We’re missing 19 players in Greece! Is this a record?
BY my back of a fag packet calculations for one reason or another we’ll be missing 19 players tonight. Ordinarily all of the following would expect to get a game ahead of one or two of those who will start tonight:
Almunia, Eboue, Sagna, Clichy, Gibbs, Traore, Gallas, Vermaelen, Djourou, Senderos, Cesc, Denilson, Diaby, Nasri, Rosicky, Arshavin, Bendtner, Eduardo and RVP.
Of course, it’s a combination of injuries and the need to protect against further injuries that explains it. A fair few of them could have played tonight.
But with three tough league games in seven days ahead of us. I can’t for a second argue with the logic. This game is far less important than Liverpool, Burnley or Hull and is even far less important than City away last week. We’re top of the group no matter what and the worst that could happen to us is more injures (barring a mass brawl and being thrown out of the competition as a result. That would be worse).
That said, were I a Liege fan, I’d be fuming. Our line-up tonight is probably the weakest I’ve ever heard of for a Champions League games (in terms of having 19 missing, rather than quality).
Anyway, those of you who remember the days of scrambling to find somewhere showing our CL games in the early days of ondigital will be amused to hear that ITV1 will again be present for our big one!
On another note, there is still time to win a six month subscription to Arsenal TV Online. I’m asking you to tell me what was vaguely remarkable about the goal Ian Wright scored in the 1-0 home win over Man City on 29th September 1992. (not 1993 as I said earlier). It’s a toughie, but if your memory doesn’t stretch back that way I’m sure there is somewhere on the internet that will tell you. Click here to enter.
And that’s yer lot for today.
We’re playing Olympiacos, not Liege tonight :S
i think we are in Greece tonight
He means Liege will be annoyed because Olympiakos are certain to beat us tonight and therefore claim second place.
Well actually were missing a record 37 players in Liege tonight even. Wenger and Rice won’t be there!! talk about being down 2 the bare bones! (Yeah, yeah I know) ;)
playa, about the squad:
1. senderos is absent. that has to mean something.
2. song is in. that can only mean that wenger wants to try him as centre back. perhaps Song also wants to play as a centre back to prepare for the ACN. the alternative explanation would be that he is not expected to start against liverpool. i don’t believe it.
3. a few surprises among the youngsters that were included (watt and barazite off, sunu in…)
I am a twat. The original headline was going to read “Hope we never need a favour off Liege”. But I changed it at the last minute.
Amazing!!!…..
Thats wat happens if we dont buy enough players to strengthen our squad depth.
Any way Ithinkwe just have to get ready for the Liverpool game we just cant lose to all the big four atleast we have to win one of them and that should be Looserpool. I think Vito Manone should be in goal because Almunia is inconsistent.
Liege fans have no right to be upset at our lineup. After all was it not one of their clodhoppers who took Gibbsy out the other night? They contributed to our injury problems, so I say screw ‘em.
Senderos and Barazite are injured.
What The Law said.
Gunnerigors: ok, barazite is injured, but senderos was at the bench against stoke. i cant believe he was injured on wednesday when we played man city, well enough to be at the bench against stoke and injured again now.
perhaps it is because song will play defense, i dont know. managers in england, especially the top ones, are very secretive, we never know what goes on.
a guess about senderos: he is going to everton in january, as they really need a centre half, and if he plays tonight, he can’t play europa leagu –, everton is qualified for the next round.
just a guess, i have no information whatsoever.
Looking forward to the game really am,had alot about Bartley and really want to see him in action. Senderos is off i truly believe so and quite frankly um not too gutted he will be one who when he goes off i will wish him all the best but i want money for him hahaha
I would just not use Song and also use Walcott for a few minutes not that it matters coz he is going to pull up injured between now and kick off against Pool
Another Goodplaya from Arsene!
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-there-s-only-one-tom-cruise-for-me?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arsenal-news+%28News+Feed%29
Is Song still banned against Liverpool? Maybe that’s why Arsene included him in tonight’s squad.
Song only had a 1 game suspension and that was against Stoke.
im back its been over six months. i just wanted to say hi to everyone.
Hi Tosin!
Standard have nothing to complain about:
1) We dominated the game, Olympiacos victory was lucky.
2) They could not win against AZ.
Olympiacos deserve their spot, Standard does not.