UEL Semi Final 2nd Leg: Arsenal (1) vs Villarreal (2) | Thursday 6th May | KO: 20:00 | BT Sports

[Yousif Arsenal]

Arteta better get his starting 11 right here no Ceballos thankfully mean Xhaka has to get back to midfield and play Cedric as LB. Villareal will be defending all game we all know how Emery will approach this he will start so cautious if they concede they'll try go all and attack they are very average team play a balanced team and i'm confident we'll put 3 at least past them.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

This guy must be a member here.

Probably hired by Guendouzi

 

[Sapient Hawk]

@Rex Banter thoughts on the poll?

I petition that "Arteta finally goes to Coventry" be added to the choices.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Probably hired by Guendouzi

You can bet he was paid with locks of his hair

 

[A_G]

This guy must be a member here.

That's like me with @hydrofluoric acid

 

[TimoJens]

Arteta better get his starting 11 right here no Ceballos thankfully mean Xhaka has to get back to midfield and play Cedric as LB. Villareal will be defending all game we all know how Emery will approach this he will start so cautious if they concede they'll try go all and attack they are very average team play a balanced team and i'm confident we'll put 3 at least past them.

You think we can avoid conceding goals? The nigerian on the counter is kind of scary.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

You think we can avoid conceding goals? The nigerian on the counter is kind of scary.

i don't trust us but we have to not concede here or we'll get frustrated.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

I've voted for a win. 2 more and I will finally be redeemed & go back to my #neverarteta tagline.

The dream lives on!

 

[TimoJens]

Is it impossible that Tierney will start?

 

[Tir Na Nog]

We should be winning but with big brain Arteta who knows.

 

[Camus]

Arteta better get his starting 11 right here no Ceballos thankfully mean Xhaka has to get back to midfield and play Cedric as LB. Villareal will be defending all game we all know how Emery will approach this he will start so cautious if they concede they'll try go all and attack they are very average team play a balanced team and i'm confident we'll put 3 at least past them.

I actually think they'll start a little on the front foot and potentially even score 1st. Plenty of far lesser teams than them have come to the Emirates this season and caused us serious problems so I doubt they'll be defending all game, especially given the fact they know they can create a decent amount of very clear cut chances against us as evidenced by last week. It's good that you're confident we can put 3 past them since that's what I think we'll need at least to progress.

 

[gunner4lyfe]

Arteta better get his starting 11 right here no Ceballos thankfully mean Xhaka has to get back to midfield and play Cedric as LB. Villareal will be defending all game we all know how Emery will approach this he will start so cautious if they concede they'll try go all and attack they are very average team play a balanced team and i'm confident we'll put 3 at least past them.

Idk man. Arteta seems dead set on keeping Xhaka at LB. He'll probably just replace Ceballos with Elneny as his only change from the first leg.

 

[El Duderino]

Think we're going to see an inverted repeat of the first leg. We'll start well, get our goal and than try to hold it off and be super careful.

Have a feeling this is going to ET.

Also, please enough of Xhaka as LB, please. Play him in midfield and put Cedric, Saka, Magalhães, whoever there. But we need to score and I don't see us going it with Elneny playing the Ceballos roll.

 

[El Duderino]

Don't think we'll see a win with us getting knocked out. How many times have we scored 3+ goals this season?

Doesn't feel like many, but I could be well wrong.

 

[MikeVinna]

Think Gabi might start ahead of Mari, but I don't know...

Wouldn’t mind that at all. More physicality, agression and speed. Sadly, I think Mikel will trust Mari for this.

 

[Penn_]

After Elneny having a decent game against Newcastle there’s very little chance of seeing Xhaka back in midfield.

I’d expect Bellerin to continue over Chambers. Only questions marks will be the centre backs, AM and one of the wide forwards.

 

[mirrorstare]

Why do you want Cedric to start? we want to win

 

[TimoJens]

Why do you want Cedric to start? we want to win

Probably because he is a fullback. On the wrong wing but still.

 

[2Smokeyy]

No protesting, shivering or negativity as per the instructions of Eduardo Hagn.

 

[Gooner416]

That's like me with @hydrofluoric acid

Always knew you were like 19 or something.