Manchester Utd V Arsenal, Sep 30 KO 2000

[fakeyank]

If Xhaka starts, this is a certain loss.

If Emery puts out our strongest team, we have a chance to win.

Looks like a 1-1.

[dazthegooner]

If fit Xhaka will play which is like giving Manure a goal start��

[Marc Overmars]

Hate this fixtures.

Over the years whatever state both sides have been in you can bet we'll stink the place out regardless.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

Oh this fixture.

:rose:

[Mac76]

Under Emery, we've no chance, it's fixtures like this that truly show up his weaknesses

Under a better coach, we'd be favourites

[AFC Leveller]

Under Emery, we've no chance, it's fixtures like this that truly show up his weaknesses

Under a better coach, we'd be favourites

Agreed.

Not only will Xhaka start but he will also captain the side! We have much better players than him and he is a massive liability. Gets caught on the ball every game, gives away dangerous free kicks and pels, abandons his position and still the manager picks him every time.

If we played our best 11 with the likes of Bellerin, Tierney, Holding, guendouzi, Toreira etc I can see us winning this.

[GP]

I really want to win this.

[Letters]

I really want to win this.

I would also be pleased if we win this game.

[LDG]

If we won this, I would be really happy

[Bumble]

yeah a win would be a good result. united are more of a shambles than we are. they have lost at home to palace, away at west ham and drew with Rochdale. 3-1 to us.

[Letters]

They are more of a shambles than us but...Old Trafford...and our away record.
I'd be OK with a point.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

This is actually the game I'd most like to win in the entire league season. Can't stand the tossers.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Xhaka will start and as the captain as already mentioned so I'm just making my peace with it now and hoping for a miracle. To be fair he was decent in the home game against them last season. Don't really recall how he got on at old Traff.

[Mac76]

Xhaka will start and as the captain as already mentioned so I'm just making my peace with it now and hoping for a miracle. To be fair he was decent in the home game against them last season. Don't really recall how he got on at old Traff.

he didn't play - must have literally been at death's door for Emery not to pick him

we drew 2-2: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/05/manchester-united-arsenal-premier-league-match-report

they struck back straight away both times after we scored - sounds familiar...

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

he didn't play - must have literally been at death's door for Emery not to pick him

we drew 2-2: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/05/manchester-united-arsenal-premier-league-match-report

they struck back straight away both times after we scored - sounds familiar...
That's the part of the game I did remember! :d

I thought we should have won then and really hope we fuhking win now! I actually think, how Emery sets up and instructs the midfield will be key rather than who actually plays at right back.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Also apparently, Emery has said that Chambers disobeyed his direct instructions in the game against Forest in supporting attacks as freely as he did so you can all forget about him starting Monday!

[dazthegooner]

Maybe the players are thinking that Emery’s methods are shit and will just nod politely and play the right way .

[AFC Leveller]

Man ure are shit, they have no fit strikers and aren’t scoring goals. In theory we should be able to get at least a point. However, we have Emery, who will find a way to handicap us, we also have Xhaka, Luiz and AMN who can be relied on to gift chances to the opposition.

Heart says 1-3, head says 2-1.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I think it will be a draw which I will be suitably annoyed at considering our record of not beating them carrying on and how bad they are.

I think it's Sokratis' turn to give a pen away, so I can see James or Greenwood profiting from that.

[Marc Overmars]

Something in our brains turns to mush at Old Trafford. I think we’ve only won there 3 times in PL history.

Draw at best I think. 1-1

[Letters]

Man ure are shit, they have no fit strikers and aren’t scoring goals. In theory we should be able to get at least a point.

So many games where we could have said this sort of thing over the last decade.
Playing a team in disarray who have key injuries which should make us favourites.
We always, Always, ALWAYS cock it up.
I’d take a draw right now although really we should win.

[GP]

0-3

[Mac76]

3-0

Corrected (you're forgetting the home side's score always comes first)

[dazthegooner]

Well for once I wish Emery would play to our strengths rather than trying to stop other teams playing theirs.

[I am invisible]

Ugh... this game is going to annoy the s***s out of me, I can tell. Man u are a shambles right now, and our best available XI could (and should) beat them without too many problems. But, I expect that we’ll voluntarily start with with 8 or 9 men and a couple of training ground cones to even things up, as usual. Maybe even hand them the advantage as the home side?

Hopefully we’ll have enough on the bench to save Emery from himself in the last 20...

[I am invisible]

How many shots on goal will we concede this week?

A) < 10
B) < 20
C) < 30
D) < 70

[Letters]

By shots do you mean penalties? :unsure:

[selassie]

They are more of a shambles than us but...Old Trafford...and our away record.
I'd be OK with a point.

Yup me too.

They will raise their game tonight and you just know our defence will collapse.

