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Steadman wrote:Nope but van Persie still offers a lot more to the team and is always a threat, Walcott should also be dropped from the XI.

JK wrote:

Steadman wrote:Nope but van Persie still offers a lot more to the team and is always a threat, Walcott should also be dropped from the XI.

This is something I can agree on. He clearly does not have the quality to be a proper winger, nor does he has the quality to be a striker in the current formation. Unless Arsene becomes more flexible when it comes to formation changes throughout the match, he's pretty useless, except for his one or two sparks in a match.

IMO, you can clearly see Ramsey does have the quality to be a very good CM. He just needs to get pushed over the edge and get going again.

The Bat-Man wrote:Barrios is injured.

The Bat-Man wrote:Andrey Arshavin
Mikel Arteta
Yossi Benayoun
Marouane Chamakh
Johan Djourou
Gervinho
Kieran Gibbs
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Laurent Koscielny
Per Mertesacker
Ju Young Park
Andre Santos
Bacary Sagna
Alex Song
Wojciech Szczesny
Robin van Persie
Theo Walcott

Squad to face Dortmund, line-up?

Marvin wrote:

The Bat-Man wrote:Andrey Arshavin
Mikel Arteta
Yossi Benayoun
Marouane Chamakh
Johan Djourou
Gervinho
Kieran Gibbs
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Laurent Koscielny
Per Mertesacker
Ju Young Park
Andre Santos
Bacary Sagna
Alex Song
Wojciech Szczesny
Robin van Persie
Theo Walcott

Squad to face Dortmund, line-up?

Chamberlain injured or what?

Marvin wrote:

The Bat-Man wrote:Andrey Arshavin
Mikel Arteta
Yossi Benayoun
Marouane Chamakh
Johan Djourou
Gervinho
Kieran Gibbs
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Laurent Koscielny
Per Mertesacker
Ju Young Park
Andre Santos
Bacary Sagna
Alex Song
Wojciech Szczesny
Robin van Persie
Theo Walcott

Squad to face Dortmund, line-up?

Chamberlain injured or what?

The Bat-Man wrote:Large Polish contingency there.

Oh and by the way, Szczesny to lead Poland to European glory

I think Szczesny will get into team of the tournament

The Bat-Man wrote:

justaddfinesse wrote:so what is the overall review from yesterdays match? sorry, i've been gone.

Koscielny proved his critics wrong with a man of the match performance in my honest opinion, Mertesacker looked overwhelmed at times with the pace of the game but as the game went on he was more and more dominant, Arshavin and Arteta pulled the strings, van Persie was isolated a lot but when he got the ball he made shit happen, Walcott is the shittiest winger we have and Swansea have some good players.

AriseForLife wrote:

The Bat-Man wrote:

Koscielny proved his critics wrong with a man of the match performance in my honest opinion, Mertesacker looked overwhelmed at times with the pace of the game but as the game went on he was more and more dominant, Arshavin and Arteta pulled the strings, van Persie was isolated a lot but when he got the ball he made shit happen, Walcott is the shittiest winger we have and Swansea have some good players.

I would hardly say Laurent proved his critics wrong. This was Swansea not Chelsea or Manchester United, or City, or a top European team. He was solid I will give him that, but he still isn't starting quality for Arsenal in my opinion.

Arsène Wenger has explained how he will cope with his touchline ban at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday evening.

The Arsenal manager will be in the stands for the first two Champions League Group F games for breaching a previous suspension by communicating with his bench via a third party in the Play-Off first leg against Udinese at Emirates Stadium.

The Club appealed the decision – which subsequently allowed Wenger to be pitchside for the second leg in Italy – and the manager was unhappy that the punishment stood. However, speaking ahead of the game in Germany, the Frenchman had formed a coping strategy.

“We’ll have our normal preparation, nothing changes on the day of the game,” he said. “We have preparation in the morning and in the afternoon we have team meetings. But when I arrive at the stadium, I cannot go to the dressing room.

“I don’t know if I will have somebody [from UEFA with me],” he joked. “I don’t think I will be man-marked! If you want to respect the rule strictly you should be marked by two men – one on the right and one on the left. Because if one is sitting to my right, I can talk to the guy on my left!

“No, I will send my vibes and hope they will not be detected by UEFA. I’ll give my teamtalk at the hotel before we go to the game.

“After that, I have to leave it to Pat Rice because it’s not allowed. We will go through all the situations before the game and Pat will make the right decisions.

“For once,” he added with a smile, “I will have somebody else to blame!”

Mal wrote:http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/lansbury-signs-contract-extension-with-club

Fuck yes.