Arsenal really need to be on the ball today to make sure that we get the right result in the first game towards defending the FA cup trophy we won back in May. It might seem tough to have to face the same opponents, Hull City, as in that Wembley final, but this is no time to feel sorry for ourselves.
With a week to go before Stoke City come to the Emirates in the Premier League, Wenger will want his players to squeeze every ounce of effort from their legs. And the boss has also made a few changes, partly for fresh legs and partly to give some fringe players a chance, as he does in these early cup rounds.
The big news for Arsenal is that Theo Walcott starts his first game since injusring his cruciate ligaments against Spurs a year ago.
Ospina
Bellerin, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal
Coquelin, Rosicky, Cazorla
Walcott, Alexis, Campbell
subs: Martinez, Debuchy, Koscielny, Zelalem, Maitland-Niles, Chamberlain, Akpom
Arsenal fans should not worry too much about having a weakened starting line-up though, as Steve Bruce has kept just one player, Curtis Davies, from the team that beat Everton on new years day. So as long as we go about this the right way, we should sewe an Arsenal win, just like we did at Wembley six months ago.
Walcott, Sanchez, Campbell – shit just got real
Such a shame it’s against Hull, a team that never leaves their own box. Pace won’t count for too much today.
Dear God, please do not let Alexis collapse on the pitch today!!!!!!!
Replace Cazorla with Ox. Everyone will run like crazy. Don’t under-estimate Rosicky, he his very quick.
Campbell!!!!!! Hull is going to be eaten alive. He’s way too slick for em.
Yeah hes well eaten them alive :/
I believe with this team we have enough “fire power” to beat hull! But our defense must still be focus and not complacent! Coyg!
Campbell?
Holy mother of buddha.
*drops incense stick
Circle of life my friend
For once I’m confident
i see he still doesn’t have the balls to drop per for someone like isaac hayden oh well go campbell!!!
I think Hayden is injured..
oh my bad then
Three minutes played, you are crying in your ladies undergarment already.
Still want to drop the BFG? God you fans cry like little girls.
sorry per!!
Wenger out!!
Please don’t strain your brain with analysis.
I know this GUY will not rest Alexis and Cazorla..they are burning out. Mark my word they will get injured soon….
Yes… but who would you play instead of them, and bear in mind the outcry which would come with a defeat.
Akpom deserves a chance, he would have come for Alexis. Alexis really needs rest. Ox in place of Cazorla. If we are ahead in first half, replace Ox with Zalelam/Niles, otherwise replace him with Cazorla. Alexis and Cazorla really needs rest, they are stand-out players. We shouldn’t loose them with injury.
Im very much impressed with Coquelin.. He is working very hard.
i don’t knoow about you guys but i love this team..only draw back is mertsacker !
COYG !
<3
Bit short in height.. Other than that. It’s awesome.
All the same though per is our second best cb and still the best we have to pair with kos… whether people like it or not.
Hull have made 10, yes TEN changes to the team that played in epl this week. And we are still milking Alexis Sanchez and cazorla for every single minute. When will they get a rest? This is absolutely bad man management by Wenger. We are at home but still afraid to give youngsters a chance. Alexis should have been on the bench and should be on if we were trailing like city introduced Silva and nasri in 65th min, manutd brought di Maria in 70th, Chelsea brought costa and Willian in 46th min. Alexis and cazorla will be playing from the kick.off.
Hull are prioritising… we on the other hand are going for the only silverware we are likely to have a chance at. I reckon this is the only time this season that hull have not gone with their best players.
A win will be a win and we don’t have another game for a week and I guess sanchez will always be chomping at the bit.. So unless Arsene has another amazing deal up them long sleeves of his, sanchez will be cream crackered around the time we play 2nd leg of CL tie..!
My only hope today (never want a player injured) but that lanky tree from Lord of the rings needs to take time out and have a 3 month sabbatical somewhere far away from us and hope Arsene signs 2 yes TWO defenders because we need them this window!
Why not to rest mert…for the rest of the season and release at the end?
Don’t fancy us today. Don’t know why.
Wenger looks nervous and which manager wouldn’t being in his position
Campbell some good play, top stuff lad
Should have been a goal but he created it and will leave it down to match sharpness
Sanchez is dropping too deep for a striker :/
Right on twig, but the rest of the players need all the help they can get.
