Arsenal v Manchester City, 7th August, 6pm, ITV

[Power n Glory]

Like PnG I think Elneny is really good. Shame we won't see him that much really....

And Cazorla is bisto.....obvs.

I hope that's not the case. Wenger would be mad not to include him in the squad. Because he's always moving and has a good passing range, it's much easier for us to play the ball out from the back.

A partnership with Xhaka could work. But then we have the Cazorla and Ramsey problem. Where will they play? It will be interesting to see what he does against Liverpool. I think Ramsey will play behind the striker again on Sunday.

[Niall_Quinn]

True, but irrelevant. You assess how a season has gone at the end. I really shouldn't have to explain or defend that.

More useful to assess a car crash before it happens.

[LDG]

More useful to assess a car crash before it happens.

We can at least judge Wenger now.

[Letters]

Well no, you assess it afterwards. Obviously. Even if you know (or are pretty sure) it's going to happen you don't know how many casualties there will be or how many cars written off.
It says something about this board that the idea that a season should be assessed at the end is thought worthy of derision and WUMming.

[Niall_Quinn]

We can at least judge Wenger now.

We have motive, means, there are tens of thousands of witnesses placing him at the scene. We don't have a confession though. Are we allowed to take his priors into account?

[Niall_Quinn]

Well no, you assess it afterwards. Obviously. Even if you know (or are pretty sure) it's going to happen you don't know how many casualties there will be or how many cars written off.
It says something about this board that the idea that a season should be assessed at the end is thought worthy of derision and WUMming.

With this club it's perfectly reasonable to criticise in advance. Before, after, same difference. We all know what's coming over the next few months. Transfer window is a good example. Some people said Wenger would do fuck all to address the glaring gaps in the squad. Others, myself included, said there's no fucking way he'd go through another window without solving the long standing issues, he just wouldn't dare, come on now a joke's a joke but get the fucking striker in at least!

Who was right?

That's the essence of the complaint each season. A man who repeats all his mistakes and never learns. Such a man is perfectly predictable. Some people, like Theo Walcott, have started using this predictability to their advantage. Want to play as a striker? Simple, tell Wenger you want to play on the wing. Predictably Wenger will listen and the do the opposite. Well played Theo.

[Marc Overmars]

More useful to assess a car crash before it happens.

No, you make sure the car is road worthy to begin with. Our MOT failed a long time ago and we were too cheap to pay for the repairs needed.

[Niall_Quinn]

No, you make sure the car is road worthy to begin with. Our MOT failed a long time ago and we were too cheap to pay for the repairs needed.

We have an excellent garage though.

[LDG]

No, you make sure the car is road worthy to begin with. Our MOT failed a long time ago and we were too cheap to pay for the repairs needed.

Because we left the hand break on whilst we were driving. Fucking knackers the whole thing that.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

So the takeaway is what we knew last April?

Yarp