday.

Sicario2

Gurgen it’s still CL and we should treat them with some respect. They won last min too on the weekend and will come into our game with confidence. Make changes but not wholesale changes. Bring on subs if we’re winning by a good margin of course.

I do want Dowman to get the CL record (no 15 year old has ever played in it before).

Qwiss

Sicario2 it’s still CL and we should treat them with some respect.

I think that's what Arteta will think. It is only the 2nd game too. You want to build up the points early before we start resting too many.

Doc

Run of 'easier' games now until spurs.. time for Gyok to unleash the flat track bully-ness and bag a load of goals

FEBravo

He'll play the strongest side. Unless there are fitness concerns, I expect to see Timber, Saliba, Gabriel and Calafiori at the back. With Ode back only question is whether he puts Eze out left.

Mirth

Don’t take a risk with anyone’s fitness but otherwise we should start with a strong team this early on. If they are shit then we can make some early subs and see the game out. If it turns into a tight game then, well, we have our best out there anyway.

USArsenal

Yep, i can't really see wholesale changes. Thats not how we should be operating in the CL. If it was the Carabao cup, ok.. (and we 'kinda' did that, sorta) but we want maximum points early and if we play a relatively strong side, and we go up 2 or 3 early, then you can bring off those in the most danger.

MistaT

Playing Timber seems really risky.
White needs minutes and will be more than fine vs cloggers like Olympiakos.

Can't be too bothered with the rest of the line up as our depth is so impressive. Would love some minutes for Nwaneri and Gyokeres should get a light load.

flobaba

MistaT this too. Rest Timber. Benny Blanco can do his basic stuff and we'd still be golden here.

Bernard Woolley

Rest Saka, Saliba, Timber, Cala, Rice, Zubi, Gyok. Everyone else can play. Marti at CF?

Qwiss

I think I'd start White, Martinelli, Nwaneri and MLS for this one. Keep most of the spine in tact. Give Odegaard a good run off the bench. No need to push him too hard right now.

HomeSteak

I would rotate, the more I look at the squad...the more I'm ok with it, our "back-up" players are very good and we should not be scared to use them against most teams. Olympiakos at home is that sort of game. Not a full rotation, but some players.
Hincapié is still out so that's a shame.

Raya; White, Saliba, Mosquera, MLS; Zubi, Rice, Nwaneri; Martinelli, Eze; Gyokeres

With Madueke out we should play Martinelli there, Saka it's clear that he is not 100% fit yet and we should not push him, that being said, he will play.
I would like to rest and protect Goykeres as well...but he also needs to score, it's been a few games now and here we should score a few, if he gets one fast sub him at HT for Merino, if not at around 60.
Norgaard should also sub Rice around the hour mark.
Rest one of Saliba/Gabriel, and both full backs, they played a lot, and they are injury prone, the back ups are great players.

awooga83

As we've seen the group phase is a bit of a waste of time because you just need 15 points or there abouts so target the more winnable fixtures, which this should fall into, and you then don't really need to win in the hard ones you can even throw them completely if you wanted.

Klaus

Defo start Saka and take him off at the hour mark, he needs match fitness if we're gonna win the league. Ideally him and Gyökeres get a goal each and then they can rest.

Tactics

I'd go with the following:

Trossard---Merino-----Martinelli
------Eze------------Nwaneri
-------------Rice
MLS---Gabriel---Mosquera-White
-------------Kepa/Raya

I'd rest Gyokeres. Merino is quite productive at CF and Olympiakos will likely park the bus, so he will be a good option to hit crosses to in a crowded area.

Midfield is very attacking but that's probably exactly what we need against a team that will likely put 10 men behind the ball.

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