no slide tackles?
I wonder who will start. Got to go relatively strong imo. Sanchez seems to have flown off somewhere and I think Bellerin is in the US.
Welbeck and Lucas? (if Lucas is fit)
As for the pitch - since we have one at the training ground the disadvantages are minimal, but there are some.
Arsene summed it up for you:
It’s not the same because it’s a dry pitch and I’ve heard that Sutton have a wet pitch, they water it before the game so it’ll be much quicker. It means the weight on the joints is stronger, you cannot glide, you have to block every time so it makes football a bit different because the ball comes to you and somebody accelerates and doesn’t slow down like in a normal game so you have to get used to the difference in speed."
One would like to assume the hugely superior technical ability of the Premiership international footballer will compensate for the slightly unusual conditions and after an initial bit of excited crowd driven ruaille buaille we will settle down and win by a margin of at least 3.