Interesting…
CaughtOffside‘s Robert Summerscales reckons Arsenal must ‘Stoke themselves up’ if they are to improve upon season after season in fourth place.
To make his point, he picked the best possible team using players from both teams – and four Potters stars made the cut.
Only players fit to feature in Sunday’s match were considered for selection.
Here is that controversial team in full…
Original article: Arsenal & Stoke City Combined XI: Four Potters Players Make The Team, Exposing Gunners’ Lack Of Steel.
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GK: Asmir Begovic
Wenger seems unsure who Arsenal’s best goalkeeper is right now. However, there is no doubt who Stoke’s number one is. Begovic has been one of the Premier League’s finest stoppers for almost five years.
RB: Mathieu Debuchy
Debuchy’s start to his Arsenal career stuttered due to injury, but he is now back to full fitness and showing just why he started ahead of Bacary Sagna for France at this summer’s World Cup.
CB: Laurent Koscielny
Koscielny was another star member of France’s World Cup XI. He is a very classy defender, but he needs to play alongside a dominating centre-back.
CB: Ryan Shawcross
Showcross definitely qualifies as a dominating centre-back and the Stoke captain is much most reliable than Per Mertesacker, who just makes too many errors.
LB: Erik Pieters
It was a close run thing between Pieters and Kieran Gibbs, but the 17-time Netherlands international just sneaks in ahead of the Englishman.
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