RC Lens v The Arsenal. 03/10/23. 20:00

[Marc Overmars]

No idea if Lens are any good but the fact they’re 15th in Ligue 1 suggests not.

Hoping Trossard is fit to play so he gets some minutes in before City. Partey is also back training but not sure if he’ll feature in this.

0-2.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Played them before albeit a long time ago

25 years since we played them in the champions league (drawing 1-1 in France and losing 1-0 at Wembley)

23 years since we played them in semi finals of UEFA cup (where 1-0 win at home and 2-1 win in France contributed to 3-1 aggregate win)

Have only lost one match in France in 2019 to Rennes, where we were down to ten men for most of the game

Going back as far as the cup winners cup in the 1990s, our record in France is as follows

Have beaten Marseille (twice), Montpellier, Lyon and Auxerre (also twice)


Drawn with PSG (twice), Nantes, Lens of course


I’d fancy us to win tonight, dour 1-0….a clean sheet and no new injuries would be good

[HCZ_Reborn]

Didn’t mention Monaco because even though they are in the French league, Monaco itself is a principality and not part of France

[Mac76]

3-0 Wahi hatter

[HCZ_Reborn]

Predicted team

Raya, Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, White, Rice, Havertz, Odegaard, Nketiah, Jesus, Saka


Team id play


Ramsdale, Kiwior, Gabriel, White, Tomoyasu, Jorginho, Rice, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nelson, Jesus

[WMUG]

Didn’t mention Monaco because even though they are in the French league, Monaco itself is a principality and not part of France

[Mac76]

Predicted team

Raya, Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, White, Rice, Havertz, Odegaard, Nketiah, Jesus, Saka


Team id play


Ramsdale, Kiwior, Gabriel, White, Tomoyasu, Jorginho, Rice, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nelson, Jesus

you're just being stubborn now

btw this is more important than just a typo because the 'i' is very important to how his name is pronounced - anyone who's ever spoken to anyone about Arsenal players or listened properly to commentary will be able to hear the 'i' sound in his name as opposed to an 'o' sound which is very different

It's like calling you 'HCZ Reburn' instead of 'reborn' - the 'u' sound is completely different to the 'o' sound so it fundamentally changes the name

[HCZ_Reborn]

you're just being stubborn now

btw this is more important than just a typo because the 'i' is very important to how his name is pronounced - anyone who's ever spoken to anyone about Arsenal players or listened properly to commentary will be able to hear the 'i' sound in his name as opposed to an 'o' sound which is very different

It's like calling you 'HCZ Reburn' instead of 'reborn' - the 'u' sound is completely different to the 'o' sound so it fundamentally changes the name

You seriously need help, this goes beyond pedantry into the realm of obsessive compulsion

I’ve been off work for almost a week, so got stuff to catch up on so can’t indulge you today, beyond to say it really doesn’t matter either way but it’s not deliberate it’s a misspelling…I don’t care when people spell my surname wrong.

Please find something more fulfilling in your life than this

[Mac76]

You seriously need help, this goes beyond pedantry into the realm of obsessive compulsion

I’ve been off work for almost a week, so got stuff to catch up on so can’t indulge you today, beyond to say it really doesn’t matter either way but it’s not deliberate it’s a misspelling…I don’t care when people spell my surname wrong.

Please find something more fulfilling in your life than this

Ha, nice attempt to trivialise it, but if your name was Steve it would annoy you if people called myou 'Sven' - i suspect Tomi would feel the same (and no doubt is a regular visitor to GW )

[HCZ_Reborn]

Ha, nice attempt to trivialise it, but if your name was Steve it would annoy you if people called myou 'Sven' - i suspect Tomi would feel the same (and no doubt is a regular visitor to GW )

That’ll do pig