re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

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Posted Pulling for Spuds and Chelsea on the same match day.

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A draw between the Spuds and the Mancs would do me just fine. That's what I'll be pulling for in that one. Chelsea is already out of reach for us and will most likely win the league anyway, so I have no problem hoping they beat Southampton.

If we can also beat West Ham, those 3 results would put us back in the Top 4 ahead of the Hammers and Saints and within 3 points of United.

Come on you Gunners!

What a game. Pure joy to watch. Let's hope we see a lot more of that during the run in!

Not to mention who is coming back. It is setting up for Arsenal.

Cazorla has just been brilliant in the last month.

Couple of key players will be missing for Southampton on New Year's.

It's already been mentioned in this thread that Morgan Schneiderlin was sent off today against Chelsea and will be suspended. It was also confirmed after their game that right back Nathaniel Clyne will be out of action for a couple of weeks with an ankle injury also suffered today.

Those are two huge defensive misses for Saints. Just need to get through this one game with a win, get back in the Top 4 and then look forward to opening the defense of our FA Cup.

Come on you Gunners!

This rustles my jimmies. We could have used Cesc and Song. The problem is that Arsene still doesn't like subbing or rotating at all, so what good is depth if you aren't going to use it until injuries force you to do so?

When Ozil gets back I say we make him the CAM in the 4-2-3-1, and put Santi as one of the deep midfielders. His defensive prowess is severely underrated, and he comes back pretty far on defense anyway. He's been very impressive in that deeper role, and with his footwork he is great at wiggling his way out of tight spaces under pressure.

That game made me a nervous wreck today. Glad we got the three points.

Only way I'd be comfortable with that is if we have a new DM behind Santi. Santi excels deeper, though. I wish we'd experiment formationally.

A diamond with Ozil behind Welbeck/Giroud-Sanchez, Ramsey and Santi on either side of Arteta deep would be a good look for us. That leaves a heathy Walcott out, though.

I think Ozil gets shunted out wide, unfortunately, in our current 4-3-3, pushing Welbeck centrally in a battle with Giroud.

I'm torn between Carvhalo and Scheiderlein. Scheiderlein is cheaper and isn't cup tied in the UCL. More experience in a better league as well.

Carvalho ...that kid is a monster.

I really think Podolski could be much more productive starting against bottom table teams and FA cup games, not to mention being subbed in around the 60 minute mark.

Arsene is undoubtedly one of the greatest managers in top tier English football history.

That being said, I don't understand why he can't play more of a "mad scientist" role with a wealth of talent and use them when and where they'd be most effective.

If we had gotten Cesc, and if Ozil stayed healthy, hell, instead of maximizing the abundance of riches, Arsene would probably have let Ozil wilt on the bench until, unhappy, he would have asked to be shipped out.

I hope when everyone gets back and (I hope) after a Carvalho signing during the window, that Arsene changes his tactics as far as this ridiculous 80-85th minute subbing.