I dunno...we should be winning tonight but I think the best we can hope for is a draw, we will find a way to screw up tonight.

[I am invisible]

By shots do you mean penalties? :unsure:
Pot-ay-to, pot-ah-to...

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Yup me too.

They will raise their game tonight and you just know our defence will collapse.

I dunno...we should be winning tonight but I think the best we can hope for is a draw, we will find a way to screw up tonight.

I wouldn't go that far... but if we can make a meal of Villa and Watford then we can make a meal of anything.

[dostoy]

Its bound to be dumb and dumber in central defence so it does not inspire confidence at all.

A draw at best for Arsenal tonight as you know Man Utd will play much better than they have recently.

[selassie]

I wouldn't go that far... but if we can make a meal of Villa and Watford then we can make a meal of anything.

Well given that we got absolutely battered by Watford I am not holding much hope. We are not strong enough away from home to pick up maximum points at places like Old Trafford. We do not control games at all and our defence cracks under minimal pressure, in fact we create our own problems more often than not.

To a certain degree we are handicapped by Emery's ultra cautious and sometimes mind boggling team selections and tactics. He still hasn't given this team an identity.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I think we will draw too as our record is nothing short of grotesque there, but If I thought there was no hope whatsoever I'd just get an early night!

Sounds like Dostoy might as well... :d

I know he will pick Eurotrash' answer to of the chuckle brothers and Xhaka though.

[Marc Overmars]

I'm not going to believe we won't make a show of ourselves at Old Trafford until, well, we don't.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Roy Keane is on Monday Night Football. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chucking it down in Lancs so it will be even more chaotic than first thought.

[Globalgunner]

Chucking it down in Lancs so it will be even more chaotic than first thought.

A night for Ozil to step up?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky's programme starts now.

[Gooner23]

No Tierney or Holding :sulk:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Chambers, Sokratis, David Luiz, Kolasinac, Guendouxi, Xhaka, Torreira, Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.
Subs: Martinez, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Ceballos, Willock, Nelson, Martinelli.

[Gooner23]

Emery going for the midfield trio of Xhaka, Guendouzi and Torreira again, didn't work last time at all.

[Mac76]

Kola, luiz, sokratis and xhaka

Emery really is having a fuhking laugh...

... at our expense

What's the bet he's put a wad of cash on moan u giving us a kicking?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd : De Gea, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Maguire, Young, McTominay, Pogba, Pereira, Lingard, James, Rashford.
Subs: Romero, Mata, Rojo, Fred, Greenwood, Matic, Williams.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A night for Ozil to step up?

:lol:

No.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Jesus christ.

Tierney and Holding are both ready and should be starting.

Xhaka named captain midweek and now starting with Torriera and Guendouzi (which doesnt work cause Xhaka is playing) :sulk:


Emery is literally digging his own grave, I think I've got little to no sympathy for him anymore.

[Mac76]

To play Kola ahead of Tierney is crazy

To play Sok or Luiz ahead of Holding is crazy

To play Xhaka ahead of anyone is crazy

I really worry aboit the effect it has on our talented young players to see shit like that picked ahead of them

[Master Splinter]

So two pelanties each given away by Luiz and Sokratis?

Lingard hat-trick?

:sick:

Emery's loyalty to fuck-ups is somehow even stronger than WUMger's.

[KSE Comedy Club]

He isn't gonna last till the end of the season if this keeps happening.

We've been through this for years before, we don't want the same again with a different guy in charge!

[KSE Comedy Club]

I really can't be bothered to hear 'it's not the result we wanted' another time

[Globalgunner]

Emery says he wants to help Xhaka by playing him. Stats say no away wins against the top six since 2015.
No bottle

[KSE Comedy Club]

Emery can help by taking Xhaka with him to his next club tbh.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I'm starting to dislike our manager....

[AFC Leveller]

Mistakes are inevitable, i can see us handing them a goal or two.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carragher thinks we believed Torreira would come in and sit in front of the defence. :lol:

No we didn't, he's a harrier you bellend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two teams, who you really do doubt when they go down in games.

Come back to avoid defeat in both the games we've gone down recently.

Neville at his best.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Heavy touch from Auba.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nasty one from Guendouzi.

:bow:

What a man.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac charging down the wing to pass backwards?!

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Chambers ignoring Emery's instructions again. Good one lad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe cross, easy for De Gea.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford boots it out of play for us.

Absolutely hosing it down. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers booked.

[AFC Leveller]

Chambers with the brainless yellow. Wtf was that??

[fakeyank]

Tf was Chambers doing!?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Youngy. :haha:

I wish we could sort out shit together and hammer them.

Hearing Neville bleating on and on and on.

