Wenger Team Selection

[joeluke]

Arsenal are playing the European champions and Wenger has picked Sanogo up front and left Giroud and Podolski on the bench

Strange

[Ken4155]

Apparently, according to skysports news, Giroud has been a naughty boy and his wife has found out. Club are said to be very upset with him.

[joeluke]

ken.......didn't realise scoring off the pitch affected your scoring prowess on it!

It would be like Liverpool leaving Suarez+Sturridge and ManU leaving Van Persie+Rooney on the bench against the best team in Europe

[Stephen_G]

Wenger claimed before the match that it was NOT a disciplinary decision. Sanogo did well against Liverpool and he deserved his inclusion.

[Ken4155]

I would suggest that scoring ON the pitch certainly enhances your chances of scoring OFF it:-)

It may well be that Giroud's head isn't quite right. Can't think of why Podolski isn't in the side, though; can't be injured cause he's on the bench.

[joeluke]

Ken.......pity Giroud didn't see the offside move by his lover (she took a sneaky photo of him wearing just his pants and then sold it to the tabloids).....and this was after Giroud denied to Wenger that he'd been playing away

Talk about stitched up

[ichkeria]

Why would Wenger care about Giroud cheating on his wife? Unless it's Mrs Wenger of course.

[joeluke]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2560650/Olivier-Giroud-issues-grovelling-apology-wife-Arsene-Wenger-pictures-emerge-hotel-meeting-model-just-hours-game.html

[joggerjayne]

Oh poop, there's football on?

I didn't have a bet.

[ichkeria]

Yes more a case of bring out late I think - after all it's a football club not the Church of England ...

[joeluke]

The Goon Squad need goals and their 2 best strikers are kept on the bench all game

Great management

[ELVIS68]

Great result though

[Hopkirk]

Arsenal are in the middle of their annual collapse.

[joeluke]

Has there ever been a Champions League year where no English teams have made it as far as the Quarter final stage?

If not then this could be that year

[angie55]

Joeluke - last year!

[angie55]

Also happened in first 3 years of champions league but only one english team in competition each year then.

[joeluke]

angie......oh yeah, forgot the English were poor in it last year too