re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

against certain teams, i think santi in the deep role works. *really* don't think it'd work for chelsea though. if he's fit enough to give us 60 mins, I'd start diaby over flamini and charge he and wilshere with playing very defensive and allow ozil and welbeck, aided by the pace of alexis and ox, to hit on the counter.

i know diaby probably isn't optimally ready for a match of this intensity, but i just really hate flamini and this is one of those matches where he'll get a yellow in the first 30 minutes. he's not mobile and not great with positioning and is liable to do something dumb. we need a bit more passing acumen for their pressing too.

it's imperative that we score the first goal sunday. if we can do that, they'll have to take more risks and we are set up to be a super counter-attacking side. if not, we could be in for a real struggle.