[Gooner23]

Dumb from Chambers, but that was shit from Pepe beforehand.. just jogging back after getting turned with ease

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac with a useless pass.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why no yellow for Lingard?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers and David Luiz passing it side to side. :lol:

[Globalgunner]

Why no yellow for Lingard?

English refs. Blatantly biased

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe's delivery from the freekick.

Abysmal.

[AFC Leveller]

Pepe needs to do something, he’s been useless.

[LDG]

Pepe is absolute toss

[AFC Leveller]

Kevin Friend is corrupt.

[Gooner23]

Saka outperforming him with ease

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford booked.

:faint:

[AFC Leveller]

Rashford with studs showing, yellow only. Yep, he’s definitely corrupt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Pereira.

[AFC Leveller]

Luiz almost gives away a pel, Watford deja vu.

[fakeyank]

We look clueless in attack. What is our game plan?!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :haha:

Get over the ball FFS!

[AFC Leveller]

Pepe boots it out of play, shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka is brilliant.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Book them both!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pereira booked. Scrote.

[AFC Leveller]

Wtf surly that’s a yellow for Perreira??

[Xhaka Can’t]

Pepe is genuinely looking like a bust.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka. :haha:

Somehow constructed a worse freekick than Pepe's.

[AFC Leveller]

Wasted freekick, poor.

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka. God above!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba belts it out of play.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Somehow, they have become millionaires

[Gooner23]

Pepe is genuinely looking like a bust.

He's been atrocious this half

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe with a shot on target at least.

[Globalgunner]

Pepe boots it out of play, shit.

Completely kept that twat Young caged in his own half.

[Globalgunner]

We should be hiring refs from the Afghan league for some fixtures. They aren't particularly busy these days.

[AFC Leveller]

Completely kept that twat Young caged in his own half.

He’s up against Tuanzebe, Young is up agains Saka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kevin Friend having a go at Saka for having his shirt pulled by Youngy.

[Globalgunner]

He’s up against Tuanzebe, Young is up agains Saka.

I was talking about Saka
Replied to the wrong post

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Youngy blocks off Guendouzi and is booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fuck off De Gea. Saves from Saka and Guendouzi.

[hobson's choice]

We look clueless in attack. What is our game plan?!

Under Emery there is none. It's mainly just hope laca and Auba can create something outta nothing

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 McTominay hammers it in. Fuck off.

[AFC Leveller]

1-0.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another shit cross from Pepe.

[LDG]

Shit shit shit shit shit :angry:

[fakeyank]

Did you guys see Xhaka loose his man and pull him down?! He is so off pace for the game, its not even funny.

[AFC Leveller]

Pepe is shit. A dud. For now.

[RomfordPele]

Cut wide open. Hard work now against 12 men.

[LDG]

Getting so fucked off with this fixture

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT. Utter shit aside from Saka.

[Mac76]

Good work from Xhaka, lowering his head to let the goal go in...

C***

[Marc Overmars]

I am very surprised to hear we are losing.

[AFC Leveller]

Good work from Xhaka, lowering his head to let the goal go in...

C***

Proper captain.

Typical us. Giving shit teams lifelines (Watford, Man ure), letting scrotes score their first ever home goal against us, playing like we are up against Barcelona.

[Globalgunner]

Did you guys see Xhaka loose his man and pull him down?! He is so off pace for the game, its not even funny.

Xhaka's stock in trade. He does it at least 3 times each game. Deserving of a red card every match.

[hobson's choice]

Wow counter attacking football against a team that's been shredded by everyone.

Emery is one hell of a genius

[Globalgunner]

For a moment we were safe. Danger passed. Then it was 1-0

[Master Splinter]

Guendouzi should have scored then they took their chance.

Dreadful game otherwise.

Guendouzi and Saka showing up all the senior players again.

This match is a pub affair now so no-one will care, but Kevin Friend has been cheating all match. He's not even being subtle.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Pepe has been absolute hot garbage.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Friend giving Saka a talking to after having his shirt pulled was really straight outta Mike Dean's book.

Fuhking dipshi*

[Letters]

Two poor sides.
For the millionth time in games like this we're probably the better side but end up 1-0 down.
Draw at best.
You can put your house on us failing to take advantage in an away game like this when the opposition are in disarray.

[Mac76]

Pepe's an odd one, he just seems to kind of be out there on his own, not really linking up with the team and often letting himself down when he does get the ball

if Auba gave him that penalty kick against Villa to raise his confidence, it's not worked so far...

[Letters]

Good work from Xhaka, lowering his head to let the goal go in...

C***

Tbh, I thought you were being harsh there. The way some talk on here Xhaka was on the grassy knoll.
But saw a still of it and doesn't look good. He did duck under it.
Ladies and gentlemen: The Arsenal Captain.

