We always knew Arsene Wenger was going to rotate his Arsenal team tonight, but who expected this team to take the field. This is the team I predicted for today’s match ….
Cech
Bellerin Holding Chambers Maitland-Niles
Iwobi Wilshere Coquelin
Ozil Lacazette Sanchez
And this is the team that Arsene Wenger picked for the last game of 2017. I did say I had little confidence that Wenger would agree with me!
Here it is – our team for the final game of the year#WBAvAFC pic.twitter.com/T9uGwaqKjO
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) December 31, 2017
I didn’t think he would play Koscielny and Mustafi with Chelsea coming up but I guess this is a big of a must-win game, but he has rested Mesut Ozil at least…
And Sanchez is still the first name on the teamsheet!
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AMN on bench but a certainty Chelsea too.
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why doesn’t wenger play niles in place of xhaka when xhaka is clearly out of his depth and niles form is good? Niles is a central midfielder with pace who can defend and attack plus has good recovery pace to defend against misplaced passes and counterattacks.
The style of football we play requires players with either good stamina or recovery pace in the central midfield. Niles showed he can tackle while playing LWB/LB and can be our own kante if paired with ramsey or wilshere as he has shown himself to have the necessary discipline to know when to push forward or stay back. Xhaka would be a good mid in a team who plays like crystal palace or leicester where the C Mid stay close to the defenders and need good long passes to launch counters. e.g vardy/xhaka combo would be deadly.
We are potentially losing the chance to develop a future great homegrown player by preferring to force xhaka in a role he cannot do.
Brilliant!You couldn’t have said it any better.Why does Xhaka get to play week in week out?Maitland Niles is probably working and training very hard and to me has earned his place over Xhaka who won’t make it here.What at all is wrong with this coach?He hates a good player and loves the average one?I just don’t get it anymore.Xhaka might do well in this match only if we’re on top so people will come and say ”I told you so”.Fast forward the next two or so matches then he’ll cost us as he can’t defend and he’s average.What a liability of a player we have in midfield.Even Spurs won’t take this guy on their bench.
Since we lack creativity in this match we need to make do with what we have.We have to change to 4-2-3 1 and bring Wilshrre to No. 10 as I think he can create chances and is currently playing too safe in the middle of the park.As for ”Mr. Liability” same as usual.He offers us nothing apart from passing and shooting.
Does bulletin even once try to go towards the by line? Just passes it back in the middle…remember sagna…
while it is good to rest ozil as he looked tired vs palace when he missed 2 very good through balls from alexis, it would have been cautious to put him on the bench as west brom can frustrate us with their park the bus tactics and a little bit of ozil magic in the last 30 min could be needed.
Please how do you know Ozil is being rested?I also have another question.Why isn’t Xhaka being rested if Wenger was thinking of resting players?Arsenal have a real liability on their hands.
yep, agree kev
Completely agree on xhaka liability thing. Wenger is too deluded to bench him.
ozil has a knee injury lol. was announced on arsenal.com even before kick off
Ozil at Old Trafford having medical??
Just asking……..
Noooooooooo!!
@GB really wouldn’t surprise.
Iwobi? ?
Nooooooooooooooo
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Welbeck should’ve started over Iwobi. Iwobi is still young but at the moment he is really not performing
Bye bye Sanchez
Bye bye ???????
Yes, City lost 2 attackers today and will need to invest in the market 100% .
They will go for Sanchez 100%.
Take the money and get a replacement.
We could get more as City are now in need no longer a want.
bout 40m maybe. And addons for titles.
Pep – ” In the internal meetings we are going to decide what is best. But my feeling now is that he’s(Alexis) an Arsenal player and he will be.”
So basically the Man C board will decide shortly whether to buy Alexis now or in the summer
negotiations,
Iwobi what a waste of space in the team today.
Misplaced pass after misplaced pass.
Losing ball in tackle time and again.
Can’t hit a barn door from a yard out.
Welbeck or Niles or anyone really would be preferred.
Even Gunnersaurus (If he travelled!!)
oooooh, now city need alexis, what a change, get the cash, get him out, clean up that dressing room, ozil leaves me perplexed, maybe rest for chelsea, i think nothing more then that
Best bit so far… the red shorts, nice looking kit…..
…unfortunately young iwobi loses his head much of the time when he has a clear goal scoring opportunity. i hope jack shows why he wears the #10 (today) and the best way to make your point (jack) is by putting that ball in the back of that onion basket #COYG turn up the heat…
If Jack had what it takes to be a good captain he would have went over to Ozil and said ..whats all this about you wanting my number?, then, is it true that it could help make your mind up to stay. Then just give him the number seeing as the number doesn’t mean anything unless it’s accompanied with the position.
my skin crawls when we have numbers on a counter and xhaka takes a 35 yards feckless shot, he does this over and over…
Posts on here are so right about Iwobi, what on earth does Wenger see in this player, 30 minutes gone and he’s and so far he’s been a absolute disaster. He’ll take him off on 70 minutes, until then we’ll just have to put up with him .
