Arsenal (H) 30/10 League Cup 20:30

[Ben Sherman]

Van den Berg looks no where near ready but what do I know. 

[Jordy Brouwer]

21 minutes ago, an tha said:

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Williams, Gomez, Van den Berg, Milner, Lallana, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Elliott, Origi, Brewster.

Substitutes: Adrian, Jones, Kane, Larouci, Chirivella, Clarkson, Koumetio.

Love that line up. Love it to bits. No automatic first teamers, as it should be. Great line up. Really looking forward to it now.

[an tha]

1 minute ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

Love that line up. Love it to bits. No automatic first teamers, as it should be. Great line up. Really looking forward to it now.

It's an interesting line up to see, but i am not sure if it is one that can beat what is a pretty experienced Arsenal team.

 

We'll see

[an tha]

10 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Do you think? I genuinely think it’s about the same. Our midfield is way more experienced than theirs. Their defence is more experienced than ours but we have Milner at LB. Forward line is much of muchness.

Looks it to me ...how many debutants in their team or players with 1 first team appearance.

 

I am bored so will have a look and come back 

[moof]

Would obviously like to win but I won’t be too disappointed if we lose this, being completely honest. 

[aRdja]

2 minutes ago, an tha said:

Looks it to me ...how many debutants in their team or players with 1 first team appearance.

 

I am bored so will have a look and come back 

I reckon if you add the number of first team appearances, it’d be pretty close between the two teams.

[Jordy Brouwer]

3 minutes ago, an tha said:

It's an interesting line up to see, but i am not sure if it is one that can beat what is a pretty experienced Arsenal team.

 

We'll see

They have a shot and there's some real quality in our team despite the young players. 

 

Anyway I've got my glass of milk, my bottle of coke and my can of Carabao. We're doing this. 

[alles ist gut]

I don’t think the issue is ‘level of experience’, per se, more that there’s no-one in that midfield with the ability to stop their midfield doing whatever they want, and the central defenders behind them are both out of form. We’ll be fine if Arsenal never actually get the ball.

[Anubis]

35 minutes ago, an tha said:

Not even a big gun or two on bench!

What are you talking about? We’ve got Harry Kane on the bench.

 

Not sure about having him in the same squad as Elliot, though.

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, alles ist gut said:

I don’t think the issue is ‘level of experience’, per se, more that there’s no-one in that midfield with the ability to stop their midfield doing whatever they want, and the central defenders behind them are both out of form. We’ll be fine if Arsenal never actually get the ball.

Is Van Den Berg out of form already? I agree with the midfield. This Lallana as a no 6 experiment should never have started. He’s not metronomic enough, and he takes too much risks in his general play.

[an tha]

Arsenal: Career first team club games

 

Martinez - 82

Bellerin - 191

Holding - 93

Mustafi - 253

Kolasinac - 209

Torreira - 175

Willock - 31

Maitland Niles - 109

Ozil - 539

Saka - 15

Martinelli - 40

[Jordy Brouwer]

I feel a bit for Adrian - he might have expected to play this game. 

[alles ist gut]

4 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Is Van Den Berg out of form already? 

Yes, I watch that sort of game, occasionally.

[an tha]

7 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

I reckon if you add the number of first team appearances, it’d be pretty close between the two teams.

I think it is more spread, we've got kids with virtually zero experience all over park - they haven't.

 

I've posted theirs, i'll do ours now.

[sir roger]

Looks like Jurgen has obviously decided he isn't that bothered about this competition & he has all the data etc. so that's fair enough. Arsenal look tempting at 15/8.

[an tha]

3 minutes ago, an tha said:

Arsenal: Career first team club games

 

Martinez - 82

Bellerin - 191

Holding - 93

Mustafi - 253

Kolasinac - 209

Torreira - 175

Willock - 31

Maitland Niles - 109

Ozil - 539

Saka - 15

Martinelli - 40

Us:

 

Kelleher - 1

Williams - 0

Van den Berg - 23

Gomez - 98

Milner - 715

Lallana - 431

Keita - 213

Chamberlain - 295

Elliott - 4

Brewster - 1

Origi - 244

[Grinch]

2 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Looks like Jurgen has obviously decided he isn't that bothered about this competition & he has all the data etc. so that's fair enough. Arsenal look tempting at 15/8.

Come on this is hardly surprising.  He's been doing it in the domestic cups for a while.   It used to bother me that we were binning trophies to compete for the top four but when it's cause you're challenging for the league and champions League, fuck it. 

 

There's no way this squad can compete on four fronts after all, that's just silly.  FFS,  this is the back up to our world class front three. 

[Jordy Brouwer]

7 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Looks like Jurgen has obviously decided he isn't that bothered about this competition & he has all the data etc. so that's fair enough. Arsenal look tempting at 15/8.

Have to. 

[Jordy Brouwer]

5 minutes ago, Grinch said:

Come on this is hardly surprising.  He's been doing it in the domestic cups for a while.   It used to bother me that we were binning trophies to compete for the top four but when it's cause you're challenging for the league and champions League, fuck it. 

 

There's no way this squad can compete on four fronts after all, that's just silly.  FFS,  this is the back up to our world class front three. 

Yeah we barely have a proper back up left back. We can't really compete for everything thats just a fantasy. If it happens it happens. 

[an tha]

Anyway - it is worth remembering this is arsenal, hopefully our kids are fearless and the old hands we do have in can gel and get job done.

[Red_or_Dead]

I take it Hoever (sp?) is injured

[Jairzinho]

[an tha]

Just now, Red_or_Dead said:

I take it Hoever (sp?) is injured

Might be a massive whoosh here and if is fair do's...but he is away with Holland in u17 world cup

[magicrat]

Got no issue with Klopp making the changes but feel sorry for Adrian, He deserved a run out

Looking forward to seeing how Elliot gets on . 

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, Red_or_Dead said:

I take it Hoever (sp?) is injured

It sucks