Martin Atkinson will officiate Arsenal v Leicester. The Gunners have won one and lost five of the last seven he has refereed.
Must win. :doh:
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Martin Atkinson will officiate Arsenal v Leicester. The Gunners have won one and lost five of the last seven he has refereed.
Must win. :doh:
Easy win.
Going this. :popcorn:
Really looking forward to it, massive game. We need to send out a message here and end this Leicester charade once and for all.
Don't care if we fluke it, just get the win. If we don't win I fear with United and Spurs away to come we will probably be out of it.
Midday on Valentine's Day
Letters chances of watching it are low to negligible :(
Could be for the best.
Quite happy this is a very early kick off. Valentine's duties are not until the evening for me.
Biggest game of our season so far, we have to win this!
Really depends what Mr Wenger does in terms of team selection. If he sticks with Mr Ramsey and Mr Flamini in midfield then we're intercoursed.
Very trueQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Leicester are a very good team, they run and run, they have goal scorers, they have players who can make a difference and apart from a 1-0 loss at Anfield in December, they have NOT lost away in the league since last season. They are set up to counter attack, they are a threat on set pieces and are full of confidence. We are at home though and being the only team to have beaten them at home should play on their mind and make this an interesting game.
If we play Coquelin, Gabriel and Campbell instead of the tried and failed trio of Merts, Ox and Flamini then i can see us winning this. Same story regarding tactics and formation, we have to start on the front foot and go at them without being stupid by over committing players.
3-2.
You should be alright - Arsene's busy at the Emirates for most of the day so he wont mind if you watch it. Why not suggest a late dinner, just hope we don't lose cos he wont be in such a romantic mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I see. The joke there being that Wenger and myself are in a relationship?
Well done. Very good.
Busy is a bit of a stretch, unless he has issues with the coat again.Quote:
Arsene's busy at the Emirates for most of the day
Transiting through London during this game :scarf:
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post game interview after a 3-1 loss:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
"We were surprised by their high pressing game and work rate and were caught on the break which we didnt expect"
:haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Just don't leave air side, if you're not technically in the country then hopefully your curse won't affect us.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
If it does...
:threaten:
Sounds like there is nothing new on the injury front. Same squad as last week.
WUMger did say Welbeck would in contention for Hull next week though. :o
Santi possibly back for March as well. That would be a massive boost.
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Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
We'll be out of the title race by then so it will be a welcome boost for our top 4 quest ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
I've never understood this, by his own words and by anyone who tells you about him, Wenger lives, breathes and sleeps football he is the first person at the training ground and the last one to leave. He's also patently not in anyway a stupid man far from it, and yet we always seem hideously unprepared going into games?. I don't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Hopefully he has done his homework for this. We really need to match their work rate and cover every single area of the pitch to nullify them, that means not emptying the bloody midfield and giving Mahrez freedom to kill us. Balls over the top will also be an issue because Vardy chases everything down like a madman. I can easily see us losing this if we don't settle quickly and rely on the auto pilot setting to plod along.
He seems to get confused between how he thinks things should be and how they actually are. If he trusts his players and they go out there and pit technical wits against what he considers to be the crude version of the game then the technicians will prevail. He should be in another league really, the PL is the most unsuited league imaginable for the type of football he wants to play. Unfortunately when he does compromise, as we have seen over the last few months with his negative response to the team grabbing leads, he's exposed as a rank amateur. If we're going to do the defensive, time wasting thing the players should be adding the finishing touches by diving around the place and feigning injury and trying to get the opposition sent off - the usual PL stuff. We don't do any of that, not properly at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Aye me too, I think the game will potentially be won and lost in Midfield, I'm hoping Le Coq is brought back for this and partnered with Rambo. Rambo can't be going walkabout, he needs to stick to his task because they are strong and workman like in Midfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I'd also bring Theo in for OX, Theo is off form but is a big game player.
Really need a big performance on Sunday, we need to put down our statement of intent.
With every chance of a draw between the gypos and spuds this is the biggest must win we've faced this season, including the CL scrape through. If we're on the wrong side of this weekends results then that's the end of it.
I am really confused if you are talking about Wenger who is worldwide recognised as a big coach and whose team is still in the title fight. Is this illusion of many fans thinking they know more than the real professionals becoming a fashion? Everyone can make mistakes but to judge someone in his profession you must be highly qualified in that career.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Possibly. But it could also be a case of some so-called professionals being outed as just as clueless as the rest of us when it comes to actually delivering results. No, I don't need to be qualified to speculate as to why Wenger hasn't been able to deliver for such a protracted period of time. I said "seems", I didn't attempt to make a statement of fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
I think the most perplexing aspect of this is some fans feel they are not permitted to comment at all.
I am sick of this Leicester suckfest now.
The media have to ruin everything, so like MO says, please end this charade. :pray:
Have to start the first half strong
Get an early goal and we've won
Actually to be fair the media are having to eat Humble pie as far as Leicester City are concerned, have been totally dismissive of them until recently and now because they are having to acknowledge that they should be taken seriously they have turned it into the mother of print blow jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
I want us to beat Leicester tomorrow because it's our ticket back in the title race after deciding to stop and scratch our nuts against Chelsea and Southampton, but frankly I think the media attention is Leicester reaping the respect it has been due for quite some time.
We can get carried away with the armchair manager stuff but after almost 20 years of watching Wenger and Arsenal, wouldn't it be sad if no fan had an opinion or clue on how we should be playing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
It could be said the media are also professional, in the modern context.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
A fan having a dream is not too bad in theory but practise is always different . I remember how Alan Shearer was teaching people how to coach a team . when Newcastle were in trouble, figthing for relegation ,everyone was saying he was the only one who could save the situation but he couldn't . Recently Gary Neville showed us , by his good analyse , how football should be played but unfortunetaly, in charge of Valencia , he aien't showing what a genius he seemed to be on screen .Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
And this relates to Wenger's decade of dull, grey, unambitious averageness - how? Is he exonerated or immune to criticism because Alan Shearer fucked up in some way?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
I was confident of beating Leicester this time last week. The more and more I think about it, I'm not so sure any more ��
Exactly how NQ puts it. Are we to have no opinion because we've never done it? Does that apply across the whole of Arsenal FC? Players, board....Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Some reports that Gabriel is out for three weeks.
Merts V Vardy it is then..
:haha: if trueQuote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Our training must be the most lethal ever devised.
Quite an interesting piece from Danny Murphy. Looks like he may have had to think a bit about this one, which is unusual in his profession.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35553082
I am not saying he is immuned against any criticism or they are not founded . But the bottom line is , before making any criticism , it is wise also to consider all the facts surrounding the circonstances .Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
The main cause for the so called wenger's failure was the building of the new stadium which limited his transfer's funds . Then , there is his youth policy which did not work and he has given it up .
You have to consider how many times he was close to lifting a major trophy and what were the reasons of those near misses . There are also also his consistency in top 4 finish and regular participations to the champions's league and his two recent consecutives FA Cup. Then ,you need to compare his achievments if there is any with those of the coaches who had the same limited funds like him .
Taking everything into account may helpdrowing a fair conclusion .