I'm personally hoping to see Hoyte at CB, with Sagna's form that may be the best place for him to flourish at Arsenal. I'm still not too confident about Senderos, Djorou and co, so seeing him there for the 90mins would be interesting.

For me the other big question is will Walcott play upfront again? I'd love to see the young man pass this kind of baptism of fire and truly establish himself in the gunners line up. This is your chance Theo. . .grab it with both hands!

As for the rest of the boys? Enjoy yourselves, Spurs have all the pressure on them. . .the game is ours to WIN.

Gunner 1915

@ debosky,
theo walcott? he is the biggest joke in club football. i am yet to see walcott score a league goal since he became a gunner. i think wenger should loan him out to southampton or even derby county for a year or two. i don't see him becoming a finished article like rooney or bentley at arsenal. i think wenger has been patient enough with him but the lad hasn't justified the hype around him at all. walcott should find another means of livelihood like modelling for louis vuitton. football is a mountain too high for him to climb.
@ topic,
the formular is easy. play your big guns and win. play the same team that played in the 1st leg and lose.

@Cougar
We are playing the big boys.Leave Walcott alone for us he is doing his bit

@ a-40,
wenger is sticking with the young'uns. the only addition are gallas, gilberto and rosicky. so dont expect to see eduardo, adebayor, fabregas or hleb. spurs can break the arsenal jinx tonight. i expect berbatov and robbie keane to sting arsenal.

Wat in god' name is arsenal.com

@cougar here is the squad for 2night's match
Arsenal squad to face Tottenham:

2 Abou DIABY
3 Bacary SAGNA
4 Cesc FABREGAS
9 EDUARDO
10 William GALLAS
13 Alexander HLEB
15 DENILSON
16 Mathieu FLAMINI
19 GILBERTO
21 Lukasz FABIANSKI (GK)
25 Emmanuel ADEBAYOR
26 Nicklas BENDTNER
30 Armand TRAORE
31 Justin HOYTE
32 Theo WALCOTT
40 Vito MANNONE (GK)
http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=news&article=486674&cpid=703&title=Fabregas,+Adebayor+and+Hleb+named+in+squad

correct squad d game is over

did anyone see Song play today the boy played well oh

Where is rosicky?Please dont tell me hes injured again.

@ Cougar

Wenger has a lot of firepower in that selection, Fabregas, Hleb, Eduardo and Ade are in the 16, so if they are needed AW will draft them in pronto.

I suspect Bendtner will start with Dudu, Walcott may start on the wing.

This is possibly the strongest EVER CC 16 AW has ever used, due to injuries and the ACN - Kolo, Djourou, Song, Senderos.

I don't think Rozzy is injured, we just need to save some firepower for other games

Its almost game time. . .bring it on!

@ debosky,
i am laughing ma head off here. is this the same competition wenger is not interested in? i am keeping my fingers crossed. should arsenal lose i don't want to hear any excuse. agreed?

wait a bloody min. just saw arsenal's team list now.

        fabianski

sagna hoyte gallas traore

hleb denilson gilberto silva diaby

   walcott  bendtner
so where is fabregas, rosicky and adebayor? arsenal.com cannot even provide authentic information. what a shame.

Cougar:

@ debosky,
i am laughing ma head off here. is this the same competition wenger is not interested in? i am keeping my fingers crossed. should arsenal lose i don't want to hear any excuse. agreed?

There is not going to be any excuses cos the Gunners are firing up today, bad belle will not decide the match

stop being silly Cougar , the list comprises of 16 players, obviously some people have to be on the bench

let the game begin, if the big guns are neede, they'll be drafted in

Wenger of course is not primarily focused on winning, as the first 11 shows for this game, but the bench needed some 'first team' players due to injuries

OK. Arsene Wenger loses faith in his young gunners. He categorically said he was not going to change them till the final.

Ummmmmhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Interesting.

The resident muppet aka nateevs arrives

Should he play Senderos with a broken nose or play Song when he is in Ghana as well?

he 'categorically' said nothing you twit. Besides, the bulk of the starting players save hleb sagna and gallas are the CC squad so no biggie there.

I have a sneaky feeling Walcott will score today

Go reeeeeeeds!

Ok. I agree. So aw many broken noses and absent players have required the injection of

Gilberto
Gallas
Fabregas
Hleb
Sagna
Flamini
Adebayor?

Please tell us.

Is credit not supposed to be given to the young guns for coming this far and reaching  the final of last season, chelsea fielded the strongest they could get from their not even giving the young players a chance

@ debosky,
i was just winding u up. cesc, flamini  adebayor and eduardo are on the bench. i think wenger is desperate to win this one. the barren seasons is giving wenger sleepless nights. anyway, chelsea remain the title favourites. i can see another de javu for arsenal tonight or next month-the disintegration of a season in one week!
@ nateevs,
its funny but spurs are the bookies favourites. although, chelsea are the favourites at this stage. i don't see arsenal beating chelsea next month in the final should they go through tonight. drogba, terry, ashley cole, lampard and all injured chelsea players should be available. if u ask me, i want everton to win it.
@ folahann,
no one forced wenger to use young players. the competition is not under 15. play ur strongest team available and win. wenger has failed to win it since he arrived in england. he should do that now and prove his critics wrong.

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!

What a start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooooooopppsss!!!

We must not lose this match. change of tactics. bring Fabregas in.



Jokes apart. . . . We have a cup tie on our hands. Arseanal came to play.

Denilson is injured that's why.

I'm actually glad Spurs scored first

game on!

goaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is ridiculous.
2nd goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bendtner is such a massive, massive striker. ok. It's looking bad let's bring in Adebayor.

Bendtner own goal

i still say game on!

2-0 last year and we brought it back to 2-2

Bendtner noooooooooooooooooooooooo

It's like the gunners will bounce back in this one, but that is not going to be a big damage, game on

is it me or do i think its time Wenger brought in some real experienced players and did away with Bendtner, Walcott and other over-hyped average players?

and who are you?

no fairweather fans allowed!

Go gunners Go!

Boy Tottenham mean business today
Good game, i still got my money on Arsenal going thru tothe finals

We'll see how solid tottenham's defence is cos Arsenal will continue to pound on their defence until they cave in