Arsenal vs RC Lens 29.11.2023 - KO 20:00

[HCZ_Reborn]

An important European night, in that a win guarantees us top spot and means we send out a patchwork team to Eindhoven in under a fortnight. May have already qualified for the last sixteen before we even start tonight

I could be wrong but I don’t think this lot will cause us too many issues tonight. In fact every team in this group has frankly been a bit rubbish….I think we shot ourselves in the foot in France.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully a straight forward nights work and some revenge for that first game too.

2-0.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Ugh…Arteta couldn’t wait to drop Trossard. Raya in for Ramsdale, Donkey Boy in for Trossard

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Raya, Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli.
Subs: Ramsdale, Hein, White, Nketiah, Kiwior, Cedric, Trossard, Jorginho, Nelson, Elneny, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri.

Lens: Samba, Gradit, Danso, Medina, Frankoweki, Mendy, Samed, Haidara, Sotoca, Fulgini, Wahi.
Subs: Leca, Pandor, Aguilar, Machado, Pereira Da Costa, Diouf, Maouassa, Said, El Aynaoui, Khusanov, Thomasson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Havertz. :lol:

Such a subtle foul.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Havertz header just wide!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

HAVERTZ!!! GOAL MACHINE!!

[Mac76]

Kai Havertz scores again :lol:

[Letters]

According to my neighbour we just scored again :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

JESUS!!!

[Letters]

According to my neighbour we just scored again :lol:

See? :lol:

Oh, and it seems we’ve got another :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SAKA!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MARTINELLI!!!!

[Mac76]

This is a massacre

[Marc Overmars]

Well this is fun.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Obviously needed to go across goal there from Martinelli.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

ODEGAARD!!!

Let's fuck them 14-0.

[Marc Overmars]

I know it’s probably the wise thing to do but hopefully we don’t let up in the second half. Good chance to at least equal Liverpool’s record of 8-0.

[dostoy]

How many subs can you make in CL games?

What ever the figure is, that is how many Arteta should make at half time.

Surely.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Couldn’t give less of a fuck about breaking some win record. Get as many senior players off the pitch within fifteen minutes of the second half as possible.


Martinelli, Saka, Odegaard, Jesus and Rice off imo.


A job done very well indeed in a first half blitz, let them enjoy the rest of the game from the bench

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tomiyasu and Zinchenko off, Kiwior and White on.

[HCZ_Reborn]

So much for my idea

Oh well…Kiwior arguably should have started tonight…he deserves minutes

[Mac76]

What's the bet Saka plays 90 minutes, just in case Lens mount a comeback... :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka off for Nelson now.

[HCZ_Reborn]

What's the bet Saka plays 90 minutes, just in case Lens mount a comeback... :rolleyes:

:lol: he’s just been brought off for Nelson

Maybe he’s got inoperable brain cancer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rice off, Jorginho on.

[Letters]

:lol: he’s just been brought off for Nelson

Maybe he’s got inoperable brain cancer
:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jesus off, Nketiah on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty check!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Arsenal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

JORGINHO!!! 6-0!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Biggest win under Arteta this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gabriel. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

6-0 FT. :bow:

[HCZ_Reborn]

A good nights work


Saka, Rice and Jesus all taken off relatively early. Built up a big lead and didn’t look particularly close to conceding


Despite the blip in France, we have traversed this group with the minimum of fuss. I suspect we will probably lose to PSV in a fortnight but who cares? It’s a rubber stamp fixture.


Zero complaints from me