Swansea City v Arsenal - Saturday 31 October - 15:00

[Master Splinter]

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/crests/swanseacity.png?2012-13 v http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/crests/arsenal.png?2012-13


8 players injured. We have 15 (if you count Campbell) senior outfield players available.

Wenger will probably go with Flamini and Coquelin in the middle and push Cazorla forward rather than start Campbell. Actually Flamini up front would be less worrisome.

Our bench will be Macey, Debuchy, Gibbs, Mertesacker, Chambers, Campbell and probably Iwobi.

FFS.

Theo is perfect against a team like Swansea away from home. Without Theo, Welbz or Ox, we have little pace and no way to change anything if Giroud's not working out. Playing Iwobi up there is the only alternative, but that's never happening.

Anyway, need Giroud to be on his game, or else Swansea will pub another result against us.

Fuck off injuries.

[Marc Overmars]

Got a feeling we're going to slip up in this one. Swansea are always a tricky team to play even at the best of times.

1-1.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nah we're due a win over these fuckers.

The next time they beat us will be some time in the future when it is a long time away.

[AFC Leveller]

2-1. That spuds reject, Gomis and Montero always raise their games against us and will probably do so again on Saturday.

[fakeyank]

I can see us playing Bellerin up front with Giroud and Alexis, with Debuchy starting at RB.

[alexander]

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/crests/swanseacity.png?2012-13 v http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/crests/arsenal.png?2012-13


8 players injured. We have 15 (if you count Campbell) senior outfield players available.
.

This is getting serious now.

[GP]

0-3

[fakeyank]

What happened to Arteta btw? He was a sub a couple of weeks back and now he is injured again.. Wtf?!

[AFC Leveller]

What happened to Arteta btw? He was a sub a couple of weeks back and now he is injured again.. Wtf?!

little bit OAP.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

In light of both The Ox's and Theo's injuries I really hope Wenger doesn't alter the spine of the team by shifting one of Ozil or Santi out wide. It would disrupt our passing rhythm and control of the game, something we've been excellent at the past few weeks.

Swansea are a good side who're are going to be tough to break down. What we absolutely can not do is lose control of the game and conceed cheap early goals; moreover like the Watford game, we've got to keep it tight and compact at the start and take our chances when they come.

Solutions therefore are them to either play Campbell out on the right or perhaps to move Bellerin forward and play Debauchy at RB.

[AFC Leveller]

In light of both The Ox's and Theo's injuries I really hope Wenger doesn't alter the spine of the team by shifting one of Ozil or Santi out wide. It would disrupt our passing rhythm and control of the game, something we've been excellent at the past few weeks.

Swansea are a good side who're are going to be tough to break down. What we absolutely can not do is lose control of the game and conceed cheap early goals; moreover like the Watford game, we've got to keep it tight and compact at the start and take our chances when they come.

Solutions therefore are them to either play Campbell out on the right or perhaps to move Bellerin forward and play Debauchy at RB.

Wenger said he doesn't want to move Santi out wide as he has been really good in the middle and helps us keep possesion. I think Campbell is the obvious choice considering everyone else is dead.

[Marc Overmars]

Speculation that Gibbs could be used as an emergency winger. :lol:

A logical move in fairness.

[Niall_Quinn]

Speculation that Gibbs could be used as an emergency winger. :lol:

A logical move in fairness.

He's got 4 good crosses in him per season. Fortunately he hasn't used any of them yet, so you never know.

[fakeyank]

He's got 4 good crosses in him per season. Fortunately he hasn't used any of them yet, so you never know.

He also has 4 injuries per season and he hasnt used any of them yet, so you never know.

[selassie]

Sounds like Joel Campbell will get the nod on the right. I don't rate him tbh, not impressed at all, but at least he is going to be playing with the big boys now so he needs to turn in some decent performances.

[Marc Overmars]

It's difficult to prove your worth when you rarely play but I don't think anyone can say Campbell has showed much promise. Maybe this is the opportunity he's been waiting for so we'll see.

[selassie]

It's difficult to prove your worth when you rarely play but I don't think anyone can say Campbell has showed much promise. Maybe this is the opportunity he's been waiting for so we'll see.

Wenger was talking him up in his press conference today, he even said "don't forget Campbell can play Centre forward too". Wenger is such a wum :lol:

[Master Splinter]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSpqYw0WwAAwDHj.jpg

Joel Campbell :bow:.

Always rated him. What a player.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hope he does alright, like Gnabry did there two seasons ago.

