Arsenal vs Ammers 22.02.2025 - KO 15:00 GMT

Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Nwaneri, Trossard, Merino.

Swap Rice and Partey around and this is the lineup I would have chosen

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Originally Posted by IBK

I worry that the Merino trick won't work as well again. West Ham are better than Leicester. The crowd will get nervous if we don't score in the 1st half (in some respects we are better off playing away with our current problems). My heart says 1-0. My head says 0-0...or 0-1.

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Merino won't work at all. It was an end of game, no defensive plan situation against Leicester. He was in miles of space for both goals, defence didn't pick him up. They'll be all over him like a rash today if he starts, so he'll need to display a lot of the striker abilities he doesn't have.

I'd prefer to give Nwaneri a go through the middle. Trossard is better out wide.

Come on Arsenal!

Keep the 5+ run against West Ham going. :pray:

All Arsenal but it's more tippety-tap than actual attack. Merino, unsurprisingly, doesn't have a clue how to play the striker role. Trossard got a cross in, Merino nowhere, ball goes right across the box. He'll have to learn on the job I guess.

Not sure if Merino is actually playing in the striker role. Looks more like some silly fake 9. He's certainly not getting in the box for anything.

Merino gets the first shot in - off target.

Shitfest. Yawn.

0-1 Bowen. :doh:

Us. :haha:

Beyond a joke. 1-0 Hammers

Wondered if we could afford to leave MLS on bench. Answer, NO! Would say shocking defending, but there was no defending at all. Lost the ball tapping it around their box too, so the complete Arsenal TM fuck-up.