Who's Gonna Play Upfront?
We all know about who hasn't travelled to Amsterdam for tomorrow's game. Here's who has;
Manuel Almunia
Mart Poom
Ashley Cole
Sol Campbell
Gael Clichy
Pascal Cygan
Kolo Toure
Lauren
Manu Eboue
Freddie Ljungberg
Robert Pires
Cesc Fabregas
Alexander Hleb
Alexandre Song
Mathieu Flamini
Jose Antonio Reyes
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
Arturo Lupoli
A draw would be a blessing. Who do you think should start?
Most of the team picks itself...but who should play up front and should we play a more defensive formation?
Your thoughts....?
Manuel Almunia
Mart Poom
Ashley Cole
Sol Campbell
Gael Clichy
Pascal Cygan
Kolo Toure
Lauren
Manu Eboue
Freddie Ljungberg
Robert Pires
Cesc Fabregas
Alexander Hleb
Alexandre Song
Mathieu Flamini
Jose Antonio Reyes
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
Arturo Lupoli
A draw would be a blessing. Who do you think should start?
Most of the team picks itself...but who should play up front and should we play a more defensive formation?
Your thoughts....?
posted by NyssietheGooner at 4:22 PM
18 Comments:
Helb and Reyes up top.
Whether we like it or not, it's likely that Wenger will play Reyes up on his own with Pires/Hleb behind him, then Pires/Hleb on the left, Flamini, Fabregas, Ljunberg across the middle and Cole, Campbell, Toure and Lauren at the back with Almunia in goal.
Doesnt look inspiring, does it?
A hideously inexperienced bench too.
Maybe Quincy to come on when we go a goal down!!!!
I say play Paul Daniels up front I think things are really that bad!
poom on his own that wiil confuse them
any chance of bringing Ian Wright out retirement?
Rae - I'm with you - tomorrow I wouldn't mind us playing that beleagured 4-5-1 formation & nicking a win. I'm not sure why AW continues using Bobby or Freddie out of position, its proven it does work time & again. Bobby is playing some shit football this season - I'd give him 45 - 60minutes at the most if he carries on the way he has done. Then bring on someone like Quincy - must admit we really havent got much choice when it comes to the bench cos we're down to the bare bones where experience is concerned.
As Gunners, we always have that 'horrible' gut wrenching feeling about now. Ajax away & yet again we have so many stars missing. Ironically, its never the lesser players ie: Lauren, Cygan etc. My team would have to be the folowing for Europe away. Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Campbell, Cole
Freddy, Lauren, Fabrigas, Hleb
Quincy Reyes.
Subs = Eboue, Poom, Lupoli, Pires, Cygan
i would go for
almunia
lauren toure campbell cole
flamini
freddie cesc
hleb pires
reyes
keep it 4-4-2 if you can
ajax are a very defense minded team that has not had the best of starts we should be strong enough to get a result
Ajax tomorrow night is the real test!! Previous arsenal sides under wenger have always come good when the chips were down & the media on their backs!! Tomorrow will basically be judgement day arsenal need to win against a very poor ajax team (who cares that they won 4-1 this weekend against the second bottom side in their league, after all they only drew 2-2 last week having been 2-0 up at home to the third bottom side). I have a really good feeling about tomorrow night I think we will win 0-2 with a good performance to match!!
He has to use clichy tomorrow. Thats our only chance of success doyn the left as cole and clichy combine well. Sticking with 4-4-2 I would go for:
Almunia;
Cole - Campbell - Toure - Lauren;
Clichy - Fabregas - Flamini - Hleb;
Reyes - Ljungberg.
usual 4 at the back
freddie and hleb out wide wid flamini and cesc in the middle
reyes and ...............
quincy! the young lad has a lot of confidddence in him and i think that wiyh a fulll runout, he will couse some serious problems for the dutch.
lets go steal 3p then!
Almunia
Lauren - Campbell - Toure - Cole
Ljungberg - Flamini - Fabregas - Reyes
Hleb
Lupoli
Almunia
Lauren Campbell Toure Cole
Fabregas
Ljungberg Hleb Reyes
Lupoli
Ajax have been poor the past few weeks, but they're likely to be on a high after their confidence boosting 4-1 win. (So they should be uber defensive as opposed to uber uber defensive).
I reakon
Reyes
Hleb
Pires Flamini Cesc Ljungberg
Cole Campbell Toure Lauren
Almunia
I hope Sir Wenger has the balls to change Pires early ie around 55-60 mins if Pires (Or any attackers for that matter) has an off day to give the subs a chance to impact the game. We know Lupoli has done it against them before (Albeit it a friendly) and Quincy could do it (Against his former club). I can see at least a draw as our defense seems to be...oh wait, Almunia is in goal. Anything could happen!
Whoa there, not a ball kicked in the Ajax match yet so much negativity. Yes we have a seriously depleted squad to take to Holland but there's nothing that can be done about that so lets just see how they'll do. I think it'll be a tight game but we're capable of getting a result. I would go for Lupoli up front with Jose, and with Quincy to come on for something different if needed.
Can Lupoli translate his superb form for the reserves into the Champions League? Its a massive step up but if he plays it would be fascinating to see how he'd do.
UP THE GUNNERS!!!
What I'd like to see:
Wilson
Lauren-Toure-Campbell-Cole
Fred-Flam-Fab-Hleb
Quincy-Reyes
What we will see:
Almunia
Same
Hleb-Flam-Fab-Bob
Fred
Reyes
Ajax are not normally defensive; they'll be going for the win.
we all know at this stage that AW will never try out something new, especially in a Champions League game. If Bob is fit, he will play, aluminium in goal, back 4 as is, with Cesc, Flamini, Freddie, Bob, Hleb, Reyes making up the MF and strikeforce. I would bet that Clichy will be taken off the bench even b4 Quincy, and cant see Lupoli getting a game unless we are 2 up or 2 down
looks like i was right then i got the team spot on
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