Arsenal have announced the squad which will make the short trip to Underhill to play Barnet on Saturday, with the youngsters set to featuring heavily at the home of our Reserve team.
Manuel Almunia, Nicklas Bendtner, Gael Clichy, Denilson, Bacary Sagna, Theo Walcott and Carlos Vela are the only first team inclusions, with the rest being made up of Reserves and Youth players.
Henri Lansbury has reportedly been penciled in to start on his comeback, with Jack Wilshere and Wojciech Szczesny being named in the squad despite playing in the Under 18 last year.
This game will the final opportunity for some of these boys to impress, before either being loaned out or sold. Lukasz Fabianski and John Djourou are still on Holiday after going to Euro 2008, as are many of the African players who had World Cup qualifiers.
The Squad In Full
Manuel Almunia
Wojciech Szczesny
Vito Mannone
Gavin Hoyte
Justin Hoyte
Gael Clichy
Bacary Sagna
Havard Nordtveit
Abu Ogogo
Paul Rodgers
Rene Steer
Aaron Ramsey
Henri Lansbury
Denilson
James Dunne
Mark Randall
Jack Wilshere
Armand Traore
Jay Simpson
Nicklas Bendtner
Carlos Vela
Nacer Barazite
Theo Walcott
Rui Fonte
Article By – J.Sanderson
J, who – of the reserves – do you think will be sold this summer?
Woo-hoo! Great news for Lansbury. I am pretty excited about this squad. Lets just hope the new signings and the players promoted from the Reserves and Academy will be able to gel with our existing First Teamers.
i can see a lot of these players leaving in the summer
e.g ogogo, dunne, rodgers etc
Nice to see Rui play before he goes.
Just to clarify the idiot who keeps leaving comments, FACUNDO SAVA has joined Arsenal de Sandi, not Arsenal London.
Very exciting times at the moment, cant wait for this game :)
Wheres Fran Merida surely he deserves a try. Yea Boooy Barazite hope he plays well and vela ( obviously he will)… cant wait to actually see ramsey i heared he is average but with wenger (with his knowdledge) he’ll go far
Arsenal4life – I take it this is your first time on this blog? see the previous article.
…….i clicked a link from another webstie which brought me here.. i dont post comments usually i jst did it …for a reason i forgot
Is rui fonte being sold?
Barazite looks good but is sometimes hard to distinguish whether these players can take the step up to the next level. Do u think Wilshere is able to next season and how mobile is Barazite? Thanks.
ah ok mate, welcome to Young Guns, Fran is with the Spain squad for Under 19 European Championships.
patiencegoes alongwa – He is on loan at the moment, a choice will be made at the end of the season if we will buy him.
I would like to see some of the fringe reserves players get a good run out…
Likely starting 11 4-4-2
GK Almunia
RB Sagna
LB Traore
CB J Hoyte
CB Nordtveit
RM Randall
LM Wilshire
CM Ramsey
CM Denilson
FW Walcott
FW Bendtner
oh ok Thanks J
Mannone
Hoyte, Hoyte, Nordveit, Traore
Simpson, Lansbury, Randell, Wilshere
Barazite, Fonte
I think he’ll be saving Vela, Denilson, Ramsey etc for opponents that will be less excited by Arsenal’s presence. I think Dunne is wank but good luck to the kid. Thomas I believe is better than him already though.
Hey J,
Do you think Nacer could be loaned to a championship or Premier league team this season? Or do you think he will be a carling cup/ first team bench player? i think he is going to be amazing once he gets the chance. by the way, great site.
How can you have heard Ramsey is average, I have seen him and he looks to hve the makings of a very good player
Note i said heared
from the clips are saw him in i say its one to question about we shall see during pre season if he can hack arsenal style some players hardly can .e.g..baptista great player in spain nothing in arsenal….i would give more examples but…i rather not
I think Jay Simpson will get quite a lot of action in pre-season, it look’s like its make or break time for him. Wenger and Co obviousally haven’t made up their mind about him yet, or he wouldn’t be in the squad. I hope he impresses and i hope we keep him.
I’m guessing Nasri will join up with the squad when they fly to Austria, on monday is it?
