Arsenal v Manchester City (15/12, 16:30 GMT), SS Main Event

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City are probably easier to get at than in the previous two seasons but demonstrably the same is very much true for us. :lol:

I think we can only win this one if there are at least five goals in it, so we get our officially mandated goals conceded out of the way in each match.

[GP]

3-0

[Marc Overmars]

5-1.

[GP]

I would 8-2 be a City fan

[Mac76]

looks like the same as the West Ham side but Guendouzi in for Xhaka

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ozil, Pepe, Aubameyang, Martinelli.
Subs: Martinez, David Luiz, Willock, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Saka, Lacazette.

Expected that starting XI. :popcorn:

Citeh: Ederson, Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy, Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Foden, Sterling, Jesus.
Subs: Bravo, Cancelo, Garcia, Zinchenko, Angelino, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez.

[Mac76]

it's the best we could do - fingers crossed they put some kind of perfomance together......

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli has the same amount of Premier League goals as Foden. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli causing havoc early. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 De Bruyne hammers it in. :blink:

[Niall_Quinn]

Wow!

The absolute bollocks defending there. Pepe just watched his man run past, then our defenders just get brushed off it. Pathetic.

[Gooner23]

Totally unmarked. Shite defending as always.

[Niall_Quinn]

Two wide men playing with their backs to goal again. Gives us zero options.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Bruyne boots it out of play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe hammers it, going wide but blocked anyway.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great corner guys.

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't get why Pepe is playing behind Ozil. It should be the other way around. Pepe should be gone every time Ozil or Gwen get then the ball. It's such a simple fix. The young kid is doing it properly n the other side and has already been in twice.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Sterling. :rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

We just don't have a defence. We have a bunch of guys running around without a fucking clue. That's a training ground goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fernandinho booked.

[AFC Leveller]

Could be 5 by half time.

Can’t defend, don’t have any players who know what defending is.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fernandinho booked early. Bad news for us because he won't get a second yellow now so he can do what he wants for the rest of the game.

[Letters]

My tactic of checking the score after games and tutting is spot on tbf

[Marc Overmars]

Just turned the game on, had a chuckle, turned it off.

[AFC Leveller]

The aggregate score between us and City before this was 8-1 I think.

Never really stiff a chance with those clowns out there.

[Niall_Quinn]

It takes us 50 passes to fail to do what other clubs can do in 5.

[Marc Overmars]

It takes us 50 passes to fail to do what other clubs can do in 5.

Yep. We need an entire philosophy transplant before we can even begin to think about competing again.

Our play on the transition is just woeful.

[Letters]

Just turned the game on, had a chuckle, turned it off.

Best way of “watching” Arsenal these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

How much time does Ozil think he has at this level? You have to lay that ball off, first time. FFS!

[Niall_Quinn]

On the replay, horrible dive by Gwen. But there was the slightest touch. I thought that counted these days?

[Gooner23]

The defence is woeful but there needs to be better protection from midfield. It's just Torreira on his own most of the time.

[Niall_Quinn]

The defence is woeful but there needs to be better protection from midfield. It's just Torreira on his own most of the time.

And he's not very good, if we are honest.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rodri booked.

Bunch of scrotes.

[Niall_Quinn]

The player really killing us though is Pepe. We have no idea how to use him and it's bloody obvious he has no idea how he fits into this (shall we be kind and call it a) system. Back to goal, loses the ball 50% of the time, low energy, zero defensive capabilities and the odd moment of brilliance. If we can afford to carry that then good for us. We must be in great shape.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac is dead now.

[Niall_Quinn]

The gypos really aren't that great. Weak defensively, I mean obviously not compared to us, but in general. If we can get in at 0-2 and somehow come up with a game plan to exploit those weaknesses, you never know. But surely we should have done that before the game kicked off?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac off, Saka on.

Saka. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

We'd better Sell Laca. If we're bringing a kid on before him then he's just taking up space. Of course Laca is 5,6,7, 8 maybe 10 times more effective than Saka. So I don't know what the fuck is going on at this club.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-3 De Bruyne.

Piss poor from Guendouzi. Foul him if you're going to try.

[Marc Overmars]

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kolasinac off, Saka on.

Saka. :bow:

Oh, that change has only just happened.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pathetic. De Brown just strolls up to the goal and belts it in.

Pathetic.

Pathetic.

Pathetic.

It's just pathetic.

[Marc Overmars]

The gypos really aren't that great. Weak defensively, I mean obviously not compared to us, but in general. If we can get in at 0-2 and somehow come up with a game plan to exploit those weaknesses, you never know. But surely we should have done that before the game kicked off?

Game plan. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We'd better Sell Laca. If we're bringing a kid on before him then he's just taking up space. Of course Laca is 5,6,7, 8 maybe 10 times more effective than Saka. So I don't know what the fuck is going on at this club.

