It is absolutely vital that Arsenal keep their recent improved run of results going with a home win against Burnley today. But almost as important as picking up all three points is for the players to build on the last two wins and start to find their fluency going forwards and their solididity in midfield and at the back.
As usual, Arsene Wenger has plenty of injury problems to worry about but he should still have more than enough quality to put the bottom club Burnley to the sword, especially as their confidence must be abysmal after failing to register a win since being promoted to the Premier League at the end of last season.
But the Frenchman has resisted the urge to make any changes from the away win at Sundertland last weekend, so Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey remain on the bench, while Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini both start in the centre of the pitch. It also means that our Spanish left back Nacho Monreal gets the nod at the heart of defence with Calum Chambers on the right and young Bellerin missing out again.
Szczesny
Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs
Arteta, Flamini, Cazorla, Chamberlain
Alexis, Welbeck
subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Ramsey, Rosicky, Walcott, Podolski, Sanogo
The Gunners need to start fast and get right at the struggling visitors and if we do that then it could be a goal fest. With the likes of Walcott and Ramsey on the bench as well, Burnley should be in for a long and painful afternoon. And we might even see Yaya Sanogo get his first senior Arsenal goal!
Liverpool are playing real shite football. These can’t be professional footballers.
we’re only marginally better, so I wouldn’t be bashing them.
The difference is Sanchez.
Exactly. I can’t even imagine our team if he were to get injured.
Flamini and arteta…
At home…
To Burnley…
I don’t give a damn, our defense need protection you know! It does not matter weather burnley of what. HULL CITY remember???
Lol good point..
good lineup, hope to see walcot in action today
Come on you gunners #COYG
arsenal now officially one of most boring teams in epl…. f off wenger and peddle your drivle in the french ligue please…we dont deserve this crap
Further evidence that he photocopies last weeks sheet, tipexs out the date and re submits …….
He ranout of ideas
Sanogo > Campbell
smh
Hes a wenger favourite duhhh
That’s only for Sanogo to get playtime.
There’s something wrong at the club. Campbell not even on the bench!!!
Campbell ordered a new sofa but decided not to pay the £10 for fixed time delivery. So he had to stay at home all day waiting for the delivery
Campbell not even on the bench. Another player he going to kill.
Podolski, Rosicky and Joel will not be getting game time this season. podolski to be sold in january, Rosicky will leave end of season for maybe MLS, or even Dortmun for one or two seasons. Joel, well if he can’t get ahead of the lazy, fat Chamberlain then there is no chance for him when Walcott and Gnabry return is there. he will be loaned out for 2 consecutive seasons and then sold like Vela.
Manager brings losers mentality by starting out of form carefree casual players.
Here another clear cut of wenger favour lag boys.
I would drop The Ox for Campbell. Seriously what has Campbell done to deserve this treatment??
Wengers favoritism is ruining talented players who deserve a chance play instead of bad form players like The Ox and Carzola.
Side to side football noo pressure or injection of pace will be put in this game other den sanchez
Expect a Sanogo sub appearance in the 75th minute to salvage points for Arsenal.
Knowing Wenger he will take down Sanchez for Sanogo probably.
More points dropped by Liverpool. They play Chelsea next week too, not to mention Real Madrid midweek. Newcastle have just beaten Tottenham, Man City and Liverpool. Good week?
Is Wenger going to make a Guinness record of ruining players as a manager.
A mediocre manager will always reward below par players game after game. He really must’ve thought we played well last week to start with the exact same lineup, when we hardly created chances, even our counter attacks fell apart because of our own players.
I guess Wenger is sticking this lineup only for defensive issues, otherwise if we play more attacking, then we might learn a lesson. At this point, we don’t have defensive strength so two DMs would be helpful.
After Koscielny backing up, I guess we will definitely see a change.
Dont know why wenger rates the players who get injuries(jack,daiby,sanogo(does not even diserve to be in the first team),gibbs and arteta)
I said week ago and I will say it again:
OX has done nothing to deserve to play and yet starts, week after week.
and campbell out for sanogo, hilarious…
pathetic and stubborn manager
He need a target for the fans to scre*.
I actually wanted the same line up as last week to see if they will play andy better and with alex more in the middle. The only thing i actually hate is wenger is slow to make adjustments or does not make any at all when the formation is not working.
Hopefully get some early goals to allow some changes early in the second off, so that some of the players can get sometime on the field
This should be our easiet fixture of the season. We should make the most of it. Coyg
Poor campbell not even on the bench, iz he injured , the first opportunity u get to leave the club campbell run fast as u can out the club #AW doesn’t like u. #bigwintoday #COYG
Games like these are for a player like bellerin but is forcing monreal as cb(wacth the space we may not get a cb in jan,wenger words-we have monreal who can also cb).watch arteta bench ramsey even for next game and wilshere bench carzola lol
3 minutes and we still haven’t scored. This is a farce
Bellerin as RB and Monreal as LB would have been better. But lets hope monreal has a good game and nobody gets injured and we win big
Arsenal v Burnley and Chelski v Qpr = plenty of goals
the arsenal defense looks like crazy chimps
cazorla should be fking droped play campbell or poldaski fkn cant even score agaisnt a shat team
FYI Campbell not even on the bench
this game has a draw written all over it. we are a one man team aleixs sanchex
Poor campbell, can’t believe he’s that poor in training or that wenger is too childish to try him. Our defence should be wearing clown suits!
That sloppiness is unacceptable.
Flamini!!
Watching arsenal defence like watching a comedy show.
The awkward moment when Monreal a LB turn CB is playng a better CB than Merts.
Boyd should have been sent off.
