Come on Tierney, Bellerin, Holding and Martinelli. :bow:
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Come on Tierney, Bellerin, Holding and Martinelli. :bow:
Think we will win tonight with whatever team is picked then Emery will go back to his tried and trusted for Sunday (well he trust them) I have on confidence in him and judging by this comment you can probably see why.
"When I arrived, this team needed to be more competitive. Arsenal, in their history, were winning 1-0 and being very competitive, but it was not enough. Then the process of being competitive and with improved creativity. When I arrived here, the creativity was more or less good, but being competitive was worse.
It was not enough. I think last year I started to improve being competitive, also with some very good matches playing with creativity. We are being competitive. There are a lot of supporters with different opinions. Some want more creativity, some want maybe more intensity, more energy"
I want both. My way is both.
Not sure how that fits in to Monday night then. We had neither.
Emery could have the pick of the top 11 players in there position in world football and he probably would still pick Xhaka.
Tonight will be the mixed blessing of seeing a team with Tierney, Bellerin, Holding etc and no Xhaka - which will no doubt put in another entertaining performance - and then it will the same old sh*t on Sunday
I'm hoping I see an indifferent line up tonight to give me hope he actually picks his best players Sunday.
He will probably play more or less the same team that started on Monday though think Laca might start.
Not a chance he will play the same team. He will rotate the good players in....Tierney, Hector, Holding, Torreira.... and yes maybe Laca.Quote:
Originally Posted by dazthegooner
ARSENAL TEAM NEWS
Team to play Vitoria: Martinez, Bellerin, Holding, Mustafi, Tierney, Torreira, Willock, Maitland-Niles, Smith-Rowe, Martinelli, Lacazette.
Subs: Leno, Chambers, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Pepe, Saka.
No Ozil again maybe Emery's saving him for Sunday :unsure:
Our team. :cloud9:
All totally predicatble and it means we'll get served ip the usual crock o' shite on Sunday as almost none of these guys will now presumably startQuote:
Originally Posted by dazthegooner
I reckon the Palace game might be Emery's last :rose:
That’s definitely wishful thinking.
Vitoria Guimaraes: Miguel Silva, Garcia, Frederico Venancio, Tapsoba, Hanin, Almeida, Agu, Poha, Edwards, Duarte, Davidson.
Subs: Douglas Jesus, Pedro Henrique, Leo Bonatini, Rochinha, Al Musrati, Andre Pereira, Pepe.
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Pepe swap at half time? :ninja:
Female co-commentator. :faint:
Oh it's Arsenal legend Karen Carney co-commentating. :bow:
Will ignore the Chelsea part of her career.
0-1 Edwards.
Wake up boys.
Tierney had a shocker there tbf.
Lacazette scuffer.
Martinelli roughing them up. :bow:
Jeez even these guys are playing badly now...
Acres of space in midfield. :lol:
Lovely turn from Smith Rowe.
AMN on the ball. :lol:
Just athlete ball it mate.
Good cross from Bellerin, Martinelli couldn't get a touch on it.
Sexy turn from Lacazette.
MARTINELLI!!!
This guy
MARTINELLI!!!!!
GOAT! :bow:
ESR shot just deflects wide.
Mustafi with a ridiculous cynical foul.
He's back!
Booked.
1-2 Duarte.
Shocking play from AMN.
1-2 :doh:
So easy for them.
Martinelli drags his shot wide.
Oh Ainsley.
Just wide from Davidson.
Midfield is an absolute sieve.
Everybody jacking it in. :rose:
Arsenal 1-2 Vitoria, HT.
Boos ring out, unsurprisingly.
An absolute mess mainly.
All in all an uncoordinated mess - I get the sense Tierney and Bellerin have been told not to go forward as much, there's been a lot of the pointless passing back we saw on Monday
Emery's manaaged to suck the life out of these guys
Time to go Unai
The fans near the dugouts were singing the Ozil song in the first half too
Bellerin and Lucas look more themselves today but pretty average to poor from the rest.
Willock and AMN hauled off for Guendouzi and Ceballos.