Arsène Wenger flew out to Greece this morning with a selection of fringe first-teamers and the crème de la crème of the club’s youth players as Arsenal conclude their Champions League Group against Olympiacos on Wednesday.
Wenger has already confirmed that Mikaël Silvestre will captain the side while Jack Wilshere will feature along with Fran Mérida. A further selection of other Reserves will be handed opportunities to impress with the team set to have a ‘Carling Cup feel’ to it. Aaron Ramsey, scorer at the weekend, should play while Kyle Bartley may also get minutes with Philippe Senderos missing out.
So, like we did for the Manchester City game, we’re opening this one up and asking you to provide your predicted team below.
Article By – J.Sanderson
I think Wilshere and Vela for sure other than I am not too sure. Denilson, Fabianski for sure.
Fabianski
Eboue Bartley Silvestre Traore
Coquelin Eastmond
Wilshere Ramsey Merida
Vela
i think he should give conor henderson a debut and luke freeman should get a game too
fabianski
gilbert
bartley
silvestre
traore
wilshere
merida
ramsey
watt
vela
eboue or either sunu or afobe hopefully
Fabianski;
Gilbert, Senderos, Silverstre, Emmanuel-Thomas;
Eastmond, Ramsey, Wilshire;
Merida, Vela, Watt;
What has Philip Senderos done to Wenger?
my team is
mannoe
gilbert
bartley
silvestre
traore
ramsey
henderson
merida
wilshere
vela
freeman
I think we will get a few answers in tomorrow’s reserve game. If the likes of Eastmond, Bartley, Coquelin, Watt, etc doesn’t play, then they surely are heading for Greece.
Could be a really young reserve team tomorrow.
Olympiacos v Arsenal
Fabianski
Gilbert – Senderos – Silvestre – Traoré
Ramsey – Randall – Wilshere
Walcott – Vela – Mérida
Substitutes: Mannone, Bartley, Frimpong, Coquelin, Eastmond, Sunu, Watt
bench almunia eboue vermalen watt afobe randall eastmond
Senderos won’t play cos that will make him cup tied and scupper his chances as he desires to play for another Euro team in La Liga.
Senderos probably won’t play in order to keep him free to join clubs with european commitments after january tranfer window; should he play Wednesday, he is not able to play in UCL or Europa League if he transfers to other club.
Think we may see JET or Couqulien at right full back with there being no point in risking Traore and Gilbert not being of the standard required.
Bartley at CB? Ummm… a bad experience here could prove a real step back, he perhaps would be better integrated at FB. Anyway here is my team
Fabianski
Couquelin Fishface Bartley JET
Eastmond
Wilshere Ramsey
Vela Watt Merdia
Fabianski
Gilbert Silvestre Senderos Traore
Eastmond Merida Ramsey
Wilshere Vela Watt
but why is senderos missing out?? honestly what has the poor lad done to arsene? he’s kept faith with several players who have in my opinion had worse performances than big phil.
anyway i’d like to see freeman, the cog and bartley get a go at some point atleast. would be nice to see how they perform.
The CL squads have to be named before the start of the season and there is a limit so I would be surprised if people like Coquelin, JET, or Bartley are in there.
Freeman won’t play. He’s yet to break through in the reserve team. Watt and Sunu are ahead of him in the pecking order.
Same goes to Afobe and Henderson.
good question ds goon. It would only be speculation to ask why. It could be about a proposed move, or personal issues, or lack of form…Senderos is a man of incredible dignity, and despite struggle he never tried to catch headlines in the media. He is a man that command great respect with me
I would like to see Emmanuel-Thomas get a shout. He is big and powerful, which is something we are missing at the moment.
If he is not going to going to be on the fringes of the first team then he might as well go back out on loan till the end of the season.
Eastmond
Bartley
Ramsey
Wilshere
Merida
Sanchez Watt should also be in the squad.
Freeman, JET and others cannot possibly play. Look here for a list of those who are registered:
http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=52280/competition=1/index.html
Has Phil made any appearances in champs league so far this season? There could be verbal agreement between him and Wenger that means he will remain un-cup tied. The likes of Wolfsburg may be looking into buying him in january? If this is the case I’d go for this team.
Fabianski
Gilbert Bartley Silvestre Traore
Ramsey Coquelin Merida
Wilshere Vela JET
Mannone, Cruise, Ayling, Randall, Eastmond, Watt, Sunu
JET will provide a physical presence up front plus playing on the left hand side he can benefit from the long diagonal balls Bartley loves to punt forward. I get the feeling Eastmond and Watt will get the nod instead though.