Two completely different situations but whatever you say, where did you hear it from a spud?
I would say
First half
Almunia
Sagna – Nordtveit – J.Hoyte – Clichy
Simpson – Denilson – Ramsey – Walcott
Bendtner – Vela
Second half
Mannone
Ogogo – Rodgers – G.Hoyte – Steer
Wilshere – Lansbury – Randall – Traore
Fonte – Barazite
Jason- oh wait let me check..how the fuck am i suppost to know..its was when we first signed him
Nasri will join up on July 21st following his holiday. Fabregas and all the other Euro 2008 players will follow.
what youngsters will be left behind u fink J when the squad flys to Austrua
is this match being shown anywhere?
Austria *
For me the team that should start would be.
____________Almunia
Sagna___Hoyte__Nordeveit___Clichy
____Randall____Deni___Ramsay
Theo___________________Vela
___________Nic
I’m shocked that our 2nd best Central defender is Justin Hoyte. Also I hope Xabi Alonso signs. Would be a wonderful day if this happens.
P.S. He is a DM not a Attacking CM.
No, he’s a deep lying creative midfielder, he sits back but tackling isn’t one of his strengths.
No, he’s a deep lying creative midfielder, he sits back but tackling isn’t one of his strengths
Exactly Fran, I think I would prefer Barry, bit more steely determination about him.
Barry reminds me of Manu Petit. Barry also lethal at dead balls and freekicks
Alonso can definitely tackle. When Barry has played DM for England (Croatia and Russia) we let in 4 goals. Albeit we had lescott but we looked vulnerable. Alsonso is also a dead ball specialist, better passer. If only there were stats to see who covered more and tackled better but Alonso played less matches last season.
I would rather have Barry too, he can also provide the killer pass like Alonso but is just that bit better when heading back towards goal but lets face it we all know that we wont get either of them!
We will get some random bloke that is actually amazin!
Well hopefully anyway ;-)
Also lets face it, how many lefties do we have, ummmm Clichy. possibly Vela but i ent got a clue, the only one i know of for sure is Clichy!
Eduardo, Van Persie, Merida, Traore. + More
I think Traore should start LW and will be gd to see the youngsters and new players in dis game. This will be on arsenal tv the 1st decent thing they have had on there for time, what do other ppl think of arsenal tv, i mean its not even anything on it at wkends.joke. What do ppl olso tink of us getting Nigel De Jong as Dm?
presume this will be another chance to try-out traore as LM as opposed to LB. he looked pretty good there against everton, used his pace well to set up bendtner’s goal
http://www.setanta.com/preseason/ state they are showing the game. 3:00 kick off. very exciting!!
Clichy, Vela, Eduardo, Merida, Traore, Van Persie and Ramsey are the ones of the top of my head, 7 lefties really aint too bad Clacko.
I don’t like the idea of risking a knock to Clichy or Sagna in a game like this. Let the younger players a chance to prove themselves. Excited to see Ramsay and Vela.
cant wait to see Nordtveit tbh!
Randall too. Sometimes I feel I am the only one who rates him, just as i was the only one rating Song..
How the hell did i miss out Eduardo, i deserve to be shot right in the face for that one haha! We do actually have a few lefties then.
I would love either at the club but highly doubt we will go for either anyway.
Gilberto going , hleb gone , i think our reserves gonna play a important role this season. with the squad announced i would be wanting to watch some talents and how they measure up. plz provide us detailed match report as it would not be possible for me to see the match here in india. thnx mate.
Clocko: Haha, I’ll forigve you for that one.
Pratik: Yeah, time to step up lads :)
Boomer: I love Nord aswell, i also rate Song.
I hope Lansbury shows what he can do aswell!
I like this kid, he looks down to earth, come on lets face it if you saw him and that haircut at college you would definately say he smokes the funky tobacco!!
Legend
Boomer, I rate Randall very highly too. Wish he would get a haircut tho lol
cant wait im going to the game but to guy who asked where u see the game its on arsenal tv and arsenal online then showing early sunday on setanta sports
hahah remember cescs hair, when the hair style changes they are mature. i love our youngsters
we will only be allowed 6 subs
For me the team that should start would be.