:pray:

[fakeyank]

That bench looks so dire :lol:

[A Gunner]

That bench looks so dire :lol:

Our backup back line are all there

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Maestro]

right lads link me up, have you got the hook up ...Munchies, NQ????

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.stream2watch.me/sports/soccer/swansea-city-vs-arsenal-fc-live-stream-october-31

[adzzzbatch]

Not the most amazing start from us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Monreal with a great clearance for Swansea.

[adzzzbatch]

Monreal shoots :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell is going to need to jump for those. Somebody tell him.

Monreal :doh: That was a bit lame.

Sleepy start again.

[Maestro]

http://www.stream2watch.me/sports/soccer/swansea-city-vs-arsenal-fc-live-stream-october-31

Thanks NQ, good stream and my broadband does actually seem better at streaming with no loading or traffic glitches

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Campbell.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good recovery from Campbell. Shame about the way he gave it away in the first place.

[adzzzbatch]

We're not moving the ball quickly enough.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nearly Kanye.

[adzzzbatch]

Decent effort

[Niall_Quinn]

Decent enough effort from Campbell. At least something has happened now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif. :bow:

That was a fair block. :whistle:

[Niall_Quinn]

Never a foul. What a shit, shit, shit, bottle job decision.

[adzzzbatch]

That's never a fk

[adzzzbatch]

Campbell doing well.

[adzzzbatch]

No booking?

[adzzzbatch]

Oh so the ref is playing this game. We'll get the first yellow

[Niall_Quinn]

Refs have to book one of ours first - it's the rules.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foul, foul, foul from Swansea.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gomis. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Gomis :haha:.

[Niall_Quinn]

Erm, what a fucking cheat.

[adzzzbatch]

Fucking hell

[adzzzbatch]

What a fuck up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Time to wake up maybe?

[adzzzbatch]

Still bo bookings :rolleyes:

[adzzzbatch]

Not looking great defensively

[Niall_Quinn]

Counter attacking at 3mph. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Still no booking. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

Ref is a joke.

[Niall_Quinn]

Still no booking. :haha:

What do you expect him to do? We haven't fouled yet.

[Master Splinter]

Arteta red card coming up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gomis header, easy for Cech.

[adzzzbatch]

Alexis fouled nothing given

[Niall_Quinn]

We've been very consistent at giving the ball away.

[adzzzbatch]

We're doing everything so slowly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How many fouls?

[adzzzbatch]

Ref :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Bif :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Bif, over it goes.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Just keep fouling. The ref has given the green light.

Meanwhile Bif misses an easy goal.

[adzzzbatch]

Wake the fuck up

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sigurdsson hits the wall. :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

This is shite.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why are we going right all the time. Mix it up. This is an ideal opponent for Alexis if we can get him on the ball. Ozil asleep. Santi snoozing. They've left Campbell to do all the work.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Montero. :lol:

[Maestro]

have we ever played well away to swansea?

regards the refs, if you're not paying off most of them then don't expect key decisions to go our way.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck sake sort it out Arsenal

[Munchies]

have we ever played well away to swansea?

regards the refs, if you're not paying off most of them then don't expect key decisions to go our way.

iirc when ramzee scored

[Niall_Quinn]

Have we not started that £100k fine for each square ball yet? We need to get that going urgently.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alexis must have fallen out with everyone. They won't give him the ball.

[Maestro]

iirc when ramzee scored

just can't recall our last good performance there, but will certainly take a pub win here tonight. we need the momentum of results if anything to carry on in the league.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Campbell turn and shot, easy for Fabianski.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nothing effort from Campbell. Our top man so far today. Which is not saying much.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from BFG earlier. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Replay of a really stupid handball in the box by Merts. Huge let-off.

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off merts.

[AFC Leveller]

merts got away with that handball earlier.. wtf was he doing

[adzzzbatch]

Monreal :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fortunately Cech has decided to turn up.

[adzzzbatch]

Fucking awful from us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Obviously the lads can't really be fucked about this game, for whatever reason. Zero effort today so far. Just a matter of time before one of those bobbled Swansea efforts pays off.

[Penguin]

Merts closed his eyes and tried to head the ball. Not deliberate for me but have easily been a penalty.

[Niall_Quinn]

Another cheating piece of shit diving in the box.

[Niall_Quinn]

Slooooooooooooooooow

Careless

Lazy

and Sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

[adzzzbatch]

This is a shocking performance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foul throw. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

A fucking foul throw wtf is this shit!?

