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Confirmed Arsenal team to face Bournemouth- Ben White keeps his place

It would appear that Mikel Arteta’s philosophy is based on “Why change a winning team unless necessary’ as seen towards the end of last season and in our first two matches in this campaign. With our Europa League games not starting for another few weeks, the boss will find it hard to keep our newly expanded squad happy.

As Arteta admitted on Arsenal.com: “I think the first three or four weeks of the competition are tricky because we are only playing once a week as there is no Europe or no cups, and we’ll have the manage the frustration of players who aren’t in the squad. But it is a long season and everyone will have their opportunities.”

But I don’t think he will be making many chancges this week, except for bringing back Tomiyasu in place of Ben White, which I discussed earlier.…

Here is the team I chose earlier…

Ramsdale
Tomiyasu….Gabriel…Saliba….Zinchenko
Partey…Xhaka
Martinelli…Odegaard…Saka
Jesus

And here is Arteta’s confirmed Starting XI….

White keeps his place with Tomiyasu on the bench..

Same team for three games out of three!

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  2. Good to see Vieria on bench..
    Hopefully we will able to see for few mins
    Come on guys we need to close this day to be on top of the table

    1. yup apparently he’s closing to getting loaned to Nice. And we will go after our “mystery winger” target.

      1. It’s weird how our business is especially the outgoing, no one seems to be interested in our players or rather they are exploiting us because they feel we are restless and afraid of paying non-performing players , look at how Barca deceive us on Auba, it was supposed to be a loan move, after the players has had medical they had a u-turn, forced us to terminate his contract, now they are selling him to Chelsea for over £20m

        1. That’s typical of those scumbags. Fiorentina now what to spend twice much on another midfielder. Sums up their leagues best to avoid business with them

        2. It was never supposed to be a loan. Go and watch AON Arsenal, you would see that what you are saying was the opposite, And I think watching AON says alot about how we fans only speculate and conclude on things we no little or nothing about.

          1. Exactly. It shows how Barcelona wanted a loan and we insisted on terminating the contract for them to sign him so that we didn’t have his wages on the books after the loan was over. There was a game of poker waiting for Barcelona to blink – and they did.

            We dodged a bullet and got the deal over the line, filing the papers with the PL with seconds to spare.

            If I had one criticism it would be that the paperwork should’ve been ready rather than *starting* it when the deal was agreed, late on the final day. It was clear that the termination was what we always wanted, so… have the documentation ready?

  4. We have 2 very good fullbacks who are injury prone so arteta managing their return is smart especially with what happened with partey. Tomi also has had a setback in his recovery. With 2 capable replacements available why not use them.

    OT that lewis potters from Brentford is looking good, nice skillful RW who at 21 can only improve.

    1. spot on. I don’t get the Ben White agenda that has developed out of nowhere. Only game Zaha hasn’t scored so far was the game White marked him, and he is getting flack here and there. Don’t get it.

        1. One good backup to partey and one for saka would make this window a perfect 10. We would have depth everywhere.

          1. But I believe Arteta might use Vieira as RW and CM as when required so we need either RW or CM..
            If we get CM then Vieira can be used as RW and if we get RW then Vieira can be used as CM

            1. Yeah i saw the comments by the u21 coach. Vieira at rw leaves only backup dm.
              Problem is partey is undroppable when fit and player like him are rare even more someone who will be willing to be a bench player.

  5. Ofcourse its the same team.
    —————————Mad About Arsenal——————————-

  6. Pepe and Maitland-Niles aren’t on the bench, so maybe they’re on the way out

    If I were Arteta, I would’ve brought Marquinhos as Saka’s backup and left Lokonga behind

  8. Enough to cruise past b’mouth .. another brace for Jesus … but not a balanced team to take on the bigger guns

  9. We need to be wary of Bournemouth and not get over confident.

    This seems like a potential banana peel situation.

    1. @Ackshay
      I don’t see how Jesus wasn’t used as the natural successor to Kun Aguero. Pep missed a beat there…Just sayin.

      1. Pep team structure is rigid except for 1-2 players who get a free role and jesus wasn’t one of them so he was limited. Arteta is also rigid but jesus gets a free role.

