Manchester United v Arsenal. 5th Dec. 20:00

[Marc Overmars]

I fucking hate this fixture.

Mainly because it doesn’t matter how good or bad we play, we just can’t beat them at Old Trafford.

Come on Unai. :pray:

[SMatthews]

Everything is set for us to get done here midweek.

Home ties against Huddersfield and Carrier Bag to come so no excuses not to go all out. Xhaka will be a miss.

[GP]

Xhaka will be a miss.

:lol:

Oh how the turntables...

[SMatthews]

Eh?

[Letters]

LET'S TWAT THESE TWATS!

[selassie]

United are garbage but we always seem to make them look good. We have gone their with better teams than our current one and in really good form and still lost.

Honestly think the best we can hope for here is a draw, I think we will lose though.

[dazthegooner]

On current form we should beat them but Manure always seem to have a habit off ending our winning streaks :(

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I'm more positive but it is always tough place to go no matter how filthy bad they are. They will obviously step their game up significantly which they will need to otherwise they will be beat.

There's not much time between yesterday's game and Wednesday though so I wonder if we might suffer for it. Our CB options are obviously being stretched and Mustafi might not be able to play anyway.

I think it will be a draw but would be over the moon if we beat them. On a personal level I've always found them the most detestable one of our rivals.

[Marc Overmars]

Would be fine with a draw. Winning at Old Trafford is about as rare as it gets for us.

We are better than them though and have been at various points since Fergie left. I just hope this is the game we finally get a result to go with a performance against them.

Only concern is how gassed we might be after yesterday.

[Mac76]

There's not much time between yesterday's game and Wednesday though so I wonder if we might suffer for it.

that's my main concern too, but after all Ramsey and Laca only had half a game yesterday and i still think we should get a draw at least

[Globalgunner]

Who`s the ref. Very, very critical, if you thought the Spuds know how to dive......

[AFC Leveller]

as history will tell us, we struggle at OT and the occasion gets to the players. however, this is a new team and manager, fresh of a huge win as well. I know we won't buckle and I know we will be prepared tactically and Emery will tell them exactly what to expect.


would be happy with a draw.

[fakeyank]

I dont see why we cannot win this fixture. History can be thrown out of the window because our recent history was under different management. I am cautiously optimistic that we can beat them comprehensively. We just got to pray that non-football pubbers like Fellaini, Lukaku and the likes dont foul their way out of this and score an unlikely goal in the 90th minute.

[Penguin]

Mourinho will be Mourinho and set them up defensively to play on the counter even though they're at home. So tactically it will be completely different to any of the other big teams we've faced and it will be interesting to see how Emery handles it.

It would be brilliant to get a win but realistically a draw at Old Trafford would be a good result.

[Marc Overmars]

Been scarred one too many times from this fixture to be confident enough of winning it. They've been at a lower ebb than this before and still managed to turn up on the day.

Nervous but excited too because the history of failure in this fixture doesn't come with Emery.

COYG!

[SMatthews]

4 of our next 11 league games are United away, Liverpool away, Chelsea at home and Manchester City away.

[Globalgunner]

Need to play the same team and formation that beat Spuds with Mikhi or Ramsey in for Xhaka. Either has to be told to stay solid and dovetail with Torr. Keep it solid for the 1st half which should see the Utd fans get on Mourinho's back by half time. No desperate tackles in the box. 9 out of 10 PL refs need no invitations to award them a pen. Young, Rashford, Herrera all serial divers. Don't give them an excuse.
We can do this. The Spuds beat them at OT didn't they.?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

that's my main concern too, but after all Ramsey and Laca only had half a game yesterday and i still think we should get a draw at least

Yes but I think neither will start.

[selassie]

Been scarred one too many times from this fixture to be confident enough of winning it. They've been at a lower ebb than this before and still managed to turn up on the day.

Nervous but excited too because the history of failure in this fixture doesn't come with Emery.

COYG!

Me too. We are better than them too irrespective of what they think. The Emery factor and the new found hunger may come into play tonight though, a win would be huge for us, a real statement of intent.

[I am invisible]

One thing going for us this time is that the manager and a lot of the players that have featured in the starting XI won’t be carrying any Old Trafford baggage or mental hang ups into this game.

Leno, Sokrates, Torreira and Guendouzi will definitely be heading into this fixture with a clean slate, as will Emery himself, and I’m not sure how much exposure Holding, Iwobi and Kolasinac will have had there in the past? Probably not enough to scar them.