—————-Fabianski
Gilbert—Silvestre–Senderos—????
————–Coq—Eastmond
—————-Ramsey
—-Wilshere—————Merida
—————–Vela
would also love to see jet involved but not quiet sure in which position. also would love to see Frimpong start ahead of eastmond, i know this is harsh but i dnt fink hes good enough for arsenal.
i mean hes does not possess strength like e.g song, essien hes not exactly a tough tackler like mascherano, flamini and hes recovery pace is non-existent.
I would love to see Bartley given a shot at the spot in defence. I have heard so much about him, but unfortunately never had a chance to see him play. Him or Ayling in defence would be really exciting, but as no opportunity to see him play I am in no position to comment whether they are ready or not
nah i would love to see ayling play.
Do you guys think it is likely for Traore to play left back? Wonder if Wenger has the courage to risk him now with Clichy and Gibbs out. An alternative could be to play one of the defensive/ holding midfielders out left, or Silvestre…but the latter option unlikely in my opinion
Players that are under 21 need not register right?
fully agree with you sebjob. big phil is a guy who gets my respect.
anyway i hope arsene doesn’t risk traore since there’s no need to. plus we have the mugsmashers on sunday. hopefully another young lad gets a chance at lb instead
Players u21 do not need to be registered for the CL to play. Meaning any youth or reserve team player can 100% play if needed.
Jax, thanks for the link to the registered players list.
Does anybody know if all players at the b-list, as mentioned below on the list of registered players; can all of the players on the b-list play?
ok, Ben Jones…seems that answers my question
@Jax:
From the UEFA Champions League regulations (available at http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/regulations/uefa/others/82/68/51/826851_download.pdf) page 31 of 98 article 18.15:
Each club is entitled to register an unlimited number of players on List B during the season. The list must be submitted by no later than 24.00 CET on the day before the match in question.
nobody mentions Barazite, any particular reason for this?
He’s injured sebjob…..yes, you guessed it…..while on duty for Holland. :)
Barazite is out for months with injury..
fabianksi
gilbert bartley silvestre traore
ramsey eastmond merdia
watt vela wilshere
haha…yes, unfortunately not hard to figure out that one.
Fabianski…Eboue…Traore…Silvestre…Bartley…Wilshere…Ramsey…FMP…Denilson…Vela…Walcott
JET…RANDALL…SUNU…WATT…EASTMOND will be some of the subs
isn’t there a 25 man squad named by each club for the champions league so really fringe players like watt may not be allowed to play? does anybody else know about this?
to b honest i qould go 4
fabiamski
gilbert silvestre bartley cruise
coq
ramsey merida
wilshere walcott
vela
the only reason walcott should play is 2 get him match fit.
no player who is going 2 b in the starting line up 4 sunday shouldnt b on that plane
Fabianski
Gilbert Bartley Silvestre Traore
Eastmond/Coquelin
Ramsey Randall
Wilshere Merida
Vela
WTF is Wenger doing, I want us to have a Win, so Clubs are scared of us instead of taking us as a Joke.
fab-
gilbert- le coq- bartley- grandpa-
Ramsey- eastmond- wilshire-
Jet/sunu- vela- merida
But then bench would b a prob.. I’m going 4 sunu over jet..
le gaffer is doing wats best 4 d club.. Thats wat hes doin
olympiakos:
fabianski,
gilbert, silvestre, bartley, cruise,
eastmond, coquelin
ramsey,
wilshere, vela, merida,
subs: mannone, ayling, evina, sunu, watt, henderson, randall,
fulham reserves:
dunn
obed, senderos, boateng, miquel,
ozyakup, JET, henderson, aneke
freeman, deacon
subs: meade, byles, afobe, hajrovic, brislen-hall
ne1 agree? this is wat u call no 1st teamers
actually swap randall for eastmond or coquelin i can c dat team goin out
Fab, wilshere, merida, ramsey, Silvestre and Vela is certainly start so the rest is up for grabs.
Guessing for le boss:
Wookash
Gilbert Bartley Song Silvestre
Eastmond
Ramsey Wilshere
Watt Vela Merida
(Eboue and Traore got hurt at the weekend so I am assuming they aren’t available)
My choice:
Wookash
Eastmond Bartley Ayling JET
Coquelin
Ramsey Wilshere
Watt Vela Merida
It would ridic young and most probably lose, but I would be so proud of Wenger for it.
