Watford V Arsenal, Sunday 1630 KO

[fakeyank]

Watford are last in the table.. we should win this on paper, so a draw.

1-1

My team for the weekend:

Leno

AMN Sokratis Luiz Kola

Guendozi Ceballos Willock

Pepe Laca Auba

Subs: Saka, Martinez, Holding, Ozil, Nelson, Torreira

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Think you've forgotten Xhaka mate.

[SMatthews]

New manager bounce could be on the way.

Laca hopefully over his injury issue.

[I am invisible]

What’s going on with Xhaka? Is he actually carrying and injury, or is he just laying the groundwork for when he does something brainless?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

He'll probably play mate.

[Marc Overmars]

I'm sure it will be excruciatingly hard work but I think we'll get the win.

1-2.

[fakeyank]

Think you've forgotten Xhaka mate.

Deliberately. Dont want that POS in the squad.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

:lol: Well of course it was!

[Marc Overmars]

Laca is out for a few weeks. Expected back early October.

FFS.

[fakeyank]

Laca is out for a few weeks. Expected back early October.

FFS.

Big miss, but a good opportunity for the likes of Nelson and Saka to step up and make a claim for the starting XI.

EDIT: Actually wouldnt mind Martinelli getting some minutes too.

[Mac76]

Big miss, but a good opportunity for the likes of Nelson and Saka to step up and make a claim for the starting XI.

EDIT: Actually wouldnt mind Martinelli getting some minutes too.

yes, and other than Moan U away (in which Laca almost certainly wouldn't start anyway) we're not playing the really big teams so it is a chance for others to get playing time

If Emery can just realise we're better without Xhaka and stop being overly defensive we could really get some points on the board over the next few weeks - a big 'if' though

Watford's a big one for Emery IMO - he needs to get us winning games like that much more easily than we have been

[Munchies]

Not confident at all for this game

We got dominated last season with a man advantage

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-10 on its way.

[Özim]

I think it's hard to feel confident about a game like this, when our form hasn't been very good and the manager has been making some very poor basic errors.

We should be winning this easily, but you can't feel too optimistic about that right now when we've not been playing very well and our defence is as leaky as ever.

Just hope Xhaka doesn't play, or it'll effectively be like playing with 10 men, even with 11 last year playing their 10 men we were lucky to win in the end and they dominated.

Laczette is a big miss, he's been great this season and is one of those players who can win you a match.

I expect a win but wouldn't be surprised if we don't win this given Emerys' poor starting lineups and sluggishness at responding to on field events.

[AFC Leveller]

We are known for giving struggling teams a helping hand and Watford away is a tough place for us as well.

I think it will be 2-1 or 1-0 to them, can’t see us keeping a clean sheet anyway.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford: Foster, Femenia, Dawson, Kabasele, Holebas, Doucoure, Capoue, Hughes, Cleverley, Deulofeu, Gray.
Subs: Gomes, Janmaat, Mariappa, Chalobah, Sarr, Foulquier, Pereyra.

The Arsenal: Leno, AMN, Sokratis, David Luiz, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ceballos, Ozil, Pepe, Aubameyang.
Subs: Martinez, Chambers, Torreira, Willock, Nelson, Saka, Martinelli.

[I am invisible]

Awesome - so we’ve basically got no left side of the team then?

[Mac76]

isn't away at Watford a bit of a 'physical' game for our Mesut...?

or is Emery just trying to piss him off so much, by leaving him out of the derby and then fielding him in shitty fixtures like this, that he finally ships out?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Negan in the dugout for Watford.

[Master Splinter]

Willock was our best player in the first three games along with Gwen Doozy.

Now he gets overlooked while irredeemable failures like Ozil and Xhaka are preferred.

Apart from Xhaka being a cert, Emery still appears to have no idea what the most cohesive team or shape is.

Kolasinac and Luiz/Sokratis will probably continue to be first choice ahead of Tierney and Holding as well.

