After last week’s emphatic win over Everton, I didn’t think that Arsene Wenger would make too many changes to the Arsenal starting line-up, although Ospina for Cech was expected to be a forced change due to injury.
We were also hoping to see Jack Wilshere getting a starting spot, and as Wenger was very unlikely to drop Ramsey after last week’s heroics, it would have been great to see Iwobi drop to the bench.
Anyway here is our predicted line up…
Ospina
Bellerin Koscielny Mustafi Monreal
Xhaka Ramsey
Wilshere Ozil Mkhitaryan
Aubameyang
And here is the official line-up…
? Here it us – our team for this afternoon's north London derby at Wembley#THFCvAFC pic.twitter.com/DhBPWoOaVe
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) February 10, 2018
Well we didn’t expect that!
I imagine Ramsey must be injured as he is not even on the bench…
Cech is ft enough to start, but at least we got Jack replacing Iwobi right and it looks like Elneny is in for Aaron.
Wenger has a plan!
El Neny AND Xhaka? Christ.
LOL Same thought i had
At least no iwobi
Wengers team talk at halftime can be seen to total effect as we are overrun in the second..
Eleny and Xhaha 🙁
I would have preferred Kolsanic in there
Anyway, lets hope it works
COYG
dier dembele
vs
elneny and xhaka
u see my problem lol
No Ramsey even on the bench? What have you guys done to my boy?
i just dont know why when Arsenal players perform the best,in the next game they will be injured. To what shall I attribute this???????????????????????
Elneny and Xhaka… Wow that excites me!!!!
Well that’s what I would have done. But didn’t expect Wenger to go for it
2 DMs in front of back 4 hope to keep Deli and Erickson quiet
COYG!
They are both not DMs, we don’t have a DM at Arsenal, may be Niles but the rest are wanna be(s)
I believe in this formation
I would have preferred wilshere to play with xhaka and play auba and lacca, elneny and xhaka is calamity waiting to happen
spurs will be happy. PEA and Laca together would have given their defence a lot more to think about.
Why? You are losing before the ball is picked? How did Elneny become player of the month?
Relax. We are not playing Barcelona. 2-1 to Arsenal. That guy Aub is great. Kane who?
Watch out for our victory.
Elneny is there because playing a non-DM next to Xhaka is an even bigger calamity waiting to happen. Spurs are not Everton.
I just happen Elneny does a better job against Kane or Eriksen than he did against Hazard.
No problem, Arsene know better and we prayed it’s our day. This is our home stuff
Same team from last week with the exception of Wilshere for Ramsey and Welbeck on the bench…………instead of Nketiah………
Well. Its almost unanimous lol.
Xhaha and Eleny = bad idea
I hope Kane, Ericksen, Alli don’t enjoy themselves too much
Honestly, this does worry me.
Hopefully our big 3 can score lots of goals.
Im still going to be positive
COYG!!!!
The team is not that cconvincing.
Is it?
Maybe wenger is resting players for the europa league
wenger has been doing nld’s longer than ive been eating muff
he knows how important it is
no ones being rested
I am seeing a wonderful game this afternoon. Up Arsenal
Bet Lacca will play on Thursday. Not sure about Elneny & Xhaka together…..but Rambo’s injured ☹
I honestly thought he’d start Iwobi so that’s a shock! Come on Arsenal ?
Auba is not allowed to play in Europa, so Laca is a cert…
What those of u critical of this team selection don’t know is that Wenger has gone for ball retention and pressing and then marking.yes I know xhaka and elneny Are not aggressive enough but I feel wilshere can help with that and also the attack can rest assured the balls will come
good to see that Ramsey is injured. With Ramsey injured, it gives chance for Wilshere to play… we all know Wilshere is the better footballer but Wenger is blind..
Aubayamang will surely get at least a goal today… With Wilshere playing, transition from midfield to attack will be sharp unlike If Ramsey is playing… Watch out for Wilshere and Aubayamang Link up
Jesus – what does Ramsey have to do to get your respect. A Hattrick from deep midfield isn’t enough!?
It’d like you know more than Arsene, you better apply so that you take over next season..
wenger contradicts himself!
we are an attacking team right? how are u playing xhaka and elneny together? this seems more a defending team playing on counterattacks. however i hope we will win even a draw will be good
Perhaps Wilshere is playing alongside Elneny as DMs and Xhake given a liberro role, who knows!