Fabianski
Coquelin-Bartley-Silvestre-Traore
Ramsey-Frimpong-Merida
Walcott-Vela-Wilshere
would like to see fab gilbert send silv traore randall ramsey wilshere sunu vela merida subs mannone song bartley denilson coquelin nasri watt but think randall and sunu will miss out to eastmond and watt
Who the **** is Wookash
Wookash is fabianski, thats how you pronounce his name in poland
sky sports quoted wilshire sayin he wants to go on loan to a premier league club.
Cheers
GOLDEN RULE – you cant play senderos in the champions league if he is going to be bought by a potential CL team. You can however play him if he isnt.
He must have pissed off the boss, or he could be injured? Or only God knows.
I would like to see Vela lead the attack.
Fabianski
Gilbert Bartley Silver vest ???????
Eastmond
wilshere Ramsey
Watt Vela Merida
No, Wookash is Szczesny, not Fabianski. And Wookash can not play, he is on loan.
fab-traore,bartley,silvestre,gilbert-coquelin,ramsey,merida,wilshere,watt-vela
ok this the team thats registered
Goalkeepers
No. Name
1 Manuel Almunia »
21 Łukasz Fabiański »
24 Vito Mannone * »
49 James Shea *
53 Wojciech Szczęsny *
Defenders
No. Name
3 Bacary Sagna »
5 Thomas Vermaelen »
6 Philippe Senderos »
10 William Gallas »
18 Mikaël Silvestre »
20 Johan Djourou »
22 Gaël Clichy »
27 Emmanuel Eboué »
28 Kieran Gibbs *
30 Armand Traoré *
34 Kyle Bartley *
36 Thomas Cruise *
37 Craig Eastmond *
39 Cédric Evina *
42 Kerrea Gilbert »
44 Gavin Hoyte *
46 Luke Ayling *
Midfielders
No. Name
2 Abou Diaby »
4 Cesc Fàbregas »
7 Tomáš Rosický »
8 Samir Nasri »
15 Denilson * »
16 Aaron Ramsey »
17 Alex Song »
19 Jack Wilshere * »
32 Fran Mérida »
33 Nacer Barazite *
35 Francis Coquelin »
41 Emmanuel Frimpong *
43 Conor Henderson *
48 Mark Randall *
Forwards
No. Name
9 Eduardo »
11 Robin van Persie »
12 Carlos Vela »
14 Theo Walcott *
23 Andrei Arshavin »
47 Rhys Murphy *
51 Gilles Sunu *
52 Nicklas Bendtner * »
54 Sanchez Watt *
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No, Wookash is Szczesny, not Fabianski. And Wookash can not play, he is on loan.
haho said this on December 7, 2009 at 7:01 pm
NOOOOOOO, Wookash IS Fabianski. Szczesny is Chesney. Almunia is the Spanish waiter and Mannone is Don Vito. :)
hmmm.. I see a lotta ppl going 4 bartley n grandpa at centre back.. I dont really lyk that 4 one reason.. 2 left footed players at that position is something that i dont think works particularly well.. Left footed centre backs r quite d rarity.. So when they’re available, they’re almost always played on d left of d 2 cbs.. Silvestre is experienced enough 2 move 2 d ryt, but i believe it’d make a whole lot more sense if he plays left back.. One of d def mid ll slot in as cb, most probably le coq.. I dont have d squad list, but if ayling is also there, i wouldnt b very surprised if bartley n him r our cbs.. I’m sad 2 say, but grandpa is important cover 4 d first team.. Ouch, it hurts 2 even think such a thought.. Come on, everyone reading this site must think they’d b able 2 do better than grandpa..
Bartley is right footed, yaniv, he’s a right footed, right sided centre back.
Fabianski
Gilbert Bartley Silvestre Traore
Eastmond
Ramsey Wilshere
Merida Watt
Vela
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1898322,00.html
J do you actually know what players travelled out today for the match, is Theo and Diaby included
how has eastmond leap frogged coquelin?
ok, i know this might not happen, but i think the safest squad in terms of saving first team players from injury would be:
Fabianski(to get some playing time after injury)
Gilbert-Bartley-Senderos-Silvestre
Ramsey-Coquelin-Merida
Watt-JET-Wilshere
Subs: Mannone, Randall, Sunu, Eboue, Vela, Freeman, Frimpong.
It would be exciting to see how our reserves get on in europe, just to get a glimpse off the possible future, with a touch of experience at the back and on the bench if times get rough.
