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Sissoko is unbreakable lol
Touch wood, but fuck me if he got injured now we'd be in serious trouble hitting the busy period.
Sissoko is unbreakable lol
I know but he has got big musclesTouch wood, but fuck me if he got injured now we'd be in serious trouble hitting the busy period.
With Dier being out now there is no way I can see Sissoko being risked in this game.
Think Skipp and Winks will start.
Agreed. For Everton though who knows. Should be Winks and Sissoko but can Winks play two games in 4 days?
With the Bournemouth and Wolves matches coming shortly after we may have to put Dele in central midfield for one of those.
I'd be tempted to drop Eriksen back alongside Sissoko against Everton. And I'd play Lamela, Dele and Son behind Kane.
I’d worry about playing like that away from home against a decent Everton side but given our lack of options in the middle I guess we don’t have much choice. The squad is going to be stretched to the limit over the next couple of weeks, that’s for sure.
Do we even have players to do that?We might have to go to 3 at the back given our lack of holding players
Do we even have players to do that?
Still a huge risk to play two players just back from injury.Sanchez and Foyth nearly back
I think Sissoko is such a machine in there at the moment it might work quite nicely, Eriksen could really control the game for us with the powerful Sissoko beside him.
I like Lamela in away games like this, his graft and pressing from the front sees us win the ball high up the pitch more.
Lucas a good bench option for this one.
You make some good points, hopefully you’re right mate ?
This won't go down well but I really think our fans need to wake up on this one a bit. If we weren't playing Arsenal and even more so if we hadn't recently lost to them, the predicted lineups would be very different. Those saying we need to go full strength are letting hearts rule heads.
Arsenal are going to rotate. They've just lost in the league and need to take that more seriously than the league cup. They also have a number of injuries in defence and can't run the risk of getting more injuries, particularly to someone like Koscielny who has just got back to full fitness.
We need to rotate ourselves. Rose was out on his feet against Burnley so he certainly can't play. We have injuries at CB and CM and I have no interest in seeing Kane or Eriksen out there either. I'm not gonna predict a lineup as I have no idea how will be fit but I think Llorente deserves a shot after being good off the bench lately. I also think his experience and hold up play will work well against any young defenders Arsenal might play. Lamela should play for his energy. Winks, KWP and Son could all start as well after being on bench. Don't be surprised if Eyoma gets a start as well as he was on bench at wknd.
The fact remains that this is the League cup. Arsenal or not, Quarter final or not, we have to see the bigger picture. It's more important to keep our squad fit for the league, champions league and even FA cup. League cup is bottom of the priority list in my view.
I think people like you are scared we would lose to a weakened arsenal side when we are full strength. The next CL game is 2 months away so no need to rest for that. We just need to win this shitty cup so I want to go close to full strength as possible. Our next league game is Sunday