Bournemouth v Arsenal, 20:00 GMT, FA Cup 4R (27/01, BT Sport 1).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. Put these relegation rivals to the sword. :bow:

Not sure who will start as the striker given Aubameyang is back for the next league match.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully we go full strength. Given the league is dead these are the games that will define our season now.

[Letters]

I’ve made a right mess of this and will be flying to Warsaw while this is on - although will have landed before it ends so might be able to catch up with the end of it.

In brief, I hope we win.

[dazthegooner]

Was hoping it would have been in the BBC being an FA cup game but no the less.

[GP]

0-3

[Mac76]

Given everyone else's variable form i don't agree the league's dead but still it's worth tryimg to take the FAC to the next round isuppose but he should still try to rotate a bit

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

The league is totally cooked. We won't overcome a minimum of the 6 teams ahead of us into 4th. FA cup come on!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bournemouth: Travers, Smith, S. Cook, Ake, Simpson, H. Wilson, L. Cook, Surman, Gosling, Fraser, Solanke.
Subs: Ramsdale, Francis, Genesini, Billing, Dobre, C. Wilson, Surridge.

Arsenal; Martinez, Bellerin, Mustafi, Sokratis, Saka, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Pepe, Willock, Martinelli, Nketiah.
Subs: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Torreira, Ceballos, Ozil, Lacazette.

[dazthegooner]

So Bournemouth have Mustafi up front...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We have Martinelli though. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

McManaman and Drury commentating for BT.

[Master Splinter]

Mustafi picking up the ball and throwing it beyond Leno wouldn't be enough to get him out of the team.

It's 100% on Arteta if he costs us again.

[Master Splinter]

McManaman

:ilt:

Only Miserable Murphy is worse than this shrill twat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll predict it will be 82456 times that he says "nothing wrong with that".

And no Steve you aren't there to be entertained, you're there to commentate you berk.

[Master Splinter]

Goal Repellant Solanke will definitely score today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SAKA!!!!! Hammered it!!!

Great turn from Willock.

[Master Splinter]

SAKA!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

This kid keeps getting better.

[GP]

Sexy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka and Martinelli with the chest bump. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Three youngsters doing great there. Willock, Martinelli, Saka. Very nice, direct play.

[Master Splinter]

The kids making the difference again.

Ozil straight back in next week. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi KTFO.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great header away from Mustafi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe finds Saka, which was his intention I am sure.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC live text talking about Saka for England.

Piss off you wankers, he's ours.

[Niall_Quinn]

Mustafi :doh:

Bellerin sprints off down the line. Mustafi sees him. Passes backwards anyway. Dire.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great stuff from Willock.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ah. Now I can see why Mustafi doesn't bother passing it forwards.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sighter for Martinelli.

[Niall_Quinn]

Oooooooh! Martinelli. Inches over.

About 3000 inches, but still a great effort.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pepe is way too static. He needs to start making a few moves against this poor defence. Game's there for him if he can be arsed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

NKETIAH!!!!!!!

:bow: :bow: :bow:

[GP]

EDDIE!!!

AND HOW!

[Master Splinter]

NKETIAH!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

EDDIE!!!!

0-2

Saka involved again. His 8th assist this year I think.

[Master Splinter]

Saka is awlsome.

Willock excellent so far too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

VAR. :haha:

Put a sock in it boys.

[Niall_Quinn]

So Bournemouth are going down I would think?

Muppets have gone to VAR for some bizarre reason.

[Marc Overmars]

This is definitely the easiest we’ve had it all season. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe drags his shot wide, did well though.

[Niall_Quinn]

What the fuck is going on? What a farce.

Goal stands, after a trig lesson.

Finally Pepe has a go. Wide.

[GP]

Did I just hear McManaman complain that they aren't kicking us?

[fakeyank]

VAR is such a fucking joke.. do you really need to draw a perpendicular line and measure the angle of rotation of the sun before you can call something offside?! :haha:

[Globalgunner]

VAR taking 5 mins to decide the obvious

[dazthegooner]

VAR. :haha:

Put a sock in it boys.

They were looking for a Martinelli offside in the build up in a move about 10 minutes ago...

[Marc Overmars]

Willock plays like a mini Vieira.

Hope he turns out to be half as good.

[Niall_Quinn]

Martinelli's a throw-back to when football was good.

[Niall_Quinn]

Any ideas on how we can make this hard for ourselves?

[Marc Overmars]

“Arsenal Fan TV, get out of our club”

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor control from Saka.

