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I really wouldn't start Gervinho in this. His form in the last few months has been very poor, he doesn't seem to be able to get past a defender anymore. Against Wigan he was trying the same trick which was so obvious to read that he was completely ineffective. Of course knowing WUMger he'll definitely start Gervinho, and when we need a goal will bring on Diaby and play him from the left.
im callin double wum Diaby & Ramsay to start, hospital pass from ramsay ends up with Diaby in um hospita...lQuote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Meeting cazza and Adzz at the Pins after if anyone else is up for a celebration/post mortem
yeah we beat stoke 1-0 in the following premier league gameQuote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
£10 on tommy v to score first and us to win 3-1 at 150/1.
come on tommy and arsenal make my fucking day :dance:
failing that any win will do. i believe in you lads.
ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL ARSENAL
I wish we could see Vermaelen in midfield. And, no, it's not like the time we all thought Kolo would make a fantastic defensive midfielder because he runs around a lot. Vermaelen has footballing ability. Not on Luiz's level but good enough.
He'd basically be Fellaini and I reckon he'd be a 1 in 2 goalscorer.
Stick Sagna at CB, Coquelin at RB and Vermaelen ACM and see what happens.
Lawro optimisticQuote:
Arsenal v Chelsea (1245 BST)
I was at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday and I thought Chelsea did really well against Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
A 1-0 win is a great result and it doesn't matter that at times they had all 11 men behind the ball to get it because, if you try to play football against Barca, they will kill you. If Jose Mourinho had been Chelsea manager for that game, people would be raving about their tactics.
The Blues hung on and it's a really good result, but I still think they will get absolutely hammered in the second leg at the Nou Camp.
Roberto di Matteo will have to rotate his team because of the week they have had, with the Barca game and last Sunday's FA Cup semi-final, and with the return in Spain on Tuesday to consider too.
It will be a balancing act for him but, at this stage of the season, that is what successful teams have to do.
Arsenal's defeat by Wigan on Monday was very strange - the Latics got their early goals, then sat back and soaked everything up and, through the likes of Victor Moses, they could even have stretched their lead.
It is in games like that one, and when they lost to QPR at the end of March, that you look at Arsenal and start to question them again.
In terms of the race for the top four, I think avoiding defeat will be the main aim for Arsene Wenger's men here, so I can see this game being a deadly dull one.
Looking at Arsenal's run-in, and also bearing in mind Chelsea's involvement in the cup and in Europe, I think their results in the league after this game will be better than Chelsea's, and that will ensure they finish above the Blues.
Prediction: 1-1
Somebody mentioned Diaby starting ahead of Rosicky!
Can't have that....we need to drive forward for the win and not leave things to the last game or a situation were we are relying on other results
Could have done that against Wigan but we all know what happened there!!!
Diaby should start tbh, though Wumger would definitely start his latest pet project aka Rasmsey. Either one of Gerv or Oxo will start on left. At last, we will have pace on both side of the pitch. :coffee:
Yup looking forward to another of week of seeing Theo chase the ball through the advertising boards again!