Up the Arse! Goons thread Part 8

[glenferry23]

What team do you guys expect in the Carling Cup game? I'm guessing there'll be a few more first-teamers ...

Fabianski
Djourou - Squillaci - Koscielny - Miquel
Coquelin
Benayoun - Diaby
Chamberlain - Chamakh - Gervinho

Maybe something like this with Frimpong/Park/Arshavin also in the mix.
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handy line up still....chamakh is the big question mark. what happened to this bloke?! looks disinterested and disengaged at times. if he starts a great chance to put his hand up.

frimpong started the season in our first XI and looked good.

depending on what line up city put out, they could have a field day with squillaci

 

[windyhill]

How toothless did we look without Gervinho?

He was dropped to the bench after the shizenhousen effort v Norwich.

 

[Latro]

He was dropped to the bench after the shizenhousen effort v Norwich.

He is clearly better than any other option. He suits the team better than Nasri did. H was rested due to exhaustion same with Kos.

 

[windyhill]

He is clearly better than any other option. He suits the team better than Nasri did. H was rested due to exhaustion same with Kos.

You would rather Gervinho than Nasri ?

 

[Latro]

You would rather Gervinho than Nasri ?

Gervinho links up way better with RVP than Nasri ever did.

 

[Benno_900]

He was dropped to the bench after the shizenhousen effort v Norwich.

/facepalm

 

[moomba]

Can see us resting most of our first team for this (as you will), could be interesting to see how our reserves go against each other.

I reckon we'll go something like:

Pantilimon
Zabaleta K.Toure Savic Kolarov
De Jong Razak Hargreaves
Johnson Suarez
Dzeko

 

[AG]

City don't have reserves, they just have two teams.

 

[glenferry23]

Frimpong, ox and park will play

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...r:-robin-van-persie-wear-and-tear-is-?cc=3436

 

[Starlin Castro]

I think it'll be a pretty close game if we play the team that moomba posted, against our second string side. Park>Chamakh.

 

[Cruyff14]

Think we will get thumped to be honest.

 

[glenferry23]

dzeko will run rings around squillaci.

looking forward to seeing ox and park start. frimpong adds some steel into the midfield (just needs to tone it down slightly to avoid unnecessary yellow cards)

 

[AG]

I think it'll be a pretty close game if we play the team that moomba posted, against our second string side. Park>Chamakh.

On paper City should win comfortably.

 

[windyhill]

/facepalm

Don`t be so hard on yourself Ben !

 

[glenferry23]

change of formation tonight, 4-4-2. park and chamakh starting up front....fabianksi in goal and a young midfield with coquelin, frimpong and the ox on the right. yossi to the left

nasri starts for city

 

[glenferry23]

Agh it had to be aguero. Great counter attacking goal I must say. First city shot on goal and they score. Meanwhile we've had a number of chances again and some fine keeping has kept us out.

 

[Starlin Castro]

Yeah really unlucky for us. We played well and they scored with their first shot on target. How good is the Ox? So exciting!

 

[glenferry23]

A gallant effort but now out of the competition. Realistically, this cup was probably out best chance at a trophy season this season. Undone from some clinical work by dzeko/aguero. They're a class above no doubt.

The lack of back up for RvP is scary. Really impressed with ox, frimpong and coquelin in midfield. But again couldn't finish our work up front. Park needs time, and chamakh is not up to it. Will wenger buy in January? Doubt it

 

[Starlin Castro]

And Na$ri was pretty rubbish IMO.

 

[glenferry23]

Ox certainly played well. Quite a strong lad for his age, well built and good pace to match. An exciting prospect for sure

 

[glenferry23]

And Na$ri was pretty rubbish IMO.

Some arsenal fans will have sore throats tonight. Basically booed him from start to finish. Even when he was within 5 metres of the ball, they let him have it all game

 

[moomba]

Only saw Chamberlin a few times before, thought it was a lot of hype for not much performance.

Very impressed with him tonight though, best player on the pitch IMO. Hope to see more of him in the league soon.

Also impressed with Coquelin, thought Arsenal were probably the better side but undone by some quality by Dzeko, AJ and Aguero.

Enjoyed the game though, and was very impressed by the Gooners performance.

 

[Starlin Castro]

Rumour doing the rounds on Twitter is that Frimpong had a shirt under his jersey saying "Bench", and he showed it to Nasri, and supposedly there was a scuffle in the tunnel. Hilarious if true.

 

[moomba]

Rumour doing the rounds on Twitter is that Frimpong had a shirt under his jersey saying "Bench", and he showed it to Nasri, and supposedly there was a scuffle in the tunnel. Hilarious if true.

I've heard the rumours on twitter.

But Frimpong has a catchphrase for quite a while "Deeeeeench", that was on his shirt. Not sure what the catchphrase is supposed to mean but that was it.

I'm guessing Nasri has started more games than Frimpong, so Bench might not have been the wisest anyway.

 

[Coledinho]

I've heard the rumours on twitter.

But Frimpong has a catchphrase for quite a while "Deeeeeench", that was on his shirt. Not sure what the catchphrase is supposed to mean but that was it.

I'm guessing Nasri has started more games than Frimpong, so Bench might not have been the wisest anyway.

Apparantly Frimpong said something about enjoying his time counting his money on the bench that riled Nasri up