Arsenal V Swansea| FA Cup Replay 16/01/2013

[Trina]

Arsenal v Swansea

The FA Cup, Emirates Stadium

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 19:30

Live on ESPN

[ivan itchybum]

Sczensy
Jenkinson Verm Mert Gibbs
Coquelin Wilshere
Rosicky
Walcott Giroud Ox

MUST WIN, with that said I don't think we can afford to keep playing the likes of Cazorla/Podolski.. Jenkinson deserves a run and since Diaby is only just back it would be silly to play him again. Chamberlain only got 10 minutes yersterday so that's no brainer.

Worried Wilshere could pick up an injury if he keeps going at this intensity.

[Angelito]

Szczesny

Jenk - Merts - Miquel - Gibbs

Rosicky - Coquelin

Walcott - SHAVA - Chamberlain

Giroud

[TheArsenalPost]

Cazorla needs to sit on the bench for this one as does Jack.

Rosicky should start alongside Diaby (give him a run out, we have bigger games coming)

Walcott should be on the right, Chambo left and Podolski through the middle.

[greengoonerie]

Cazorla needs to sit on the bench for this one as does Jack.

Rosicky should start alongside Diaby (give him a run out, we have bigger games coming)

Walcott should be on the right, Chambo left and Podolski through the middle.

This x 1,000,000

Not gonna happen.

Apparently Theo is a center forward, and Podolski is a left sided player....

[Royal Gooner]

I know (maybe against my better judgement) I'll be at this game and I just want to see us play as we did against newcastle (and a victory would be nice to keep us in the cup). And if not, it's a good chance to let off some anti-welsh rhetoric against the foreign team.

[TheArsenalPost]

Cazorla needs to sit on the bench for this one as does Jack.

Rosicky should start alongside Diaby (give him a run out, we have bigger games coming)

Walcott should be on the right, Chambo left and Podolski through the middle.

This x 1,000,000

Not gonna happen.

Apparently Theo is a center forward, and Podolski is a left sided player....

That's because we are as good as the German national side so Podolski can still be effective on the left... Oh wait...

It's a joke of a decision. He is the closest thing to a striker we have, he needs to be played in the middle.

[Sims]

I still don't think he's a striker, hasn't really played there in his career, not even for Koln.

[TheArsenalPost]

I still don't think he's a striker, hasn't really played there in his career, not even for Koln.

He isn't a winger either. In a 4-4-2, Podolski is your man. Put him alongside Giroud and I'm certain we'd have more about us in attack.

[greengoonerie]

50 goals for Germany. I don't think he got all of them from the left either...

Whereas, our Gaping-goal Giroud lad is apparently a better option according to Arsene....

It's utter nonsense, arrogance and lunacy by Wenger to keep Theo up the middle and keep taking Pod off for Giroud.

Madness - doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result...

[Sims]

I still don't think he's a striker, hasn't really played there in his career, not even for Koln.

He isn't a winger either. In a 4-4-2, Podolski is your man. Put him alongside Giroud and I'm certain we'd have more about us in attack.

Aye probably fares well with a partner up front, but Arsene's too stubborn to change the shite 433. He can't play as a lone striker, he's too anonymous in games.

[TheArsenalPost]

Honestly, I don't think any of our lads could play lone striker. I think our current crop really needs to be in a 4-4-2

[ThereIsBearCüm]

I still don't think he's a striker, hasn't really played there in his career, not even for Koln.

Uhh... yes he has. A lot.

[elovic]

I'm pretty sure that most people will agree- we probably wont win the league. Most probably we wont go very far in the champions league either. After elimination from the League Cup, pretty much the only real shot of a trophy we've got is at the FA Cup.

So I dont agree with all the previous posts of placing second-squad players in the starting line up. I'd say open with a strong squad, and substitute the key players later. Chelsea's just around the corner, I know, but If I had to prioritize- I'd prefer a win against Swansea (who've haven't been so easy this year, at all).

I reckon we'll see something like this:

Sczesny
Jenkinson Kos(?) Verm Gibbs
Coquelin Wilshere
Cazorla
Ox Walcott Podders

[ThereIsBearCüm]

Kos won't be available, he's suspended