We should win this we have a quality attack and this is basically their res team, please all you AKB brigade watch Mert, not when he has the ball watch how he hides in games
hahaha
Aaarg so close
Past Nacho too easy.
Arsenal at home
we should win it.
COYG
Monreal is SO easy to get by…hate when he plays LB
So far ospina gives me more confidence to warrant his place as No1
He releases ball for counter quicker too.
Unfortunately our midfield is non existent (again!)
Coquelin looks very improved. Hope he keeps getting better.
Why is no one in the box for the cross.
Haha Mert hahaha
Go Merty
Wenger strengthens the team by allowing players to go out on loan.
And people wonder why Arsenal always struggle….
Go Mertesacker! Now score a hat trick!
we scored from a corner!
Hull at home is our level.
so it should be a draw? makes no sense
The league game here was was 2-2
Makes a lot of sense.
urgh… i give up
Is Martin Keown getting on anyone else’s t1ts?
Always!
Up per hahahaha
A good commanding header, why do we usually waste Mertesacker at the near post at corners?
He scores you still complain
Er unlike usual AOB meaningless bs that’s a fair comment…per is normally wasted at the near post.
Aaarg what a play, this is the Arsenal.
rozza on form again, only player not to pass backwards.
Also Le Coq is passing well, I have preferred him in every game to Flamini.
Arsenal is playing Arsenal football. You crybaby girls want to complain?
Wow this line up will win us the treble.
A goal is a goal but he’s still our worse player.. Thumb me down but one goal doesn’t change my opinion of his ability..
Thumbs up
Look at Wenger looking like this is a CL final lmao
Why are you an Arsenal fan?
Fcuk off loser AOB.
Wow, that took all your brain power. Lie down and have a rest.
Rozza again. I am enjoying this, why can’t we always play with purpose and zest
Am i the only one feeling ospina hear?
Ospina has one fault, he kicks the ball with opposing players behind him. He has to get a warning. He did that in the WC too.
Did hull send out a training team for us.
Steve Bruce really disrespect us by sending out a training team in our back yard.
Why? I’m sure he plans on winning the game and it just shows how we have fallen recently.
if we cant beat hulls b team i give up!
Wow Mert scores very good but no reprieve we need a clean sheet and you doing what your supposed
Front three of Theo/Sanchez/Campell look awsome interchanging
Le coq looks very good, and SANTI is class
Ospina looks 100 more assured than Schez
Please just add a top DM and CB please
Campbell looked sharp in beginning but now looks tired. Doubt he will make the 90 but rather have Alexis and Theo taken off for next week
@philtn. Yep thanks for the goal but you are still desperately poor! Ospina more assured than schez coq looking good, rosicky legend.
When mertesacker and huddlestone are in the pitch one goal is never enough! Coyg!
Front 3 pressing
Really want Campbell to do well he just needs games and he will be a star
Haven’t seen much to get excited about. He was good in WC but he looks disinterested today…funny for someone desperate to play
What game are you watching?
Watch him…on his heels, standing still all the time. Has he done something I’ve missed??
wow you have high expectations. will you be upset if Theo doesnt score a hattrick?
WTF has Theo got to do with anything? You saying that Campbell has played well?? haha
I thought The Arsenal is back but only a glimpse of it.
Hilarious ospina doing his best to get our baxk four to play the ball from deep, all of them passing it back to him 🙂 oh for a cb that can pick a pass!
Can’t believe we persist crossing the ball to 5’0 midgets!!!!!!!!!?????
I need more goals
We just scored from a corner and what do we do? We completely f*ck up the next 2. Also f*cked the freekick at the end.
Shameful wasting. Should be 2-0.
Is Jimmy Bullard wearing orange makeup because he played for Hull?
Scruffy so and so isn’t he?
Clearly the BBC budget didn’t stretch to a well dressed pundit for Hull…looks orange, scruffy and sleazy with his 70’s medallion, shirt hardly buttoned and hair scraped into a lovely fetching bun. Cut price classy! 😉
Not well liked by Hull fans apparently
hull made 10 changes from the everton game?
who are they to put there b team against arsenal?
im mildly offended
they are hovering above relegation zone. Im sure if they werent in that position they would put out a better side.
lucky for us -they are 😉
Campbell Bellerin Coquelin
Walcott Monreal Ospina Rosicky
all getting valuable playing time.
A wn today v Stoke + the 4th round
may then see only one CB added in the window 🙁
@davidnz. Wenger sending out a message that we dont need signings maybe just a cb. Bigging up coquelin in the week suggests to me no dm player is coming.
