Olympiakos v Arsenal LIVE

7.45pm KO (uk time)

Arsenal:

Samuelj29060 wrote:7.45pm KO (uk time)

Team news around 6.30pm.

Post your streams here too.

Are you sure about the time?? CL games are usually 20.45 CET.. That would be 21.45 BST..

srigooner wrote:

Samuelj29060 wrote:7.45pm KO (uk time)

Team news around 6.30pm.

Post your streams here too.

Are you sure about the time?? CL games are usually 20.45 CET.. That would be 21.45 BST..

7:45 BST
8:45 CET
11:15 IRST

sina90 wrote:

srigooner wrote:

Samuelj29060 wrote:7.45pm KO (uk time)

Team news around 6.30pm.

Post your streams here too.

Are you sure about the time?? CL games are usually 20.45 CET.. That would be 21.45 BST..

7:45 BST
8:45 CET
11:15 IRST

Oh. Yeah. My bad.

7.45pm uk time Sri. Always is.

Samuelj29060 wrote:7.45pm uk time Sri. Always is.

Yeah.. I got used to adding an hour to BST for EPL matches and thought you got to add an hour, out of habit

I think its going to be a high scoring game, my prediction has changed and I am going with a 3-3 or 3-2 Arsenal win.

4-2-3-1 formation

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.

RealGunner wrote:4-2-3-1 formation

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.

That your guess or the confirmed team news??

EDIT : Never mind.

RealGunner wrote:4-2-3-1 formation

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.

verm and santos deserved a rest
hope its arshavin who plays behind striker

Why are we playing our best defender in a meaningless game against a team with an injury crisis?

sina90 wrote:

RealGunner wrote:4-2-3-1 formation

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.

verm and santos deserved a rest

So too with Djourou.. Looks like its going to be Kos-Per-Verm-Santos against Everton then..

I would've preferred Miquel starting on LB tbh..

Wenger better make the right substitutions at the hour mark to rest the key men starting today.. And for that to happen, we better put this game to bed early and not let them worry us too much..

srigooner wrote:

sina90 wrote:

RealGunner wrote:4-2-3-1 formation

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.

verm and santos deserved a rest

So too with Djourou.. Looks like its going to be Kos-Per-Verm-Santos against Everton then..

I would've preferred Miquel starting on LB tbh..

Wenger better make the right substitutions at the hour mark to rest the key men starting today.. And for that to happen, we better put this game to bed early and not let them worry us too much..

I don't even know why any of our main guys traveled with the team, we have a big game in the weekend.

Olympiacos team: #Megyeri; #Torossidis, #Papadopoulos, #Mellberg, #Marcano; #Maniatis, #Fuster, #Modesto; #Mirallas, #Holebas; #Djebbour

the only reason i can come up with is that

Santos is still not fully fit....before he never really had a pre season

and Verm recently came back and needs the game to fully fit and back to 100%

and Djouoru doesn't need a rest, he needs to be getting as many games as possible....he was good last season when we was constantly in the team....

imalegend wrote:the only reason i can come up with is that

Santos is still not fully fit....before he never really had a pre season

and Verm recently came back and needs the game to fully fit and back to 100%

and Djouoru doesn't need a rest, he needs to be getting as many games as possible....he was good last season when we was constantly in the team....

Sounds as good a justification as any..

Also, if I may add, Wenger said he would use a strong defense. This, with Frimpong and Coquelin playing ahead, is pretty strong defensively. As we are playing Squillacci, the only way to keep this defense strong was to stick Vermaelen in with him. Otherwise, we would lose no doubt and maybe Wenger realized that.

It is important for us to win for a variety of reasons, even though this match is inconsequential. And we aren't going to win with a leaky defense.

Wenger knows best. I trust him.

Well, I'm not bothered that Vermaelen and Santos are both playing. It's good to have some experience and quality in that backline, because playing in Greece against Olympiacos is no cake walk. This is different to a Carling Cup game at home.

The kids need an older head to guide them

Plus we are potentially helping marseille here which IMO is wrong. lets give it our best shot

I am 100% behind Chamakh today. Hope he scores

I don't understand why Vermaelen and Santos are playing... (totally unnecessary)

GoonerJay29 wrote:Well, I'm not bothered that Vermaelen and Santos are both playing. It's good to have some experience and quality in that backline, because playing in Greece against Olympiacos is no cake walk. This is different to a Carling Cup game at home.

RealGunner wrote:The kids need an older head to guide them

Plus we are potentially helping marseille here which IMO is wrong. lets give it our best shot

I am 100% behind Chamakh today. Hope he scores

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Sensible lineup v Olympiakos. Vermaelen and Santos add continuity, and should help youngsters in hostile circumstances.

Maroaune Chamakh has scored in eight of his last 11 Champions League starts.

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Samuelj29060 wrote:Maroaune Chamakh has scored in eight of his last 11 Champions League starts.

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i remember blanc resting him and gourcuff in league matches before CL GAMES So they were sharp and successfull in CL (IN chamakh last season at gdb)

Nice assist by Djourou

decent finish

we just saw exactly why Arshavin isn't needed at Arsenal. Forget the one-on-one; he lost the ball on the half way line; didn't bother the chase back and that essentially proved our undoing.