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Prediction

Arsenal 2-0 PSV

 

[Sparrahork]

Ramsdale - White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu - Rice, Vieira, Ødegaard - Saka, Jesus, Trossard.

Get 3 goals quickly and make some substitutions.

Other than havertz for Vieira I think this is the line up that will be used, I definitely think zinny sits the start of this out, the rest pretty obvious.

I would want us to rotate more, give kiwi and Nelson minutes from the start resting saliba and Saka. Also maybe esr starting on the left wing.

First game back in ucl however and all will be super keen to play so a very unlikely outcome.

I hope we get a cushion of a lead and sensible substitutes from there on in, i.e. bring on players unlikely to feature in the NLD to get them included and improve match fitness.

 

[Hunta]

My son Martinelli missing this is the biggest injustice I’ve ever seen.

Not worth tuning in.

 

[Hunta]

Better OP than the last one:

UCL R16 2nd Leg | Arsenal (1) v Bayern (5) | March 7 19:45 GMT | BT Sport

Who's bothered. Macey Mertesacker Holding Koscielny Bellerin Ramsey Maitland-Niles Ox Welbeck Alexis Lucas 0-3.

arsenal-mania.com

Who was our number one back then? Can tell by me sticking Macey in we were all sick of whoever it was.

 

[A_G]

Who was our number one back then? Can tell by me sticking Macey in we were all sick of whoever it was.

 

[Oxeki]

Better OP than the last one:

UCL R16 2nd Leg | Arsenal (1) v Bayern (5) | March 7 19:45 GMT | BT Sport

Who's bothered. Macey Mertesacker Holding Koscielny Bellerin Ramsey Maitland-Niles Ox Welbeck Alexis Lucas 0-3.

arsenal-mania.com

That team

How Wenger got them playing UCL I'll never know

 

[Hunta]

Grim stuff. Remember that pass against City when he nearly scored an OG.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

the difference now if Arteta managed to figure it out in europe i feel we can compete against the top european teams unlike before when we simply just getting bullied by Barcelona and Bayern they were miles ahead of us that no question but i always hate the way we just not compete and lose heavily

 

[Oxeki]

the difference now if Arteta managed to figure it out in europe i feel we can compete against the top european teams unlike before when we simply just getting bullied by Barcelona and Bayern they were miles ahead of us that no question but i always hate the way we just not compete and lose heavily

Our team is top 5 in Europe.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Our team is top 5 in Europe.

that imo not proven yet until we manage to do well in europe majority of our squad are inexperienced and this is their first experience in CL even tho they fully international footballers.

 

[field442]

Think there will be a little bit of rotation here. Havertz and Jesus will start. I think Tomiyasu might start instead of Zinchenko as well. Need to keep Zinchenko as fresh as possible throughout the season.

 

[OnlyOne]

Ramsdale, Tomi, Kiwi, Saliba, White, Jorginho, Havertz, Ødegaard, Trossard, Eddie Jesus

 

[Macho]

Ramsdale, Tomi, Kiwi, Saliba, White, Jorginho, Havertz, Ødegaard, Trossard, Eddie Jesus

So you're saying rotate where possible?

 

[Rex Stone]

Ramsdale, Tomi, Kiwi, Saliba, White, Jorginho, Havertz, Ødegaard, Trossard, Eddie Jesus

Didn’t expect this from you. Tantalising

 

[OnlyOne]

So you're saying rotate where possible?

I'm torn. Martinelli's injury has scared me a little and clubs are picking them up left and right, we have a NLD next weekend and PSV at home is Europa League quality.

But it's also the first night in the CL in years and you want a good start, we also want to top the group and the season has only just begun so maybe it's too early.

I'd say only Zinchenko and Saka should be rested tbh. If you brought in Rice and Gabriel that team shouldn't be losing.

 

[Aussie_gunner123]

I think this is certainly the game where he will rotate our front 3 at least, give GJ his first deserved start ahead of Nketiah along with Trosaard & Nelson, Nelson on the right with Trosaard on the left. He might rest Ødegaard, start ESR along side Havertz again with Jorginho. Tomiyasu will start aswell imo. We still need to keep in a few PL starters though, UCL is a tough competition & it would be preferable to get off to a positive start in the group.

Ramsdale
White Kiwior Gabriel Tomiyasu
Jorginho/Rice
ESR Havertz
Nelson GJ Trosaard.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

FINALLY !!

 

[db10_therza]

So you're saying rotate where possible?

It’s really **** that our first CL game in forever is right before NLD.

I’m really torn on how much we should rotate. This is a statement game, we need to signal to the world that we’re back for real. But NLD is NLD.

 

[A_G]

I'm torn. Martinelli's injury has scared me a little and clubs are picking them up left and right, we have a NLD next weekend and PSV at home is Europa League quality.

But it's also the first night in the CL in years and you want a good start, we also want to top the group and the season has only just begun so maybe it's too early.

I'd say only Zinchenko and Saka should be rested tbh. If you brought in Rice and Gabriel that team shouldn't be losing.

We did the rotation in the CL group stage thing in 15/16 and ended up in a position where we had to go all out in the last two games to scrape through. Play your best test team now and then rest people in the winter when we have to deal with midweek PL games too.

 

[OnlyOne]

We did the rotation in the CL group stage thing in 15/16 and ended up in a position where we had to go all out in the last two games to scrape through. Play your best test team now and then rest people in the winter when we have to deal with midweek PL games too.

Good point. Mikel also said last few years he's been getting the players ready for this type of schedule aka Saka.

Still, rest Zinny at least.

 

[Rasmi]

I think this is certainly the game where he will rotate our front 3 at least, give GJ his first deserved start ahead of Nketiah along with Trosaard & Nelson, Nelson on the right with Trosaard on the left. He might rest Ødegaard, start ESR along side Havertz again with Jorginho. Tomiyasu will start aswell imo. We still need to keep in a few PL starters though, UCL is a tough competition & it would be preferable to get off to a positive start in the group.

Ramsdale
White Kiwior Gabriel Tomiyasu
Jorginho/Rice
ESR Havertz
Nelson GJ Trosaard.

You want to start CL with a loss lol. 1-2 changes max. No way esr or Nelson play