PL: Manchester City vs Arsenal, February 3rd, 16:30 Sky Sports

[Makingtrax]

Özil looked reasonably fit in his last outing, although not match sharp.
He’s got to play in this game.

Can understand protecting Özil against cloggers, but against one of the most creative sides, we need our own invention.

 

[OnlyOne]

Özil looked reasonably fit in his last outing, although not match sharp.
He’s got to play in this game.

Can understand protecting Özil against cloggers, but against one of the most creative sides, we need our own invention.

I can't see him travelling tbh.

 

[Makingtrax]

Midfield - any three from Ramsey, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi.

Don’t think Suarez will be ready, wherever Emery wants to play him. Probably relegating Iwobi chances.

 

[Makingtrax]

I can't see him travelling tbh.

Antihistamines are good for motion sickness, so should be OK.

 

[Makingtrax]

Back 4, . . still can’t see Kos being ready, but maybe he’ll have to play. Jenko at RB? Monreal at CB . . but not match sharp yet?

We’re scraping the barrel here.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

A win here will go a long way to securing 4th place for us. Sadly having Mustafi in the squad always forces us to revise our expectations.

 

[Makingtrax]

A win here will go a long way to securing 4th place for us. Sadly having Mustafi in the squad always forces us to revise our expectations.

Arsenal’s 5th columnist.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Arsenal’s 5th columnist.

Let's just ship him off to Saint Helena, it contained Napoleon well enough.

 

[field442]

I’m thinking it will be this.

I just get the feeling he’s willing to throw in Suarez with his comments about him yesterday. He may decide to go with the extra midfielder and make it a 4-3-3 instead of 4-2-3-1. Personally I wouldn’t because they only way we’re going to beat them is scoring 2 or 3.

We have a strong bench now at least. Mkhi, Ramsey, Özil and Iwobi could all be on the bench.

 

[say yes]

Honestly have no idea how we’re going to shape up for this.

Could understand the thinking behind any of: 352, 41212 (diamond), 4231, 433..

 

[Tourbillion]

3 at the back with wing backs would be horrible against these ****s. Especially without Bellerin.

 

[Makingtrax]

I’m thinking it will be this.

I just get the feeling he’s willing to throw in Suarez with his comments about him yesterday. He may decide to go with the extra midfielder and make it a 4-3-3 instead of 4-2-3-1. Personally I wouldn’t because they only way we’re going to beat them is scoring 2 or 3.

We have a strong bench now at least. Mkhi, Ramsey, Özil and Iwobi could all be on the bench.

I don’t think it would be good man management to throw Suarez straight into a team he’s never played with before, or even practised with. It wouldn’t do anything for team bonding and cohesion, that’s for sure.

Think Emery is too good for that mistake.

 

[Tourbillion]

It's a pity that Xhaka is a banker to start this despite being utterly mediocre at best and will almost certainly make errors in this game.

 

[field442]

I don’t think it would be good man management to throw Suarez straight into a team he’s never played with before, or even practised with. It wouldn’t do anything for team bonding and cohesion, that’s for sure.

Think Emery is too good for that mistake.

He will have practiced with the team a few times and Emery is familiar with him so he knows what he’s capable of. It happens a lot anyway with January transfers. Wenger did it with Aubameyang last year. Chelsea just did it with Higuain. There’s probably countless other examples I can’t be bothered looking up.

 

[OnlyOne]

He will have practiced with the team a few times and Emery is familiar with him so he knows what he’s capable of. It happens a lot anyway with January transfers. Wenger did it with Aubameyang last year. Chelsea just did it with Higuain. There’s probably countless other examples I can’t be bothered looking up.

I agree, he's less likely to start but I wouldn't be surprised at all if he did. I hope he does though, maybe in a CM role since he can actually dribble.

 

[Makingtrax]

He will have practiced with the team a few times and Emery is familiar with him so he knows what he’s capable of. It happens a lot anyway with January transfers. Wenger did it with Aubameyang last year. Chelsea just did it with Higuain. There’s probably countless other examples I can’t be bothered looking up.

I think you’re right there bro. We won 5-1 against Everton and he scored. Think that was early Feb too.

It was desperation time for Wenger though, we’d lost to Swansea the week before and the stadium was half empty.

 

[tap-in]

I’m thinking it will be this.

I just get the feeling he’s willing to throw in Suarez with his comments about him yesterday. He may decide to go with the extra midfielder and make it a 4-3-3 instead of 4-2-3-1. Personally I wouldn’t because they only way we’re going to beat them is scoring 2 or 3.

We have a strong bench now at least. Mkhi, Ramsey, Özil and Iwobi could all be on the bench.

I also think Suarez will start. My team would be similar but Jenks for Lichtsteiner.

 

[Tourbillion]

Yep. Jenks over the old man or Mr. Lackadaisical all day.

 

[turkish gooner]

We ll lose thats obvious, but the important thing is that must be a non hummiliating one

 

[Mohamed7]

I’m thinking it will be this.

I just get the feeling he’s willing to throw in Suarez with his comments about him yesterday. He may decide to go with the extra midfielder and make it a 4-3-3 instead of 4-2-3-1. Personally I wouldn’t because they only way we’re going to beat them is scoring 2 or 3.

We have a strong bench now at least. Mkhi, Ramsey, Özil and Iwobi could all be on the bench.

It is really depressing to see that back 5

Only worthy is Kos