25 Apr 2015 16:55:29
Against Chelsea do we go with pace to exploit Chelsea's slow defence or outright quality? This is a question of ramsey or walcott, giroud or welbeck and Bellerin over debuchy. What say ye gooner faithful?
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25 Apr 2015 17:10:40
Actually, I'd go with Welbeck on the right as opposed to Walcott or Ramsey and have Giroud up front. The Bellerin/Debuchy decision is a tough one, do we go for a more experienced defender in Debuchy against Hazard or continue Bellerin's growth and hope he comes up with some more magic - like his goal against Liverpool.
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25 Apr 2015 17:44:57
Gabriel covering Belerins attacking runs Ramsey inside of where he's brilliant aposed to wide where he's average and Giroud because with him everything clicks into place.
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25 Apr 2015 19:56:17
Welbeck on the wings , giroud up front and debuchy for me . But i wouldn't mind bellerin playin instead of debuchy
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25 Apr 2015 20:21:20
Ospina
Bellerin, Gabriel, Kos, Monreal
Le Coq, Ramsey, Santi
Welbeck, Giroud, Sanchez
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25 Apr 2015 21:32:37
Walcott out wide, Ozil in the middle with Cazorla and Coq.
Sanchez wide left, Olly up top.
Bellerin in place of Debuchy.
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25 Apr 2015 21:13:24
Like your team Lemon, but I would start Ozil over Santi. He's been fantastic over the past few games
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25 Apr 2015 21:26:31
not going to happen and too big a game to experiment. but in a massive game like this against hazard i would play debucy with belerin on the wing. they could both double up and provide more defencively than walcott or welbeck
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26 Apr 2015 07:06:17
Pace...
Ospina
Bellerin Gabriel Koscielny Gibbs
Coquelin
Walcott Ozil Cazorla Sanchez
Welbeck
Wenger...
Ospina
Debuchy Meresacker (if fit) Kosceilny Monreal
Coquelin
Ramsey Ozil Cazorla Sanchez
Giroud
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25 Apr 2015 16:02:52
I've always rated Theo. I think that up until this most recent injury he was one of the most underrated wingers in Europe. Now at this point in time, I'm not sure what to think. His first four games back he was immense and now Wenger is happy to let him warm the bench for 90 minutes. I can only assume that he still is not at the required level of fitness to play a full match in the premier league, or he's just lacking something in training that he wasn't able to retain after his injury.
Now, in the Ox, we have a young, English, winger with the potential to become an absolute world beater, proving he can stay fit, and for the first half of the season, we was our best player bar Sanchez.
So with another season ending and the summer window looming, I'm 50/50 wither regards to what I would do. There's been a lot of rumours suggesting that Theo will leave in the summer. And we have the depth in that position to cover that departure. But what if he recaptures the form he was in before the injury, do we cash in on him, (and i think we can get a decent amount of money for him) and give the Ox the nod, or do we keep him, let him and the Ox fight for the position and risk losing him for less than he is worth of perhaps even nothing?
This brings me to my next point that as far as the starting XI would go, I'm not sure what I would do. The goalkeeper, back four, Giroud and Sanchez speak for themselves. Even though we are playing well, i still think we lack a bit of balance, cohseion and depth going forward, we play with one winger one one side and a playmaker or striker on the other, but with Ozil and Cazorla both playing equally well, and Rambo and Columbo being just an integral part of the side, you can't drop anyone to bring in a player to provide that.... symmetry, going forward.
I think it could be a different story next season with Cazorla not getting any younger, but if he keeps to the form he is in....
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25 Apr 2015 17:32:30
Theo is nowhere near constantly good enough to play regularly in a title winning team and 100k + a week is way too much for a 27 year old reserve, if someone's prepared to pay 15 milion plus for him snatch their hands off and if not offer him a 1 extension on his current terms.
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25 Apr 2015 20:20:12
If he and the ox are fit, ox starts ahead of him, no matter who the opposition is. The caveat is that they are never both fit, so with that in mind I guess having the two of them isn't such a bad thing
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25 Apr 2015 20:24:59
Keep him. He was out for a year, and is clearly being eased back in, give him time to recapture form. With a good preseason he'll be back to his best next season i'm fairly sure. But like, with the rules only set to get stricter on having homegrown players, the real question is if we get rid of Walcott who are we going to replace him with that's homegrown?
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25 Apr 2015 21:57:31
Sorry to disagree but if Walcott is fit and in form he always should start. The man is a game breaker.
Great complement to sanchez, giroud, ozil etc Love ox to bits but Walcott is the real deal and terrifies teams.
Problem is fit and in form does not happen nearly often enough.
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