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Ramsey starts in confirmed Arsenal XI to face Norwich

Despite the concerns over the fitness of the heavily worked forward Alexis Sanchez, not many Arsenal fans or football observers really expected Arsene Wenger to leave his star man out of the Arsenal starting line up for the away game at Norwich City today and so it is no surprise to see the Chilean´s name on Wenger’s team sheet.

The prof has chosen to go with his fellow Frenchman Mathieu Flamini to provide the cover and steel in front of the back four that Francis Coquelin had been doing so well until his injury last weekend. Calum Chambers is on the bench and we might well see him get another chance in that role as well.

Another player on the bench is Joel Campbell as the fit again Aaron Ramsey takes his place on the right but once again there is a good chance that we could see the young Costa Rican forward at some point in the match. Apart from these two positions the Gunners line up is pretty predictable these days and looks to have plenty of quality and the right balance to get the Premier League title race up and running after the disappointment of defeat to West Brom last time out.

Cech
Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal
Flamini, Cazorla
Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez
Giroud

Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gabriel, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reine-Adelaide, Campbell.

We need this one Arsenal so Come On You Gunners, let’s see some goals.

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  1. why the hell is Campbell on the bench?? great! just great!! he plays one fantastic match after a few bad ones then you put him on the bench the next game, you killing or building his confidence?? Typical Wenger.
    Anyways would like to see Adelaide brought in for Sanchez.

    2. i was critical of campbell , but after last games performance-he deserves another shot
      wenger is giving him no chnace to build form and momentum
      feel for him

      other than that , yeah decent line up

      would love to know why gabriel is getting no playing time
      he looked so good with kos early on

      1. Because this is Wenger we’re talking about, he’s too loyal to players that directly affect our winning credentials

    3. Forget all the other considerations. Wenger will ALWAYS choose Ramsey over Campbell (or anyone else for that matter).

  2. I remember how some folks were saying the reason for Ramsey’s great 2013/14 form was because Wenger was playing on the right wing in the seasons prior, LoL. Now we know better 🙂

    1. Ramsey scores goals when he plays in the centre, the reason he does is because he has more space and understands how to play in tight space from experience on the RW.

  4. Dropping campbell for ramsey just sure why our players don’t lack motivation some times and lose games they are meant to win. How can wenger sub a rw that played well in the last game and put in a player who is a cm and who just came back from injury in the starting line up. This type of shit shows that no matter how hard you try, wenger would always fall back to his favorites.. what happened to giving a player confidence by rewarding good performances. Ramsey just came back from injury and he is straight in the starting line up after just one sub appearance. No need to build up his fitness right? Is he messi? I wonder what campbell must be thinking. Anyways rant over.. Hoping for a 3-0 win.

    1. Campbell impressed, unlike Oxlade he actually has end product and knows how to score in CL and World Cup games, but that’s none of my business

  7. Other than gab for mert it’s our best xi right now …. Need to come out of blocks quickly… Slow starts are a killer for us

  8. If he doesn’t trust Campbell he needs to sell the lad in January to a manager ewho will give him the run of games he deservese. I can’t understand why AW is rushing Ramsey back, especially as he had been bigging Joel up just before the game. It feels like a lost opportunity.

    1. i dont think he is rushing him back.. he is just giving ramsey the game so that ramsey can build the match fitness and in my opinion thats the right decision cause in my best XI ramsey is the one on the right slot and we finally have a good depth in the right wing and you want to sell a great squad/first-team player in campbell?

  9. I honestly think Wenger wants Ramsey to leave, the guy has said numerous times that he basically HATES playing on the wing, yet he goes and slaps him there
    Dont be surprised when the barca rumours start flying in in January

  11. I miss the days of hearing the song “we are the champions”
    Being played at Highbury! ?

    The only song I hear now is ” I got you babe”
    from Groundhog Day! ? Please stop!.. I can’t take it anymore.

    Come on you Gunners!

  14. its just ridiculous now, how can we accept this amount of injuries for nearly a decade? wth is wrong with wenger??

  25. Half hearted performance jesus christ how bad are the top teams this year… nearly 2-1 down. Lack of concentration now typical Arsenal

  27. And people wonder why pundits are reluctant to believe in Arsenal. Very ridiculous defending. Don’t look like a title winning team in my opinion.

    1. Wenger dont know how to build a title winning team otherwise he would have replaced mertsacker by now! And actually got a decent replacement for le coq!

  29. ramsey experiment has failed… had his chance did nothing…bring on campbell or chamberlain…the lack of movement of ramsey and giroud is shocking….

  31. This happens often. Our player gets injured early on, sub comes on who hasn’t started in AGES and makes a mistake. You can expect that the next time Campbell plays (maybe in 2 months or so), he will be shite.

  32. No need to blame Mertesacker, Gabriel needs to take this blame. What an awful positioning from him, wrong side of the defender??

  35. And I don’t know why Ramsey is on the pitch for?

    I am gonna assume he will not be substituted the whole game.

  36. 45mins gone and no cross from the right???? Ramsey seems to be everywhere? Can someone tell me the position he’s playing please???????

