Arsenal v Spuds 01/09/2019

[Globalgunner]

Spuds are there for the taking. Emery better not fk this one up. Leave Xhaka out. Play Chambers with Torierra Laca, Auba, Pepe up front. Lets meet fire with fire. The Spuds are a brutish lot. No wimps pls.

Cant believe its a NLD weekend and no one has stated an OMT

[Marc Overmars]

Can see it being a patchy and ugly game. Think both of us haven’t started great.

Seeing as we’re at home though, I’ll go for a 2-1 win.

[SMatthews]

Draw for this one.

[dazthegooner]

Think we will win and they will score with the compulsory Kane Penalty.

[fakeyank]

If Emery does a Wenger and picks shit players, I can see us losing this one. If he picks the best team we can pick to start, then we have a chance to win.

[Marc Overmars]

I don’t even think Emery knows what his best team is tbh.

Our play is so stop start with no identity. Hard to see what he’s trying to achieve.

[Globalgunner]

Any team with Xhaka in it is a crap team. Dont know what our best combo is . Our experienced defenders are all a bit of the same loose cannon variety, Rose, Kane Alli, Son...all like a dive and wont stop all game. If AMN allows Rose to give him the slip, thats a dead cert pen. I can see steam coming out of the VAR system with all the work it will have to do. We really need to be wary of those twats

[Mac76]

Spuds will win thanks to their diving, our risky defence and VAR

Would genuinely not be surprised if they got at least two penalties

[dostoy]

I hope Arsenal win but even at this very early stage the pressure of going 5 points clear of Spuds means they will cock it up somehow.

[Letters]

Cautiously optimistic.
We are at home, Spurs aren’t all that.

[SMatthews]

They haven’t beaten us at home in the league since 2010, so we’re definitely the favourites.

[AFC Leveller]

Kane will score as he always does, probably through a dive>pel.

We started well against them last season and beat them well in the end and I remember on the day we had Bellerin and Ramsay who played superbly.

I’m going for a narrow 2-1 win for us, though with Luiz in there and Xhaka just ahead of him we will be vulnerable.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No Monreal for this game on account of being a Real Sociedad player now.

[Gooner23]

Sorry to see Nacho go, hopefully Tierney gets up to speed quickly as Kola is not convincing at all in a back 4.

With Chelsea and Utd both stuttering it would be an excellent time to beat the Spuds and take advantage. I do think 3rd place is there for the taking this season.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

As it also was last season though we didn’t know quite how poor others would be. I think anything other than a win is a poor result.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Hope we play a 433 / 4231 with PAL and Torreira, Ceballos and Big Willy in the middle.

[Gooner23]

That would be my 1st choice midfield and attack as well. Guendozi has played well but Torreira is better. Absolutely no case for Xhaka to be in the team now, really hope Emery sees that as well.

[dazthegooner]

Hope we play a 433 / 4231 with PAL and Torreira, Ceballos and Big Willy in the middle.

Yep I would go with that.

[GP]

Why is the weekend fixtures thread closed?

[Marc Overmars]

Maccy fancied a lock in.

[Mac76]

Hope we play a 433 / 4231 with PAL and Torreira, Ceballos and Big Willy in the middle.

'PAL'...?:shrug:

[mkkreuk]

Pepe Aubameyang Lacazette

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maccy fancied a lock in.

:lol:

No idea. I'd best check the admin history because I do not remember closing it.

[I am invisible]

Hope we play a 433 / 4231 with PAL and Torreira, Ceballos and Big Willy in the middle.
:good:
Pretty much most people’s first choice midfield and attack, I would imagine.

Although I’m wondering whether Emery might go with Guendouzi over Willock for this one (I can see Torreira having to spend a lot of time covering fullbacks with Kola and AMN in the side, so he might want one of the other CMs to stay camped in front of the CBs)?

Hope we finally get to see PAL, but I worry that Nketiah going out on loan might make Emery think twice about playing all 3 of our forwards in every game, with no one rested as cover? Hopefully we’ll still see it in important games like this one though...

