Comments on: Rovers Reality Check For The Gunners? http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Phillip Three http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7480 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:16:09 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7480 My team for the Blackburn game. Almunia Hoyte Toure Senderos Clichy Eboue Fab Gilberto Henry Adebayor Baptista Almunia deserves a go following the last two matches and his kicking is excellent. The back four pick themselves. Djourou over Senderos but I would keep Djourou in cotton wool a week or two and let Senderos play tough. Eboue in the midfield where he belongs. He will cause havoc up and down that wing without needing to perform a flawless structural and positional defensive display. Moreover he adds steel to the midfield. Fab and Gilberto are standard. Henry to keep the moves going forward and to link up with the midfield and the attackers. He will have license to roam and thread balls through and have space in which to run. Two players will be on him. With the two on Eboue and the two on Fab we have taken 6 players out the game. The Beast deserves a shot and along with Adebayor they are both big and strong and physical as well as gifted. Overall it is the same Arsenal team but with some STEEL in it. My team for the Blackburn game.

Almunia

Hoyte Toure Senderos Clichy

Eboue Fab Gilberto Henry

Adebayor Baptista

Almunia deserves a go following the last two matches and his kicking is excellent.

The back four pick themselves. Djourou over Senderos but I would keep Djourou in cotton wool a week or two and let Senderos play tough.

Eboue in the midfield where he belongs. He will cause havoc up and down that wing without needing to perform a flawless structural and positional defensive display. Moreover he adds steel to the midfield. Fab and Gilberto are standard. Henry to keep the moves going forward and to link up with the midfield and the attackers. He will have license to roam and thread balls through and have space in which to run. Two players will be on him. With the two on Eboue and the two on Fab we have taken 6 players out the game.

The Beast deserves a shot and along with Adebayor they are both big and strong and physical as well as gifted.

Overall it is the same Arsenal team but with some STEEL in it.

]]> by: AP http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7479 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7479 I definetely feel Wenger will start Senderos, as he did in the FA Cup tie which was obviously his priority. Hoyte at RB, Clichy at LB, with Phil and Kolo in the center. We should have enough pace and strength there to compete with Nonda and Benni, as well as Phils aerial prowess, which will no doubt be tested by the high balls thrown into our area. I know we won at 'fortress' Anfield with both Hleb and Rosicky, but with Cesc more or less guaranteed to start, I just wouldnt usually see all three starting. At the moment tho with Freddie out, I think RVP would be better up top, and I can't see Walcott starting in this game at all. I think Wenger knows that with the Cesc/Hleb/Rosi three away from home against a physical team we are left short in that respect. That is, of course, if we play 4 in midfield. If we start with 5, it probably dosent matter. And after the little hint Wenger left yesterday, it probably will be 5. I'm going with Jens Hoyte Kolo Phil Gael Gilb Rosicky Cesc Flam/Diaby RVP Henry Subs: Almunia Djorou Beast Hleb Ade In truth, I have no idea. Isn't it great when we're full of options? I definetely feel Wenger will start Senderos, as he did in the FA Cup tie which was obviously his priority. Hoyte at RB, Clichy at LB, with Phil and Kolo in the center. We should have enough pace and strength there to compete with Nonda and Benni, as well as Phils aerial prowess, which will no doubt be tested by the high balls thrown into our area.

I know we won at ‘fortress’ Anfield with both Hleb and Rosicky, but with Cesc more or less guaranteed to start, I just wouldnt usually see all three starting. At the moment tho with Freddie out, I think RVP would be better up top, and I can’t see Walcott starting in this game at all.

I think Wenger knows that with the Cesc/Hleb/Rosi three away from home against a physical team we are left short in that respect. That is, of course, if we play 4 in midfield. If we start with 5, it probably dosent matter. And after the little hint Wenger left yesterday, it probably will be 5.