Did Auba and Laca feature for us at OT last year? Can’t remember, but even if they did, it will have been their one and only game for us there (and to be fair we gave a pretty damn good account of ourselves that day with a veeeeery youthful side).

The only players who might have been having a few sleepless nights over this one will be Bellerin, Özil, Mkhi, Ramsey and maybe Mustafi (and I’d say there’s a fair chance that 2 or 3 of them won’t start)...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BT's programme is on in a couple of minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Adams, Ferdinand and Scholes are in the studio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtrMBpDXgAY7ZyS.jpg

[GP]

Pogba and Lukaku on the bench.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd: De Gea, Dalot, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo, Darmian, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Rashford, Martial.
Subs: Romero, Valencia, Fellaini, Mata, McTominay, Pogba, Lukaku.

[SMatthews]

Ozil :lol: what a bitch

[AFC Leveller]

Fellaini will definitely come on and score or cause havoc.

need a fast start, Man u know we start slow and they basically beat us within 30 minutes last season and defended for the rest of the game.

come on boys.

[Marc Overmars]

Adams is such a dinosaur. Is it any wonder he’s been a useless manager?

[Master Splinter]

United play their best football in the big games so, despite the line-up, this will be a really tough game.

I hope Ramsey helps out in the middle when required and doesn't play exclusively up front.

Probably Gwen Doozy's biggest test so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Michael Dawson predicts a Man Utd win. :faint:

[Globalgunner]

Still dont know what Emery sees in Iwobi

[Maestro]

must contain that utd front three, them kids are so jammy and could cause us real problems

[SMatthews]

Utd have made it clear they want to hump balls in behind our full backs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Darmian. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Having the customary first half difficulty in playing it out from the back.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford hammers it, straight at Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi rubber legs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey with the hoof.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Socrates. :bow:

Great tackle.

Leno saves easily from Martial.

[Maestro]

our bo gwen needs to calm down and hold his position

[Globalgunner]

Iwobi really is a talent free zone. Must do better

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin. :haha:

Good move not long before that though.

[SMatthews]

Looks like this could be a stinker.

[Maestro]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[SMatthews]

Mustafi!

[Mac76]

listen to our fans they're going mental :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Mustafi!!!!

Goal line tech :bow:

[Mac76]

De Gea :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Agent De Gea :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MUSTAFI!!!!!!

De Gea. :haha:

[Maestro]

esssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssss

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's chucked it in. :haha:

[GP]

De GaGaGea

[Maestro]

that's it the surround sound is coming on

[Maestro]

come on iwobi ffs

[Marc Overmars]

Settle down lads

[AFC Leveller]

martial you diving cunt.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Iwobi is turning a bit shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stupid challenge from Guendouzi.

[SMatthews]

Fuck

[Marc Overmars]

1-1

Terrible defending

[Maestro]

ffssssssssss

[AFC Leveller]

fuck 1-1

[KSE Comedy Club]

What the fuck was that!?!

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake how can no one have got a foot on that? Wasn’t exactly drilled across

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh dear.

[Maestro]

Stupid challenge from Guendouzi.

that boy needs to calm the fuck down, his immaturity is showing in this game

[AFC Leveller]

cheating cunts. that was a blatant dive.

[KSE Comedy Club]

I can’t believe they all just watched the ball rolling past them, disgusting

[Globalgunner]

Dive from Martial

[AFC Leveller]

Guendouzi has been out weak link, looks nervous in possession and his inexperience is showing.

[Thierrymon]

Blatant dive by Martial. Should never have been a free kick.

[SMatthews]

We had 9 players in the box too :lol:

[AFC Leveller]

holding is dead.

[Thierrymon]

Guendouzi has been out weak link, looks nervous in possession and his inexperience is showing.

Agreed, he has been terrible so far.

[Globalgunner]

I can’t believe they all just watched the ball rolling past them, disgusting

Iwobi again

[Maestro]

Guendouzi has been out weak link, looks nervous in possession and his inexperience is showing.

this

[KSE Comedy Club]

Rashford should be booked at minimum as well. I forgot this ref was a twat.

Great Holding off now

[Maestro]

utd ain't shit, would be galling not to beat them tonight

[SMatthews]

Doesn’t look good at all for Holding.

[AFC Leveller]

rick Steiner coming on.

[Mac76]

shame it was all going so well... :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey shot deflects behind. Too greedy I feel.

[Mac76]

rick Steiner coming on.

He'll give Yanited a good kicking at least

[KSE Comedy Club]

Another player taken out and no punishment given :rolleyes:

[Marc Overmars]

Rashford absolutley roasted Mustafi there. :lol:

[Maestro]

we really need to calm down, WTF Mustafi

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mustafi with a classic dive in for no reason.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He has to be off?

