Arsenal first game of the season.

[Tee]

-----------------------Reina

Johnson--------Carra-----------Agger-----------Aurelio

----------------------Mascher

Kuyt---------Gerrard------------Cole-------------Jova

-----------------------Torres

[Craig_H]

I'd be surprised if Nando starts for us.

[-V-]

Aye very surprised. It will be Ngog as a lone striker

[The Birdman]

It was on Twitter that Cole scored his first goal in a behind closed doors practice match against Tranmere and that Kuyt also scored, maybe Dirk got 90 mins in there??

Kuyt, Babel and Reina are all different to Torres, Kuyt won't have lost much fitness in a couple weeks holiday and is fit as **** as it is, Babel has had 3 years off so is fine and Pepe is a keeper - nuff said.

Torres has pretty much spent the last 2 years injured, coming back from injury or playing with injuries. He needs to be given 45 or so on Thursday if fit to ease him back into it.

[red g]

Aye very surprised. It will be Ngog as a lone striker

which shows our desperate need for a striker.

2 of the most major areas of concern from last year

Left back and Striker back up........4 days from the season opener and neither of them have been sorted.

[Rudo]

Wenger, not unlike Ferguson, has a bit of a record of nonsense with this type of thing. I would expect RvP and Fabregas to both play.

True, I ****ing hate playing Arsenal...they've the potential to rip any team apart on any given day.

Just hope we can keep it tight and try to cause them problems in the final third - they can always be got at!

[Exiled_red]

It was on Twitter that Cole scored his first goal in a behind closed doors practice match against Tranmere and that Kuyt also scored, maybe Dirk got 90 mins in there??

Kuyt, Babel and Reina are all different to Torres, Kuyt won't have lost much fitness in a couple weeks holiday and is fit as **** as it is, Babel has had 3 years off so is fine and Pepe is a keeper - nuff said.

Torres has pretty much spent the last 2 years injured, coming back from injury or playing with injuries. He needs to be given 45 or so on Thursday if fit to ease him back into it.

[Fierce]

It was on Twitter that Cole scored his first goal in a behind closed doors practice match against Tranmere and that Kuyt also scored, maybe Dirk got 90 mins in there??

Kuyt, Babel and Reina are all different to Torres, Kuyt won't have lost much fitness in a couple weeks holiday and is fit as **** as it is, Babel has had 3 years off so is fine and Pepe is a keeper - nuff said.

Torres has pretty much spent the last 2 years injured, coming back from injury or playing with injuries. He needs to be given 45 or so on Thursday if fit to ease him back into it.

Defo don't expect Torres to start either

I'd suggest:

-------------- Pepe ----------
-Johnson - Carra - Agger - Aurelio
------ Gerrard -- Masher -----
-- Maxi ------- Cole ------ Jova
------------- Kuyt

With possibly Poulsen for Masher, and Kelly for Aurelio

And N'Gog for Kuyt

[The Birdman]

Defo don't expect Torres to start either

I'd suggest:

-------------- Pepe ----------
-Johnson - Carra - Agger - Aurelio
------ Gerrard -- Masher -----
-- Maxi ------- Cole ------ Jova
------------- Kuyt

With possibly Poulsen for Masher, and Kelly for Aurelio

And N'Gog for Kuyt

I'd be surprised if Lucas didn't start, I think he'll play with Mascher, Cole wide for Maxi and Gerrard off Kuyt but who knows.

Last season everyone knew what our team would be, this season we appear to have so much more choice.

[Djimi Cruyff]

I'd like to see:

Reina

Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio

Jovanovic Lucas Gerrard Maxi

Cole

N'gog

I'd happily take a point in this one,I think Arsenal will be strong title contenders this season.

[Fierce]

I'd like to see:

Reina

Johnson Skrtel Agger Aurelio

Jovanovic Lucas Gerrard Maxi

Cole

N'gog

I'd happily take a point in this one,I think Arsenal will be strong title contenders this season.

Carragher? Mascherano? And presume you don't actually want left footed Jovanovic to start in right footed Maxi's place

I thought Lucas wasn't available for this for some reason

[MosRay]

[QUOTE=Fierce;1677997]Carragher? Mascherano? And presume you don't actually want left footed Jovanovic to start in right footed Maxi's place

[B]I thought Lucas wasn't available for this for some reason

Yeah IIRC dosent he only get back from being with the Brazil squad late Friday Night.. So there is a major doubt whether he'd be available to play Sunday..

[Cormack74]

Can't remember playing Arsenal on the first day of the season since '87 when we beat them 2-1 away and went on to win the title.

[Craig_H]

Can't remember playing Arsenal on the first day of the season since '87 when we beat them 2-1 away and went on to win the title.

That's because we havent

[Shaggy]