It's for a change at left back tbf. And we don't have any.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno stops De Bruyne getting the hat-trick.

Carragher jizzed.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Just turned it on to see the ball hit the back of the net.

I’m not going to make it to HT

[Niall_Quinn]

Leno is literally our emergency papering over the cracks go-to guy. If it weren't for him we'd all be seeing how genuinely fuck awful we truly are.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Good lord, Carragher has no business commenting on tv

[Niall_Quinn]

It's for a change at left back tbf. And we don't have any.

Considering we don't much care about positions and all that - at least Laca is built like a boxer. It's something.

[Niall_Quinn]

Game plan. :lol:

I'm trying to be positive. Or ridiculous. One or the other.

[Niall_Quinn]

Freddie is more bald than Pep. Can we claim some sort of triumph on that basis?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-3 FT. Competitive.

Those opening 40 seconds. :cloud9:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Does Arteta dye his hair?


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[Niall_Quinn]

Surprised the gypos only fancied 3 goals.

We have NO defence at all. And that's always going to make it tough at this level.

How many fucking years now without a defence?

[Letters]

Arsenal on FB

“A tough 45 minutes gives us plenty to do in the second half”


:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Does Arteta dye his hair?


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Not yet. But he'll soon be dying the shit out of it if he decides to come here.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Arsenal on FB

“A tough 45 minutes gives us plenty to do in the second half”


:haha:

I wouldn’t last 30 seconds running that fb account

[Niall_Quinn]

We have two players, Pepe and Martinelli, who can beat defenders down the wing.

So...

We set up to play them with their backs to goal.

We have a composed, accurate Muslim in the middle, so we play him ahead of the wide men and passing backwards.

We have a lethal front man with pace and accuracy. So we set up to completely exclude him from the game.

We don't have a defence though. For sure, we don't have a defence.

Is this some sort of troll, or experiment designed to see how far football fans can be pushed before they burn the stadium down?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal on FB

“A tough 45 minutes gives us plenty to do in the second half”


:haha:

You'd have to be a Tottenham fan to tolerate it.

[Marc Overmars]

I'm trying to be positive. Or ridiculous. One or the other.

Positivity has no place at this football club.

[Letters]

We have a composed, accurate Muslim in the middle, so we play him ahead of the wide men and passing backwards

He should be bombing down the wing.

Ahahaha.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Second half is on. :lol:

[Letters]

Second half is on. :lol:

Other TV Channels are available.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba heads wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Other TV Channels are available.

Nah, have to take the pain.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli taken out. :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira. :haha:

Martinelli. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gabriel Jesus feeling sorry for us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers blocks from De Bruyne.

He's lost it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foden hauled off, Bernardo Silva on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ozil hauled off, Smith Rowe on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mesut gives the turf a kicking.

[Xhaka Can’t]

The three points against the Hammers was very important.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gundogan booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves Sokratis' and Chambers' sorry arse.

[Xhaka Can’t]

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[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mendy booked.

Such a bunch of scrotes. :lol:

[Gooner23]

City with the rotational cynical fouling. We cant even get close enough to their players to do that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maitland-Niles takes one on the cock.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gundogan off, Mahrez on for his +1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli doesn't give up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sokratis booked, misses the Everton game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba has a go, wide it goes.

[Xhaka Can’t]

A tough 75 minutes gives us plenty to do in the final 15.

[Letters]

A tough 75 minutes gives us plenty to do in the final 15.

Managing the Arsenal FB feed is the job you were born to do

You can roll out the old “not the result we wanted” at the end.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira off, Willock on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mendy off, Zinchenko on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Got distracted by something else and forgot the game was on. Still only 0-3?

We're back!

[Gooner23]

Martinelli doesn't give up.

The only one of our players that's come out of this with any credit.

[Letters]

Could still draw the second half!
:bow:

[Xhaka Can’t]

A tough 90 minutes gives us plenty to do during injury time.

[Gooner23]

The only one of our players that's come out of this with any credit.

And Leno of course

[Letters]

A tough 90 minutes gives us plenty to do during injury time.

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

The only one of our players that's come out of this with any credit.

None of them need credit given the wages they are paid. We're a long way from when you could chat to them in the pub after the game. Now they own the pub and you're not invited. It's too easy a life for this lot. Has been for a long time.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Fuck it.

We’ll do it tomorrow.

[Gooner23]

De Bruyne has had the freedom of the pitch. Great player but we have made it so easy for him. Shambles.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli. :rose:

The bastards ground him down eventually.

0-3 FT. Arteta might mysteriously go down with the flu if he has an interview due tomorrow.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT - and the universe wends its predictable way through eternity.

Didn't see the second half but I assume the gypos used it to rest a few players.

We are NOWHERE.