Not quite the full compliment of scrotes with Sissoko and Lamela missing but enough little shit kickers in that line up.
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Wonder if Wanyama will be given a free pass today? Or will he be correctly sent off in the first minute?
I don't get what the face is for, Monreal is slow, too many crosses come into the box from down our right side because of him....look at the way Aurier for instance absolutely tormented him when we played PSG. It seems like utter madness to continue with him, Gibbs links up our attacks better and is far less likely to be beaten for pace.
I think I'll keep up my routine of not watching the pre-match stuff, I can't stomach to hear how wonderful sp*rs are. Any mention of "power shifts in North London" yet?
that line up suggests they want to impose themselves physically in midfield and with two strikers look to close us down high up the pitch. The sensible game plan would be to let them onto us soak up the pressure and catch them cold for pace of which we have more of in our side than they do.
That's always their game plan. We can't sit off or go deep but need to be at them from the off, putting them on the back foot. They rarely cope well with that. And with the front four we have in our line up, it makes no sense to wait solely for the counter. Use it at times of course but we have to take the initiative.
Actually where we have tried to go at them from the off at the Emirates when we've played them under Pochettino is that they end up fouling our players ridiculous amounts of time to which the referee will respond by letting play continue, they are able to soak up the pressure and catch us cold on the break.
When we played at White Hart Lane in 2016 we spent the first half soaking up their pressure and then arguably could have been 2-0 up before half time (instead of 1-0 up)
If not for Coquelin's silly sending off no question we would have won that game. You let Spurs do all the pressing they wear themselves out by the second half and they are catchable.....plus this isn't a side full of goals.
It's Clatterberg isn't it? If he decides to let the "game flow" (we all know what that means) then we probably won't be able to get much of a game going. But if he applies the rules (just the real ones, not the made up ones that relate to Xhaka) then we surely have much too much for these shitkickers.
Sounds like Alli got injured fouling his own teammates. So sad.
Come on Arsenal :scarf:.
We'll have Walker dashing down his right wing, we need our pace players to press.
Excited and nervous for this match, just like the old days.
We've played our best football this season by pressing relentlessly and moving the ball forward at pace and with accurate passing and using width. That's what we need to focus on. Not giving those simple passes away. Not the tip tap. Not the plodding pace. Not the endless passes into the congested centre. Theo needs to be glued to a trolley running up and down the sideline.
I gave in. Found a stream.
Xhaka needs a big game. Discipline is one thing but also has to dictate the tempo. Same goes for Coquelin. Can't afford many mistakes or we'll get hit on the break.
3 points and we go top of the table.
BT are talking of Kane as the Best Player of All Time.
Nervous.
Come on you Gunners!!!
LETS SMASH THESE CUNTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
COME ON ARSENAL :scarf:
Oh here we go. Respect to the servicemen who lost their lives. Never again!
Now let's go and bomb Syria. Yay!
I have two streams up, one is better than the other, but is lagging by about two minutes.
Is it me or is the camera angle slightly different?
The shadow is messing with me.
Come on Arsenal. :bow:
It's probably half time on your streams and tellies.
we must be able to overrun the 3 sp*rs at the back.