Nelson is injured. Not sure ESR is fully fit yet. Cedric is about to be sold.

I think it'll be:

Turner
Tomi Saliba Holding Tierney
ESR Elneny Vieira
Marq Eddie some academy kid

ESR is 50-50 to make it, if Cedric isn't sold yet he should play - from what I can glean there hasn't even been an offer.
Nelson as you say is injured again, he never seems to be fit. 🤷‍♂️

comment by King TUt (U3732)
posted 5 minutes ago
I think it'll be:

Turner
Tomi Saliba Holding Tierney
ESR Elneny Vieira
Marq Eddie some academy kid
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You might be right, with a lot of the first 11 on the bench - Arteta doesn't seem to like to take fatigue into account.
I think it's really short-sighted & totally pi$$e$ me off...

Tbf, saliba had plenty of rest last month. He's looked leggy, could do with more rhythm. Same for Eddie, but he is if course our only strike option.

Would anyone be fussed if we got knocked out the cup early? League has to take priority massively this year

comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
Would anyone be fussed if we got knocked out the cup early? League has to take priority massively this year
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No, not if I'm honest, we just don't have the squad depth for it not to harm our league chances.

comment by ItsAboutTheBackFour (U9916)
posted 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
comment by Two Balls, One Saka (U19684)
posted 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
Would anyone be fussed if we got knocked out the cup early? League has to take priority massively this year
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No, not if I'm honest, we just don't have the squad depth for it not to harm our league chances.
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Yeah exactly. One injury to a key player could derail the league campaign at the moment due to being pretty thin on quality in certain areas

I think Arteta will take this pretty seriously so I wouldn't be surprised to see us start pretty strong and then take players off. Turner, Holding, Tomi, Tierney, Elneny, Vieira and probably Sambi will play.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Saka and Martinelli play 45 each though even if Smith Rowe can play some minutes.

I think that starting line-up can secure a replay

Can't be losing to Oxford irrespective of the squad situation, all the pundits would have a field day. Need to get back to winning ways in preparation for the game next week.

Reckon one of Gabriel/Saliba starts along with Saka or Martinelli. Eddie could start as well.

All the youngsters in with a shout played today for either the u21s or u18s. While that doesn't rule them out, I think it is very unlikely they will start.

Nketiah should start.

Seeing as we’ve got the hardest possible draw next round, I’d prefer nobody from the first team gets near the FA Cup. Wouldn’t even care if we throw the Oxford game now.

comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 58 minutes ago
Seeing as we’ve got the hardest possible draw next round, I’d prefer nobody from the first team gets near the FA Cup. Wouldn’t even care if we throw the Oxford game now.
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Yeah, we really don’t need this. 😐
Maybe we could play the Women’s team against Oxford? Oxford are only a mediocre League One team & the media keep telling us how great our women’s team are…
😎

Turner
Tomi Holding Gabriel Tierney
Elneny
Odegaard Xhaka
Vieira Eddie Martinelli

comment by King TUt (U3732)
posted 1 day, 20 hours ago
I think it'll be:

Turner
Tomi Saliba Holding Tierney
ESR Elneny Vieira
Marq Eddie some academy kid
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I always forget about Lokonga. Kid probably needs to move on now.

Turner
Tomi Saliba Holding Tierney
Elneny
Vieira Lokonga
Marq Eddie saka or gabi