Tonight the final qualifying games for the Europa League take place, and tomorrow there'll be one of those interminable UEFA draws with that insufferable baldy prick waffling on about football's values and all that nonsense, but at the end of it we'll find out who we're going to play as our European campaign starts. One of the questions we had on the Arsecast Extra this week was about how Unai Emery would approach these games – particularly in the group stages. As he's trying to implement his new style, might it be a case that he uses these fixtures to get his ‘first team' more attuned to what he wants, or will it be like last season under Arsene Wenger when he played youngsters...
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