Nov 21
Extraordinary 9 Players Not Involved In City Tie
A jaw-dropping NINE players will be missing from Arsenal’s squad to face Manchester City at Eastlands tomorrow afternoon.
With the news that Emmanuel Adebayor has been rested, and William Gallas has been stripped of the captaincy, Arsene Wenger is left with very few options for a tough Premier League clash with Mark Hughes’ side.
Young Guns exclusively revealed that Reserves skipper Gavin Hoyte has been drafted into the starting line-up due to Gallas’ disappointing comments earlier in the week.
The 18-year-old is one of many teenagers to take their place in the Arsenal squad, with Henri Lansbury, Jack Wilshere, Jay Simpson and several others also involved.
UPDATED – Players out of Manchester City game:
Bacary Sagna – Ankle
Theo Walcott – Dislocated Shoulder
Emmanuel Eboue – Knee
Eduardo da Silva – Broken Leg
Tomas Rosicky – Hamstring
Kolo Toure – Calf
Cesc Fabregas – Suspension
Emmanuel Adebayor – Rested
William Gallas – Dropped
Below, you can see the official starting XI for Saturday’s game below, we’d like to know who you think will play – so give your views in the comments section!
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Hoyte – Djourou – Silvestre – Clichy
Diaby – Denilson – Song – Nasri
Bendtner – van Persie
Subs:
Fabianski, Gibbs, Lansbury, Wilshere, Ramsey, Vela, Simpson
i hope all this doesn’t affect the team, i am hoping they somehow use it as inspiration that le sulk 2 is out. Really hoping Djourou gets his chance tomorrow, dont like the idea of song playing though..hes slow and a bit clumsy in and around the box so could give a few free-kicks away that robinho could capitalize on
Cesc is the new Arsenal captain
breaking news
Hoyte right back… that’s gonna be a nightmare. Persie Pigs should go right wing seen as he has a good delivery and is class at cutting inside, while it should be Vela and Bendtner up top. Ramsey and Diaby centre mids, Song makeshift right back.
Bollocks Neil
Gallas has never been a favourite of mine. I don’t know if it was me but he pretty emotional even after winning against Man Utd (almost in tears). And he might have a point about the youngsters not playing well enough to get a result whether its playing attractive football or not, but to make details like that public is never on. Saying that I hope Wenger protects Gallas possible (most likely) replacement in Hoyte by playing a 4-5-1. This game could be the making of a local lad and shouldn’t be anything but that.
Bring back Pat. Think you should set up a petition Gooner Chris. Best Cap we have had since Tony
Bendtner RvP
nasri Diaby denilson
song
Clichy Djourou Silvestre hoyte
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diaby at the right??bendtner shouldnt b there…bring on vela
Almunia
Hoyte Djouro Silvetre Clichy
Ramsey
Nasri Wilshere Vela
v Parsie Bendtner
yes yes yes Gallas go to hell we don’t need you
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Hoyte Djouro Silvetre Clichy
Ramsey
Nasri Wilshere Vela
v Parsie,cap Bendtner
well done gooner chris keep up the gd work.
Cheers mate.