Sell him.

[Niall_Quinn]

There's some horrible gittish kid sitting right next to the BT mic and screaming shit non-stop. If anyone is at the game, can you stick a sock in the little fucker's gob?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli is a bit quick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There's some horrible gittish kid sitting right next to the BT mic and screaming shit non-stop. If anyone is at the game, can you stick a sock in the little fucker's gob?

That's McManaman.

[Niall_Quinn]

Martinez gets a go. Decent stop.

[LDG]

That's McManaman.

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking around in our own box. Seems to be obligatory.

[Marc Overmars]

Xhaka special.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fraser. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fraser almost bends his shot back into his own face, after the through ball by Xhaka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harry Wilson booked.

Run at him!

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-2

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal, HT.

That's a goalfest by our recent standards. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Youngsters doing well. Old'uns mostly asleep. Inbetweeners (mainly Pepe) stuck on slow motion.

More than enough to get the better of B'mouth though. Even though they are brilliantly managed, they are a woeful team.

[Master Splinter]

Both their dangerous moments came because of an underhit Xhaka Hollywood ball.

No matter how well they play, these guys can't be rid of the clown inside them. No serious club can continue to play them regularly and hope to improve.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rio. :lol:

Bitter twat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah ok Rio has cheered up now.

[Master Splinter]

Bielsa :lol:.

Imagine thinking Bamford is better than Marlo Stanfield.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keown. :haha:

So proud of himself saying it was like playing against manikins.

That's what Rio said at half time. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bielsa :lol:.

Imagine thinking Bamford is better than Marlo Stanfield.

:haha:

That's who he looks like!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli was wiped out.

Should be a straight red.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bob Wilson and :patrice:

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fight fight fight!

[Niall_Quinn]

Gwen's getting lectured for being fouled?

[Master Splinter]

Gosling the aggressor ends up on the floor.

Cheating, soft Arsenal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Jeez - they checked that on VAR too :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Boonemouth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh Mustafi.

[Niall_Quinn]

Mustafi looks done. Ankle twisted under him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Get Pablo Mari back on that plane!

[Niall_Quinn]

Holding coming on. tbf Mustafi didn't do too badly defensively today.

Holding must put in a better performance than his last outing, because it would be impossible not to.

[Niall_Quinn]

Get Pablo Mari back on that plane!

And send a fax to his club with a lower offer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nearly Pepe.

[Niall_Quinn]

Foul on Pepe to deny him a goal missing opportunity. Ref bottled it. No VAR this time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez goes flapping.

[Niall_Quinn]

Xhaka's back!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe off, Ceballos on. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sexy from Willock.

Being pulled back but VAR won't give a shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Absolutely pointless sub. Cebalos for Pepe. Pepe needs the time. Cebalos is off back to Madrid.

Hey - no VAR? Why's that then?

[Niall_Quinn]

Lazy second half. Dull.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

H Wilson off, C Wilson on.

Simpson off, Francis on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cook. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gosling and Guendouzi keep meeting. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gosling shot deflects over.

[Niall_Quinn]

Deflects over our bar from Gosling. We're asking for it now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sokratis and Cook clash heads.

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like there could be an attempt for the world record injury time (excluding matches involving Alex Ferguson)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drury is recommending drugs for everyone.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foul throw from us surely? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great pass from Ceballos.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Goal repellent Solanke off, Surridge on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

8 added minutes.

[Niall_Quinn]

8 added mins.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka gets MotM from McManaman.

Willock off, AMN on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Saka Macca's MOTM

Quite right too.

Meanwhile, Xhaka gets his yellow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka with a yellow for timewasting. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi hammered that.

[Niall_Quinn]

Gwen blasts it over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Surridge. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

1-2 Surridge

Typical really.

[Niall_Quinn]

Still 4 mins to go.

Can we completely fuck this up?

[Niall_Quinn]

VAR is a joke. On purpose surely? Nobody could fuck it up that badly by accident.

[Thierrymon]

We never do things the easy way. I hope an ability to kill teams off starts to develop under Arteta. It has been lacking for a while.

[dazthegooner]

Surridge commits a foul in the 99th minutes so it's injury/injury time...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lewis Cook clears it.

Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal, FT.

On to the fifth round. :bow:

Bournemouth. :haha:

Only turned up when they started shitkicking.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 1-2

Shambles of a match by the end. Don't know why we always take our foot off the gas when we have the upper hand.

[Letters]

Phew! We were in serious danger of keeping a clean sheet then :sulk: