Arsenal v Manchester United, 4th Oct, 4pm, SS1

[Letters]

Over the years, esp when we play on Sundays, our rivals have lost or droped silly points on a saturday and we celebrated on here and laughed at them but then the next day, Arsenal lost and failed to gain an advantage.

tomorrow cannot be another miserable sunday, we simply have to win and have to win properly. This is the time to stand up and leave our rivals behind.

Agree. I see this one as very important.

Obviously on GW if we lose it will show we're not capable of competing, if we win it won't show anything as we'll probably only mess up the next game anyway

[selassie]

Over the years, esp when we play on Sundays, our rivals have lost or droped silly points on a saturday and we celebrated on here and laughed at them but then the next day, Arsenal lost and failed to gain an advantage.

tomorrow cannot be another miserable sunday, we simply have to win and have to win properly. This is the time to stand up and leave our rivals behind.

Yep, tomorrow's game is absolutely huge for a number of reasons. I think if we lose tomorrow it could have a damaging long term mental effect on the team, we lose and I don't even think the players will believe we can win the title this season, this early on too. We've been awful this season and we are due a big performance in a big game, it really is time for the likes of Ozil, Ramsey & Co. to earn their corn because we simply cannot have any excuses, I hope they treat it like a Cup Final.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

If we aren't prepared to do whatever it takes to shove the words back down this arrogant cock's throat then we might as well give up. Anything less than 3 points on our own ground against this £300mill "genius" would be totally unacceptable. I hope the manager and the players have time between their tweeting and clubbing and banking to remember what this game is about.

Presuming that was from Van Gaal I think that it was a mistake in his English rather than him actually suggesting his cast iron belief he will beat us. By 'when' I suspect he means 'IF'...which is a quirk/mistake they often make/interchange on the continent when speaking English.

[Power n Glory]

Yep, tomorrow's game is absolutely huge for a number of reasons. I think if we lose tomorrow it could have a damaging long term mental effect on the team, we lose and I don't even think the players will believe we can win the title this season, this early on too. We've been awful this season and we are due a big performance in a big game, it really is time for the likes of Ozil, Ramsey & Co. to earn their corn because we simply cannot have any excuses, I hope they treat it like a Cup Final.

I don't know about long term effects if we lose. I don't even know about the long term effects on a victory. The two FA Cup wins should have been a springboard for success and we've recently beaten all the big teams whether it be FA Cup (Man Utd) , Community Shield (Chelsea) and League (City) . We even have players that have beaten Bayern and Dortmund. I really don't know what it will take for this team to get their shit together. So I'm not putting too much weight on the significance of this game. If we win and go joint top, fantastic. Next job is to maintain.

I'm more so looking for a big performance from Ozil. If that guy doesn't turn up today.....Theo is talking about building around him and we have to an extent. We have Cazorla next to him, someone that can provide a pass to him and even assist him with a goal and we have runners across the front line with pace. This is the game. He has to turn up. It's now or never.

All the players need to treat this like a cup final after last week's game. If it's another jellyback, soft and weak performance, heads need to roll. The senior players I'm looking at. Merts, Cech and Monreal need to show leadership. Guide Gabriel and Bellerin if they're out of position or lack focus. Talk to them and talk during set pieces. No disorganised chaos like we've seen previously. Van Gaal will exploit that weakness.

Not too long to go. We can do this.

[Munchies]

COYG

[Munchies]

[AFC Leveller]

Wenger with a sly dig at Chewsea, "this is the first massive game at the top of the table for us"

[adzzzbatch]

1 win in 13 against this lot in the league

Please do 'em today Arsenal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Would you happily take a cheated win today?

I would tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man United: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Blind, Darmian, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Rooney, Memphis, Martial.
Subs: Romero, Jones, McNair, Schneiderlin, Valenca, Fellaini, Wilson.