***Official Arsenal v City Carling Cup Thread***

[phips]

Aguero on so soon? wow. shocked. guess he wont be starting vs. Norwich....

wonder what Mancini is doing...

[Slim]

On the upside, Toure, Savic and Onuoha have all looked okay tonight.

[steveo_88]

Aguero on so soon? wow. shocked. guess he wont be starting vs. Norwich....

wonder what Mancini is doing...

Oxlade-Chamberlain has been having a field day. Aguero man marks him out the game. Arsenal have to find another way through. Good move Bobby!

[PALUS]

De Jong looks a bit off the last few weeks...

hes bordering on "useless".

yap but nasri is quiet to , this arsenal side shuld be beatebul

[Moonchesteri]

Baffled by Mancini's sub.

I know Kolarov hasn't been at his best yet but still

[Dameerto]

it's quite a midfield battle going on, I think that's why Kolarov was hooked off.

[Sister of fu]

One touch too many at the moment, move the ball lads quicker.

[steveo_88]

Baffled by Mancini's sub.

I know Kolarov hasn't been at his best yet but still

Fixes a defensive weakness, as usual Kolarovs lack of pace and Chamberlains superb pace down Arsenals right!

[CityGer]

Edin always seems to want to carry the ball for a few yards before releasing it for the easy pass. Could have got Johnno in there.

[bigblue]

Oxlade-Chamberlain has been having a field day. Aguero man marks him out the game. Arsenal have to find another way through. Good move Bobby!

Hats off to him, it's changed the game in our favor

[CityGer]

Baffled by Mancini's sub.

I know Kolarov hasn't been at his best yet but still

We look better already.

[PALUS]

love this ref no free kick until somwone is down

[steveo_88]

Oxlade-Chamberlain has been having a field day. Aguero man marks him out the game. Arsenal have to find another way through. Good move Bobby!

Hats off to him, it's changed the game in our favor

Mancini has let us loose this year but he still always wants that solid defensive platform to build off. Like Platt said in an interview on the OS a few weeks ago, Bobby has to win every game he just cannot stand losing!

[Jaymz]

NDJ has made some cracking blocks and tackles this evening.

[bigblue]

WTF was that pass from Johnson to Hargreaves?

[Slim]

WTF has happened to johnson?

Whenever he gets into the one on one situation, he tries a trick and gets tackled, wins a throw-in but by this time is completely closed down and the ball has to head back out.

[PALUS]

hmmmm not impresd by this arsenal litlle bether passing from midfild and we will win this

[bigblue]

Well arsenal ran about 2x as much as us. Considering most of these players aren't playing every week, we'll see some tired arsenal legs in the 2nd half

[Dameerto]

We look so ponderous, every time we win the ball we slow the game down. I think it's beause there's so many players not used to playing alongside each other.

[phips]

Baffled by Mancini's sub.

I know Kolarov hasn't been at his best yet but still

Fixes a defensive weakness, as usual Kolarovs lack of pace and Chamberlains superb pace down Arsenals right!

Kolarov wasnt playing left back though, Zaba is...and he's not venturing too far forward. Kolarov and Zaba on the left (two defensive players) wouldve seemed like enough cover.....hm.