please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Venue: Emirates Stadium Sunday, January 4th 2015 KO Time: 17:30 BST please log in to view this image Head to Head Against Hull City: Played: 15 Wins: 11 Draws: 2 Losses: 2 Goals For: 30 Goals Against: 13 Goal Difference: 17 Last 6 Meetings: Arsenal 2-2 Hull City Arsenal 3-2 Hull City a.e.t. (FA Cup) Hull City 0-3 Arsenal Arsenal 2-0 Hull City Hull City 1-2 Arsenal Arsenal 3-0 Hull City please log in to view this image Starting XI: please log in to view this image Bench: Martinez Debuchy Koscielny Zelalem Oxlade-Chamberlain Maitland-Niles Akpom
You'll be up against our back-ups anyway - bet the Beeb will be delighted to be showing a prime-time reserve match!
That team is so bad, it's untrue. If we started with that team, I would place serious money on Hull. This is our only shot at a trophy, so we need to play our strongest possible team.
According to bbc Ospina and Walcott will start. Hope Walcott comes through it ok - def can't say we've rushed him back! Good to see Ospina back. They mention that Ozil is close to a return
Ospina / Martinez must start. Chesney needs to be dropped after Southampton. This needs a solid performance, there can't be much rotation with Welbeck and Giroud out other than Rosicky & Theo coming in to give Cazorla a rest and allowing Sanchez to play up top. Farcical injury situation really. Sanchez is in danger of burnout but what choice do they have?
Game day!! Who's excited!? I'm heading down the smoke for this one, hoping for plenty of goals as it's absolutely freezing.
I'm very interested to see who starts for us - in light of Chambers being a bit burned out and merts having played every game (and not being on form) - I'd go for a backline of -----------Ospina (if fit)----------- Bellerin, Debuchy, Kos, Gibbs midfield and upfront is another question, as we will either leave ourselves too weak to win or play players who desperately need a rest (Sanchez I'm looking at you!)
Quiet on here today...I'd go Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Kos, Monreal, Coq, Flam, Rosicky, Theo, Sanchez, Campbell / Ox
I think I'd probably go for something similar. I'm also hoping ozil makes the bench today. He is such a wonderful player to have available.
That seems like a sensible side - though I worry about the creativity of that midfield! I suppose that Oxo should def start as if Walcott comes through this game then Oxo would be the one to make way (and hence get rested in the next game)
Yeah I'd have oxo starting if Walcott is as Walcott once back to fitness replaces the Ox in our starting line up. It's a shame our injury problems are so bad that we can't properly rotate at the moment.
It's on BBC. FA Cup rights are with BBC. I'd like more creativity in mf but there aren't any players available. On the train at the moment, almost everyone here seems to be going to the game / talking about football. Also, big up Shef Utd - they're average in the league but deadly in the cup!
It'll be nice seeing it on BBC rather than BT (who seem to slip in a slight against us every 2 mins). I thought the Wrexham game was on BBC TV as well, but all I can find is the radio...
Your lucky, thanks to the BBC to catch the only available trains back to Hull after the game you would have to leave about 30 minutes before then end of the game. No thought at all to the visiting supporters. You'll probably win with a controversial goal in injury time. And Wenger will be whinging about something. Hope I'm wrong.