Yes. Coqu will get more
wraps after todays game.
Even less chance of a DM.
Wenger prefers another AM
gives him more reason to now.
Coquelin has been incredible in the middle of the park considering his limited experience at this level…he deserves a run of games to be fair.
Is it only me find this match boring? FA cup really lost it spark.
not the fa cup, arsenal lost there spark-
cant remember arsenal working hard for 90 mins.
no doubt we will win- but scratching my head at whats happened to us
i prefer a boring 1-0 win than a frantic draw where we give up leads with ridiculous goals.
We should have killed this game in the first half with 3 goals. Instead we might have a nervy half hour, unless we can score a quick goal or two..
Lost our rhythm entirely. Everyone looks too tired to move.
Around 20 more mins before a substitution. But who will he bring on – Campbell is already on and Podolski is gone
I want Akpom for Sanchez and Ox for Theo.
Sanchez needs break and this Theo’s first start.
He will probably take Theo and Campbell off for Debuchy and Gibbs
Bad miss
I am quite impressed with Coq’s passing, would like to see the stats for his past games
I think hes been sloppy with his passing today
Yeah id like to see akpom have a few minutes on the pitch
We are begging for Hull to score
wtf wow theo. its alrite lad first game back 🙂
Walcott doesn’t look right at all, first game syndrome I guess. Agree akpom and ox for 30 mins and hold one sub back.
Already 70 mins play, FYI. Wenger only sub at 80 mins.
0-2 on easy chances ol savior Walcott. Some things never change
OMG can we get a 2nd goal, Hull is driving me crazy?!? Lol
Is it me or does sanchez look a bit disheartened there’s no quick interchange..? He’s looking for a pass – but there’s no runners..?
Ozil can’t come soon enough for me.. Still we need another goal otherwise hull will score..
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Joel Campbell is absolutely useless and simply not good enough. So many of you on here rave about him because he stands out in the Costa-Rica national team but for Arsenal, I simply do not believe he’s particularly talented.
Just like Ramsey, wilshere, carzola/ozil (on the wing).
Really think he just needs game time. Doesn’t look match fit.
If he has a few more chances then maybe I would agree but for now reserved
I will donate $100 to charity everytime Campbell uses his right foot
Gibbs and Wilshere too 🙂
*hugs @ Walcott’
A win is a win.
Finish this B grade
outfit off chaps.
Soooo many missed opportunities
75th min and no substitutions. Hanging on for life like we did against the mighty qpr and whu and now hull
Our players look shattered too many players that are not match fit. Hullsoaked up our first half pressure aand are coming now. Make a change wenger!! Ps elmohamady against our defence oh s*it!
Sanchez is one bad challenge away from an injury that will ruin our season more than its already ruined..
Let’s see how many runs “Headless”-OX will make behind the line.
The headless just miss the ball.
No worry. I don’t think hull will scored.
Is we don’t concede great, but will Wenger then think we don’t need a CB?
@admin Really, why is that comment being moderated?
@admin is it cause it questions Wengers logic?
Take Sanchez off already!!!!
What? 🙂
Lots of exciting footy.
Two quality sides.
Memorable performance
A phucking Lexis ! The man !
Carzola and Sanchez, who else, none other but our best 2 players linking up.
Campbell is not arsenal – repeat not arsenal standard..
Thank god for Sanchez… Our last remaining hope..
yet again – are only shining light
we love u too much alexis
#IN17WETRUST! !!
Owwww…Coq should have walked there
Sanchez needs rest. I think he should be given rest when we play Villa at home.
I’m too scared Sanchez will get injured or burn out.
What are we without Alexis?
Man U had to bring on $100n million of talent to beat Yeovil. That is what teams pay the big $$$ for.
why Coquelin?? that was dumb. Lucky he only got a yellow, the ref was being kind.
Ox just play how long? Injured again.
Noooo, take him off Wenger don’t risk it.
Just what we need, Ox injury
I don’t understand why Campbell was taken off instead of Ox – the last thing we need is him out for god knows how long.d
I love your contribution Nose, but cmon about J Campbell. Will he have a statue next to the king 14 outside the Emirates, uh No but for absolutely NO Quality Game time he hasn’t been terrible.
2-0 at last , who else? 🙂
Minus the assinie 2 foot challenge Coq has had a solid night