30 minutes of emptiness
Like my love life….
Why is Iwobi on the pitch????
Cos he’s had the only two decent attempts first half and I don’t rate him either but fair dues mate.
gonna miss kolosinac vs chelsky… ?
He’s been shite last few games he’s played
but need the enforcer against chelsea,
Why?
41 minutes of emptiness
At least we should get some crosses from the left now.
And AMN uses his right foot as well as left!
agree lads playing well, just need to connect,
damn Laca needs a goal…
Chambers is still as crap as he was on Thursday then
Top 4 …. really …
Not in a month of Sundays!
Crappy display. If I recall our only good 90 minutes was against Spurs. Thats 1 solid match in about 30 matches.
That’s Wenger for you.
By the look of things either West Brom will win it or it will end in a draw
rubbish of course
the most interesting thing: what’s with the red socks?
if sanchez departs arsenal we would be somewhat akin to a pensioner threatening to a bite but not quite having the teeth with which to do so (jus thinking aloud) he remains our most lethal weapon.
What a rubbish first half. Zero creativity and having to put up ONCE AGAIN with Xhaka and Iwobi. If I had to watch this tripe every week I would take up model railways or pottery. OR BETTER STILL AND MORE INTERESTING, WATCHING PAINT DRY. I call this stuff anti-football.
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luckily, for us, west brom havn’t a clue what to do in the final third – they flatter to deceive. on that note i will applaud our next goal – yes even before we’ve even scored it.
Xhaka is so pony
I have no words
theo be like,,,, me? really? why?
Xhaka bulletin iwobi are no even championship level … wenger is a joke he really is
This is the worst arsenal team I can remember … they are no better than wba the worst team in the league … what is wenger paid to do …
Pure pants. Weegor will have his excuses prepared since last Thursday
Laca closing in, don’t take him off!
its like a bad joke that keeps repeating itself.
WBA more shots than Arsenal, that really tells the story.
kroenke gazidis wenger out
Pathetic pathetic Arsenal.
Top 4 is a distant dream with Wenger here.
Why is Sanchez even playing, just get rid of him.
Utterly utterly shocking … wenger can no longer get basic motivation right …
Yes, let’s make a defensive change because we want a draw .
Wenger is a joker he really is … hoe the f@@@ did this club sink do low .., they r the one that want to win
Wenger out, the fraud.
Their logic.
I’ll pass you the ball xhaka,but I’ll stay in the same spot and you must pass it back so we waste time.
Wtf is xhaka on the field.
Chelsea will man handle us.
gosh i really dislike iwobi.
what was that
limp mate -limp
Why oh why did AFC buy an all-out striker, which scored most past goals on a break? And, AFC RARELY, if ever, feeds him an early thru or over the top balls??? I know, it’s not the AFC way”, so why buy him then? So many times during most games, a quick release ball would set him free to do his thing. So EFFING FRUSTRATING!!
Wenger logic
Can’t wait to see what Same P has to say about this.
please can we go to into new year with some little joy-like beating the bottom of the league team
Whatever it takes to get rid of wenger .. if that means a wba win that’s fine with me … we are being defrauded by this guy on a day to day basis
This is so sh*t… We’ll get hammered on Wednesday
Oh come on everyone, Wenger broke a record today – most games as a manager, collecting a paycheck!!!
Now that’s something to celebrate (puke in mouth)!!
And Cech still hasn’t saved a penalty
needed that!
Of course Sanchez wants City.
Gunnersauras refusing contract, rumor is he’s off to city as well.
Boring boring Arsenal, we really are drab.
had to be
orevoi sanchez – thank you for everything nino maravilla
Oh, the player wanting to leave, created the goal on the dribble, then scores the free kick . . . and Wenger collects another paycheck!!
From the man everyone wants to leave!!!
actually from the man everyones tired of wanting to leave
…our lethal weapon – on song when it matters (applause)…
thats harsh
…poor refereeing
I don’t normally comment on referee decisions but that is shocking.
Even Michael Owen said it was never a pen,
Ball to arm, not arm to ball . . . less a hand ball than the United yesterday! WTF!!!??
freaking mike dean,
Disgraceful referring, bring on var and get rid of these useless biased cnuts. How can a ref get away with this shit, if he lived near me I’d dance on his stupid bald head.
…one things for sure we are not a top four team (…at least not yet), winter transfer with quality buys is a must…
need germanys replay, if going to be that bad, how can you get a hand ball 2 feet from the player, no way to react,
What a sh*t performance. West Brom are crap & we can’t even beat them! Gutted, thanks Arsenal, thanks a lot ?
Yes, so we were cheated again by Mike Dean BUT we did not deserve to win. Both teams deserved to lose heavily and would have done were either playing against a proper team. I called the game tripe at half time. My apologies to tripe!