Relying on Auba having a clinical day is seemingly the only game plan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor from Guendouzi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good interception from Kolasinac but then same is true from Capoue.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe scuffs it out of play for some reason.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno juggles it but saves it in the end.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holebas wipes AMN out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno with a comfortable save from Cleverley.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN did well, though he nearly went full Xhaka. :lol:

[Penguin]

We're getting ripped apart whenever we lose the ball.

[fakeyank]

Our football is so shit to watch. Dire sideways passing of the Wenger era still persists.

Bad team selection, formation.. unacceptable shit.

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[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shot, wide. Getting closer, I think.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!!!

Fucking lethal.

[GP]

He is great.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut nearly fluked it in to Auba but somehow drifts wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Oezil just died.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!!!

What a pass from Mesut!

[LDG]

Lovely goal

[Marc Overmars]

Ozil. :bow:

See you again in 3-4 months.

[LDG]

Watford manager needs some anti-perspirant

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi looking to give it away.

[LDG]

Dozi you berk

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done David Luiz.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yellow for Kolasinac, daft tackle.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Awful control from Xhaka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just let Deulofeu run himself out of options. And they did.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fight fight fight!

[Mac76]

Flores BO :sick: :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi and Holebas booked.

Pepe started it and got away with it all. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford 0-2 Aubenal, HT.

[Globalgunner]

Cholebas inisting there was a phantom elbow thrown. Twat!

[GP]

Noice

[Xhaka Can’t]

Relying on Auba having a clinical day is seemingly the only game plan.

Good plan.

[Master Splinter]

Good plan.

Emery :bow:.

[Penguin]

Emery has mastered Wenger's tactic of sending everyone to sleep.

[Letters]

Emery :bow:.

Wenger signings :bow:

:ninja:

[Mac76]

Wenger signings :bow:

:ninja:

wasn't it one of those "Arsene, we're going to sign this player whether you like it not" ones...?

:ninja: :ninja:

[Letters]

wasn't it one of those "Arsene, we're going to sign this player whether you like it not" ones...?

:ninja: :ninja:

Maybe. Anyway...
Nice we’ve finally got some quality strikers.
Now, about that defence...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi is determined to set someone up today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good Mesut let down by Xhaka going for goal from miles out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Doucoure. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford 1-2 Arsenal, Cleverley.

Finally we give it away.

[LDG]

Twats

[Marc Overmars]

Absolutely pathetic.

Sick of this insistence of playing it out from the back ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

[Master Splinter]

It's beyond stupid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Femenia booked.

[AFC Leveller]

Emery seems hellbent on forcing this fucking useless passing from the back when we don’t have the players. Watford have sussed it since the first minute and this goal was coming.

[Mac76]

Absolutely pathetic.

Sick of this insistence of playing it out from the back ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

if we don't win this game because of that Emery should get sacked on the spot - these are his dickhead intructions causing this

[AFC Leveller]

AMN has been dire in defense, one of the worst performances from him. Just shocking.

[Mac76]

and remind me why we paid all that money for Pepe again...?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos off, Willock on.

[Mac76]

ceballos not looking too thrilled about it...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hughes off, Pereyra on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi off, Torreira on. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deulofeu shot, just goes across goal.

[Mac76]

watford should have scored about 4 by now ... :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno belts it up field but we lose the aerial.

[fakeyank]

Our defense has gone from dog shit bad to elephant shit bad. There has been 0 improvements at the back since Emery has been here. I thought we would have had some marked improvements but we have been horrible.

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[Xhaka Can’t]

Two moments of class amongst a very poor performance.

I think we need another badly if we are to leave with 3 points.

[Marc Overmars]

and remind me why we paid all that money for Pepe again...?

Gervinho MKII. :ninja:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut off, Nelson on.

[Mac76]

any chance we can quickly sell the club to Watford's owners?

they'd have Emery out before you could say 'shit tactics'

[Xhaka Can’t]

Our defense has gone from dog shit bad to elephant shit bad. There has been 0 improvements at the back since Emery has been here. I thought we would have had some marked improvements but we have been horrible.

