So having been dumped miserably out of the FA Cup over the weekend to Blackburn, Arsene Wenger must somehow rally his troops and fully focus on Bayern Munich’s visit to The Emirates tomorrow night.
The Champions League now remains our only hope of ending our trophy drought.
Wenger rested a few key players over the weekend and as such we are all expecting the Frenchman to field his strongest side against the formidable German outfit tomorrow.
A win or positive result even, is most definitely required to lift spirits at the club and get some of the Arsenal boo-boys back on Wenger’s side. Should an absolute mauling ensue then it could well have a detrimental effect on the side and derail The Gunners further.
So with that in mind, what should our starting line-up look like against Bayern?
Many will agree with how I think Wenger should set the team out:
Szczesny
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Monreal
Arteta Wilshere
Cazorla
Walcott Podolski
Giroud
Despite his poor form since his return to the side, Bacary Sagna needs to step up to the plate and use his experience to deal with the likes of Franck Ribery and or Arjen Robben.
I think Laurent Koscielny should remain in the side as we will need speedy defenders to keep up with Bayern’s fast attack. Thomas Vermaelen and Nacho Monreal are no-brainers.
The midfield trio speak for themselves, and I would like to see Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski cause their full-backs all sorts of problems with their pace and delivery.
This game has Olivier Giroud written all over it. He will have to use his power and strength to hold up the ball and bring others into play, while also winning the ball aerially.
It is no doubt going to be a very difficult and tight contested game. But these players will need to show us what they are made of when the going gets tough.
So, who do you guys reckon should start for us against Bayern at The Emirates?
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Sczezny
Jenkinson Mertesacker Sagna Vermaelen
Ramsey Arteta
Rosicky Wiishere Santi
Walcott.
I thought of playing Giroud earlier but on the current form guide I would rather we play the arsenal way and keep the ball tightly in our grasp so Theo would fit in my plans.
I would think of promoting Akpom to the substitute bench alongside Arshavin, Podolski, Miquel,Coquelin.
This is the kind of game that you need Rosicky and Santi playing at their best with wilshere there in the middle.
I would love to see Podolski in the second half alongside Akpom or arshavin if we have not scored by the 70th minute.