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18 Oct 2016 06:29:05
It will be extremely interesting to see the team Wenger selects for this week's matches. He doesn't tend to rotate players, but I feel it's necessary to stop players getting fatigue related injuries. I would like to see Gabriel, Gibbs, Oxlade, Perez, Coqulein, Elneny and Giroud (if fit) used at some point. Presumably Ospina will play on Weds. I would also like to see Bellerin given a rest at some stage.

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18 Oct 2016 12:15:21
Try and win the group first, then rest players, in my opinion.

18 Oct 2016 13:06:20
RG - if he does that and we end up loosing, how would we all react? I get your thought process and would agree with you BUT I don't think it's worth the risk or loss of momentum
Get 3 up and then switch.

18 Oct 2016 13:57:49
RG, I was going to write a post saying the same thing but youve saved me the trouble haha. Think Ludogorets at home will be straightforward so i'd start Ospina, Gabriel, Gibbs, Xhaka, El Neney, Ox and Perez in place of Cech, Koscielny, Monreal, Coq, Cazolra, Iwobi and Alexis.

Weakened team yes but they really should have the quality to get the 3 points. Our strenght in depth this season js far better than it has been before and would like to see us rotate and avoid injuries to key players.

19 Oct 2016 13:46:14
The problem with playing the same players continually is two fold: Firstly, as we have seen, we get positive results in the short term, but suffered fatigue and injury to players, that leads to a drop in results. Secondly, players not used regularly still need to play in order for them to retain a high playing level and to keep them happy.

Perhaps not too many changes in each match, but say Ospina, Gibbs and Oxlade starting tonight, Then on Saturday, Gabriel, Coquelin and Elneny could come in. Obviously aganst Reading next week, we could make further changes. Having recently played one or two International matches, plus midweek CL matches will take it's toll on the players. To combat this SAF rarely played the same eleven players.

Indeed, he once went over 60 matches without playing the same team in consecutive matches. He used a core of players that were 'undroppable'. Perhaps this is the key to avoiding the massive injury problems we have suffered for many seasons and we have the squad to do this now.

19 Oct 2016 19:29:02
i think he was scared after last season, he made wholesale changes against a side we should of beaten on paper. we didnt. he got slated for the team he picked. we just scraped second in the group. we drew barca. we went out.







 

 

 
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