If Campbell and Poldi don't start tomorrow... sell them now. We need to win what will be a dificult

[Mo Britain less Europe]

game if Southampton turn up with their first XI, and we need to do it without too many first choice players


Ospina

Bellerin Chambers Hayden Monreal


Ox Diaby Flamini Rosicky Podolski



Campbell


might do the trick. Shaky looking at the back, and Monreal may not be available. In which case Gibbs might have to play or Flamini play as a full back. With a strong bench to bail them out in case things aren't going well, we could clinch this.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

All valid points otherwise.

Well apart from the reference to clinching it. To me it suggests a sense of importance.

[Rich]

Which might be especially useful with our pitiful excuse of a defence.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

We don't need to win this.

[Ashberto]

This competition should revert to a run-out for kids and squad players.

[Ashberto]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

proposed team selections are all quite strong.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

than 4th and nothing, or FA Cup and 5th.

[Classic Jorge]

[Mo Britain less Europe]

already quite young and inexperienced. If you play a youth team defence you may as well play the whole youth team. There's no point in tiring first team squad players if you're not going to have a decent chance of winning the game.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

I'm going with 31.

[7evens]

Evidently, we're still carrying too much deadwood or paying over the odds for mid priced talent. :sherlock:

[Luis Anaconda]

ris. It's kinda the idea

[Berni]

Although Diawara did at least used to hit the post with monotonous regularity.

[7evens]

:-

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Make your mind up, for Christ's sake.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

we'll turnover or what the ratio will actually be (They predict we'll turnover 320m). The ratio at the minite is 56/44. Also not sure how our wage bill goes up by almost 40m and Chelsea's stays around the same level in these reports. We sold some decent earners and of the players we bought only Welbeck and Sanchez will be on high wages. The outgoings and incomings probably balance each other out.

[Ashberto]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Perhaps if Chambers is 1 yellow away from a suspension he may sit it out as Wenger may choose his involvement, or availability, for Spurs to be more important.

[Classic Jorge]

[Ashberto]

[Billy Goat Sverige]

I think the wages of that lot probably covers Ospina, Chambers, Welbeck, and Debuchy.

Sanchez probably earns 7-10m a year, so where does the rest come from?

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

Don't forget, Nanny and Ashley Young are both on 115k :hehe:

I'd imagine the Chelsea lot were all on considerably more but I know where you're coming from.

[redgunamo]

[Ashberto]

If we are to mock the concept of squads and priorities, why has Arsene not always played his best team in this competition?

[Ashberto]

even with a 5-6K away allocation?

I can't believe I'm having to conduct this conversation.

[7evens]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

establish what the f**k you actually want.

[redgunamo]

No, it's the idea that playing football matches is inherently bad for footballers, and that we should somehow rest them all for the European Cup final, that is being questioned.

[redgunamo]

You know, the ones that'll win us the Champions League.

[Luis Anaconda]

[redgunamo]

[Ashberto]