[Niall_Quinn]

It's always good to throw matches. Let's do that Sheffield thing more often. Really helps with momentum. Keeps the spirits high.

[adzzzbatch]

Giroud is dead

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif looks properly injured.

[Power n Glory]

Giroud is injured.

[adzzzbatch]

No summer signings :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

It's a knee. He's gone. We need to get Sanogo back.

[Maestro]

Giroud down and out, who's next????

[Globalgunner]

One of these 2 teams actually has 4 world class players in its starting 11.

[Niall_Quinn]

Giroud down and out, who's next????

I have Bif, Santi and Bellerin on my injury bingo card.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think Bif recovered once he realised there was nobody to bring on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. That was shit but fuck it.

[adzzzbatch]

Thank fuck that half is over, it was rancid.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-0

Appalling stuff. Not acceptable.

[AFC Leveller]

sloppy, gave the ball away a lot and looked nervous when Swansea had the ball in our half.

we could and should batter these sheep ******** but for some reason we always look crap against them.

that ball to Montero and then him crossing to Gomis will be our undoing, we dont look like we can stop it even though thats swansea's only move.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin getting back on that Gomis effort, it was full on sprinting. The fucker is fast.

[Niall_Quinn]

sloppy, gave the ball away a lot and looked nervous when Swansea had the ball in our half.

we could and should batter these sheep ******** but for some reason we always look crap against them.

that ball to Montero and then him crossing to Gomis will be our undoing, we dont look like we can stop it even though thats swansea's only move.

What the fuck is a sheep w h i n g e r ?

[hobson's choice]

I dont know what our issue is against Swansea.

Lately they just seem to work us over

[Master Splinter]

Swansea carried on the fouling down the tunnel and into our changing room. Still no booking.

[hobson's choice]

Swansea carried on the fouling down the tunnel and into our changing room. Still no booking.

They weren't bookable fouls.

I know nowadays every foul is a card, but i like how friend is officiating, cant stand card happy refs.

[Penguin]

We miss Theo. Whenever we win the ball back there's nowhere to go because Giroud is nowhere to be seen and takes too long to get up the pitch. And when we do somehow manage to work a chance for him he skies it. :doh:

Mertesacker is pissing me off. Gabriel must be wondering why he's been dropped after Merts' performances recently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Nice big stretch, yawn and off we go for the second half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Should be a pen for about 8 fouls in the box, Ludicrous. Holding, pushing, blocking.

[A Gunner]

0 - 1 Giroud!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GIROUD!!!!!

[Master Splinter]

BIF!!!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

GET IN!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

1-0 Bif

Strange how when the ref stops the fouling it turns out Swansea aren't capable of defending.

[Master Splinter]

Bif was pulling Mertesacker's shirt. :haha:

Another pel denied!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save Cech from Sigurdsson.

[Maestro]

simple but brilliant from bif

need a pubbed, scuffed effort now to kill this off

[Niall_Quinn]

Cech :bow:

We did our best to get them straight back into it but Cech wouldn't go along with it.

[adzzzbatch]

Our defence is having a mare

[Globalgunner]

We really should take this opportunity to go all gangbusters on these dull Swans. they arent all that

[AFC Leveller]

alexis
pace
off

rearange

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis pubs it over.

[adzzzbatch]

We're dying to give them a goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin hurts himself defending a sure to be disallowed goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Brilliant but unnecessary clearance by Bellerin.

[Master Splinter]

Bellerin :bow:.

Ayew :haha:.

[Maestro]

Bellerin is ride or die, love the kid

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ki booked. :faint:

[adzzzbatch]

Yellow card :faint:

[Niall_Quinn]

Yellow card - how weird is that?

[Master Splinter]

Alexis has a week off and he's crap.

He should play every three days.

Rest :doh:.

[Master Splinter]

Yellow card - how weird is that?

He thought it was Ryo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nice clipped ball from Campbell but Bif can't get to it.

[Maestro]

Bellers was none the wiser it was going to be disallowed and played to the whistle

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How was that a foul? :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

FUCK OFF REF!

[Globalgunner]

blatant referee corruotion

[AFC Leveller]

did i hear right that bif has 65 goals in 100 appearances for us? not bad.

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell probably needs to look before he passes.

[Penguin]

Giroud has the touch of an elephant. Yet another counter attack ruined by him.

[Master Splinter]

So many times we've not made the most of the turnover and breaking on them. Walcott a huge miss in games like this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alexis header over! Good chance.

[Master Splinter]

Alexis :doh:.

