PL | Newcastle vs Arsenal | Sunday, 14:00 BST | Sky Sports

[Yousif Arsenal]

We are already to bare bones. Players missing the Newcastle game or being not 100% fit.

Holding
Bellerin
Tierney
Kola
Torreira
Ceballos
Özil
Pepe
Laca

Pepe Laca likely to on the bench.

 

[remains]

Feels like we always start the season with half the team missing.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Pepe Laca likely to on the bench.

I know, I included players with knocks and not 100% fit. Same with Ceballos

 

[mavelous]

Why are people talking like Newcastle is Bayern München? This is a game that we should win without any kind of doubt. Newcastle is a relegation candidate and we tend to win against them both home and away. I know that we miss some players but that doesnt matter.

Newcastle aint no bayern, but then again arsenal away is... welll. you know

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Would be nice to see a midfield of Willock and Douzi. Put Nelson and Pepe in the line up with Saka and Martinelli on the bench as well.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Leno
AMN-Sokratis-Luiz-Nacho
Willock-Douzi
Pepe-Mkhi-Nelson
Auba

Or

Leno
Sokratis-Luiz-Nacho
AMN-Willock-Douzi-Saka
Pepe-Auba-Nelson

 

[Aevi]

I'm guessing that it'll be:

Auba
Nelson - Willock - Mkhi
Guendouzi - Xhaka
Monreal - Chambers - Sokratis - AMN
Leno​

 

[OnlyOne]

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Even without Özil, Kolasinac, Tierney, Luiz, Pepe, Bellerin, Holding, and Lacazette, we should still beat Newcastle.

We now have decent squad depth.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

I'm guessing that it'll be:

Auba
Nelson - Willock - Mkhi
Guendouzi - Xhaka
Monreal - Chambers - Sokratis - AMN
Leno​

If Xhaka starts 4-3-3 with Willock and Douzi either side maybe better. Not liking mkhi in there tbh.

 

[Vinci]

Wtf, very disturbing.

 

[Kroket]

I'm guessing that it'll be:

Auba
Nelson - Willock - Mkhi
Guendouzi - Xhaka
Monreal - Chambers - Sokratis - AMN
Leno​

That lineup looks so static and slow. Not sure what else we can do, mind you.

 

[Iceman10]

If Xhaka starts 4-3-3 with Willock and Douzi either side maybe better. Not liking mkhi in there tbh.

I don't think we have much choice vs. Mkhi on the right, esp. as this is an away match. We don't have first choice RB available and at least Mkhi does help out on the defensive end.

 

[Sanchez11]

Luiz will play i reckon

 

[2Smokeyy]

Hopefully Martinelli starts ahead of Mkhi. We know exactly what Mkhi is going to give us away from home and that is nothing.

I’m 100% sure Mkhitaryan is going to give away the ball countless times and go missing like he was doing last season in our away games.

 

[gkoat]

Wtf, very disturbing.

Is this tied to religion? Such a strange sequence of events

 

[yybecause]

Nelson madness incoming

 

[Jasard]

Pretty crazy that for the first game of the season we will probably be playing our Europa League / B team. That's a LOT of the first 11 missing.

 

[Divided_Pie]

This is just awful. WTF.

 

[Harry Hunter]

Martinelli Auba Nelson
Douzi Xhaka Willock
Monreal Luiz Sokratis AMN
Leno

Martinez Chambers Torreira Ceballos Mkhi Saka Laca