____________Almunia
Sagna___Hoyte__Nordeveit___Clichy
____Randall____Deni___Ramsay
Theo___________________Vela
___________Nic
and six subs to be;
Lansbury for Deni
Barazite for Vela
Ogogo for Sagna
Hoyte for Clichy
Traore for Theo
Wilshire for Nic
It’ll be great to see Ramsey. Hopefully he’ll get a good run in pre season and stake a claim for the first team in regards to wether he’s get a spot on the bench. I hear there’ll be 7 spots on the bench for the coming season. Also J now that the legend that is Gilberto is set to leave is it likely Wenger will bring in a new Defensive Midfielder or will he stick with what he’s got and bring in a Defender? Cause Toure, Song and Djourou can play further up the pitch so maybe A Zapata could play at the back with Gallas.
Just a thought.
thats crap of setanta. they have the game in the list of “live pre-season” fixtures. 7:30 the next morning isnt really live. looks like i’ll be sign up to the internet stream then.
Where is Abou Diaby?
Who in their right mind wants an overated player Barry [bcuz he’s english] in our team? Idiots. As well pointed out by ahassan06, Barry could not contain the movement and precise intricate football of Modric and he doesnt even play DM for Villa, R Coker does. After analysis his strengths [Balance of being left footed, Penalties, Set Pieces, average passing, decent tackling and below par vision], his ceiling value should be 8m @ best, for wenger to play 18m for a 27 yr old he would have to be exceptional but Barry does not fall into this category. Get real lunnies
I think if a DM doesn’t come in then it’s got to be a solid defender.
JS,
If you’re ATVO member, plz do a writeup on Vela’s latest interview. Thanks.
Or better yet, someone plz upload it to youtube.
i live in america and i dont know where to watch the game online any suggestions and i dont have arsenal tv
Finally an (official) picture of Vela wth an Arsenal shirt:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/16/article-0-01F936A800000578-49_468x306.jpg
Oversized shirt for the young man..hehe
we do not need to be playing rubbish like barnet. we need better teams to prepare ourselves. our young boys need much sterner tests than this walkover.
come on AFC, give us the friendlies we crave against top opposition like Barca, Milan or tottenham.
we’re playing real madrid, ajax, juventus and sevilla, is that not good enough for you?
” give us the friendlies we crave against top opposition like Barca, Milan or tottenham.”
lol….
Carlos Vela,
isn’t he beautiful?
JS do you know why Diaby is not in the squad for this game? I am sure I saw him in the training video and think that he could be the man to fill the gap left by Flamini alongside Cesc in CM.
You love a good moan don’t you ‘Me’? There is a friendly against Barnet every year because the Arsenal reserve team plays their home games there. As has been pointed out, the serious friendlies are the competitions that Arsenal have been entered in, good research there though, congrats on that.
Me, you are an absolute moron; we are playing top-tier opposition in the Emirates Cup and Amsterdam Tournament which is a LOT more than most clubs do!
J, what do you think about Nordtveit?
Me “the spur guy”…..lolz :p bro d barnet game is a deal….itz had to be played evry year…. Nd we have got top games to come in d lyks of emirates nd amstrdm cup….so stop moanin…..
Where is Rhys Murphy??????????
friendlies against the spurs????
man!!
You must be surely losing it
what happen to vela startin pre season on the 21st
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Rui Fonte is already an Arsenal player,he signed 12mths ago.I think Diaby has a slight knock which is from last season.
I have also heard that Paul Rodgers will be given every chance to stake a claim to be Bacary Sagna’s understudy this season.
Diaby is training but is still a bit off being ready for a match
For the guy who listed Ramsey as left-footed…he aint! He is right-footed….Jack Wilshere is left footed though. If u guys live in the UK then i suggest u get the Setanta package for an extra £9.99 a month. The Barnet game is LIVE on the Arsenal channel (free with Setanta package) on Saturday. Or subscribe to Arsenal TV online for £3.99 a month.
Sean….if ur right about Rodgers being Sagna’s understudy then thats beautiful news. The coaches should spend a little extra time with developing his technical ability and then we would have an excellent right back on our hands.