Let’s whine and whinge after if necessary, not before.
I’m a bit scared today that back line could been embarrassed big time.
I think losing Ramsey after his hatrick is a big loss today.
I just hate the fact their sqaud is so much stronger than ours now.
Also anyone listen to wengers interview with Jane?
Wenger ” no cbs were available” unacceptable I say!
My prediction … We will defend our goal longer than man utd … After that it’s anyone’s guess …elneny and xhaka not a confidence booster but i think both defences can be got at it all depends on who buckles first
No control in middle of park … Though for our attack
we are playing with great assurance its as if spurs know its a matter of time before the arsenal offensive reaps dividends – long story short …we’re playing well …
We were well organised but zero threat … No one to carry the ball … Drop wilshere back take off xhaka put on laca
we know that xhaka doesnt go off dont we..
…what’s he doin wrong? he don’t need to go off… he’s let nobody down … far as i see ??
drop wilshere?
best player on our side
we are struggling with son,
middle of the park as expected they are dominating
xhaka being bossed
mkhi looks very poor
get him and ozil to switch sides- neither have been able to drift inside
so at least they could throw crosses in
For Iwobi haters, we are missing the boy in this game as he drives us forward well
It seems Mkhi is not comfortable on the right
We also lack wing play. If i were the manager, i will take Elneny off and bring on Iwobi
lucky your not
elneny is way more disciplined than iwobi
against a top side iwobis ball losing and errors will cost us the game
…the fact arsenal turn up at wembley is as much threat as there can be… nobody does it better
Xhaka and Elneny played well in the first half.
Mikki was not very good.
Bellerin was excell3nt.
Mustafi same.
agree 100%
This game id crying for players who run up and down the wings. I would say sub off miki and bring iwobi in. Laca later as well. We are playing save but we need to do some more pressure up front.
What happened to Bellerin? People are too blind to see he is the new Xhaka
Sadly true … He has sacrificed passing and crossing for a bit more defensive discipline … But he lacks determination … Better off in Spain
a good strategy to burn spurs out…but lets see the 2nd half
For f sake i would even put laca on the wings
…its (perhaps) down to who’s fit and who can keep focussed during the latter parts of this game; suppose its down to yellows suffered which can put unnecessary pressure on any side…
There is a time this derby was so serious than it is now. The oomph is gone this days
The difference between de belle and xhaka is absolutely massive
Eleny may not have the Quality to start for us but his work ethic is very good. I will say he is a hard worker and disciplined
Xhaha has played surprisingly fine this afternoon. ? Let’s hope he keeps it up and doesn’t make an error that leads to a goal. Hes done that a few times this season ?
But again Wenger needs to focus on defense this summer. Xhaka and Eleny should not be our main starters next season. We need a better defensive midfielder and a Top centre back
Anyway, 0-0 is not terrible. Lets win it in the 2nd half
COYG ???
DARN SPOKE TOO SOON ????
Let’s see what we are made of ..
ozil back to his usual casual self now he has his fat contact
Sigh.
Going to be open now.
Almost 2!!
game should be over …,what,is the,fossil going to do?
Hopefully retire after this second half drubbing.
Successive years finishing out of the top 4 and transparently the 3rd best club in London.
Conte won it all last year and he probably won’t survive the summer, says all you need to know about AFC
Spurs moving it quicker and xhaka abd elneny now reverting to type.
Can’t concentrate and work for 90 mins.
well well playing like never loosing like always
sorry Wenger Out!!!
Right about ozil he lost the ball to dembele and just let him trot away from him!
This game needs a bit of kolasinac
Jesus …losing ends any hope of,4th does wenger realize this?
Dembele is one strong motherf* controlling the midfield, and here Wanyama, Moura and Sissoko are on the bench.. who do we have on the bench? Iwobi?? And still we want to beat them?? If we win I’ll be happy but it’s not something I’m expecting with this kind of game we are playing
Why is xkaha on the pitch … No purpose
Wenger can’t accept the fact HE wasted $35M on
a player that has no business featuring for the club.