  18. It was never supposed to be a loan. Go and watch AON Arsenal, you would see that what you are saying was the opposite, And I think watching AON says alot about how we fans only speculate and conclude on things we no little or nothing about.

    2. I wouldn’t take everything you see in AON as the gospel truth.we are shown what the club wants the fans to see.we all know how easy it is to make someone look good or bad on TV,thanks to editing.i mean look at most YouTube videos about footballers, watching them you would think that they are all world class when in fact we know that only the best bits were used to make the video.does anyone believe that Arsenal didn’t negotiate with Amazon before letting the cameras in??I also understand that some fans will believe that this is the unfiltered, untouched…version since it suits their narrative.

      1. So you want fans to believe what you think about Arsenal over what has been showed!

        So are you telling me those dressing room talks and emotions were filtered to please the fans?

        Or haven’t you watched City/Spurs/Juventus AON?

        1. They’ve been singing for the last 15 mins, thats just incredible. Our fans have been just as incredible as the players

    2. @John I think it can deliberate that Arteta is focusing the attack on the left flank. Last season Saka was too stretched to the limit so may allowing him a little easing in to this season?

      1. @Daylat – yeah I figured our attacked is concentrated on the left.it might delibrate to allow saka get a breather like you implied ,but my point is Saka doesn’t look very sharp .difficult for him to take on his markers and not quick enough to pick up passes at times. He just looks so unlike him if you ask me.

  21. It’s becoming boring…….. Good game, but why do we always slow game wen we 2 up. 2 chances 2 goal. Some team would hav killed this game with no chance of coming back

  22. All smooth sailing so far! Hopefully another goal to wrap this up and a cleansheet to keep Rambo happy.

  23. What a performance so far. Elite attitude by every one. And Jesus is absolutely unplayable right now. So is Saliba and Zinchenko. It had been a while seeing someone in arsenal shirt as calm and assured as Zinchenko.

    1. Jesus seems to be a world class CF. I believe he’s currently the best front-line pivot for Brazil national team

      Zinchenko was highly technical and intelligent. I don’t think Tierney can usurp him in the next three games

  24. Same as last couple of games … strong start and then slack off .. doesn’t matter against this lot but still doesn’t look like a balanced 11 .. white serves no purpose and makes too many mistakes .. buy frenkie de jong is what I say

  25. Jesus created the first goal using his great skills. Maybe Rodgers’ comment about Man City players train like dogs is correct

  26. Saliba, zinchenko and jesus have been particularly brilliant. Jesus’ play before the first goal was incredible.

    1. what a signing we’ve pulled off. world class movement and ball control from this man every single week.

      3. So true RSH, I remember us agreeing on this before he had even kicked a ball for us… Nice to be proven right, but it wasn’t hard to believe that was it?

  27. We are winning I guess that is what matters most! That said, the slow tempo is making the game really boring.

    1. I’ve not found it boring – we’ve been picking our moments to try something and not taking many chances. It’s been dominance so far. Hopefully we keep it up!

  30. Initially I Thought it is Gabriel because of Swing of left foot
    Later came to know that it is Saliba… 😂

    1. I’m watching on a stream and I thought exactly the same .
      On the replay anyway cause was in the kitchen when they scored 😩

      1. @Daylat – yeah I figured our attacked is concentrated on the left.it might delibrate to allow saka get a breather like you implied ,but my point is Saka doesn’t look very sharp .difficult for him to take on his markers and not quick enough to pick up passes at times. He just looks so unlike him if you ask me.

    2. That’s actually good news,even without Saka at his best we are still playing well,which means collectively there is room to improve.also,the season is long and we don’t want all our players peaking at the same time,no?

    1. Hmm … thought the new rules were that it the offside was that tight (less that a toe), they gave the goal ….

      1. Yeah maybe it was close I thought he was off by his knee but the image they used was absolutely terrible

  44. I know it’s still early in the season,but if I had one worry that would be players/squad rotation.

    2. @Siamois
      Same here. We’ve got to integrate the second string into the team more, so they gel together. The sooner the better… Just sayin.

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