[LDG]

What’s Maccy doing with a Neville scarf?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Ars...ah what's the point in this one.

[Xhaka Can’t]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190930/bc918bac5c6826e50dc0a1585c26786e.jpg
This, ladies and gentlemen is the guy Emery thought worthy of being the Arsenal captain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira scuffer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka's arm behind the back thing annoys me more than when Senderos did it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka. :cloud9:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira hauled off, Ceballos on.

[fakeyank]

And Emery takes off Torreira instead of fuck face Xhaka

[Letters]

Xhaka's arm behind the back thing annoys me more than when Senderos did it.

I have no problem with that - with the handball rule now you pretty much have to chop your arms off to avoid conceding a penalty in the box.
But ducking his head like that. I mean, it's instinctive I guess but at the same time...fuck off, you're paid £100k a week, or whatever. And you're our captain. Stand up and block it, you twat.

[Mac76]

Neville's so biased, kola was moving his arm away from the ball ffs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pereira. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I have no problem with that - with the handball rule now you pretty much have to chop your arms off to avoid conceding a penalty in the box.
But ducking his head like that. I mean, it's instinctive I guess but at the same time...fuck off, you're paid £100k a week, or whatever. And you're our captain. Stand up and block it, you twat.

Arms behind your back is supposed to be a pose in refined company, not when you need to move about on a football pitch.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Auba.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!!

He's MILES onside!!!!

[LDG]

Is there any chance of anything going our way tonight? Every fucking...

[AFC Leveller]

Wtf that’s a goal!!!!!

[Letters]

Andreas hits the moon with his shot.

[LDG]

Get in

[AFC Leveller]

Yesss goal

[AFC Leveller]

What a class striker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka just dropped the Ashes.

[Thierrymon]

Yay, I fucking love that VAR thing :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

AUBA!!!!

[AFC Leveller]

Fuck SAka over from 5 yards

[Letters]

VAR :bow:

It was 2 sodding yards onside :lol:

[Letters]

Fuck SAka over from 5 yards

Hit someone on the way through tbf

[Globalgunner]

Fuck SAka over from 5 yards

It took a deflection

[Master Splinter]

Saka dropped for being too positive next week?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pogba combs it, wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neville getting confused with Guendouzi and David Luiz. :lol:

[Letters]

What's going on with Pogba's hair? :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lingard booked. :lol:

[LDG]

Douzi :bow:

[Thierrymon]

Yellow for Lingard. SHould have had a yellow in the first half and be off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

James kicked off his own leg!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Clearance from McTominay.

[Globalgunner]

Solskjaer looks like he's found SAFs whiskey stash. Looks like he's aged 30 years in 10

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rashford. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz boots one out and the ref misses it.

Officials. :lol:

Absymal in this game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with another ridiculous foul to give away.

[Letters]

Shit! Got away with that one.

[Master Splinter]

Officials determined to give United everything.

VAR has ruined their night.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shocking pass from Pepe again.

Maguire hammers it, Leno saves.

[LDG]

Fuck off pepe

[Thierrymon]

All united at the moment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lingard off, Fred on.

Pereira off, Greenwood on.

Pepe hauled off, Nelson on. :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Fuck off pepe

Pepeless

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with his customary booking. :rolleyes:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Xhaka with his booking a bit later in the game than usual.

[fakeyank]

Seriously.. what is Xhaka good at other than the occasional long range goal (once a year)?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fred. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka off, Willock on.

Saka. :bow:

What a man.

[Globalgunner]

Saka off, Willock on.

Saka. :bow:

What a man.

Based on what we've seen from Pepe. The kid is already worth £100m

[Munchies]

Pepe is shite!

[Globalgunner]

Papa and Luiz making heavy weather of takling Gashford

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's so shit from Xhaka.

[Letters]

That's so shit from Xhaka.

So you don't get RSI, just Ctrl+C that post so you can Ctrl+V it every time it applies.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos shot, a little bit off target.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz wipes McTominay out for some reason.

:doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[LDG]

Here we fucking go :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great save from Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson scuffer.

[Globalgunner]

Kevin Enemy as far as Arsenal are concerned

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Get it in the mixer!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, last chance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Awful delivery.

1-1 FT. Shocking stuff. Auba saving us again.

[LDG]

Fuck it

[fakeyank]

What horrendous team selection

[Letters]

Tbh, we always, always, always fuck these opportunities up. Always.
Utd in disarray, there for the taking just like last season. Just zero chance we're going to go there and win.
Sick of it.

[Master Splinter]

Ceballos is just as pointless as Ozil.

50 touches when 2 will suffice. Pointless turns. Sloppy passes.

Torreira, Guendouzi and Willock are so obviously the picks for a functional midfield, it's tortorous that Emery fails to see it.