[adzzzbatch]

Poor from alexis

[Niall_Quinn]

Ayew's 300th foul.

[A Gunner]

0 - 2 Koscienly again!

[Munchies]

Ayew's 300th foul.

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/avatars/7D4C452DE61224140050146160640_31f8d05c20b.4.1.jpg? versionId=pJF3dUS3IQTAwHR8_JlNe596wFOdfa_3

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KOSCIELNY!!!!


Flappyhandski. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

KOSCIELNY!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

2-0

kossssss

[GP]

Flappy :haha:

[Munchies]

:haha:

Flappy :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

It's given :haha:

Kos 2-0

Looked a bit dodgy but tbf Flappy dived right between them.

[adzzzbatch]

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Ref finally does something right. :faint:

Agent Fabianski :bow:.

[AFC Leveller]

Ki should have been booked there and sent off

[Globalgunner]

Referee corruption. I take it back:bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Well unless we really fuck this up we've got 3 points without getting out of bed.

[hobson's choice]

Thanks Flaps, good officiating by Friend today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gomis offside.

[Maestro]

Brilliant way to win it, just lovely

[hobson's choice]

Ki should have been booked there and sent off

No he shouldnt be.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ki should have been booked there and sent off

Nah.

He should have been sent off a lot earlier.

[GP]

Gomis is pretty shit.

[Globalgunner]

Its about time. Fabianski had a good game for us

[Niall_Quinn]

Shoot Nacho FFS!

[A Gunner]

0 - 3 Campbell

[McNamara That Ghost...]

CAMPBELL!!!!!

DREAM GOAL!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

yesssss
sol campbellll

[Master Splinter]

CAMPBELL!!!!!

[adzzzbatch]

Amazing!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

CAMPBELLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done lad

But Ozil and Alexis were having fun there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil. :cloud9:

How did he see that pass?

[Globalgunner]

0-3 Campbell
Ozil anonymous again.
Time to put them in the hurt locker

[Niall_Quinn]

Excellent composure, calm finish. He's worked hardest of the outfield players today and that's a good reward.

[adzzzbatch]

Ozil :bow:

[hobson's choice]

Great composure from the young man

[Master Splinter]

Ozil :bow:.

He's been excellent today, even when we were pubbing it up.

[Master Splinter]

Get Ozil and Alexis off!

And Campbell tbf.

[Munchies]

we're gonna win the league LADS!!!

[Globalgunner]

Ozil :bow:.

He's been excellent today, even when we were pubbing it up.

Nah, the pundits will complain he only showed up in the 2nd half

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech saves from Williams.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pundits are weird. Just because we have been a bit shit they naturally assume the other team has been great. But they haven't, they've been crap.

Cech doing his thing again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Montero off, Barrow wheeled on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You're never going to be the Prez doing that.

[adzzzbatch]

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Total lack of composure there from Campbell. :doh:

[A Gunner]

Defensive subs coming on

[hobson's choice]

This game had me very nervous. This to me was the game to show us, what they are really made off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Gibbs and Chalmers coming on.

Guess it will be Alexis and Ozil to go.

[Munchies]

.

[Niall_Quinn]

You're going to get a botty spanking from Maccy for that one.

[A Gunner]

Giroud and Campbell off
Chamber and Gibbs on

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif subbed.

[adzzzbatch]

.

:gp: :patrice:

[Niall_Quinn]

Guess Alexis will go up top on his own.

[Globalgunner]

turns out what Ollie needed was to see Walcott playing for a few games to waken up the lion in him. Now that Walcott is injured, who else can we threaten him with?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Williams booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stop referencing other games FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[Niall_Quinn]

That poor bastard Leon Britton should make his life easier and change his name to Jimmy Saville.

[A Gunner]

Iwobi on
Ozil off

[Niall_Quinn]

What's Flappy doing? He ruined it for us :doh:

[A Gunner]

0 - 3 FT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Swansea 0-3 The Arsenal, FT!

:bow:

[AFC Leveller]

this game would have been lost last season...

[Niall_Quinn]

Strange game. Won it without getting out of first gear. Swansea had nothing.

[Munchies]

FT!

:scarf:

Tough place to win!

[Maestro]

this game would have been lost last season...

This exactly, and I'm very happy with the result especially as we were certainly off form today. Great result and it's these matches we usually struggle in so very handy to get a result, to keep momentum going. Another clean sheet to boot, all breeds confidence.

[GP]

0-3

:gp:

[Letters]

:lol: