Youth, Reserves and Ladies 2015-16

[Jean Quereue-Quereue]

Cazorla set to start according to their official site.  Yippee.

[adrenachrome]

Cazorla set to start according to their official site.  Yippee.

Played in the semi as well. Recovering from knee knack.

[b23]

Ive just joined as an Arsenal Digital member and apparently it gives me access to watch game live on their TV channel....fingers crossed.
I couldn't buy a match ticket they wanted a membership number!!!!

Well spotted. Here's a link if anyone else wants to watch the game tonight.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20160506/watch-under-21s-live-on-arsenal.com

[Steve R]

Cazorla set to start according to their official site.  Yippee.

Played in the semi as well. Recovering from knee knack.

Bollocks to that, they're slipping a ringer in. If only we had a ringer we could do the same.

[AV82EC]

Cazorla set to start according to their official site.  Yippee.

Played in the semi as well. Recovering from knee knack.

Bollocks to that, they're slipping a ringer in. If only we had a ringer we could do the same.

Also Coquelin, Gnabry, Chambers and Campbell!!

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

11 minutes, 1-0  Villa
Rushian H-Murphy

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Now 1-1 !

[FatSam]

I've made it to the ground after work, but missed both goals. So they have two players with World Cup experience, we have three or four who have substitute appearances for the first team under their belt. They have Coquelin, Bielik, Chambers, Campbell, Caxorla, Gnabry who either have extensive first team experience, or cost big money. Come on you Lion!

[pooligan]

When i saw their midfield was Coquelin,Cazorla and Campbell i feared it was not going to be our night.Add to that,Chambers also played at centre half for them it hardly seemed a fair match. Maybe Wenger is just desperate to win something

[peter w]

Just got back. Ultimately their first team players made the difference but we were on top and looking threatening second half. I like the look of our keeper but the lack of a few inches more could count against him. Easah Sulaiman also looked good at centre half but lacks pace. Thought Lyden, Hale (Vale) and Niall someone put in a decent shift too. Not sure if Green was carrying a knock but he was poor. Lively stuff from Sellars but could've just another Sinclair. And I did like the front two Of Kienan ((Davis?) and Audrey Hepburn.

Can any of them make it? Not sure but the keeper will go on somewhere probably lower league and Hepburn is the only other with a shout for me.

Oh, and again, I doubt the Arsenal fans expected to have Villa fans singing for an U21 match. Impressive stuff.

[Steve R]

I managed to tune in at 70 minutes when it was 1-2. We were largely taking the game to them and should have scored.

Hepburn-Murphy does look a real handful.

[AV82EC]

Whilst it's within the rules their team had over 700 first team appearances to our 7.

[Dave Cooper please]

Whilst it's within the rules their team had over 700 first team appearances to our 7.

Saw a lot of whingeing about that on Twitter, but ultimately if they have a squad so packed with talent that some of them need to get game time in the stiffs and our only fringe players are so utterly shite and toxic that you wouldn't want them anywhere the developing youngsters then it's hardly Arsenal's fault is it?

[paul_e]

Whilst it's within the rules their team had over 700 first team appearances to our 7.

Saw a lot of whingeing about that on Twitter, but ultimately if they have a squad so packed with talent that some of them need to get game time in the stiffs and our only fringe players are so utterly shite and toxic that you wouldn't want them anywhere the developing youngsters then it's hardly Arsenal's fault is it?

when the competition is called U21 and they've started with Cazorla(31), Coquelin(24) and Campbell(23) who all have plenty of experience at first team level (I have no issue with Gnabry and Chambers being in because they're age appropriate) is does feel wrong when you compare it to our genuine U21 side.  I know it's within the rules and I understand why they've put those rules in but it does make the U21 tag a bit of a joke.

[peter w]

Especially as it's an end of season game. Yes, it's a play-off but ultimately meaningless. These games are about teh development of the kids rather than playing players to win which Arsenal's team selection smacked of.