Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal, 16:30 GMT (06/12, SS Main Event)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

This will be fun.

There was a suggestion Kane might be injured but absolutely no chance will he miss this one I imagine.

Partey is pushing but probably unlikely to start at the very least.

:rose:

[dazthegooner]

As soon as Mourinho said that Kane may not be fit everyone know's he probably will be.

[Marc Overmars]

Us against Mourinho. :lol:
Or that should be us against anyone these days. :doh:

Expecting a defeat but maybe our pub tactics might start to work again and we can steal a result.

Come on Arsenal.

[GP]

0-3

[Mac76]

As soon as Mourinho said that Kane may not be fit everyone know's he probably will be.

exactly what i thought

this will either be a scrappy draw or an embarrassment for us

if i was Arteta i'd put out a team of kids and reserves and just say we needed to rest players for our upcoming relegation struggle...

[Letters]

13-0

And I’m not sure we’ll get as many as 0

:rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm guessing we'll win this one to herald that start of a new dawn. Then get a hiding from Sheff Utd, or whoever we are playing in the next match.

0-1 borefest.

Kane to outdive Lamela by a 2:1 ratio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey was sighted in training. Probably the only hope we have of any control in midfield.

[Mac76]

We should play all the cloggers we have - kola, xhaka etc - and just focus on kicking K*** and S** out of contention for the rest of the season, it's not about winning the game, it's about making sure they don't win the title

[Niall_Quinn]

We should play all the cloggers we have - kola, xhaka etc - and just focus on kicking K*** and S** out of contention for the rest of the season, it's not about winning the game, it's about making sure they don't win the title

I'd like to think we haven't slipped quite that far behind them. Maybe we should try giving them a game first? We haven't really tried that so far this season, with any opponent except Utd which was the anomaly. Maybe try it again, see what happens.

[Mac76]

I'd like to think we haven't slipped quite that far behind them. Maybe we should try giving them a game first? We haven't really tried that so far this season, with any opponent except Utd which was the anomaly. Maybe try it again, see what happens.

You disappoint me i thought you were all for going back to the seventies when it was all about hard tackle, 'men were men' etc

[Niall_Quinn]

You disappoint me i thought you were all for going back to the seventies when it was all about hard tackle, 'men were men' etc

I said give them a game, didn't say a proper game. A proper game would be great, but we'd need men for that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds: Lloris, Aurier, Alderwireld, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Siskoko, Lo Celso, Bergwijn, Son, Kane.
Subs: Hart, Davies, Rodon, Winks, Bale, Lucas Moura, Vinicius.

Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Runarsson, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Ceballos, Willock, Nketiah.

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh well.

[hobson's choice]

So on Thursday we saw what a real midfield looks like. But good ole Arteta, here comes Xhaka

[Xhaka Can’t]

Spuds: Lloris, Aurier, Alderwireld, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Siskoko, Lo Celso, Bergwijn, Son, Kane.
Subs: Hart, Davies, Rodon, Winks, Bale, Lucas Moura, Vinicius.

Arsenal: Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Runarsson, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Ceballos, Willock, Nketiah.

Fuck.

Our problem is the guy shouting from the sidelines.

[Gooner23]

Xhaka and Willian again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Only hope is that Willian as a Chelsea boy will be up for this one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chances created: Joint worst in the league. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Souness thinks we're capable of having most of the ball. :haha:

[Munchies]

AND IT'S LIVE

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great start from kick off. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka's foul on Kane. :haha:

What was that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dier puts the FK over.

Wise decision in the end from Xhaka. :lol:

[Gooner23]

Xhaka's foul on Kane. :haha:

What was that?

He has the mobility of a pensioner, how he continues to start these games is beyond me

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka shanks it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dier hoping to gift us a corner, so generous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey with a shank. :haha:

[Globalgunner]

He has the mobility of a pensioner, how he continues to start these games is beyond me

If Xhaka was from Africa I'd be certain his father was into voodoo. No other explanation how such limited talent can hoodwink so many managers

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Son, fucking hell.

