Pre-Season 16/17

We need to get new commentators on the .com

These guys drone too much

This commentator is high

first he said France won the euros

Now he said it's good to see english players starting for Arsenal, like Wilshere and Aaron.

Yeah Arsenal Player's commentators suck. The co-comm has contradicted himself so many times.

Gnabry may have just revived his career with us. Let's see how he does in other matches before he goes on loan to Koln or somewhere

Does Per being the Captain mean he'll miss a bucketload of games this season?

Full time. 1-1. Decent game.

MLS All-Stars next. Hopefully likes of Cech, Xhaka and Wilshere make the squad.

It's so much nicer to listen to Nigel Winterburn.

This HAS got to be Ox's big season. I thought so 2 years back, but he got injured and then he was so shite.

Would try Bielik-mertesacker next match with Chambers RB. Bielik might be THE one.

We say this every year but this is the biggest season of Oxlade's career with us.

He's turned into our very own Anderson

Ten years on, and United fans swore on their mam's graves this would be his season

Preliminary squad for the US tour:

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech, David Ospina, Emi Martinez

Defenders: Per Mertesacker, Gabriel, Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Nacho Monreal, Kieran Gibbs, Hector Bellerin, Mathieu Debuchy, Krystian Bielik

Midfielders: Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Jack Wilshere, Gedion Zelalem, Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi, Joel Campbell, Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Chris Willock

Forwards: Theo Walcott, Chuba Akpom

http://news.arseblog.com/2016/07/arsenal-announce-preliminary-squad-for-us-games/?utm_campaign=autotwitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

Cazorla fit then?

Gnabry?

Nvm, he is going to the olympics.

Cazorla is a doubt, I think. Might be touch and go.

Alexis is "resting his ankle" and "isn't too bad", but won't travel to USA. Gabriel has tonsilitis and won't travel either.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20160723/wenger-on-alexis-and-us-tour

Jay29 wrote:
Forwards: Theo Walcott, Chuba Akpom

At least Sanogo isn't there

Thank F for that. Release him already ffs.

Good news: Santi is training.

Holding and Xhaka too.

And Bellerin's there.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20160723/arsenal-train-ahead-of-california-tour

Any guess on what team we may put on against Liverpool?

We will have El Neny, Cazorla, Wilshere, Xhaka and Coquelin available for midfield options.

Attack seems a bit thin so perhaps Wilshere might play as an advanced midfielder if not Cazorla.

Walcott upfront

Iwobi either wings?

Just realized Szczesny isn't in that squad. He's definitely off then?

Szczesny has his loan with Roma extended I think.

Gabriel not there as expected, but no Mertesacker either

Confirmed squad:

Keepers: Cech, Ospina, Martinez

Defenders: Chambers, Holding, Bielik, Bellerin, Debuchy, Monreal, Gibbs

Midfielders: Coquelin, Elneny, Xhaka, Wilshere, Cazorla, Zelalem, Iwobi, Reine-Adelaide, Willock, Chamberlain, Campbell

Forwards: Walcott, Akpom

So no Mertesacker (knee) or Gabriel (illnss) means we'll be seeing plenty of the new guy. Drogba's not a bad first test for the kid

So...Mertesacker could be out for 5 months...