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I think that Guendouzi has done well enough so far for me to to be too dismayed were he included.....but I'd rather not see the diamond stuff we saw at Liverpool (though I actually got what he was trying to do in that game).

It wouldn't be too popular and he absolutely won't do it, but if he played Torreira, Ceballos, Ozil I wouldn't be unhappy neither.

Your last point is one of the reasons I thought it was a shame to lose Iwobi.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

'PAL'...?:shrug:

Sorry :d

I'm sure you've worked it out now though!

[Marc Overmars]

I think that Guendouzi has done well enough so far for me to to be too dismayed were he included.....but I'd rather not see the diamond stuff we saw at Liverpool (though I actually got what he was trying to do in that game).

It wouldn't be too popular and he absolutely won't do it, but if he played Torreira, Ceballos, Ozil I wouldn't be unhappy neither.

Your last point is one of the reasons I thought it was a shame to lose Iwobi.

Don’t want Ozil anywhere near the team for these kind of games tbh.

[Mac76]

Sorry :d

I'm sure you've worked it out now though!

No probs and i now know thanks to mkkreuk - i thought you were talking about one player not three :lol:

[Mac76]

Don’t want Ozil anywhere near the team for these kind of games tbh.

Agree, we've got better and harder-working players now

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

No probs and i now know thanks to mkkreuk - i thought you were talking about one player not three :lol:

Think we better not be too cocky and field 11 players. :d

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, AMN, David Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Martinez, Chamber, Willock, Ceballos, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Nelson.

Spuds: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderwiereld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Davies, Skipp, Lo Celso, Dele Alli, Lucas Moura.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Hmmm

[Globalgunner]

Absolutely true that manager's don't see things the way fans see them. Why Xhaka. Why?

[Gooner23]

Three defensive mids, why?

[dazthegooner]

So we have a player that will gift the spuds a penalty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three defensive mids, why?

Due to the three up front I would guess. :lol:

[GP]

Three defensive mids, why?

Only Torreira is really a DM.

[Mac76]

Absolutely true that manager's don't see things the way fans see them. Why Xhaka. Why?

He's got those photos of Emery with a sheep...

[Maestro]

Arsenal: Leno, AMN, David Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Martinez, Chamber, Willock, Ceballos, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Nelson.

Spuds: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderwiereld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Davies, Skipp, Lo Celso, Dele Alli, Lucas Moura.

apart fron xhaka, that is our best available line up. would have picked willock or ceballos over him anyday. xhaka is a massive liability and shall cost emery his job.

nonetheless that team should roast spurs at home. harry kane dive incoming

[Marc Overmars]

Feel like the season hasn't quite started yet, been rather drab so far. Hopefully this is the game that fires us all up.

Come on you Gunners!

[Maestro]

Feel like the season hasn't quite started yet, been rather drab so far. Hopefully this is the game that fires us all up.

Come on you Gunners!

true and i'm hoping pepe gets off the mark in this one as well

[Letters]

Anyone got a stream.
I was using ripple.is fairly successfully last year but doesn’t seem to be working

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eurgh having to endure Gary Neville again. :sick:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Anyone got a stream.
I was using ripple.is fairly successfully last year but doesn’t seem to be working

https://www.totalsportek.com/arsenal-streams/

Seems to be a good aggregator right now.

I say 3-1 to you. They're just not that good atm.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanchez boots it out of play early on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shoots wide.

Auba backheel. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN hammers it but blocked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane diving.

[LDG]

Kane diving.

Tripping over his bottom lip

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno gifts it to Eriksen.

[Marc Overmars]

Eriksen scores

Piss weak

[AFC Leveller]

David Luiz with some terrible defending again. Got done by Salah last week and today again.

[SMatthews]

Leno remains my biggest concern in this team.

[Marc Overmars]

Kolasinac :doh:

Pathetic

[Letters]

Our defence :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

We just can’t defend. One ball from the GK and they were through in goal.

Just shit.

[AFC Leveller]

Leno keeps us in it with a world class save

[Maestro]

Holding walks straight back into this team when he's fit. some atrocious defending going on

[Marc Overmars]

Spuds causing problems with every counter.

Good save Leno.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Will we ever have a good defence again?