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Wenger looks like George Graham compared to Emery.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson shot, straight at Foster.

Pepe showing his worth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Do something with it Willock!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz viciously taken out by Cleverley.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno booked for timewasting.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holebas off, Janmaat on.

[Mac76]

we're playing with a back 7 at the moment...

[Marc Overmars]

2-2

David Luiz :haha:

Emery :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Pereyra.

Fuck you Taylor.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Luiz has been quite a bargain so far

[LDG]

Given away two fucking goals again. So pathetic.

[Mac76]

total fucking embarrassment

[RomfordPele]

This is peak Arsenal. Fucking losers to a man.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Given away two fucking goals again. So pathetic.

No lead against any opposition is safe.

We may even lose.

[Maestro]

Win or lose, Emery out.

He still does'nt know his best team, best tactics, defensive organisation or the challenges of this league.

I have no attachment to him, so the sooner he's gone the better.

[LDG]

We’re gonna fucking lose this

[Master Splinter]

Nearly every goal we concede is a horrendously stupid mistake.

It's almost impressive.

And for once, Xhaka isn't the culprit.

[Mac76]

No lead against any opposition is safe.

We may even lose.

Watford deserve to win tbh based on chances

though if they don't they're a little bit shit

[RomfordPele]

Win or lose, Emery out.

He still does'nt know his best team, best tactics, defensive organisation or the challenges of this league.

I have no attachment to him, so the sooner he's gone the better.

Last five games of the season would have ended him at any club with ambition.

The fact he is still here speaks volumes.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Watford deserve this and equally, we deserve nothing. Other than Auba there is nothing positive about our performance today.

[Marc Overmars]

Emery is a nice guy but it’s quite clear he is not the man to solve anything for us on the pitch.

[AFC Leveller]

Emery has got to go.

This is shockingly bad defending. We have been terrible at the back.

[Globalgunner]

Without our 2 goalscorers we`d be easily bottom of the league. Our defending id diabolical

[Mac76]

we're being pushed off the ball like a bunch of kids playing against adults

[LDG]

The amount of space we’ve afforded Watford is disgraceful.

[AFC Leveller]

AMN shocking.

[Xhaka Can’t]

When you look at this shambles, this capitulation and are not surprised because you’ve seen it so often before, you know you need a new manager.

[AFC Leveller]

Watford 29 efforts today. By far the better team.

[RomfordPele]

Xhaka you absolute berk.

[Maestro]

Last five games of the season would have ended him at any club with ambition.

The fact he is still here speaks volumes.

Agreed, we got damaged by that Wenger reign but no more mercy now. There is absolutely nothing to lose and I for one hope the fans start to let him know the score. I want him out, would sooner rather a merry go round of managers until we get a decent one, starting with Freddie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with a woeful pass to completely ruin the attack.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Doucoure just dropped the Ashes.

[Mac76]

Xhaka sets up another Watford attack...

[Xhaka Can’t]

There is no beginning to Xhaka’s talents.

[Marc Overmars]

How haven’t they buried us :haha:

[RomfordPele]

Is Tyler ok?

Someone check his pulse.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 FT. Can't defend that.

[LDG]

Load of crap

[Xhaka Can’t]

2-2 FT. Can't defend that.

That was a better defence than anything our team did.

[Maestro]

2-2 FT. Can't defend that.

That was atrocious, totally dire.

[AFC Leveller]

Both CBs committing errors leading to goals, just shocking. Luiz is atrocious as a CB and yet again cost us vital points. He is so bad I’m tempted to bring back Mustafi.

[RomfordPele]

Horribly bad. Tempting to write off this season already.

Let’s hope Bellerin, Holding and Tierney make a difference.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Everything good being completely undone by individual errors this season. Doesn't look good that Luis is Emery's man too.

Far as I'm concerned, Holding has played 3 reserve games now and should be named at least on the bench from now on. If he dropped the pair of Luiz and Sokratis I'd have no complaints though I actually though Luiz was having a good game before the Rank amaetuer brain fart.