02 Oct 2013 21:04:48
cant wait for cazorla to come back. santi, mesut, aaron, jack and theo. what a midfield.
ouch, just realised something, flamini is a definite starter.
i'm going to think the unthinkable and risk the wrath of a thousand fellow gooners. I think jack wilshere should be dropped. he's a bit off form at the moment and I think still carrying an injury.
so, my midfield is now. santi, mesut, aaron, mathieu flamini and theo.any objections?

1.) 02 Oct 2013
DG you have dared to go where most won't accept and you are 100% right mate. We all know how good Jack is but to be the best he can be, the same rules must apply to him
as all else. Our MF is the best in the league if not Europe and he has to earn his place in it not have it through right, and he will no question, just as Aaron has.

One rule for all

2.) 03 Oct 2013
That is for the first time in a long time a really nice problem to have in many respects I wouldn't like to be Wenger as when they are all fit its going to be tricky to give them all games.

Cazorla (LW) Ozil (Wherever he wants to play) Walcott (RW) - All three to interchange, Ramsey and Flamini centrally that has to be my first choice, that being said our second and third choice ain't too shabby either!

Gnabry (RW) Podolski (LW) The OX (AM) Arteta and Wilshere centrally

and then we have Rosicky, Diaby, and Miyachi. I don't see Podolski playing much on the left anymore though with the purchase of Ozil I see him playing through the middle in the cup games, and lesser teams in the league so that Giroud can get a breather. I wonder if when all our midfielders are fit if Theo will get some games through the middle also so that Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rosicky et al get some game time as well

3.) 03 Oct 2013
G62, thank you my friend. i'm a huge admirer of jack but, for whatever reason, he is not playing too well this season. yes, he's still carrying a bit of an injury and you have to allow for that.
I also think he has too much weight put on his shoulders by the media, eg, "he's the best CM in england and the national team should be built around him". he's still only young and learning his trade.
Now that ozil is here and theo and santi come back from injury I think that should take some of the attention away from Jack and he can concentrate more on his game without too much expected from him.
Just my opinion and probably not an opinion shared by many on this site. but what the heck lol

4.) 03 Oct 2013
Jack is just another player on our team. he should have to earn his spot just like anyone else. and the truth is ozil and ramsey have justified their starting spots over the last few games, arteta or flamini are the holders, walcott is our speedster on the wing, so basically it comes down to cazorla or wilshere? let's be honest cazorla right now is significantly better than wilshere.

But with this said if jack wants his place back he will have to earn it through better performances

This is such a great thing for arsenal. the proverbial "BAR" is being pushed up!!

Come on you GOONERS, work hard and know you have no one to fear this season

5.) 03 Oct 2013
Jack will be unbelievably good and it won't be too long coming, so who is going to allow him allow him take to their place then lads? Mid field competition doesn't come any tougher than this :-)

And to think this time last year we were all desperate to see him rushed back from injury! How far we have come in 12 months

6.) 03 Oct 2013
I don't like the termed "dropped" - its not like he's regularly been a certain starter. For the moment he's a squad player (a very good one at that) who needs to rediscover form and full fitness which will come. But having him on the bench is hardly dropping him.

7.) 03 Oct 2013
Team first. Wilshere knows this. The fact we are even discussing this is a positive. It isn't the first XI who win the league it is the replacements. Wilshere may not be guaranteed a start right now - but he has a huge role to play this season.

8.) 03 Oct 2013
Cazorla is injured so how is he better than jack right now? Both jack and Santi will need rotation to get 100% fitness so expect both to be getting around the same game time.

Jacks said he's happy to fight for his place and it will make him a better player.