Arsenal Carling Cup Squad - 5 Englishman

[domcassells]

Arsène Wenger has announced his 16-man squad for tonight's Carling Cup fourth-round tie with Sheffield United:

2. Abou DIABY (Age 21) French
8. Lassana DIARRA (Age 22) French
9. EDUARDO (Age 24) Croatian
15. DENILSON (Age 19) Brazilian
17. Alex SONG (Age 20) Cameroonian
19. GILBERTO (Age 31) Brazilian
21. Lukasz FABIANSKI (GK) (Age 22) Polish
26. Nicklas BENDTNER (Age 19) Danish
31. Justin HOYTE (Age 22) English
32. Theo WALCOTT (Age 18) English
34. Kieran GIBBS (Age 18) English
39. Henri LANSBURY (Age 17) English
40. Vito MANNONE (GK) (Age 19) Italian
41. Gavin HOYTE (Age 17) English
42. Fran MERIDA (Age 17) Spanish
43. Nacer BARAZITE (Age 17) Dutch

Average age of squad: 20.2

5 Englishman dominate the nationality in this squad, so there :thumbup:

[guns blazing]

we are 1 up at ht

[guns blazing]

3-0 atm

[guns blazing]

Sheff Utd 0-3 Arsenal

[RedRabbit]

That was a walk in the park wasn't it??

What do you think about Wenger giving the captains band to Fabianski (keeper) instead of Gilberto??

[domcassells]

yeah that's a big surpirise to me. Maybe it came from Gilberto, as he wanted one of the young players to have it, but i have a horrible feeling he'll be gone in Jan with Lemon, who can go IMO

[domcassells]

from arsenal.com

On Fabianski captaining the side ...
"I gave the captaincy to Fabianski because at the beginning of the season when I didn’t give it to Gilberto, I didn’t want to give it to him and take it away again. That is all. There is no problem. Gilberto was a real leader on the pitch tonight for me. There is basically no problem. I don’t know why people see a problem with Gilberto. The only problem is that he doesn’t get the amount of games he deserves but there a few other players in this case as you could see that tonight. He is still a key person for me. There is not much more to say, there is no problem so I cannot create one. Apart from the fact of the captaincy problem which I explained to you and he is aware of that.

"Apart from Gilberto, Fabianski is the most experienced player. He has played in the Polish national team and in the top division in Poland. It is not how many years you are at the club but what are your leadership qualities and for me Fabianski had an outstanding performance tonight."

[gunner_girl91]

what did you guys think of the kit?....white shorts instead of redcurrant.....bit too totttenham for me! lol

[domcassells]

I love the white kit, when you look at it close up, it has a big speach by Herbert Champan i think sewn into it in gold, very subtle but classy

[gunner_girl91]

I love the white kit, when you look at it close up, it has a big speach by Herbert Champan i think sewn into it in gold, very subtle but classy

yeh i brought the away shirt for this season and i really like it...its just that i think that the redcurrant shorts were a lot better than the white ones

i dont understand why they were used...surely there would if been no mix up between sheffield utd in Black shorts and Arsenal in Redcurrant shorts

[domcassells]

maybe for TV, the red might have clashed with the refs shoes and handbag combo, you never know.

[RedRabbit]

maybe for TV, the red might have clashed with the refs shoes and handbag combo, you never know.

:LolLolLolLol: nice one.

[domcassells]

hey you never know these days. Also nice to see us playing in long sleeves last night, as Arsenal's Captain chooses the style shirts everyone must wear and gallas only wears short sleeves.

[thereyouhaveit]

I aint worried at all if they are English or not but nice to see the lads play great football like the main squad.

[FourOneFourOne]

Bet they'd bottle it at Goodison ;)

[thereyouhaveit]

Bet they'd bottle it at Goodison ;)

well best put your best squad out then :nodyes:

[gunner_girl91]

does anyone know when the draw for the quarters are?

[domcassells]

I aint worried at all if they are English or not but nice to see the lads play great football like the main squad.

i posted it in response to a slur campaign by the media