Slavia Prague vs Arsenal, Nov 4 17:45 GMT

Sicario2

First of all before I get into this post, wtf is a 545 kick off!? Neighbours doesn’t even finish by then!

If you are at work you need to sneak out or watch 2nd half in a pub nearby (unless your WFH or work for yourself I suppose). You could finish early but in my profession it would look bad. Maybe I can not have a lunch break to compensate #firstworldproblems

Must be annoying for Dad’s with kids as that’s prob the time they go to sleep.

Anyway, I digress but UEFA need to sort it out.

Back to the game, I don’t know about you guys, but I have fond memories of playing Salvia Prague in the CL. They are the team we played when Henry beat Ian Wright’s record and when Theo Walcott scored a hattrick against when we won 7-0 or 7-1 at the Emirates.

Main question is how many players would you rest? Carabao Cup style of a mix and match team? Would you risk Gyo when we got a tough game v Sunderland on the horizon?

I do think at the minimum start fresh full backs, rest one CB and let Nwareni start from the beginning. Merino and Gyo maybe do a half each. Noorgard is playing anyway as Zubi is suspended.

Win here and it will not only continue our momentum but ensure we effectively qualify out of the group stages with 4 wins out of 4 and takes out the sting of our hardest game in the next GW - Bayern at home.

COYG

flobaba

Sicario2 You could finish early but in my profession it would look bad.

You a porn star Sic?

Qwiss

Sicario2 Must be annoying for Dad’s with kids as that’s prob the time they go to sleep.

Who's kids are going to sleep at 5.45?

Big Willie

Sicario2 First of all before I get into this post, wtf is a 545 kick off!? Neighbours doesn’t even finish by then!

Just to come back to this, boy am I glad I remembered this as I was eating dinner. I'd been tired at work today and was really close to taking a nap for a few hours until the game started (normally starts at 11PM here) and woken up with the game already finished.

TambourineMan

I'd rest Saka, Gyokores, Timber and Calafiori. Full strength otherwise:
-----------------Raya--------------
White----Saliba---Hincapie---MLS
--------------Noorgard------------
----------Eze-------------Rice-----
Nwaneri----Gyokores-----Trossard

Hopefully we can win this in 2nd gear, no further injuries and maybe another goal or two for Gyokores.

Gunner89

Umm it's Slavia Prague

Burnwinter

flobaba Touché.

lorddulaarsenal

flobaba post of the season contender there Flo

Lukazan

flobaba Genuine 'lol' over here.

tazmania

I'd rotate everyone we can. We should smash them with our second team

Klaus

I'd say play everyone who's fit. You need to let the players trash a couple of farmers every now and then. No better way to add confidence to a team. We're on the verge of going on an insane run that will surpass Liverpool's last season, we just need to push these guys into overdrive. We can rest people in february when we're 14 points clear in the table.

USArsenal

Well, we may have some enforeced changes, like Norgaard for Zubi (suspended) and Maybe White and MLS for Timber & Cala. Don't know if Martinelli will be fit, so Trossard and Saka need to start. Unsure about Gyokeres' fitness since he was subbed at halftime yesterday. If he isn't fit, it will have to be maybe Eze on the left, Trossard in the middle and Saka on the right. (With Ethan as 10)..

Winning away will set us up nicely for the second half of the games, which are much tougher, with Bayern and Inter (away).

Phil

-----------------Raya--------------
White----Mosquera---Saliba---MLS
--------------Noorgard------------
----------Nwaneri-----Rice-----
-Saka-----Gyokores------Trossard

tazmania

Give Saka a rest, he clearly needs it

MistaT

tazmania leave him at home

USArsenal

MistaT Never gonna happen

banduan

League cup team please. Not just for rotation I genuinely wanna see more of them.

USArsenal

We wont see a full league cup team. This is the CL, and we need to amass max points before we play teams like Bayern and Inter. I expect maybe 4 changes, but not much more. Need to keep this air of invincibility going.

HomeSteak

Sparta Prague plays in the Conference League.

Looked on the squad they have and of course I know nobody. They have 11 players listed as injured for this game, crazy.
In the CL they have played 3, 0-0 with Atalanta, away from home, lost 3-0 away to Inter and a 2-2 vs Bodo at home. In the league they are first, but even there they seem to slow down, maybe it's the injuries? 3 draws in the last 5. They seem to draw a lot, a lot of 0-0 as well.
I would rotate a lot, we can do them with our second string. Change the full backs, Noorgard has to play, rest Goykeres with the hit he took on the weekend no need to risk it, play Merino up top, rest Saka a little, let Nwaneri do his thing.

Sunderland away is a much, much bigger game for us.

Sicario2

Qwiss

Sicario2 limits our options to rest players a bit. Merino probably comes in for Trossard so can't cover Rice. Wonder will Ethan start, one of Eze or Rice could really do with resting.

RowJimmy

Can a mod fix the title?