[AFC Leveller]

this is like the spuds game, should be winning but we are drawing to a pretty shite United team.

[SMatthews]

That’s the reaction we want from our players. Good stuff.

[Maestro]

Mustafi with a classic dive in for no reason.


guy is a liability

[Globalgunner]

we really need to calm down, WTF Mustafi

Mustafi is beyond hope. Horribledefending. No wonder he no longer features for Germany

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lingard booked. The gameplan becomes clear.

[SMatthews]

Shit ref

[Gooner23]

Ref has lost it, never a booking for Bellerin

[Marc Overmars]

Can see us conceding again soon, we’ve lost our composure

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin booked.

[SMatthews]

Missing Xhaka in this line up.

[Globalgunner]

United campaign for a yellow. Ref duly obliges

[AFC Leveller]

auba looks isolated, no one really supporting him.

[RomfordPele]

Nail on red for an arsenal player in this one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Matic booked. :lol:

[Maestro]

Can see us conceding again soon, we’ve lost our composure

we reall need to calm down and hold out till the break

unai has his work cut out tonight

[AFC Leveller]

I swear this man ure team are full of diving cheats. rolling around at every opportunity.

[AFC Leveller]

Ramsey dead. fuck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey has fucked himself.

[Gooner23]

Mcmanaman's commentary is unbearable

[Mac76]

Yeah, not looking good for Ramsey

[Maestro]

laca must come on for the second half

[SMatthews]

If Ramsey’s injured again he can go on a free at half time.

[Maestro]

and breathe

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT. We're not winning at half time again, Man Utd are fucked.

[Letters]

Second half team :bow:

[RomfordPele]

Poor half from both teams really.

[hobson's choice]

So Leno just another version of Flappy, and Almunia? He's linda crap

[Marc Overmars]

Plenty of bluster but not a great half really. 2 soft goals.

Lets hope our second half strengths come through again because this could easily go either way.

[Globalgunner]

Changes needed at HT. Emery, do your magic

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So Leno just another version of Flappy, and Almunia? He's linda crap

He did exactly what a goalkeeper is supposed to do?

[Globalgunner]

So Leno just another version of Flappy, and Almunia? He's linda crap

That was all down to the defenders

[SMatthews]

De Gea showed him what a world class keeper looked like.

[Maestro]

earn your corn emery, organise and fire up them troops

[Mac76]

Let's hope Mkhi scores against his old club, as players often do... :pray:

[Gooner23]

We look very flat tonight, not too confident if the game is tight they will just bring on Fellaini and Lukaku to pub it

[SMatthews]

Bye Ramsey

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mkhitaryan to win the Welbeck Cup? :pray:

[Maestro]

no end product from iwobi whatsoever, we're severely lacking precise final balls

[Globalgunner]

no end product from iwobi whatsoever, we're severely lacking precise final balls

Watch him carefully, whenever hes under pressure he makes mistakes. Every time

[AFC Leveller]

the longer it stays 1-1 the more I think Toilet brush will come on and score the winner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Mustafi.

[Globalgunner]

Iwobi off for Laca pls

[Maestro]

we need to step up the gears, they've got size and power on the benh to come on and bully us in toilet brush, lukaku and pogba

[Thierrymon]

Oh no, surely we are not going to lose a third player to injury.

[Marc Overmars]

Haven’t really got going yet.

[Marc Overmars]

Get Laca on to hold the ball up, it’s just coming back at us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Awful from Dalot.

[Maestro]

come on we are handing this game to these cunts aaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh

[SMatthews]

No one on the pitch to connect midfield and our front three.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Rojo's howitzer.

[Thierrymon]

We look tired.

[Mac76]

Laca coming on

[Maestro]

we have nothing in terms of creativity and final ball, nothing at all

[Thierrymon]

Kolasinac now down.

[Marc Overmars]

We look tired.

We do. Decision making has been poor.

[Marc Overmars]

Odds on Flukaku coming good against us?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McManaman is awful.

Martial off, Lukaku on.

[Globalgunner]

Useless coming off for Laca

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iwobi off, Lacazette on.

[Marc Overmars]

So many injuries. :blink:

[Maestro]

we need reinforcements in January, fatigue and injuries will set in now

[SMatthews]

OG!!!

[Marc Overmars]

1-2!!!!!!

Laca is fucked though

[AFC Leveller]

yessss

rojo u belend

[Mac76]

Yeeeeesssss

:scarf:

[Maestro]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss


please don't be injured laca

[Thierrymon]

We scored!!!! another of our players is dead.

