I think it's time to rotate our team, because after the game against Hull, we have three difficult games against Everton, Napoli and Man City coming up. I know rotating our best players can be risky, but with the hectic nature of the English game, especially around this time it's vital to keep the players fresh. My team for Hull would be Chensey Sagna Vermaelen Kos Monreal Flamini Wilshere Rosicky Walcott,Giroud and Gnabry.
Also looking at the fixtures we are up against it, because we play Napoli on a Wednesday night, and then play City away on Saturday at 12:45, which gives us little to prepare for that huge game.
against a dross Hull City , that looks plenty strong enough so i concur. Walcott needs some game time for sure.
Chez Jenks Kos Verm Nacho Flamini Jack Rozza Theo Giroud Gnabry Ozil, Rambo, Santi to come on if needed. Everton is no pushover so we need to keep our best guys fit, Napoli we shouldn't put up as weak a squad as I put for the Hull game but we can use our best guys vs City as we have a 9 day rest period.
Szczesny Jenkinson Mertesacker Vermaelen Nacho Flamini Zelalem Gnabry Rosicky Santi Theo EDIT: Zelalem is fit again, so i'd give him a chance, rest Jack. Flamini will look after Zel
i hear that brother . It seems like years since i have shouted ..... PODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLSKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My team for Hull would be: Sheza Jenkinson Mert TV Monreal Flamini Ramsey Rosicky Walcott Cazorla Giroud Rest Ozil, Wilshere, Arteta, Gibbs, Sagna, and Kos. Team is still super strong to get all 3 points.
Managers rarely rotate CBs if they are in form, they can take a long season better than full-backs midfielders etc. I wouldn't mess with Kos and Mert on the league and CL, no matter the opposition.
I don't think we have much choice but to rotate our players. We can safely rotate at least 4 or 5 of our players but the biggest risk is changing our CB partnership. Also we need to find another CF from either Pod or Walcott, as there is no guarantee that we'll get someone in this Jan
I think we will see some rotation but not lots. It's important we keep our lead as big as possible at the top of the table before we play City and Chelsea. I think the back 5 will stay the same except Nacho will probably play. I think Giroud will still start up top and i think both Ramsey and Ozil will play. The other midfield spots could go to any of our other midfield players or Walcott.
We have a very good set of midfielders to chose from, so rotating in these areas won't be a big problem. Even in our wing or defensive areas. Only two problematic areas is resting Mertz and Giroud. I'd like to see Pod get a run of games as a CF and Vermaelen needs a run of games to get back into his stride.
Vermaelen did really well against Utd, although it was probably because Mert wasn't on the pitch that Van ****y managed to get that header in.
Think you're all being very bold! This, like every game, is vital and I'd not feck about too much. In fact, I'd probably not touch the back 4 unless I had too. These are professional atheletes and they should be able to manage a game every 3/4 days. Robin Van Sicknote managed to play almost every game in his last season with us so I see no reason why our fit young defence can't either. I'm not adverse to switching the midfield a bit (obviously can't do anything about up front) but the key to our consistency has been our back line. I appreciate there's the risk of injuries but you run that risk in every game. By all means make early subs if we're bossing it but otherwise I'd try and keep things familiar.
