Domestic and European Cups (15/16)

Maybe something like:


Depends on fitness and availability, of course.

GoonerJay29 wrote:Maybe something like:

Ospina

Debuchy - Merte- Gabriel - Gibbs

Chambers- Flamini

Campbell - OX - Sanchez

Walcottt

Depends on fitness and availability, of course.

Your team would get destroyed, this one is better. I think OX's best position might actually be AM, but he'll never play there for arsenal.

Wait - Sanchez is back?!

Really need a strong team for Sunderland match. Losing at home is not option.

GoonerJay29 wrote:Maybe something like:

Ospina

Debuchy - Chambers - Gabriel - Gibbs

Chamberlain - Flamini

Campbell - The Jeff - Iwobi

Walcottt

Depends on fitness and availability, of course.

lol this team will lose.

I get you though as nice as a FA Cup three-peat would be, the league title should really be the priority this season. But a better team than that can be put out imo. Would be awful if we go out in the first round (first round for the big teams) of the competition which we won so well with hardwork and good structure in the last two seasons.

We have a better shot at the FA Cup than at the league.

srigooner wrote:We have a better shot at the FA Cup than at the league.

That's the case with every team, every year.

MJ wrote:

srigooner wrote:We have a better shot at the FA Cup than at the league.

That's the case with every team, every year.

Magic of the FA Cup

triple FA is no joke, I want us at least try

Wouldn't want us to not try lol.

But there's no merit in risking key players for a competition that we've won two years in a row instead of keeping them fresh for the much bigger one that we haven't won in over a decade.

3 FA in a row is a record though ( correct me if i'm wrong) and i'm super greedy Jay team will struggle but we might just have to do with it.

new signings cant come soon enough

No team has since Blackburn in the 19th century I think so it would be a modern record but I'm more interested in the league.

Don't get me wrong, we should send out a side capable of beating Sunderland but we shouldn't drain fatigued players when we have hugely important PL games coming up.

Guys.

Double or nothing.

In a parallel universe we could've won the FA Cup five times in a row from 2001 to 2005

Haven't Spurs also won it 3 times in a row in the previous century?

no looks like they won it twice consecutively in the 60's & 80's

Looks like Wanderers and as previously mentioned Blackburn did it in the 19th century and both were prior to the inception of the Football League - so barely count anyway.

4th round FA Cup draw tonight at 7.

Teams in the pot:

Arsenal (Premier League)
Bournemouth (Premier League)
Chelsea (Premier League)
Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Everton (Premier League)
Manchester City (Premier League)
Manchester United (Premier League)
Stoke (Premier League)
Watford (Premier League)
West Ham (Premier League)
Burnley (Championship)
Derby (Championship)
Hull (Championship)
Leeds (Championship)
Nottingham Forest (Championship)
Sheffield Wednesday (Championship)
Colchester (League 1)
Peterborough (League 1)
Shrewsbury (League 1)
Walsall (League 1)
Oxford United (League 2)
Exeter (League 2)/Liverpool (Premier League)
Wycome (League 2)/Aston Villa (Premier League)
Bury (League 1)/Bradford (League 1)
Eastleigh (Non-League)/Bolton (Championship)
Huddersfield (League 1)/Reading (Championship)
Ipswich (Championship)/Portsmouth (League 2)
Northampton (League 2)/MK Dons (Championship)
West Brom (Premier League)/Bristol City (Premier League)
Carlisle (League 2)/Yeovil (League 2)
Spurs (Premier League)/Leicester (Premier League)

After what happened at Sheffield Wednesday, a nice lower division side at the Ems thank you.

Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal vs Burnley

Good draw

May our enemies be crushed by the cruel whims of fate at the hands of lesser opponents.

Full draw:

Arsenal vs Burnley
West Brom vs Bristol City/Peterborough
Eastleigh/Bolton vs Leeds
Derby vs Manchester United
Huddersfield/Reading vs Walsall
Exeter/Liverpool vs West Ham
Wycome/Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Shrewsbury vs Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest vs Watford
Carlisle/Yeovil vs Everton
Crystal Palace vs Stoke
Oxford vs Newport/Blackburn
Ipswich/Portsmouth vs Bournemouth
Colchester vs Spurs/Leicester
Bury/Bradford vs Hull
Northampton/MK Dons vs Chelsea

Derby are kicking out United 100%. They are actually a better team lmao

Not enough PL bigwigs clashing tbh.

Not bad.

Why cant our CL draws be like this - not that Hull cant hurt us!