[A Gunner]

That was a great save.

[A Gunner]

Will we ever have a good defence again?

I'm sure will we, just don't know when...

[Marc Overmars]

Will we ever have a good defence again?

With the right coach we will.

Emery is definitely not that guy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well worked set-piece guys. :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'm sure will we, just don't know when...

I’d even settle for mediocre right now.

Every attack against us looks dangerous

[Maestro]

With the right coach we will.

Emery is definitely not that guy.

and for that reason i cannot see him lasting beyond this season

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rose defends well from Pepe.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I think if the right person becomes available, we should strike immediately.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira stabs it but well wide.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Torreira stabs it but well wide.

Sky Go is miles behind

[AFC Leveller]

I don’t see what our game plan is tbh. There is no rythme or purpose to our play.

Emery what are you doing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, dangerous area.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe puts it wide. He has the Zaza trot. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thugspurs are at it.

Rose booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Third corner in a row.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lloris whacks it out of play. :lol:

Downturn in quality a bit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

This game is very stop stop stop start stop stop stop.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lamela booked. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka somehow avoids his customary booking.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette did it all the right things and then whacks it out of play.

[Marc Overmars]

Leno :sick:

[Gooner23]

We don't have anyone to link the midfield with the forwards, Laca trying but not very successfully. Need Ceballos on at HT.

[Maestro]

with our forward line, i have no idea why we're not dangerous at all on the counter

and what exactly does xhaka bring to this team??

[Xhaka Can’t]

Leno is terribad!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno has gone full Joe Hart.

[Marc Overmars]

Clumsy form Laca giving a free kick away there

[Marc Overmars]

with our forward line, i have no idea why we're not dangerous at all on the counter

and what exactly does xhaka bring to this team??

We’re not dangerous on the counter because there aren’t any ball carriers in midfield

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno with a much better save on Eriksen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka, what a fucking idiot.

Pelanty to Spuds.

[Marc Overmars]

Penalty to Spurs

Xhaka :haha:

[LDG]

For fuck sake

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Kane.

Grim.

[Marc Overmars]

0-2

Same shit, different toilet

[A Gunner]

What the fuck is this shit!

[Maestro]

We’re not dangerous on the counter because there aren’t any ball carriers in midfield

whilst ceballos and willock sit on the bench. i swear to god emery is on his way out

[AFC Leveller]

Xhaka you cunt.

I give up. Switched the fucking thing off.

[dazthegooner]

whilst ceballos and willock sit on the bench. i swear to god emery is on his way out

Hopefully I was all for giving Emery more of a chance but no more we should gt rid ASAP he hasn't a clue.

[Gooner23]

Due to the three up front I would guess. :lol:

It's not balanced though.

[AFC Leveller]

Slide tackle in the penalty box right in front of the ref when you can’t tackle to save your life? Yep that’s what This count does.

[Marc Overmars]

Good effort Pepe

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shot, Lloris saves it. Ish.

[Letters]

Luckily I couldn’t find a good stream so I’m being spared this

[Maestro]

let me hear one more wanker defending the cunt xhaka

time to boo his selection, only way to get him out of the team. he is costing us season after season just like ustafi was doing

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sissoko. :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Ref has done Tottenham a favour by not sending Xhaka off.

[A Gunner]

Haven't been able to watch much since Emery took over. But has our defence actually become worse?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two added minutes.

[Maestro]

Luckily I couldn’t find a good stream so I’m being spared this

you're the lucky one. i found a good link straight after you asked on here, but i'm turning it off and going back to watch archer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

LACAZETTE!!!! COME ON!!!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Lacazette!!!

COME ON

[A Gunner]

1 - 2 Lacazette

[Letters]

:popcorn:

Spurs do have previous with fucking up in this situation

[Marc Overmars]

Laca is so good in those tight situations.

[dazthegooner]

Any chance we can get a new Head coach in in time for the 2nd half?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 HT.

This fixture is daft. :lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Laca with an absolute beauty!

[Marc Overmars]

Only have the individual brilliance of our strikers to rely on as the rest of the team is garbage.

We can win this with a bit of composure.

