Mannone is a good keeper, he made a blunder or two for us (like most of our keepers seem to do at one time or another) but was better than a third choice keeper. Not as good as Sczc or Flappy though
Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Rosicky, Wilshere, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo, Bendtner Mannone, Bardsley, Ki, Johnson, Colback, O'Shea (c), Altidore, Bridcutt, Vergini, Alonso, Borini. Subs: Larsson, Gardner, Celustka, Giaccherini, Cuellar, Scocco, Ustari.
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Rosicky, Wilshere, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gnabry, Sanogo, Bendtner Lucky you, no Ozil!
No catts, strange, must be injured. No surprises with that team, would like to see Scocco and Giacc coming off the bench, especially Giacc. He did well last week Edit: No Wickham either, our competition for bench places as well as starting places quite strong
Mannone has been a revelation for us in my opinion, and I hope he shows that again today... Ha'way the lads...
Even though Ozil is out it's a strong Arsenal team with Giroud, Podolski, Cazorla and Rosicky playing no part or a very small part in the midweek game, so some fresh legs to help the tired ones. Podolski will be playing to show he can keep a spot in the team and Giroud is back in the team after being dropped for two games so should be really up for it. Think you'll need to keep an eye on these two if you want to get anything from the game. Also Ozil being out means Cazorla plays in his best position through the middle, wouldn't put it past him to score today.
I'm ****ed off at the way we are set up here, yes, great goal, but have we gone there to sit back? Sitting back only ends one way at Arsenal, attacking them and they flap, very, very poor.
