Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby StLGooner » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:04 pm

Arsenal vs Chelsea
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby mg86 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:12 pm

Szczesny
Sagna Vermaelen Koschielny Gibbs
Ramsey
Song------Rosicky
Chamberlain------------------Walcott
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Debuchy Mertesacker Koscielny Gibbs
Ramsey Flamini
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Arsenal~Fanatic » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:25 pm

Szczesny

Sagna--Koscielny---Vermaelen---Gibbs

Song---Ramsey

Walcott---Rosicky---AOC

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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Özilfan » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:32 pm

Drogba is out with a knee injury.

I'll go with Arsenal-Fanatic's lineup. I think this will be a tough game. Di Matteo will not leave his side exposed in the way that Villa Boas did, and they've shown they can hit on the break with pace. I hope you don't think I'm being unkind when I say I'd be satisfied with a draw.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby mg86 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:35 pm

We need Ramsey sitting back, he lacks the confidence right now to do the difficult things in the attack. Song is fully capable of providing what we need in the attack going forward. Ramsey can defend as well, he plays good when he's not in an AM position. We don't need a true CDM with those three in, they all can defend and track back well to help.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Zenith » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:37 pm

Would like to see:


Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Song
Walcott - AOC - Rosicky - Santos
Van Persie


Or this:


Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Song
AOC - Rosicky - Santos
Walcott - RvP



I'm convinced Santos will do well as a LM or LAM, he knows how to go forward, get past a man with a few of his tricks and put a few decent crosses into the box, aswell he can 'more or less' give Gibbs a bit defensive cover.
Walcott together with RVP in a two-strikers formation could work aswell, on his day Theo's finishing is decent and against Chelsea he seems to do well this season.
Benayoun won't be allowed to play against his club, Ramsey's form will ruin our midfield, certainly if we only play with 3 midfielders against 5 Chavs midfielders.
About Gervinho, I would bring him in around the 65-80th minut, depending on how the game flows.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby IMF » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:10 pm

A must not lose game for us this. Chavs have been playing shit and still somehow not losing (Abramovic must've dealt with the devil again).

I hope we won't be unlucky like all the other teams that have played them recently.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Swan » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:28 pm

is Gibbs still hurt.. i would much rather him then santos ..
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby IMF » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:29 pm

Swan wrote:is Gibbs still hurt.. i would much rather him then santos ..


The away leg against Chavs was the turning point for Santos.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Swan » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:37 pm

i just don't think santos has played that well since he has been back and gibbs was doing ok before he got hurt again
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Arsenal~Fanatic » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:18 pm

Santos has looked a total liability since his come-back. Gibbs was on the bench against Wigan so i think he will start tomorrow against the Chavs.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Trequartista » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:23 pm

Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:Santos has looked a total liability since his come-back. Gibbs was on the bench against Wigan so i think he will start tomorrow against the Chavs.


I hope so. Im generally a fan of Santos but hes looked shakey of late, He hasnt been playing as a wingback as he keeps getting sucked into more central midfield positions, Gibbs provied much more width and at least is athletic enought to run back to defend.
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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby Est83 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:25 pm

Zenith wrote:
Or this:


Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Song
AOC - Rosicky - Santos
Walcott - RvP



Can't see any experimental lineups this late in the season mate, although Ramsey on the wing was experiemental... or just mental!

Really hope Wenger goes for this:
Song Ramsey
Rosicky
Theo RvP Ox


Drogba was probably Chelski's hardest worker against Farca (when he wasn't on the floor), he would have been knackered for this game anyway.

Not scared of Torres at all (jynx??? please no! :pray: )
Song (hard man), Rosicky (tennacious and robust) and Ramsey (all-rounder) gives as a beefy midfield... well, as beefy as a modern Arsenal midfield can get, so I'm not as worried about the typical physical domination from their midfield that we've seen in recent seasons.
Koscielny's back.
Luiz is out injured???
Cole was Chelski's 2nd hardest worker against Farca, so hopefully he'll be tired and Walcott will get the better of him.
Ivanovic will allow plenty of space on the left wing as he doesn't get forward as much as other FB's... identity crisis me thinks, "CB or FB... oh I just don't know!"

Also, RvP's due a goal or two, and he's a big game player who made Terry look a right mug in the away tie.


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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby CrimsonGunner11 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:34 pm

Either of the following would be okay with me:

Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Song Ramsey
Rosicky
Walcott RVP Chamberlain

OR

Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Song Rosicky
Chamberlain
Walcott RVP Gervinho
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(Tomiyasu/Niles) (Timber/Holding) (Trusty/Kiwior) (Tierney/Tavares)
Odegaard(c) —- Rice
(Xhaka/Lokonga) —- (Partey/Elneny)
Havertz
(Jorginho/Vieira)
Saka Jesus Martinelli
(Pepe/Nelson) (Nketiah/Balogun) (Trossard/ESR)


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Re: Arsenal v Chelsea | Premiership 21/04/2012

Postby thrice » Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:11 pm

Will Drogba dive all over the place again and single-handedly create 2 minutes of "Drogba-time" in which he even scores?
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