Squillaci starts for the reserves tonight

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Squillaci starts for Reserves tonight

By Nick Teale

Sebastien Squillaci will make his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt as the Reserves take on Blackburn Rovers tonight.

The game kicks off at 7pm (UK time) and Arsenal.com is providing FREE live text updates from the match.

Lukasz Fabianski, Johan Djourou and Denilson are also starting for the second string at Barnet's Underhill Stadium this evening.

Arsenal Reserves team to face Blackburn: Lukasz Fabianski, Nico Yennaris, Sebastien Squillaci, Johan Djourou, Ignasi Miquel, Craig Eastmond, Denilson, Mark Randall, Chuks Aneke, Benik Afobe, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

Substitutes: James Shea, Cedric Evina, Rhys Murphy, Daniel Boateng

Djourou plays as well.

[Popey]

I really wonder if fabianski will make it one day at arsenal!?!

[Massa]

Will there be streams for this match?

[CynicalGooner]

I couldn't find any. We're losing 2-1

[IMF]

I wonder if it was a Djoupoo f*ck up that conceded or if Squidgers is crap.

[Goose]

Djourou f***ked up to let Benjani through on goal, then Dunn scored from 25 yards out, then Djourou gave away a penalty

We won 4-3!

[IMF]

Djourou f***ked up to let Benjani through on goal, then Dunn scored from 25 yards out, then Djourou gave away a penalty

We won 4-3!

Are you playing with me because I've been saying for years that Djoupou is a liability and always 2 mins away from giving a penalty?

If this is true; it just confirms how poo Djoupoo is!!!

[Goose]

Its on the Jeorge Bird youth site, when I read Djourou gave away a penalt, I immediately thought of what you said about him and penalties.

Apparently Squillaci went in hard on Roberts with a tackle in the box who was crying for a penalty, but Squillaci had won the ball with the tackle and the ref ignored Roberts

[IMF]

Haha I swear Djoupoo gave away about 3 penalties while on loan at Brum! Any one of them could've been responsible for them going down that season!

[Briggsy]

Johan aintgotaclue

[CynicalGooner]

4-3 sounds like a thriller wish I'd seen it

[Arsenal Tone]

Doesn't bode well for the mickey mouse cup where I'm guessing it will be a Squillaci-Djourou partnership at the back!

[Bristol_Gunner]

Doesn't bode well for the mickey mouse cup where I'm guessing it will be a Squillaci-Djourou partnership at the back!

It never bodes well when djourou is on the team sheet.

[GunnGunn]

I am still trying to fathom why he played at all. He is better than Koscielny, more experienced and he had full pre-season training...

My only guess is that AW wanted to integrate him into our style of play seeing as his pre-season was spent with Sevilla.

Playing Koscielny over Squillaci is madness because at the moment there is a clear gulf between them.

I guess we will find out on Saturday.

PS what kind of team were Blackburn playing? Sounds like they were a few short of full strength

[Inchpräctice]

Can't be surprised at the cricket score when Flappianski was in goal.

We only had to score four to make up for his errors I imagine.


Gunn, Blackburn included the likes of Steven Nzonzi, Dunn, Jason Roberts and Benjani in their starting XI.

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