Fucking Rojo

[SMatthews]

Or maybe Laca, who gives a fuck?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

OG!!!!!!!!

[Mac76]

Fuckfuckfuckfuck

[SMatthews]

Oh fuck me

[Marc Overmars]

2-2

Absolutely pathetic defending

Fuck off

[AFC Leveller]

2-2 fuck

[Thierrymon]

2-2........ fucks sake.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's Lacazette's goal. :bow:

[SMatthews]

Wtf are they doing back there?

[Globalgunner]

Some things never change it seems

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WTF?

[Maestro]

cunts fucking cunts

[Marc Overmars]

We’re going to lose.

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck off De Gea!

[SMatthews]

Should’ve scored! The games gone mental.

[Maestro]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

[Mac76]

Mkhi you moron :rolleyes:

[Thierrymon]

How did we not score?

[AFC Leveller]

miki how did he miss that.

[SMatthews]

Auba and Mikhi should’ve buried those.

[Marc Overmars]

Auba and Mkhi should have scored

Great chances FFS

[Mac76]

Bogbrush on, Bogba coming on

[Özim]

Great game but Mikhi is rubbish!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How has it not gone in? :(

[Maestro]

Auba and Mkhi should have scored

Great chances FFS

that was our chance right there, i think now we're fucked

[SMatthews]

I’ll be amazed if this ends 2-2.

[Mac76]

Cmon arsenal ffs

[Globalgunner]

If Ozil and Mihi were drowning and I had 1 spare lifevest. I think id keep it for someone more deserving

[SMatthews]

Shot by Auba

[Marc Overmars]

Fellaini coming on :sick:

[Thierrymon]

Good effort from Auyangabang.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Piss off De Gea.

[Maestro]

Great game but Mikhi is rubbish!

agreed on mikhi, utter crap player

[AFC Leveller]

it would be the biggest robbery in football if we don't win this. we have been all over them this second half.

[Maestro]

it would be the biggest robbery in football if we don't win this. we have been all over them this second half.

i fear we've lost our chance to win it, we're gonna get bullied now

[Globalgunner]

it would be the biggest robbery in football if we don't win this. we have been all over them this second half.

Why cant we hold on to a lead for more time than it takes to empty a bladder

[Maestro]

come on man

[Maestro]

a win here would have put us in a good league postion

[SMatthews]

it would be the biggest robbery in football if we don't win this. we have been all over them this second half.

Defending like that means we don’t deserve to win

[Maestro]

we look dead on our feet, absolutely knackered now

[SMatthews]

I love how involved Emery is :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's lump it up to Fellaini time.

[Marc Overmars]

We’ve got nothing left in the tank.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful freekick.

[Thierrymon]

Fellaini pulling Guendouzi's hair :thumbsdown:

[Mac76]

Cmon arsenal dammit

[SMatthews]

That should be a goal!

[Marc Overmars]

Lacazette heading it out of De Gea’s hand :haha:

[Maestro]

let's do the minumum, take the draw ....go home and regroup

[Mac76]

Damn

[SMatthews]

Fuck!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What was wrong with what Lacazette did? :blink:

[Marc Overmars]

What is this game :lol:

[Globalgunner]

Mikhi can do the difficult but is useless at simple things

[Mac76]

Bailley feigning injury

[Maestro]

fuck off mourinho is ringing out from fans, love it

[SMatthews]

McManacunt shockingly reveals we won’t get near the top two.

[Mac76]

Well i suppose we should be happy with a point but could have won it

A bugger about Holding and Ramsey

[SMatthews]

I’ll take that but fuck our defending at times.

[Thierrymon]

Weird game. We showed good fight but looked tired in that second half.

Hope the injuries arent too bad.

[Özim]

Guess we got to be happy with a point, but we could and maybe should have won that, defending again wasn't the best, things look positive, just need Emery to fix that awful defence.

[Özim]

Annoying that we're out of the top 4 and Spuds have jumped above us by 2 points!

[AFC Leveller]

again the team looked like they did their homework and stifled Man u while doing most of the attacking and deserved to win. Emery must have told them to target Dallot as we terrorized him all game with passes and runs in behind.

still silly mistakes costing us but all in all much better than last season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Annoying that we're out of the top 4 and Spuds have jumped above us by 2 points!

By virtue of GD and Chelsea have Citeh at home next. :popcorn:

[Gooner23]

McManacunt shockingly reveals we won’t get near the top two.

The guy is a total fuckwit, BT should be embarrassed how poor he is.