Staying Home
Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Staying Home
By Boris Mellor August 12 2008
Arsene claims that due to injuries he has to leave a big squad at home. Let's hope that with Twente Twente hindsight he doesn't come to regret the situation that has led to this happening. No doubt there is little he can do about Diaby's fragile state of repair, but it certainly would appear that his decision not to recruit an experienced midfielder could stretch the team to its limits.
Staying Home
Arsene claims that due to injuries he has to leave a big squad at home. Let's hope that with Twente Twente hindsight he doesn't come to regret the situation that has led to this happening. No doubt there is little he can do about Diaby's fragile state of repair, but it certainly would appear that his decision not to recruit an experienced midfielder could stretch the team to its limits.
The only available midfielder with first team experience is now Denilson, and he has only had some 21 games. It means Ramsey may makes his debut. True there will be plenty of firepower, but a weakened midfield, and with both Toure and Senderos unavailable it may inspire Twente more than Arsenal's youth.
You don't have to be a tactical genius, and McClaren certainly isn't, to realize that flooding the midfield and hoping for a lucky breakaway could embarrass the Gunners. Arsenal's youth have done very well in pre season friendlies, but this is no friendly and Twente have nothing to lose
FC Twente are not a Sevilla, who beat a similar sort of Arsenal formation last year. However Wenger has left himself with little choice, with a match in the Premiership only 3 days away he can ill afford to play players who are not match fit. There is a lot of quality in the squad, but it has to be hoped that a lack of experience, and overall balance, doesn't come back to haunt Arsene.
Arsenal squad
Manuel ALMUNIA, Lukasz FABIANSKI, Bacary SAGNA, William GALLAS, Gael CLICHY, Justin HOYTE,Johan DJOUROU, Aaron RAMSEY, Jack WILSHERE, Kieran GIBBS, DENILSON, Theo WALCOTT,
Emmanuel EBOUE, Mark RANDALL, Emmanuel ADEBAYOR, Robin VAN PERSIE, Nicklas BENDTNER, Carlos VELA
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Merlion96 (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:18:32:00
Then time to play my favorite 3-5-1-1 with 3 no. CB ...
and floods the mdifield in anticipation fo McClown's tactics to outmuscle our youngsters in midfield with tall and muscular Dutch players.
......................Almunia
..........Hoyte......Djourou......Gallas
...Sagna...Eboue....Denilson....Ramsey....Clichy
....................Van Persie
.......................A.S.S.
and floods the mdifield in anticipation fo McClown's tactics to outmuscle our youngsters in midfield with tall and muscular Dutch players.
......................Almunia
..........Hoyte......Djourou......Gallas
...Sagna...Eboue....Denilson....Ramsey....Clichy
....................Van Persie
.......................A.S.S.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Not So Optimistic Gunner (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:18:37:23
Keep on dreaming Merlion, as AW ain't feilding that line up tomorrow.
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Merlion96 (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:19:01:42
OG, just re-shuffle it like...
.................Almunia
...Sagna....Hoyte.....Gallas....CLichy
...Eboue....Djourou....Denilson..Walcott
..........Van Persie.....A.S.S.
Replacing Ramsey with Walcott....
Or Wenegr favorite 4-1-4-1 in CL Cup ties
.................Almunia
...Sagna....Hoyte.....Gallas....CLichy
.................Djourou
...Van Persie...Eboue...Denilson..Walcott
................A.S.S.
.................Almunia
...Sagna....Hoyte.....Gallas....CLichy
...Eboue....Djourou....Denilson..Walcott
..........Van Persie.....A.S.S.
Replacing Ramsey with Walcott....
Or Wenegr favorite 4-1-4-1 in CL Cup ties
.................Almunia
...Sagna....Hoyte.....Gallas....CLichy
.................Djourou
...Van Persie...Eboue...Denilson..Walcott
................A.S.S.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Philly the kid (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:19:09:07
lol.....Dad's Army......I like that!!
