I picked them bothš
Cech
Sagna - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Monreal
Arteta - Fabregas
Hleb Ozil Sanchez
RVP
Tough one between Hleb/Rosicky/Walcott, ruled out Walcott on the basis heās just not as talented as the other two, then between Hleb itās depending on whether you want the best team on the day (Hleb) or go with the player who contributed more during the Emirates era (Rosicky).
Arteta over Santi because cāmon, a FĆ”bregas-Cazorla midfield is just not realistic.
Cech
Sagna Koscielny Mertesacker Monreal
Cazorla Ćzil Fabregas
Alexis van Persie Walcott
Only one I struggled with was between Gibbs and Monreal
Great thread @SRCJJ!
Is it possible to get a cheeky poll in to develop the definitive OA Emirates XI?!
The ābest Emirates XIā
Lehmann
Sagna Koscielny Toure Monreal
Arteta Cesc
Arshavin Ozil Sanchez
RVP
The definitive Emirates XI:
Almunia
Eboue Gallas Senderos Clichy
Diaby Denilson Song
Bendtner Adebayor Walcott
EDIT: FFS @gunnerpr
Cech
Sagna Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal
Arteta Fabregas
Nasri Ozil Alexis
Van Persie
Cech
Bellerin Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal
Fabregas Diaby
Nasri Ozil Alexis
RVP
Coquelin has been included because Fabregas and Ozil are just beyond lightweight, anything remotely resembling Arteta or Cazorla there would be far too static and easily bypassed.
Bearded Henry is on the subs bench. Because, obvious reasons.
Very surprised people are picking Mad Jens! He only was the #1 for the first season.
Alumina, Szczesny and Cech are the Emirates keepers imo
Lehmann didnt leave until 2008 and he came back to play in 2011, to play against Blackpool in the premā¦plus hes madā¦All teams need a mad keeper.
ā¦Cech
Bellerinā¦Kosceilnyā¦Mustafiā¦Monreal
ā¦Fabregasā¦Diaby*
ā¦Ozil
Alexisā¦Henry**
ā¦RVP
- Cazorla is better but defensively and hpysically Caz/Cesc/Ozil wouldnāt work. Arteta has also always been too slow. Diaby is technically very good and a real athlete who can drive the ball up the field.
** Maybe too little pace to play wing well at this stage but RVP+Henry is too sexy to not give it a go.
For those picking balanced squads, the idea is just to pick the 11 best players per position irrespective of lack of balance.
Cech
Sagna Koscielny Mertesacker Monreal
Fabregas Cazorla
Alexis Oezil Nasri
van Persie
OMFG DIABY. Bye Coquelin. goes to edit earlier post
Edit: @srcjj might as well close the thread pal. I won.
Cech
Sagna Koscielny Mertesacker Monreal
Fabregas Cazorla
Hleb Ozil Alexis
van Persie
Pretty straightforward really I reckon if you decide not to include players like Henry who for me arenāt really a part of the new stadium era.
The only big question for me was between Hleb and Nasri. @SRCJJ I know you said to just pick the best XI players but Iāve often thought that Hleb is exactly the kind of player we could do with now so I just couldnāt resist the idea of seeing him on the same team sheet as Mesut and Alexis. Whether he was a better player than Nasri is a pretty tough call for me
Diaby would be the first name on the teamsheet if he were ever fit for long enough during this period. Alasā¦
@SRCJJ Even with that qualification I still think FĆ”bregas-Cazorla is unpickable, neither FĆ”bregas or Cazorla ever played as a 6 here or in a pivot without a different type of player alongside, thus I donāt really consider it fair to consider them for that position, the other position in the pivot is between them for me, and itās gotta be FĆ”bregas for just how influential he was during his time here. Tbh I could see an Arteta-Cazorla-FĆ”bregas midfield 3, surprised no oneās picked that, can make a good case for that, but couldnāt leave my man Mesut out.
Arteta and Fabregas would get ruined on defense imo. Arteta deeper never really did anything brilliant imo. Certainly not enough to warrant being picked over anyone but maybe Flamini.
Granted @SRCJJ said its not about balance but still.
Yeah, well, but then youāve always been quite wrong about Arteta, pal. Call it the other side of the coin of your current opinion on Coquelin.
[quote]Cech
Sagna - Koscielny - Toure - Clichy
Ozil - Fabregas - Song - Hleb
Alexis - van Persie[/quote]
I had too pick the 4-4-2.
---------------Cech--------------------------
Lauren - Kos - Campbell - Bellerin
------------Santi - Cesc-------------------
-----Ljungberg - Ozil - Sanchez-----
------------------Henry----------------------
Lauren hasnāt played for Arsenal in the Emirates if Iām not mistaken .