[Globalgunner]

Total embarrassment. Our fuckers never learn. Son gets the ball still they stand back and watch to see what happens

[RomfordPele]

World class finish but quite easy when nobody puts in a tackle.

Quick response needed

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful touch from Saka.

[Gooner23]

The defenders ran away from Son, didn't even attempt to close him down

[Niall_Quinn]

Thought it started at 5. So did Arsenal by the look of it.

[RomfordPele]

Kane cheats a free kick as usual.

[Globalgunner]

The stupidly in this club is endemic. It's like 2012 and watching Robben pick up the ball on the right. Everyone backs off to see what he will do. He will curl it in of course.

[Niall_Quinn]

Not sure how the Spuds are managing to live with the pace of our game.

I'd be fossilised by now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Willian does a great job of snuffing out that attack and restoring our backpassing game.

[Marc Overmars]

Going well then.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hojbjerg hammers it, Leno saves.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why we just can't reach a player with a cut back for once? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Foul throw again from Bellerin. Someone teach him how to do them FFS.

[Niall_Quinn]

Auba is chilling again, I see. Last season he would have hit that first time.

Bellerin gets yet another foul throw under his belt.

[RomfordPele]

seriously bellerin. That’s fucking embarrassing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bad from Partey there.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Just turned it on. Hear Tyler say, “here comes Xhaka”. Xhaka instantly passes it to a spud.

[Globalgunner]

Foul throw again from Bellerin. Someone teach him how to do them FFS.

Our training is not about teaching players. We let them learn by themselves

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hit it Willian!

[Munchies]

fucking hate bellerin so much

[Gooner23]

Saka the only one of the front 4 that looks vaguely interested. The others just have to do more.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We've been better, without doing anything constructive of course.

Lo Celso booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Willian looks as sharp as butter. Settling in well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Send him off!

[Niall_Quinn]

If Bellerin isn't leading the league in backwards passes I'd hate to watch whoever's beating him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wasn't Willian really good at free kicks for Chelsea?

Never gets a chance here. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Kane.

All from a Bellerin fucked up ball.

[Marc Overmars]

They’re so much better than us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Partey off injured.

Going well. :lol:

Ceballos on.

[RomfordPele]

Clinical, on-the-ball team 2 Lazy, pedestrian and sloppy team 0

Game over Arteta.

[Letters]

They’re so much better than us.

Pretty much.

They say form goes out of the window in derbies. It doesn’t, really.
When we were much better than them we never lost to them.
Now they’re much better than us, so...

[Niall_Quinn]

Pathetic really. If we are being fair.

[Marc Overmars]

Even when do something incisive there isn’t any hope of getting it right because the forwards are so shit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Yeah, it isn’t even close. The gap is getting bigger and accelerating rapidly.

[Gooner23]

So fucking amateur, Partey off the pitch and Xhaka over committed. That just shouldn't happen. Who on the bench is screaming at Xhaka to hold.

[Marc Overmars]

Can’t see where a goal let alone 3 points is coming from again if I’m honest.

Dead team.

[RomfordPele]

That’s the infuriating thing. I think spurs have been ordinary. But they’ve got a plan and they execute it brilliantly.

It’s called professionalism and it’s something that’s been missing at Arsenal for 15 years.

[Xhaka Can’t]

We need a fucking Manager.

The cost of getting one, can’t be an obstacle.

[hobson's choice]

This idiot just brought on Cellabos when we desperately need an athletic player in the middle.

I'm done

Xhaka and Ceballos, im done

[Niall_Quinn]

Even when do something incisive there isn’t any hope of getting it right because the forwards are so shit.

They're not shit, far from it. But they are very, very comfortable at this club. Second to every ball. Half-hearted runs into marked positions.

[Gooner23]

This will finish 3 or 4 nil. The spuds will just sit and pick us off.

Depressing.

