The Arsenal (A) Carabao Cup Match Thread 19.12.17 19:45
Well here we are again, facing off against the Gooners. Those poor poor Gooners who didn’t like the fact we actually defended.
Well tuff, ‘cause we are gonna do it again.
So it’s this ‘nothing dodgy at all about the draw’ cup game we could quite franking do with out. Or could we?
Wenger will probably put out a ‘weaker’ team but what will Moyes do??
Will Moyes play Hart, will he attempt to find our second string. Will he have one eye on the Barcodes game on Saturday.
Well tuff, ‘cause we are gonna do it again.
So it’s this ‘nothing dodgy at all about the draw’ cup game we could quite franking do with out. Or could we?
Wenger will probably put out a ‘weaker’ team but what will Moyes do??
Will Moyes play Hart, will he attempt to find our second string. Will he have one eye on the Barcodes game on Saturday.
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(Although with injuries, we are pretty much down to that anyway).
Hart in goal.
Give Ginge more match time. Play Rice for the experience.
Get 90mins into Ayew, Sakho, Chica.
Rest Antonio and Arnautovic.
See how the others are doing fatigue-wise -rest where necessary + make up the numbers with the kids.
Next few League games crucial for us, and they come thick and fast over Xmas.
I think (much like the team) the match thread should have had a different set up for the carabao cup. Whomever started the Spurs thread in the last round should have started this one, leaving Suzanne to carry on the splendid league efforts for the Newcastle game
;lol
Play a proper team, resting only players who really could do with the rest. Keep the momentum and keep us in something.
Fernandes, Ginge, Rice, Reid, Johnson
Obiang, Lanzini, Kouyate
Ayew, Hernandez
Maybe Martinez starting?
No lack of faith it is merely squad rotation keeping your best for the league. Although I'd dearly love to tip Aesenal out of the Carabao and give their fans something to moan about ;hmm.......eerrrr.... they don't need help do they ;doh
why field a below per team , few changes yeah,
I don’t want good hiding, doc Moyes has done fair sofar,
Onto the game, I'd like to think Moyes will give some fringe & 1 or 2 younger players a chance.
Really think some who have played 3 in a week need a break & the Toon game is far more important IMO.
I do think Arnautovic and Antonio need to rest. They will burnout pretty quickly.
Bring in Sakho and Hernandez. They won’t do the same job exactly but I think they can do it similarly.
Maybe bring in Ayew (and also Hart), and that should be it. Rice in for Noble assuming he’s injured.
Zab Reid Ogb Cress Mas
------ Obiang - Rice -----
----------- Ayew ----------
--- Sakho - Hernandez ---
Subs: Gk, Pask, Collins, Quina, Arnie, Haksabonic, Carroll
Goalkeeper - Since it's a cup game, Hart could start but at the same time the team comes before Hart's motives. Playing Hart could upset our defence (who are growing in confidence). Playing Adrian could prevent any defensive issues and continue to strengthen our defensive players confidence and relationships with one another.
Zab - would like to have rested him but we don't really have any more options there. He can play as a wing back. Masuaku on the other side as a wing back. Again I'd like to have rested him too but I can't see which other players could play as a left wing back.
Ogbonna - was tempted to rest him and bring in Josh Pask (who I've seen play and he looks very promising) but I think it'll be just one big step too soon for Pask. So Ogbonna should start.
Imo Collins should not play - he's just came back from injury and played the full 90 minutes at the weekend. I'm surprised he played the full 90 yesterday so I wouldn't very make him start in the cup. It would be a risk to play him again a few days later. Don't forget he's 34 and will probably ache a lot more than our younger players.
CM - bit thin on the ground so these positions pick themselves - Obiang and Rice. If really necessary (e.g. An injury) we can either bring on Quina who can play in a bit deeper position or play Masuaku as a left sided central midfielder.
Strikers - Sakho & Hernandez is the partnership I think would work well. Test it out here. Would also be good for those two to build up their fitness and either get Sakho settled at the club again or for him to to get him in the spotlight for the January transfer window. It's also definitely time to rest Antonio and potentially Arnie. It's also a good opportunity to give Ayew a game who did very well a couple of months ago and then got left out of the line up.
Antonio definitely needs a rest. He hasn't been able to complete the last couple of games due to fatigue. Arnie could possibly do with a rest to get him fully rejuvenated for the Newcastle game.
We have relatively few options in the other positions.
Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Zabaleta - Rice - Obiang - Masuaku
Arnautovic - Ayew
Chicharito
Hart
Johnson, Rice, Ogbonna, Reid, Masaraku
Ayew, Obiang, Kouyate, Hernandez
Sakho
subs: Adrian, Collins, Arnautovic, Martinez, Quina, Haksabanovic, Samuelsen
Adrian all day long for me ;ok
He just breeds confidence whereas Hart, well he simply hasn't..
Whose Johnson?????
Bristol City are 3rd in the Champo, if they get promoted I just hope they change their away strip.......
https://bristolsport.azureedge.net/media/18663/awaykitpurplelime.jpg?width=1240&height=808&mode=crop
On one hand you want to keep the momentum going and beating Arsenal would give us another huge boost.....and at the same time it sends us to the semi finals of a cup which all the fans would appreicate
But on the other while we are in much better stead....the club have put in huge effort recently with little rotation and we are picking up injuries
Id like us to go for the 1st scenario, i think we wont be relgated now so we may as well go for a cup becuase it would be a good season if we finish 15th with a cup compared to 10th with no cups, why nit take the risk
Adrian
Collins - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Zabaleta - Rice - Obiang - Ayew - Masuaka
Hernandez - Arnautovic
So minor changes of my own choice, Ayew for Lanzini, Hernandez for Antonio and the enforced one of Rice for Noble
Its a shame this games comes a bit too early for Byram or Fernandez as Zabaleta would be one of the guys id like to rotate
Think Arnie needs to play because hes the attacker in the best form and has pace to burn
Wpuld be interested to see how serious Wenger takes this but i think we can take them or at least force a replay
Moyes has steadied the ship, we're creeping up the table to safety so why not go for a cup?