I’m going with

Jens
Hoyte Kolo Phil Gael
Gilb
Rosicky Cesc Flam/Diaby RVP
Henry

Subs: Almunia Djorou Beast Hleb Ade

In truth, I have no idea. Isn’t it great when we’re full of options?

]]> by: DeiseGooner http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7451 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:08:20 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7451 Ill go with Mad Jens Hoyte Kolo Djouru Clichy Hleb Fab Bert Mozart VanP Henry bench : Almunia, Senderos, Beast, Ali, Ade Ill go with

Mad Jens
Hoyte Kolo Djouru Clichy
Hleb Fab Bert Mozart
VanP Henry

bench : Almunia, Senderos, Beast, Ali, Ade

]]> by: Fab4 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7450 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:55:22 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7450 I think Wenger will start in a 4-5-1 formation because of the way Blackburn play, and with Henry upfront we'd have Fabregas, Hleb and Rosicky in support and catch them on the break. With both Rosicky & Hleb starting you would need some extra weight in midfield, and Adebayor has just come back from injury and I'm not sure Van Persie is up for a tough away game. He wasn't very good against Sheffield United, but then again no-one was! Baptista might be worth playing up top with Henry, especially when his confidence is sky-high and the fact he's in rich goalscoring run at the moment. Blackburn beat Liverpool at Ewood Park a few weeks ago and will be tough to beat. I think Wenger will start in a 4-5-1 formation because of the way Blackburn play, and with Henry upfront we’d have Fabregas, Hleb and Rosicky in support and catch them on the break. With both Rosicky & Hleb starting you would need some extra weight in midfield, and Adebayor has just come back from injury and I’m not sure Van Persie is up for a tough away game. He wasn’t very good against Sheffield United, but then again no-one was!

Baptista might be worth playing up top with Henry, especially when his confidence is sky-high and the fact he’s in rich goalscoring run at the moment.

Blackburn beat Liverpool at Ewood Park a few weeks ago and will be tough to beat.

]]> by: jack http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7447 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:56:57 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7447 Adebayor just came back from injury so I expect Wenger to start Henry and RvP upfront and bring on Adebayor in the 2nd half. Also I expect Wenger to play Sendoros alongside Toure though there is merit in starting the more pacy Djourou to counter the Blackburn forwards. Rest of the team shud remain unchanged with Hoyte at right back and I wonder if Lehmann will be 'rested' for this game. I hope to see Baptista and Aliadiere come in the 2nd half with 30mins left to prove themselves. Possibly replacing Rosicky and Helb respectively. These are the type of game that Arsenal used to falter - so a win at Ewood for our boys will go a long way. Adebayor just came back from injury so I expect Wenger to start Henry and RvP upfront and bring on Adebayor in the 2nd half. Also I expect Wenger to play Sendoros alongside Toure though there is merit in starting the more pacy Djourou to counter the Blackburn forwards. Rest of the team shud remain unchanged with Hoyte at right back and I wonder if Lehmann will be ‘rested’ for this game. I hope to see Baptista and Aliadiere come in the 2nd half with 30mins left to prove themselves. Possibly replacing Rosicky and Helb respectively. These are the type of game that Arsenal used to falter - so a win at Ewood for our boys will go a long way.

]]> by: Ash http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7445 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:23:50 +0000 http://www.afc4life.co.uk/2007/01/12/rovers-reality-check-for-the-gunners/#comment-7445 I hope that Djourou starts as Nonda and McCarthy are both pacy. Will Hleb and Rosicky both start away from home? I hope that Aliadiere plays maybe in LM. He's more direct and can take players and create chances. Adebayor is more suited to away games but I fancy Van Persie to come on and score as he always does against Rovers. I hope that Djourou starts as Nonda and McCarthy are both pacy. Will Hleb and Rosicky both start away from home? I hope that Aliadiere plays maybe in LM. He’s more direct and can take players and create chances. Adebayor is more suited to away games but I fancy Van Persie to come on and score as he always does against Rovers.

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