There is no doubt whatsoever that Arsene Wenger will have had one eye on the next Arsenal match as he prepared the Gunners for the Europa League game tonight, because we can afford to draw or even lose against Red Star Belgrade tonight and still be confident of progressing to the knockout phase of the Europa League, while losing away to Man City at the weekend will all nut end our hopes of winning the Premier League title.
Having said that, Arsenal want to beat the Serbian side tonight as it will guarantee us going through and will set us up nicely for Sunday, so it is a good job that Wenger has a deep and strong squad to choose from and he has used it well tonight in my opinion.
In come Jack Wilshere, Walcott and Giroud and we also have the combative Coquelin in the holding midfield position so the young Gunners in the team can express themselves without worrying too much about leaving the defence exposed.
Macey
Debuchy, Elneny, Holding
Nelson, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Willock
Walcott, Wilshere, Giroud.
Subs: Cech, Osei-Tutu, Akpom, Dasilva, McGuane, Nketiah, Sheaf.
David Ospina has not made it in time so with that back three there is a weakness at one end of the pitch but we should have more than enough attacking threat at the other end to make sure that Arsenal win this game. COYG!
Bob.
As expected with predictable Wenger!
Coquelin protecting back so young ones can express themselves-really? Did anyone see his disciplined performance vs Norwich? Don’t know who he protected but certainly not our defenders?
You can trust the front three to be a formidable force as they have been doing in the carabao fa cups and europa keague
Lol
What happened to Jeff Reine-Adelaide? These are his kind of matches
Still injured. Not looking forward to the man city match with mertesacker and xhaka starting
lol the amount of english players in the matchday squad. 7 in lineup 6 on bench
Take that Homegrown rule.
Must be a record for arsenal or any teams from england in european competition.
No wonder why we are playing badly. That Nelson guy is operated! Or Wenger is slowly destroying him!
Our back line is to know how good Macey is.
where’s Iwobi?
Giroud fell over ???
Why is Theo Walcott playing
I don’t think Wenger is taking this competition seriously or not. I hope he is.
Cologne is winning which helps us if we win tonight
Is Coquelin banned from taking shots at goal in Arsenal?
macey vs red star
Bate winning now not cologne.
As Wenger always says lacking cutting edge and quality, we could be Everton though! Ashley Williams had a shocker.
Bate winning now not cologne.
As Wenger always says lacking cutting edge and quality, we could be Everton though! Ashley Williams had a shocker….
Back 3 all over the sh*t.
Are we lossing.?!
Does Walcott actually pass to his own team?
Not yet??
Anyone wanting to know why giroud elneny and Walcott should be gift wrapped and handed out to any taker at Xmas just needs to watch this game … Debuchey coquelin and holding look at least professional … Rest all over the place … What is wilshires role … I don’t understand … Route to next years CL ain’t going to come from here …
Walcott the only brainless footballer I’ve seen in my life
Wenger one day is going to get what he deserve
Initiating a game with a lack of vision and motivation …. this
team tonight against Red Star is not going no where
frustrating!!!
Macey stealing the show
I think Wenger showed disrespect to Belgrade with the players not just in starting lineup but on the bench. Wish Wenger had put one or two more first team players on the bench like iwobi, Alexis, Ramsey or lacazette so that they could come on in the last 10 minutes if we need them.
Wenger is delusional about the quality of his players. Wenger has no clue what so ever
It shows he dosent care about supporters. We always want watch a goof game!
Yes. Cologne scored. Leading 3-2
Come on Arsenal. Score and let’s qualify for next round
Difference between Red Star Belgrade and Arsenal. Red Star have won 1 more Champions League trophy than us
Red Star Belgrade won Champions League in 1991.
I don’t see Wenger ever winning with us
Theo sucks
The final delivery in and around the box is dreadful. Yes just to have Ramsey and Alexis come on and score in the last 10 would have been perfect. Oh well akpom is on the bench.
Elneny headless chicken.
I just caught myself saying “I’ve thrown away two hours of my life on this.”
Pure rubbish. It’s getting worse.
I am really disappointed by the senior players , they are really poor especially Treo and Giroud!
Well that us an hour and a half of my live I’ll never get back.
All i see here is negativity all the way. A second-string team (none of them is in the first 11 of today) has pulled another good game. If it was Mourinho fielding a completely different team and pulling result it would be “genius”. Guys…relax…safe your energy. For the first time in years, we can afford to play a game (evem at Europe level) without any member of the first 11 anywhere near the bench. Celebrate your team….and let’s continue to move on.
Bloody hell, Elneny at center back again. WTF?! Seriously Arsene, stop the madness, it’s eventually going to bite you in the ass.