Please send the old fool to scout Southeast Asia at the end of the season, he should be NOWHERE near the future operations of this club.
Sixty minutes gone and just two shots – both off target.
So much for the “revival”
I hate Wenger – the man is a disease slowly killing the club with his incompetence.
So much for the two “world class” signings – load of crap…
its the same nightmare week in week out with this old deluded fool.
Next player on the list who’s career will be destroyed is Aubemeyang.
We can’t even defend crosses.. That’s horrible… 1st thing in academy which is taught by coaches are crossing…
Tactics are all wrong… Mkhitaryan should be on right instead of left…. Ozil can be on right… Horrible display of tactics..
Sorry but young managers force their players to press fossils just stuck in the past
If we get out of this with a draw I will light a candle to someone
70 minutes and two shots off target.
Arsenal are garbage.
And Wenger is a washed up, incompetent old fool.
Sooner he is gone the BETTER !
3’players around dembelle and he still gets past … We need a manager for the 21st century AD not BC
We created any chances yet?
Is there a goalkeeper in the house? But bellerin has to be sold … He is shockingly bad
…its easy to find kos as blameworthy for his momentary lapse of concentration, but cech should be marshalling our defence also.
Reality check. This is so silly. Spuds should be like 4 nil up by now. Under Wenger we’ll never come good no matter how many world class we bring in.
This will be Wengers last season. Its Madrids ZZ for me. This is embarrassing
Mikhi is the master assist witch, you bring in another good striker and take out the assist wizard, expecting goals to flow in
We are so poor that Tottenham players do not need to even dive today lol
Iwobi the saviour … LOL ..brentford for a year
Iwobi rubbish elneny rubbish xhaka rubbish our lack of grit and strength is also rubbish.
We’re rubbish, no fighters on this pitch!
Except for Jack.
nonsense. Mustafi has been best player on the pitch for us. Enough of the Wilshere worshipping.
…our defence has been inconsistent long before todays match – broken and needs fixing, surely…
Yeah… Actually defense is poor from past 10 years….
you got a point…come to think of it…
Ramsey here are you???????
Why does laca always drift wide? Stay central even if there’s no service.
because there is no midfield lmao. whos to pass the ball to him?
Those subs worked well
Lacazette an iwobi
AWFUL
So defensive change by spurs…. So it means game over now…
We need a new manager with desire and ideas … The fossil is a disgrace … We have no identity other than being a cash machine for a greedy owner and board
This is why Lacazette doesnt get goals. NO SERVICE. Same thing is happening with Aubameyang right now! It’s not strikers fault our players cant produce any decent chances. Aubameyang making the right runs too.
Correct … Completely disjointed midfield
This is easily one of the worst Arsenal teams I’ve watched. Our players lack confidence on the ball, are misplacing passes, inviting pressure and creating nothing….we are desperate for a new manager!!
Oh look we need a dm player with eyes and they have dembele diet, (not great but better than xhaka and elneny) and wanyamma.
How did their sqaud become so much better than ours?
Why sell Gabriel, why sell coquelin?
Bt sport said lastb5 years net spend by us 86m about the same as Bournemouth.
How the fook is that right and fair in respect to our ticket prices.
So angry with what we’ve become and wenget saying we had no more money for a cb, unreal.
Haven’t heard from that moron TW14 guy … Another fake fan high on wenger juice … Go and form your cult and stop pretending to be a supporter of this once great club
Our best player cech today.
It a something when we play awful against sa
Swansea but not be able to get up for a nld is inexcusable.
So next subject no cl had gone from the table at least surely wenget will go in the summer so who next? Rumours of Luis Enrique.
And will he get money out of kroenke etc?
1 shot on target apparently, spurs 19 shots 7 on target.
And how out of sorts is lacazette now, did we sell the wrong striker #og12
It was expected Tot 1 Cech and Jack 0
where are those Morons supporting Wenger?
Arsenal is becoming a Artificial Entity not the Club
once use to be Wenger Out again and again and again
@rsh.
Yes okay mustafi was pretty Good early on but hardly a fighter a leader or vocal.
and wilshere has been? Did nothing but try to fight spurs players at the end. Mustafi fought way harder than any player on the pitch today. You’re sucking up to wilshere because he’s English.