[Gooner23]

They're not shit, far from it. But they are very, very comfortable at this club. Second to every ball. Half-hearted runs into marked positions.

Willian knows he's hit the jackpot with us, 3 year deal on huge salary and guaranteed to start regardless of performance levels. He's absolutely stealing a living from us and it's a disgrace.

[Gooner23]

Willian knows he's hit the jackpot with us, 3 year deal on huge salary and guaranteed to start regardless of performance levels. He's absolutely stealing a living from us and it's a disgrace.

And when you add in a finished Lacazette and a horribly out of form / disinterested Auba it really makes for a shit show attack wise. And that's not even mentioning the midfield..

[Niall_Quinn]

Holding has done okay, even though he's been left desperately exposed on several occasions. Saka has shown moments of competence.

Partey has already figured out this is a place where you can kick back and relax.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette flick on, easy for Lloris.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's too late to make the right first sub, but why not pull Xhaka and send AMN into the middle to at least provide some sort of barrier against spuds strolling through? We aren't winning this, so try a new option.

[Niall_Quinn]

Does that count as a shot?

[Letters]

STOP THE COUNT!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aubameyang heads, over.

[Marc Overmars]

Wow, a cross actually nearly came of something.

[Niall_Quinn]

Really poor effort by Auba. Free header, plenty to aim at.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Low ball, can't reach anyone, again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin managed to find the one area where we couldn't get the ball. Fucking hopeless.

[Marc Overmars]

Lacashite should have got on to that.

Pathetic.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Over a quarter of the way through the season.

We have scored fewer goals than Fulham and have a worse goal difference than Brighton.

Dominic Calvert-Lewis has scored more than Arsenal and we are level with Son (for now).

[Niall_Quinn]

Lacashite should have got on to that.

Pathetic.

Yeah. Looking at it again it appears Laca has a sneaky grand on a 2-0 scoreline.

[Marc Overmars]

Pass pass pass pass pass pass pass cross pass pass pass

It will be 3-0 soon enough

[Niall_Quinn]

The spuds aren't all that either, or else they are in training mode. We could have had 2 goals ourselves this half, should have had one. And we have no shape. No plan. One goal? Any chance?

[Niall_Quinn]

Auba's seeing out his new contract.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Auba's seeing out his new contract.

Well he is under a manger that has inherited David Moyes' ability of ruining strikers.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bring on Nketiah and convince him this is an U21 game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lloris saves from Lacazette.

[Marc Overmars]

They just cannot play through the centre anymore. They’re incapable of it.

If it’s not a cross they haven’t got a clue how to potentially make something happen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka has a nose bleed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lo Celso off, Davies on.

[Globalgunner]

The lower we go, the higher the chances of getting rid of this loser

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka and Tierney the only ones showing any signs of life.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka finally gets his yellow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin hauled off, Nketiah on for his latest England U21 performance. :pray:

[Marc Overmars]

Here’s Eddie to save us.

[Gooner23]

Xhaka finally gets his yellow.

I can't even be assed to talk about how shit he is anymore, it's the managers that keep putting him in the team.

[Marc Overmars]

Auba needs to be dropped I’m afraid. The guy is so out of sorts, it feels like we are playing with a man down with him on the pitch.

It’s Lacashite who is getting the chances in the right areas.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

Us trying to score. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why didn't Auba cut back to his right then?

Completely lost his marbles.

[Marc Overmars]

This is painful watching this possession knowing full well we won’t be creating even the remotest chance.

[Marc Overmars]

Spurs have not even been trying in this half and it’s been comfortable for them.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette scuffer, wide,

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Son off, Lucas Moura on.

[Niall_Quinn]

How is it not a yellow for that deliberate pull back on Cuba? Scandalous. One of our lot would be booked every day of the week and twice on a Sunday.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 FT. Utterly pointless.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopeless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Useless. Pointless. Hopeless.

[Letters]

2-0 FT. Utterly pointless.

Not the result we wanted