  37. good test of wenger …does he actually want to win this game against what can only be described as a mediocre outfit..if so changes at halftime….or at least within 15 mins

    1. I’m willing to give you every last penny in my bank account if wenger makes a change after fifteen minutes, let alone at half time. The guy thinks ten to fifteen minutes towards the end of the game is enough time to make an impact. you’ve given me a good idea for a solid weekly bet though, cheers

  39. I wouldn’t be surprised if we go on to lose this much. It has been our trademark for years. Forgive my bad english

  41. As much as i like to see ramsey play because of his energy and defensive contribution, we need to start using two wingers or wing forwards. That is why i thought campbell should continue on the right especially after the last game. Wenger should buy a propal right winger if he does not trust the others instead of forcing it down ramsey’s throat. When you play teams like this, you need to stretch them using the wings. No service, penetration or runs from the right side, we are making it too easy for them. They need to suffer from both flanks.

  42. You watch Klopp motivating and managing his players pushing them forward when needed, even the mongrel Maureen is jumping and screaming when the team is not performing what WENGER does NOTHING sits there watching how NORWICH overruns our sorry asz defense this man is set up for retirement we need a new young Manager who can fire the team if we ever are to win the EPL

    1. He needs to go! I said on this in the summer, actually did an article on Klopp to Arsenal because wenger is holding Arsenal back!

  43. Wenger should have started without Flamini, withCambell out on the flank and Ramsey through the middle.

  44. just one question to Wenger’s:WHEN Mert will be released-released,because only someone really dumb would buy him

  45. Same old Arsenal falling to bits!!

    jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the wayyyyyy
    there’s no fun, in Arsenal son,
    when stuck in Groundhog day!!

    Somebody smash that Radio!
    ?? I got you babe ????????

  51. And Sanchez limps off injured… Good thing we bought some adequate forwards in the summer.. ohhhh wait

  55. Let’s try to hold on and not lose. Really not looking good against teams that should almost be guaranteed wind

    1. I said that afew days ago, that he would only get a rest when his injured.

      Once again!! the negligence of the deluded one bites back in full effect!

      The warning signs could be seen from the moon but hey!
      This is Mr Magoo we’re talking about!

      And what makes it worse, even the AKB’s backed him on risking Sanchez ? well there you go Joe!
      Who knows best now? ##$#ing #@##ers!! ?

  64. Giroud is the most sissy CF I ever watc so easy get bully by defender.

    No what wenger? Ramsey like running for breath and you left only one subs.

  66. Wilshere, Wellbeck, Walcott, Le Coq, Rosicky, Alexis

    HAHAHAHAHA You cant write this stuff. Wenger and medical team should be looking for another job!!

  68. Cant even beat west brom or norwich ?, we are a comincal team! No wonder no pundit ever backs us to win the league

  79. i dont see any gunner on the pitch that is considered a serious threat to score, giroud is non existant, his positioning off the ball is terrible, campbell just runs around w energy, ozil wants to assist but no one to assist to, santi used to score? maybe ox?

  80. Win lose or draw today I just cant beleieve wenger played alexis. He could have had him on the bench or rested him completely and split game rime between campbell and ox. Lack of faith in squad players and lack rotation drives me mad! Also people who said wed win 5-0 are deluded, a late kick off away in the rain is not arsenals style

  82. Usual sh#t! From a sh#t team and Manager, title handed on a plate and Wenger fks it up again, soon as Wenger goes the better!

  84. Few weeks ago every said our next few game will be more easy sure we will get win most of our games now we are back to our realities, the real arsenal.

    2. Alexis and Ozil are not going to stick around for much more of this utter bull$hit!

      Can you blame them? Which world class player wants to have Olivier Giroud as their striking partner? The answer is…. Nobody.

      Can we all agree now after almost 4 years Olivier Giroud is just not good enough for an entire season for Arsenal

  94. Only arsenal can make a team with 2 wins in 10 look like barca lol
    Just as I predicted and where’s that t***** G.rude now???

    Bellerin, monreal ramsey,Giroud absolute stinkers

    Like I said sadly no heart no bottle that’s Arsenal.

  95. This is management at its worst. Played alexis sanchez despite concerns over his fitness and calf issues. Result: he is probably out for a month or two along with our best defender koscielny and our only dmf coquelin. Not a single player bought during the summer and now short of players exactly when the busiest period arrives near Christmas. And yes: gained a single point against WBA and Norwich and that’s why arsenal won’t be champions till a good few more years

  96. Once again, once ARSENAL are always Arsenal forward never backward ever that a shame same f***ing s**t different days just tired with this bull s**t

  97. The problem is we are running on injuries – Kos, Alexis and Coquelin were all known to be near the edge, yet because we sold/loaned far more outfield players than we bought (0), we have no one who can fill their shoes. You cannot run on petrol vapours and expect to complete the journey. There is no excuse – answers please AW and Kroenke.

  100. Reality bites once again. No adequate back up for injured players. How many times has this happened before? I laughed when people started talking about us winning the league. With the poor planning that went on during the transfer window. And don’t say get over the transfer thing, cause that was the reason for today’s result and the one before.

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