COME ON ARSENAL

[Gooner23]

Laca and Auba must be so tired of bailing out those muppets at the back.

Xhaka speaks for itself, but Sokratis was dreadful in the build up for the 1st goal, happens too often.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is Mourinho pissed?

[Master Splinter]

It was so sloppy all over the pitch. It looks like they were amped up but there was no composure. All bluster.

I think the midfield selection was wrong but both goals came from a dreadful succession of errors again.

Spurs have just countered and capitalised on every mistake. And it's worked because both the manager and the players have played it so dumb so far.

Leno has been one of our few consistent players so I think he can be forgiven for one bad half.

[LDG]

Cabellos seems to have enough about him to be someone who would thrive in a derby environment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal you useless fucks. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette header, Lloris able to get to it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lloris nearly gifts it to Auba.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Posted at 17:2917:29
Post update
Arsenal 1-2 Spurs

Since his Premier League debut in August 2016, no player has conceded more penalties than Granit Xhaka (five).

That's our boy. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane you scrote.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Son shot deflected, Leno puts it behind.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Lloris to deny Guendouzi.

[Marc Overmars]

Piss off Lloris

Good save from dozy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How has Kolasinac failed to connect?

[Marc Overmars]

How has Kolasinac failed to connect?

It’s Kolasinac

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not a bad effort from Lacazette.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eriksen booked. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Definitely a second goal in this for us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane whacks the post!

Offside though I thought.

[Marc Overmars]

Kane smashes the post :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lamela off, Dele Alli on to calm it down a bit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sokratis becomes our auxillary right winger for some reason. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira off, Ceballos on.

Xhaka staying on. :lol:

[LDG]

Xhaka better spank one in

[Marc Overmars]

Spurs pretty much bypassing our non existent midfield now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos hammers it, Lloris tips it over.

[Marc Overmars]

Great effort Ceballos!

[Maestro]

how does taking off torreira and leaving on xhaka make any sense whatsoever?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette off, Mkhitaryan on.

[Marc Overmars]

Laca going off means our chances of scoring let alone winning have drastically been reduced.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!! WHAT A MAN!!!! :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

AUBA!!!!!!

COME ON!!!!

[LDG]

Yereeeed dndndncxx

[Marc Overmars]

Hold my hands up on Dozy

That was a great ball

[A Gunner]

2 - 2 Auba

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lloris saves from Xhaka letting one fly.

[Marc Overmars]

Xhaka tried the outrageous

Forced a save tbf

[Marc Overmars]

All over them.

Let’s fucking do this lads

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe knocks it out of the country. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Pepe :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos goes down holding his face. :lol:

What a scrote.

Sanchez booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Son off, Lo Celso on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Sokratis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac. :doh:

Just hold your run mate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka. :doh:

Still doing the same.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka does it again.

Idiot.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Some betting syndicate must have a wad of money on no booking for Xhaka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe skews it wide.

Agh.

[Marc Overmars]

Mkhi is shite

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fight fight fight!

[LDG]

Is Pepe Mitchell Johnson?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sokratis booked.

[Gooner23]

And killed momentum, wasted our own time. What a moron.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Five added minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka finally gets a yellow. :haha:

Terrible performance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kane you diving cunt.

[Marc Overmars]

Piss off Kane

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sissoko hammers it in to the stands. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

We’ve been awful in stoppage time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac would rather not take the throw-in. Bellend.

2-2 FT.

Left ourselves too much to do ultimately.

[Marc Overmars]

Should have won that.

[Gooner23]

No composure with Mhiki and Pepe

[Xhaka Can’t]

Two points dropped from stupid mistakes.

Two fantastic goals that should’ve won it for us.

[Maestro]

I would be very happy to let xhaka, mustafi and mhiki leave the club for free today

[Globalgunner]

We do have some really useless players

[Globalgunner]

I would be very happy to let xhaka, mustafi and mhiki leave the club for free today

Kolasinac is quite dreadful too

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Holding has played 2/3 reserve games. Absolutely no reason he shouldn't be on the bench for the next game.

Sokratis has looked shaky at times this season.