14/01/2017 | Swansea City 0-4 Arsenal | Premier League

[Angelito]

Saturday 14th January 15:00
Liberty Stadium

[ESR10]

Cech
Bellerin - Mustafi - Gabriel - Gibbs
Xhaka - Ramsey
Sanchez - Özil - Lucas
Giroud

Subs: Ospina - Holding - Monreal - Ox - Iwobi - Welbeck - Walcott

[diesel]

Ospina
Hector>mus>kos>monreal (unfortunately)
Rambo>xhaka
Welbz>sanchez>perez
Giroud

[Sims]

has to be

Cech
Bellerin - Gabs/Musta - Koscielny - Nacho
Xhaka - Ramsey
Alexis - Özil - Lucas
Giroud

or Alexis up top then put Iwobi in

[Zedie]

has to be

Cech
Bellerin - Gabs/Musta - Koscielny - Nacho
Xhaka - Ramsey
Alexis - Özil - Lucas
Giroud

or Alexis up top then put Iwobi in

Would back this. Perez needs a proper chance to start, he's quality.

[ESR10]

^
Koscielny out for two weeks unfortunately

[ThisIsNotAnID]

Not sure why everyone is putting Alexis on the right.

[Sims]

^
Koscielny out for two weeks unfortunately

last presser arsene said he was simply rested

[Cripps]

Play our new signings in this

[CrimsonGunner11]

Seriously need to consider whether or not to start Giroud here as well as for the next couple of games coming up.

Normally, I’m for rewarding players who are in form but we’re going to be down to one or no experienced center midfielders to use if we’re not careful. We’re overworking our center midfielders (not to mention our defenders) the way we’ve been playing recently and if we continue to play as we have been we’re going to lose Xhaka and/or Ramsey the same way we lost Coquelin. As I don’t want to deny Giroud his starting spot which he has rightfully earned, I’ll propose two ways to approach this game, one with Giroud and the other without.

Option 1:

Cech
Bellerin Mustafi Koscielny(c) Monreal
Xhaka Ramsey
Alexis --- Ozil --- Lucas
Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Jenkinson, Jeff, Iwobi, Chamberlain, Welbeck

The strategy here is to just keep possession. We pass the ball amongst ourselves until openings present themselves. Otherwise we keep the ball to the point of frustration on their part. The point of this is to avoid giving away possession needlessly and take some of the pressure off our defensive players. To make doubly sure our players don’t stray away from the game plan, subtract a certain number from a player’s wages for each misplaced pass that player makes.

Option 2:

Cech
Bellerin Mustafi Koscielny(c) Monreal
Xhaka Ramsey
Lucas --- Ozil --- Iwobi
Alexis
Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Jenkinson, Jeff, Chamberlain, Welbeck, Giroud

I think we’d be better off going with this lineup as it seems we’re incapable of adjusting our style to suit Giroud. With this strategy, we let the front four do the work. Relentless pressure and constant movement from the front four and let the midfield pair worry about defending and starting attacks from deep. We have offensive players on the bench ready to come on in the second half and capable of changing a game so the starting forwards can let loose without worry

[Cripps]

Theo should be back for this so in to the first team he goes.

Done more than any of our wide options this season so easy to start him.

Perez I'd go with on the left. Alexis up top.

Ozil should be back as well so our first choice front 4 it should be.

Ramsey is a no brainer and xhaka is in cos there's no one else.

If Gibbs is fit then he's at lb. Ospina deserves a chance in the league. Hopefully our captain is back and plays with mustafi as our first choice CB pairing. If not then kos plays.

[TOP]

ramsey xhaka
walcott ozil iwobi
alexis

or lucas for walcott

[Pudpop]

Lucas definitely starts ahead of Walcott lmao.

Doubt Wenger would bench Giroud

It'll be

Ramsey Xhaka
Lucas Ozil Alexis
Giroud

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

...Sanchez Giroud Perez

....Ramsey Iwobi...Xhaka

Monreal Koscielny Gabriel Bellerin

..................Ospina..........

[ESR10]

^
Koscielny out for two weeks unfortunately

last presser arsene said he was simply rested

that would be great news