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: eduardo (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:22:43:01
team will be
Almunia
Sagna Djourou Gallas Clichy
Eboue Denilson Ramsey Walcott
Van PErsie Adebayor
Subs
Fabianski
Hoyte
Gibbs
Randall
Wilshere
Bendtner
Vela
Almunia
Sagna Djourou Gallas Clichy
Eboue Denilson Ramsey Walcott
Van PErsie Adebayor
Subs
Fabianski
Hoyte
Gibbs
Randall
Wilshere
Bendtner
Vela
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: younghansolo (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:22:50:07
yeah that will be the team more than likely. It's probably the best he could put out at the moment which is slightly worrying for a CL game. If we fail to qualify wenger's descision not to sign a DM will look plain idiotic. There's no reason we shouldnt qualify but it can happen. Look at Rangers, they underestimated their opponant and paid the heavy price. It doesnt bare thinking about
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:12:23:38:39
Its a gamble
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: mapleleafgooner (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:00:13:36
And we are not in November yet. I truly believe Wenger's hands are tied financially as I don't believe he is that callous to dent Arsenal's chances of qualifying for CL next round.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:00:16:08
If he wins tomorrow it will all be forgotten.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Not So Optimistic Gunner (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:01:29:06
Quote:Padre Pio
If he wins tomorrow it will all be forgotten.
Thats the problem Padre.
We shouldn't forget this kind of stuff.
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:08:35:21
Well hopefully neither will Wenger, he has to get that Midfielder
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Gooner (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:09:59:14
Yep agreed Padre, we need a few signings to go into the season abit more solid and balanced.
Would love to see Vela and Gibbs come of the bench as wide players.
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Would love to see Vela and Gibbs come of the bench as wide players.
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: lovefire (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:10:10:27
almunia
sagna----gallas----djorou---clichy
eboue---denilson---ramseyy---RVP
A.S.S Vela/Bendtner
i think we will play bad and eek out a 0-1 probably a RVP freekick
sagna----gallas----djorou---clichy
eboue---denilson---ramseyy---RVP
A.S.S Vela/Bendtner
i think we will play bad and eek out a 0-1 probably a RVP freekick
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: your mother (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:10:15:17
Really this match is all about the result. I'm sure even if we win but don't play brilliantly everyone's going to be all doom and gloom but really 1-0 would be a perfectly good result.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: younghansolo (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:10:17:40
if padrevthinks we need a midfielder you know we do!
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: brian from the b.o.f (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:10:23:42
The squad is too thin...everyone knows this including Arsene and this situation should be addressed as soon as possible.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:11:37:57
Vela could be the big surprise behind the two strikers, but will still need a DM
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: harvey107 (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:11:55:09
Man i feel down about this season and it hasnt even started, I'm not even looking forward to the match now
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Gooner (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:11:57:02
Ill alwasy look forward to any match no mater how doubtful i am about the upcoming season.
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:12:08:59
Come on Harvey get the gambling spirit
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: NobleTrojan (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:15:56:13
Hi Mellor lets be a bit more positive about the game. Lets face it Wenger has never let us down. I see Mr lawrenson has started his campaign gainst us on the BBC website, lets hope we prove him wrong. He predicts we will slip to fourth and Liverpool will finish third. How can we forget last year when he predicted that we will finish outside the top four and Totttenham will be in the top four. I still believe that Lawrenson and his mates are a bunch of Prima Donna who has passed their sell by date.
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:21:59:15
How come you didnt predict a win? Mellor did
Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Gooner_Mike (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:22:09:39
Right I know this may sound far fetched, but I actually had a dream today about us winning todays game 1-0. My original prediction was 2-0, i changed this 2 minutes before kick off, now I feel robbed, maybe a sympathy point is in order 
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Re: Dad's Army heads for gamble in Holland
Posted by: Padre Pio (IP Logged)
Date: 2008:08:13:23:35:22
I have those dreams, you probably dreamt 2-0 but wasnt paying attention
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