Why always us!!
Sonogo in front of Campbell ???
Who would fetch a higher fee if sold ?
I predict when Campbell leaves we will hear the truth
fking shatzola thats hes 5th chance in 2 games man fking drop him wtf are hs boots mofo spanish dog
And play with Jack?
Ox is really a 15 mins player.
Alexis “the WARRIOR”…….. PRICELESS
any team with flaming arteta mert and monreal cant expect to finish in top 4…slow lateral and vulnerable
Not luck this time if not flamini, it will be a own goal again.
Didn’t start watching from the beginning, has Chambers picked up his yellow yet?
no, neither has flamini
LOL
and think that some idiots says that arsenal do not need Alexis….
FC Sanchez playing once again.
Cazorla 22 Premier League games, 0 goals. Just saying.
we dont deserve sanchez what a player i feel for him one man team
why do I get the idea we will never score unless lucky? to Ox’s defense, he does look better today, only given the ball away 3x
thats was funny…
Did you all see alexis not happy with Welback? By the way I find that Welback confident was low last few match.
alexis, my hats off!
Chamberlain has stepped up today.
have to say gibbs is still work in progress….
He’s 25 already and would be a finished product if he wouldn’t miss 3-4 months every single season.
but until we replace meet we will always be vulnerable at back…he is not top team quality
WENGER OUT!! HE NOW PLAYS 2 HOLDING MIDFIELDERS AGAINST BURNLEY!!!!!!!!!
Cos he got no confidence with his own back four.
is nice to watch a better (offensive) performance today (from some players), but we NEED GOALS..
we are shat cant score agaisnt a bottom team hahahah shame shame shame if this was city or chelshat were fked look at southmapoon what a team look at us fk wenger sanchez the only player . fk fk fk fk
It’s basically Alexis vs Burnely.
am curious to know what the idiot frenchman is going to do now….. he really is a second rate manager who should be back at monaco or somewhere that doesnt matter….every team that comes to emirates knows they have a chance of scoring given our defense…so sit back see if yoy can absorb and stay patient….and for all the idiots on this site who go on about welsher without someone like him driving forward there is no connection between defence and attack
I would’ve replaced Cazorla in the summer when we still could’ve made some money out of him. Now we are stuck with him and his terrible form.
How OX is starting again is beyond me, he can’t deliver to save his life. This in mind, why the hell is he giving corners? He’s not even half the player Walcott was at his age.
Shamefully this match has draw all written over it, 1-0 at best. FC Sanchez is playing again so those who came to see Arsenal should be refunded.
Due to technical difficulties the ‘goal fest’ has been delayed. Hopefully normal goal festing will commence after a short interval.
Since there is no goal from us, guys you can enjoy Oscar goal, that is world class.
And check Wanyama’s. I would bet 1000£ Arteta or Flamini couldn’t shoot like that even at practice.
People still watch arsenal matches? weird!
How #AW can put sanogoals infront of campbell what iz really goin on @ the club thats y ill continue to say #FACK AW #brainless fart now thumb down all the wengers arse lickers !!!
Win, lose or draw #FACK AW
We need to change our formation. This one isn’t working 😐
Wait! Not yet 75 mins.
take carsola and arteta off….they are doing nothing
the defence looks like headless chickens…
COYG!!!
this has to be the worst defence in the premiership….what does bold gey paid to do….pathetic…burnley realise they could get one here
to be fair, missing 2 of 4 on the backline, Kos & Debuchy
What a load of shi*e glad I didnt buy a ticket for this one. Alexis will want out ifnwe keep letting him down like this. God we are poor!
We cant even scr against a rock bottom tm smfh we’re playin sloppy football
We can’t even beak down a team like burnley at home?!! This a bad. I’ll start to panic if we fail to win.
Mertesacker playing well, NOT!!! Wenger Are you watching?
Since like he can’t even move a quick step, he every time wait for the ball to reach him.
MAKE A SUB YOU THICK FRENCH CNUT
@reign. Fail to win? We could lose we’ve been that poor this year!
get arteta off the man is a waste of a player
Wenger hear you.
The goal is coming
Wtf man cazorla!!?
fk off shatzola u mofo i fk ur mum
Haaaaahahaha ha ha
F’k you Cazorla.
Come on Aaron. Earn a starting spot.
Open goal also can’t scored. Carzola, you thought opposition will wait for you to score.
Elsewhere something to smile about as qpr equalise. Ramsey for arteta, Walcott as well? Can you hear the singing in the stands? ‘Sanchez Sanchez the one man team’
make a facking substitutuin wenger (out cazorla)
Who else? My god the Alexisssssss
#CAMPBELL!!
Alexis is just God. Simple as.
ALEXIS!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A FCUKING PLAYER!!!!
No more in Wenger we trust but in Sanchez we trust!!!!!
Thats a good 1 m8 #IN17WETRUST COYG
where the f@@@ would we b without this guy
time to adapt, fack No, the warriors do not need that
Mertesacker take notes.(header)
A shout to the rest, the shortest also can get a headed goal.
As I said 🙂
Finally GOAL
1-0
Sanchez goallllllllllll
Sanchez makes the other players look like amateurs.
Oh well Alexis Sanchez 1 Burnley 0 Gj
Come on come on come….
QPR!!!
Cheap penalty to Chelsea. There’s a surprise..
Well done chambo !!
At last but yes its sanchez again, someone else needs to get on thr scoresheet too.
Chamber is more composure than Welback.
2-0
CALUM
Chambers goalll
Up to 4th.
Something wrong with Ramsey, his confidence look so low.
hang in there. he will become what we know of him.