Arsenal (A) - Sun Oct 8th, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Claytop]

So got to be either Phil or Kovacic not starting in midfield?

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Akanji
Ake/Gvardiol
Lewis
Bernardo/Kova
Grealish
Phil/Bernardo
Alvarez
Haaland

Bernardo is starting in one of those two positions, so who drops?…

 

[Rammy Blue]

So got to be either Phil or Kovacic not starting in midfield?

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Akanji
Ake/Gvardiol
Lewis
Bernardo/Kova
Grealish
Phil/Bernardo
Alvarez
Haaland

Bernardo is starting in one of those two positions, so who drops?…

Alvarez will start on bench imo, so that we can have an extra body in midfield.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Wow fair enough

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Not sure about Rico in midfield up against Rice and Partey.

They will target him and get 0 protection from the ref

 

[s1ty m]

This team will frighten them - although I might be tempted to start Grealish and bring Doku on as the arse tire. Our biggest danger is turnover ball in the middle of the park - remove those errors and this is more than winnable IMO
CTID

Definitely Grealish over Doku. That could be changed later on, and Doku could exploit any tiredness really effectively. If City get anything from this, without KDB, Rodri and Stones, it would be exceptional.

 

[Tecumseh]

Like your time on here you mean?

Ha! That‘s the best response I’ve seen!

 

[TrentGrisham]

------------------Ederson------------------
Walker----Dias-----Gvardiol-----‐Ake
--------------Lewis-----Bernardo------------
Foden-----------Alvarez-----------Grealish
---------------------Haaland------------------

I like that.

 

[Love_Each_Day]

If Sake and Martinelli start they could do with some heavy challenges testing how fit they really are, unfortunately our defenders are too accommodating & don't have a nasty bone apart from maybe Walker. Could look to swipe Martinelli's legs from under him going for a high ball like Martinelli did to Bednarek dumping him right on his neck, should still be banned now for that.

 

[Blueroses]

Not sure about Rico in midfield up against Rice and Partey.

They will target him and get 0 protection from the ref

Apparently Rice struggles against players with low sense of gravity. This might one of the reasons why he starts?

 

[Rammy Blue]

I like that.

No point “liking” a team without Akanji, he always plays.