Stoke City 1-0 Arsenal | Premier League 01/03/14

[Zedie]

Nervous about playing Ozil against these tbh.. Obviously going to be targeted.

Not any more than the rest of the team. They will go for jack to get the reaction, probs flamini too.

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

Score an early goal and we will win this comfortably. The best way to silence a noisy crowd is to score early....

[Callum]

Szczesny
Jenkinson - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Sagna
Arteta - Wilshere
Chamberlain - Ozil - Rosicky
Giroud

Fabianski
Vermaelen
Flamini
Gnabry
Cazorla
Podolski
Sanogo

[DiamondGooner]

Hope we field an interesting team.

Would like to see Sanogo at some point and Podolski.

[ivan itchybum]

Szczesny
Jenkinson - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Sagna
Arteta - Wilshere
Chamberlain - Ozil - Rosicky
Giroud

Fabianski
Vermaelen
Flamini
Gnabry
Cazorla
Podolski
Sanogo

Vermaelen will surely be in at left back, hope he does tbh, needs to play more.

[Callum]

Szczesny
Jenkinson - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Sagna
Arteta - Wilshere
Chamberlain - Ozil - Rosicky
Giroud

Fabianski
Vermaelen
Flamini
Gnabry
Cazorla
Podolski
Sanogo

Vermaelen will surely be in at left back, hope he does tbh, needs to play more.

I want to see him play more as well but I don't fancy playing him out of position after a long injury lay-off. I'd prefer to see Sagna deputize on the left with Jenkinson starting on the right.

[Angelito]

Thinking about it, I wouldn't start Ozil here. Would bring him on in the second half.

[Callum]

Thinking about it, I wouldn't start Ozil here. Would bring him on in the second half.

Why?

[Angelito]

Thinking about it, I wouldn't start Ozil here. Would bring him on in the second half.

Why?

Cazorla - Rosicky - Podolski worked wonders the other day. I'd play Jack too but you just know they're going to target him and he will lose his cool, so Chambo on for Jack. I don't think Ozil is suited in a gritting game that we'd have against Stoke. There's one thing to park the bus as Palace did, and another to deliberately rough it up and bring a more physical game that Stoke will.

Ozil's in a fragile state so it wouldn't be ideal to bring him up against Stoke. They will target him.

[ivan itchybum]

If they go back to how they used to play, trying to bully us and being all together shit with the ball we might have a few problems but if they actually attempt to play football we'll win quite comfortably.

[alexafc12]

Szczesny

Sagna Mertesacker Koscielny Gibbs

Flamini Wilshere

Chamberlain Ozil Podolski

Giroud

That's the line up I would go with!

[Callum]

Cazorla - Rosicky - Podolski worked wonders the other day. I'd play Jack too but you just know they're going to target him and he will lose his cool, so Chambo on for Jack. I don't think Ozil is suited in a gritting game that we'd have against Stoke. There's one thing to park the bus as Palace did, and another to deliberately rough it up and bring a more physical game that Stoke will.

Ozil's in a fragile state so it wouldn't be ideal to bring him up against Stoke. They will target him.

I think Ozil's ready to come back and I certainly don't think we should leave him out because Stoke will try to rough him up a bit. In tight games like these we need his quality to open some doors for us.

I also think that this reputation that Jack has is overstated. He's matured a lot and a few times this season he has been targeted yet still kept his cool.

[GSK_AFC]

Cazorla - Rosicky - Podolski worked wonders the other day. I'd play Jack too but you just know they're going to target him and he will lose his cool, so Chambo on for Jack. I don't think Ozil is suited in a gritting game that we'd have against Stoke. There's one thing to park the bus as Palace did, and another to deliberately rough it up and bring a more physical game that Stoke will.

Ozil's in a fragile state so it wouldn't be ideal to bring him up against Stoke. They will target him.

I think Ozil's ready to come back and I certainly don't think we should leave him out because Stoke will try to rough him up a bit. In tight games like these we need his quality to open some doors for us.

Agreed

[Zenith]

Definitely ruled out:
Assaidi
Huth

To be assessed:
Odemwingie
Walters

(Physioroom)

Good news Assaidi isn't playing - he's one of their only players (if not their only player) who has the ability to create something out of nothing or use individual skills to creatse a chance for himself.

[Callum]

Good news Assaidi isn't playing - he's one of their only players (if not their only player) who has the ability to create something out of nothing or use individual skills to creatse a chance for himself.

Would be so typical for a Liverpool player to score against us as well.