Team Predictions: Barnet v Arsenal
Arsenal’s pre-season gets underway at Barnet on Saturday afternoon with the Gunners’ set to field a strong-looking starting eleven.
New signings Marouane Chamakh and Laurent Koscielny are both expected play some part in the game, while a mixture of fringe and senior players are also included.
On Wednesday Arsene Wenger took charge of his first training session of the summer having spent the last month in South Africa covering the World Cup for French television.
The Arsenal manager wasted little time calling in his big guns, with Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri, Andrey Arshavin and Thomas Vermaelen all among the names returning to training at London Colney.
Spain star Cesc Fabregas and Dutch striker Robin van Persie have both been given extra time off to recover following their involvement at the World Cup.
Predicted Starting XI
Almunia
Lansbury – Vermaelen – Koscielny – Gibbs
Wilshere – Eastmond – Rosicky
Walcott – Chamakh – Arshavin
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I call it 3-0, goals by Chamakh, Arshavin and Nacer Barazite who imo is ready for the first team.
Man I missed team predictions on goonertalk. Up the arsenal.
btw Koscielny is in the right side of central defence
with that defence we are bound to concede goals.
Hope Almunia doesn`t play
Im not sure Arshavin will play, more likely see Traore or J.E.T!!! my view anyway!
What about Lansbury he looked fine
mannone should be the GK
5-0 to arsenal
i want to see old chezzers play in goal.. i hate seeing almunia and fabianski in goal for us ever
Koscielny is left-footed?
—————-ALMUNIA——————-
–HOYTE—KOSCIELNY—VERMINATOR—GIBBS—
——–NASRI——DENILSON—ROSICKY——-
—-WALCOTT—–CHAMAKH—–ARSHAVIN—
I would imagine that Arshavin is ready to play after having to sit out the WC. I was hoping to never see Almunia’s name in an Arsenal starting Xl again! Oh well.
kochieloy is right footed and plays right central defense.
I do not expect to see this side i expect to see more yung guns start and the big and new boiz come on in the second half
peace out
gooner for life
im excited to see how wilshere does back at arsenal after his loan spell.
Where do I buy the pre season games for £3?
@Cris: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/watch-three-pre-season-fixtures-for-3
Do u need to pay in order to join arsenal tvonline
Yet another line-up projected this pre-season, yet another time Nasri is forgotten. I just don’t get it.
FINALLY A BIT OF ATTENTION FROM THE PRESS ON THE ISSUE
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Cesc-Fabregas-transfer-How-Barcelona-stars-Lionel-Messi-Xavie-Iniesta-Pique-and-Puyol-have-publicly-tapped-up-Arsenals-skipper-article527827.html
i cant wait to see my boyz ba@k to action arsenal 4 barnet 1.my line up almunia djourou koscielny vamaelen gibbs walcott denilson nasri rosicky chamach arshavin
none of the players participated in WC will be playing in the friendly?
i dont want to see funbling Alumi or fanbiaski on the pitch at all, wenger should used vito mannone dat guys is very good, i guess he will adapt quick…
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-announce-22-man-squad-for-barnet?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arsenal-news+%28News+Feed%29
no denilson.. woo hoo!
@ArsenalGuy:
Cesc: “I have not spoken to anybody in the last few days and I want to ignore anything regarding my future for now,” he said.
“I want to enjoy my holidays and I don’t want to talk about Barcelona at this moment.
“I make no apologies for the comments I have made in the past. I have expressed my interest in returning and I stand by that, as that is my personal wish.”
Fuck him, let him go!! To many players think too much of themselves after playing a few yrs at arsenal not realising its not going to be the same elswere. Ive thought about it over the past few days & players are eventually going to learn that moving away from arsenal is not a good idea.. He’s been far too disrespectfull imo by basicly giving in a verbal transfer request & what has he done for us that any other good player has not??
Sell him for the 35-40m quoted & bring in someone like gourcuff & another defender.
@ Ricky… Ur fucking jokes! Gourcuff showed he aint good/hard enough for the arsenal/ premier league… Fibre Glass is our captain, youngest ever goal scorer, last reasons top goal scorer, our talisman… Also he’s fearless. When he was 17 he ran the game against juventus, when he was 20, he made kaka look like a dick head and at 23 he made the difference and set up the winner in the world cup final and ur saying fuck him out the door and get a over-rated bottle job… Lmao!
@The Left Hand Of HENRY: Gourcuff ain’t good enough for Arsenal / Premier League ??? That didn’t stop a bunch of players from being chosen by Wenger.