Poll: Ahead of the Birmingham match, which Central Defensive Partnership should Wenger play?

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1. Scotty says:
   March 23, 2010 at 10:50 pm

   Has to be silvestre & song, song is drafted in to replace super sol who needs a rest before Barcelona and silvestre replaces tommy v, those two will be good enough to stop Birmingham with denilson & diaby infront!
2. Curt.B says:
   March 23, 2010 at 10:59 pm

   Interesting that there is a lot of support for the Silvestre/Song combination. this surely has to be the worst. It combines two players who are unnatural at CB, ong being predominantly a DM and Silvestre not at all a confident CB. Not only that, it Pulls song out of the midfield. Has to be the worst choic in my opinion.

   Really, I would think only the first or third options as being beneficial. Option 2 does nothing but cause problems.
3. james says:
   March 23, 2010 at 11:16 pm

   yes but option 2 allows for a relatively rested sol to play on wednesday. rather than having him out there looking extremely patchy. i thought he was very off against hull a couple weeks back when it was his third game in a week, i’m not so keen to see that against messi.
4. bomba says:
   March 23, 2010 at 11:25 pm

   Song and Sagna
5. m252 says:
   March 23, 2010 at 11:38 pm

   song and silvestre protected by denilson and diaby should be fine.
6. Curt.B says:
   March 23, 2010 at 11:42 pm

   There is a chance Gallas will be fit for barca, which will be a huge boost. Vermaelen and Gallas give us a much better chance
7. GoonerDareMKD says:
   March 24, 2010 at 12:05 am

   Campbell will be rested.Wenger said on his press conference,
8. TD says:
   March 24, 2010 at 12:12 am

   If Gallas is fit for Barca, pick Sol and Song.

   If not, then we have to play Silvestre and Song to give Sol a chance to recover.

   It’s simple.
9. Clive says:
   March 24, 2010 at 12:36 am

   silvestre and song !! campbell is needed vs barca !!

   almunia
   sagna song silvestre clichy
   denilson
   fabregas diaby
   nasri bendtne arshavin
10. james says:
    March 24, 2010 at 12:55 am

    if he plays that’s going to be a hell of welcome back to the first team.
11. Mace says:
    March 24, 2010 at 1:06 am

    something different.

    Almunia
    Sagna Song Clichy
    Eboue
    Walcott Diaby Nasri Arshavin
    Fabregas
    Bendtner

    go for the jugular
12. ALB says:
    March 24, 2010 at 1:35 am

    play song at cb with denilson and diaby in midfiled supporting captain marvel cesc…..that wat i say.
13. Dgob says:
    March 24, 2010 at 5:56 am

    Just to share and support the logic of other above commentators: Silvestre/Song gives Sol a break before the Barca date (only four days later). We’ll need to keep possession against B’ham if we’re to win and that means reducing the demands on our central partnership: fingers crossed

    COYG
14. alvares babu says:
    March 24, 2010 at 5:58 am

    almunia
    eboue,sol,silvestre,clichy
    song
    fab diaby
    samir,bentner,arshavin
15. Dgob says:
    March 24, 2010 at 6:03 am

    Clive,
16. Dgob says:
    March 24, 2010 at 6:07 am

    Clive,

    I agree with your selection except I think we might benefit from playing Walcott for his speed, work-rate and ability to track back. This would either mean omitting B52 or Nasri. Given the opponent and my assessment of Theo’s potential, I’d probably sacrifice B52 and bring him on if things need changing. Similarly, I think Eboue offers us more going forward and I believe the battle will come down to two factors:

    1. Who dominates possession in midfield (hence pairing up Song/Diaby) and
    2. Who consequently exercises their attacking prowess (neither team being the best defensively).

    My choice would therefore be:

    Almunia,
    Eboue, Campbell, Verminator, Clichy
    Song, Diaby
    Cescs
    Walcott, Nasri, Arshavin

    This formation and selection seems to me to offer speed, steel and guile: a surely winning combination against Barca

    COYG
17. Curt.B says:
    March 24, 2010 at 8:21 am

    I think it is a bad choice to omitt Bedntner. We want him to keep gathering a bit of form and hopefully more goals; these are the games we want him to build up through. He needs practice upfront and needs the confidence boost of scoring goals.

    Walcott will have more impact as a sub when the defence has tired out.
18. Curt.B says:
    March 24, 2010 at 8:49 am

    Very odd. Sagna might do at CB but he’s short, Eboue in DM is baaaad, play him RB. Play the rest, hold possession of at least 65% and its plausible.
19. Dgob says:
    March 24, 2010 at 11:12 am

    I think we could bring him on from the bench. However, against Barca we need to press and defend and B52 just aint going to give us what we need in this respect. I don’t believe Barca will tire as they have famous fitness levels.

    However, I doubt Arsene would go for my approach as it seems to lack caution!!
20. Curt.B says:
    March 24, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Don’t understimate this game. Birmingham have proven they can throw spanners into the works when they feel the mood.

    With Silvestre and Song at the back, I fear we will draw or lose this game.
21. Curt.B says:
    March 24, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    Denilson couldn’t protect his own genitalia he’s so uselss at defence.
22. Curt.B says:
    March 25, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    You are wrong, sorry.

    Campbell will play.

    “I will pick him for the next game because for me the next game is an important one,” declared Wenger at his pre-match press conference.

    - Wenger

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