Arsene Wenger will field a youthful line-up alongside some older heads as Arsenal aim to avoid an unthinkable shock in the Carling Cup third round against Shrewsbury.

The League Two side could hardly have picked a better time to play the Gunners, who are shipping goals at an alarming rate.

Wenger has confirmed he will give a debut to Korean striker Park Chu-Young, while Japanese forward Ryo Miyaichi and fellow 18-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain can also expect to make their first starts.

Wenger said: "I will be faithful to our policy but I will try to find a good mixture between youth and experience.

"You will see the likes of Ryo and Oxlade-Chamberlain. You should be excited about Oxlade-Chamberlain because he is a great talent.

"My target is to develop him so he confirms the expectation I have for him.''

The players with greater experience likely to feature at the Emirates include Andre Santos and Marouane Chamakh, while Emmanuel Frimpong, Carl Jenkinson and Francis Coquelin may also play.

Shrewsbury are expected to be without first-choice centre-backs Ian Sharps and Shane Cansdell-Sherriff for their mouth-watering trip.

Shrews skipper Sharps pulled up nursing a calf problem in the warm-up prior to Saturday`s 3-2 victory at Port Vale, while central defensive partner Cansdell-Sherriff was forced off after just 20 minutes nursing a hamstring strain.

Sharps, whose injury is not as bad as first feared, stands a remote chance of being rushed back for the encounter although Saturday`s home clash against Torquay is a more likely target, but Cansdell-Sherriff is facing around two weeks on the sidelines.

Striker Terry Gornell serves the final game of his three-match suspension, meaning James Collins is again likely to start alongside Marvin Morgan in attack.

Shrewsbury travel to the Emirates Stadium high in confidence having won six of their last eight games in all competitions, but the same cannot be said for a troubled Gunners side whose 4-3 defeat at Blackburn on Saturday made it the club's worst start to a season for 58 years.

Yet Wenger`s side, runners-up to Birmingham at Wembley last term, have not failed to make it to at least the quarter-finals of the competition since 2002/03.

Match

''. . . You should be excited about Oxlade-Chamberlain. . .'' *sighs* Wenger sef.

the only reason i would want to see the game is to watch Park play, #disappointedgunner

another thrashing after leading in first half
hehehehehehe

Wenger names 18-man squad for Shrewsbury
Eighteen players have been selected for tonight's Caring Cup tie against Shrewsbury at Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal squad (in alphabetical order):
Chuks Aneke
Yossi Benayoun
Daniel Boateng
Marouane Chamakh
Francis Coquelin
Johan Djourou
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Kieran Gibbs
Carl Jenkinson
Damian Martinez
Ignasi Miquel
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Oguzhan Ozyakup
Ju Young Park
Ryo
Sanchez Watt
Nico Yennaris

It will still be Arsenal. The entire team lack confidence.The only record left for the club  is being threatened.
The indecisiveness has put the club in this situation.
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nothing less than 5:0
the confidence level must pick from here.

Wengay has still not learnt his lesson. well i am not expecting a trophy this season, let them entertain me with their sexy football

This Shrewsbury team will give little gunners strawberry to take and they will 4get themselves,
Well I see a draw match

Fabianski; Jenkinson, Djourou, Miquel, Gibbs; Couquelin, Frimpong, Benayoun; Chamberlain, Chamakh, Park.

Disappointed to see Ryo on the bench but i guess Park needs a game more urgently.

Legggggooo!!

Our opponents today have got some fast wingers. I expect to see Jenkinson and Gibbs under real pressure

Abeg any links?

Make persin post any links na, i no wan watch this man utd match

dey don dey beat us o

Chai

^^^ dipo+ post the links abeg

i dey watch am for livescore.com

No links tonite, guy. Grab chair

Nobody want to stream arsenal games anymore. Even CBBC and Cartoon Network are tired of now and Gazidis is telling us things are ok.

wow

My link dey stream Man utd match

33 mins we never score, wahala dey o

1 - 1 Gibbs

You head dey there

1-1 !!.
Parity restored.

Link no dey to watch this match?

pls provide link to watch match live!

Roland17:

My link dey stream Man utd match

please, can you ive me the link

thanks

There's no link, only audio commentary


http://yanying.yolasite.com/chan7.php

vitality22:

please, can you ive me the link

thanks

I posted it on the Man utd-Leeds thread.

proudly9ja:

There's no link, only audio commentary


http://yanying.yolasite.com/chan7.php

chei arsenal don suffer