Quantcast
This is the board where Arsenal fans can discuss all things Arsenal, and any other football issues that they feel are of interest to Gunners. Opposition fans are welcome, but remember this board is from an Arsenal point of view. Off Topic Discussion should take place on the Off Topic Forum. Off Topic discussion will be removed. Any topic that is football related, within reason, is not off topic.


Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Discussion started by Merlion96 , 11 February, 2018 22:06
Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 11 February, 2018 22:06
You know Wenger will play his Reserves, claiming League is his priority and he does not want a backdoor entry into CL Cup.

What a freking dumbfcuk of a hypocritical snake-oil salesman.
In fact, Europa Cup is our best chance to gain a spot in CL Cup.

We have no game this weekend, and why not field a full-strength side to give the team more playing time to gel together, working out all the clinks and glitches in time to face Man City on March 1?

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

............Chambers...........Mustafi........Holding

...Maitland-Niles.......Wilshere...Willock.........Kolasinac

...........Nelson..........Lacazette..........Mkhitaryan

I will start Nelson, Willock and Maitland-Niles to freshen the team and leave out drones like Iwobi and Welbeck.

Mkhi needs more playing time to gain back his match sharpness.

I will not start Iwobi but to give Melson a chance to play to show he will get more playing time. Otherwise, might as well sell him and retain Iwobi.
Certainly, if Nelson is snubbed again, I doubt very much he will stay and follow Chris Willock and McGuane out of Arsenal to have more playing time under a coach that trusted him.

Instead, we have a limited player like Iwobi who can't pass, can't defend and all at sea when being under pressure ahead of Nelson, who like wasn't give a run of game to prove himself.



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Boston Gooner 11 February, 2018 22:52
He will field the strongest team he can.
But with Ospina in goal.



“ 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓖𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓷𝔂 ”

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
MattySadler 12 February, 2018 07:31
Quote:
Boston Gooner
He will field the strongest team he can.
But with Ospina in goal.

This, and that's how it should be.

Thanks to that clueless, incompetent, decrepit old @#$%& in charge we've got absolutely no chance of qualifying for the Champions League via the league, so we need to focus fully on the Europa League and the League Cup. It is all we have left to play for.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
younghansolo 12 February, 2018 09:35
I'd love to see us win this for so many reasons.

I have a sneaky suspicioun that the race for top four isn't over yet though. Other than city this has been a very unpredictable season.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
SandyB 12 February, 2018 12:28
Mkhitaryan can he play in Europa?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2018 12:38 by SandyB.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
MattySadler 12 February, 2018 13:47
Yeah.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Flava 12 February, 2018 18:34
It looks fking cold over there. Can’t see our lot getting anything there

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Shane 12 February, 2018 18:39
That's why you're a sh*t gambler mate we'll win about 3-0.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
BootyDaddy 12 February, 2018 20:45
I'd love to share your optimism, but I struggle to bak us against anyone away these days.

Can they be much worse than Forest?



"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

- Albert Einstein

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Trent2000 13 February, 2018 02:15
He has to play the strongest team, if not he is a total joke.

We have no game at the weekend and it is our only chance for the Champions League, bar none.

For us to make the top four we would need two teams to totally collapse, which is almost impossible to expect.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
DPGZ 13 February, 2018 09:03
And for some reason, Reiss nelson who has done absolutely nothing since he started playing for the first team, is better than Iwobi....you cant make this up.

We have @#$%& kids.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 13 February, 2018 13:25
It is called wooing Nelson to sign that contract extension.



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 13 February, 2018 21:08
And now, Laca out for 6 weeks, we have the woeful Welbeck as our only fit senior forward (how about Eddie?)

If Wenger said he is going to field his "strongest" team ...


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

...Bellerin......Koscielny...Mustafi........Monreal

.....................Wilshere...Xhaka.........

...........Iwobi............Ozil..........Mkhitaryan

............................Welbeck

And people that is our strongest team with Wenger not risking Ramsey and allowing him more time to recover for the 25 Feb Carabao Cup Final.

Such is the depth of our team.



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 14 February, 2018 21:19
Ostermunds is well-organized and disciplined.
They will hit us on the counter-attacks.

But with our possession game, denying them the ball all the time, surely we can win easily?
With Ozil and Mkhi creating 10+ goal scoring chances, let's hope the likes of Welbeck and Iwobi can step up and score against minnows.

Kos and Wilshere are left behind as a precautionary measure.
And we are left with:

If Wenger said he is going to field his "strongest" team ...


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

.......Chambers........Mustafi........Monreal

...Bellerin.........Elneny........Xhaka..........Iwobi

.......................Ozil.............Mkhitaryan

.............................Welbeck

I would play 3-4-3, narrowing the game and driving through the centre with short and quick passes to overwhelm the defence, keeping the game tight and preventing Ostermunds from attacking down our flanks.

We are at our best when controlling the game and concentrating all plays in the middle with both Bellerin and Monreal cutting in to pass on the ground instead of delivering those awful and inaccurate crosses that always missed Arsenal players.

Iwobi is a flat-track bully and his closed control and dribbling skills should serve him well in this game.

Now, how many scuffled goals will Welbeck scored?



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
tigerline 15 February, 2018 12:24
Ospina will cost us ... has a losing effort in him.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
CazOnARola 15 February, 2018 14:20
Merl of you play very narrow, they will be able to attack the flanks, thsts a contradictory statement.

Unless you have a DM like coquelin who can run and cover both flanks

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Shane 15 February, 2018 22:48
Quote:
Shane
That's why you're a sh*t gambler mate we'll win about 3-0.

I backed Zenit -2 instead, so I'm also a sh*t gambler I think.

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 16 February, 2018 02:13
Quote:
CazOnARola
Merl of you play very narrow, they will be able to attack the flanks, thsts a contradictory statement.
Unless you have a DM like coquelin who can run and cover both flanks

Caz, our crossings are sh*t and with our 70% possession, we are always attacking down the middle to prevent Ostermunds from attacking down our flanks.

By controlling the middle, we are forcing, nay inviting, Ostermunds to attack our flanks and shepherd them down a blind alley.
It is only during the latter stage of game, when we lsot concentration, our shape and complacency crept into our game that Ostermunds was ablce to cut-in from the flanks.



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta

Re: Match against Ostermunds - Redemption as flat-track bully?
Merlion96 16 February, 2018 02:14
Quote:
Shane
Quote:
Shane
That's why you're a sh*t gambler mate we'll win about 3-0.

I backed Zenit -2 instead, so I'm also a sh*t gambler I think.

I predicted 4-0 win for us.



"The idea is to be more unpredictable every year and be more difficult for the opponents to stop and nullify what we want to do. That’s what we have now, especially at the back and in the midfield the options we have, to open up the spaces, we have many more options than we had last year.” Mikel Arteta


Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment. We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals. We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards. If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing abuse@sportnetwork.net