Carabao Cup Quarter-Final: Arsenal v Man City | Tuesday, December 22 | KO: 20:00 GMT | Sky Sports

[Jasard]

When is Partey back by the way?

 

[El Duderino]

When is Partey back by the way?

Mid January at the earliest I think. Provided he's not rushed back and imjured again, of course.

 

[El Duderino]

He'd get a lot more simpathy from me if he started Balogun, et. al.

This is a nothing game, but seeing as the rope is tightening around his neck, I think he'll play a strong XI and try to jump start the season again.

 

[DanDare]

Saliba is the future of Arsenal, guys like Mustafi/Luiz are gone next season, if this guy doesn't feature in anyway after Arteta said 'he's ready' then I'll be fuming. I kind of understood it before, guy was having a rough time but his manager has backed him so why not give him a start in a pointless cup game?

Saliba feels ready to play. Nonsense to not give him a chance.

We should be starting Saliba, Balogun, ESR, Martinelli. These are the future and we need to show them they'll get chances if they play for Arsenal

 

[samshere]

...wish we got to see more of Ramsey-Wilshere, infront of a proper DM after this...feel that would have given Aaron more license to get forward while not hurting the team defensively as we would have had another CM there anyway, also I feel Mes would have been good on the right had side as an inside playmaker.

I have forgotten what its like to see balls passed through the center of the pitch.

 

[A_G]

 

[Plutarch]

I'm expecting to win this game by 60%. But we won't score as many goals as Man City, obviously.

 

[A_G]

hope he makes the bench at least

 

[Rex Stone]

Could we play Al Pacino’s son Charlie in this?

 

[Rimaal]

We'll win this.

 

[A_G]

 

[Rex Stone]

That’s four days before the EL semi final assuming we’re still in it.

Going to be a mental three game PL week later on down the line for us if we advance in both competitions.

Schedule could be mad.

 

[Riou]

I want to win this, but this is going to be a mental schedule down the road...I could have swore last year they said teams that were in Europe were automatically out of the league cup this year?

 

[Rex Stone]

I want to win this, but this is going to be a mental schedule down the road...I could have swore last year they said teams that were in Europe were automatically out of the league cup this year?

Surprise surprise that idea got scrapped.

Honestly our fixture list post January could be brutal. We’ll have to have play midweek a couple of times as is but if we go far in the EL, FA Cup and win this game it’ll be a mad pile up of fixtures.

Only positive is that it’s a good chance to free the youth.

 

[A_G]

That’s four days before the EL semi final assuming we’re still in it.

Going to be a mental three game PL week later on down the line for us if we advance in both competitions.

Schedule could be mad.

There's rumours that elite sport could be suspended until the end of January, so the backlog will be insane. Might get that 9 games in a week situation Gary Neville talked about in March.

 

[Rex Stone]

There's rumours that elite sport could be suspended until the end of January, so the backlog will be insane. Might get that 9 games in a week situation Gary Neville talked about in March.

I don’t know how they fit it in then.

It’s tight as is getting everything done before Euro 2021. Be a nightmare if they postpone the five Christmas fixtures.

Fwiw I think they’ll keep them going, Government’s popularity is tanked over this new lockdown already and Boris has been adamant before that the PL shouldn’t stop.

 

[A_G]

I don’t know how they fit it in then.

It’s tight as is getting everything done before Euro 2021. Be a nightmare if they postpone the five Christmas fixtures.

Fwiw I think they’ll keep them going, Government’s popularity is tanked over this new lockdown already and Boris has been adamant before that the PL shouldn’t stop.

We might genuinely have a separate PL XI and a Europa XI, and not by choice.

 

[rich 1990]

The final has been pushed back to April

 

[DanDare]

 

[Lidl_Reed]

Tierney looking forward to an Arteta-less future next to a bereft and sorrowful Mikel