What do people think?
why does wenger pick silvestre? he is absolutely shocking, probably wengers worst ever buy. Senderos is twice the player!
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it would be stupid to risk Traore for this game. We need him for the Liverpool game, especially with Eboue doubtful. So I would leave him out, rather giving JET a game there. I would like to see Eastmond in the middle with Coq at RB. The front four will surely be Vela, Merida, Wilshere and Ramsey. Only change could be if Watt gets a game, then Ramsey and Merida would occupy the midfield along with Coq/Eastmond.
Where did you see Senderos wouldn’t play? If so then Bartley will surely get a game. Wenger isn’t so stupid to risk the Verminator or Billy. The full back slots are in question but I think Watt might very well get a game up top. That would make our midfield Eastmond/Coq, Ramsey and Merida, a bit similar to Song, Cesc, Denilson. The only problem being that Merida and Ramsey haven’t learn to divide their time between attack and defence yet.
No one for sundays game plays on wednsday
mannone
gilbert, bartley, silvestre, cruise.
ramsey, coquelin, randall
wilshere, vela, merida
subs: shea, senderos, traore, eastmond, eman-thom, barazite, watt
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1898322,00.html
sg1 said this on December 7, 2009 at 7:56 pm
haha…that was funny reading. Some short highlights of quoting the text;
It was with ONLY 10 minutes left on the clock that the hosts took the lead. Freeman beat Clifford on the left flank, broke into the box and FINALLY beat Haxhia who could ONLY watch as the ball SLIPPED over his line.
Within five minutes the lead was doubled. This time a TIRED Haxhia failed to hold onto a MEDIOCRE Henderson shot and the ball went into the back of the net
ONLY a SLIP :-)
JET is still on loan. correct?
Fabianski
Coquelin Bartley Silvestre T.Cruise
Ramsey Eastmond Merida
Wilshere Watt JET
thanks j.. My bad..
Fabiański
Gilbert Bartley Silvestre Cruise
Ramsey Eastmond Merida
Wilshere Vela Watt
No point in risking Traore at all.
Sorry about my post above. As I now see finnbl has pointed out (I found the link myself after seeing somebody elses objection) young players can be registered the day before. If this was the rules last year it wasn’t anywhere near as clear in their document!
Still, the prospect of a young team for this one is making me more excited than for any of the other group games!
if Traore plays and gets injured then Wenger can’t complain about injury troubles anymore. I blame Le Boss for Bendtner’s absence, he should never have played against Spuds.
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—————————fabianski————————–
gilbert———bartley—————–silvestre———eboue
———ramsey————eastmond—————merida——-
wilshere———————vela————————thomas
OR
—————————fabianski————————–
gilbert———bartley—————eastmond———silvestre
———ramsey————Conquelin—————merida——-
wilshere———————vela————————thomas
OR
—————————fabianski————————–
gilbert———bartley—————eastmond———silvestre
———ramsey————thomas—————merida——-
wilshere———————Watt————————Vela
mannone
sagna song vermaelen silvestre
eastmond
ramsey merida
walcott vela watt
sorry, wilshere instead of watt
merida, eastmond,silvestre, wilshere, cruise, jet, vela,sunu, ayling,ramsey, bartley, gilbert, coquelin, song, walcott, fabianski, randall, mannone official team list for olypiakos
fabianski
gilbert–song–bartley—-silvestre
eastmond/coquelin
ramsey
wilshere
walcott–vela–merida
subs: mannone, jet, sunu, ayling,randall, cruise,coquelin/eastmond.
from wot the pics show on arsenal.com, the team i am expecting is;
Fabianski
Gilbert Song Silvestre Cruise
Eastmond
Ramsey Merida
Wilshere Walcott Vela
subs: mannone, JET, bartley, sunu, ayling, randall etc
for some reason sanchez watt has not travelled, im very surprised by that as i thought he would of been one of the first ones the plane.
spoke to sanchez and he’s gutted, doesn’t know why he’s not going…
agree with WK on the team tho maybe JET for cruise and wilshere central and merida out wide
i think coquelin should play ahead of eastmond cos eastmond struggled against city and coqulein deserves an opportunity. i think JET may have some part to play in the match as our attack lacks real physical presence. i would of liked watt to have travelled as i believe he works hard on the pitch and never stops running, though its not as if we lack pace up front :)
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_________Fabianski
Gilbert__Song__Sly__Cruise
_______Ramsey__Eastmond
_Walcott___Jack19___Merida
___________Vela