Jeez, this bloke really hates Arsenal. His missus must have left him for an Arsenal fan, let's hope it gets stuffed right back in his face tonight.Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
NQ what are you doing reading his column at this time of the day 06:26AM?
Had we got a positive result against Liverpool then id have strongly fancied us tonight but you get the feeling the handbrake may be left on tonight. Arsenal will be cautious and in a way it might help us, utd dont have the same pace as liverpool but they have better quality all round in the final 3rd than liverpool. Mata, Rooney and Van Persie, if they click, will destroy teams. I just hope its not tonight.
I just wish we had pace in the final 3rd because fulham showed on sunday that Vidic is slow and can be got at. Vidic will have Giroud in his pocket though, the type of forward that utd eat up. Its the fast trickery ones they struggle with. I hope he picks the ox and gibbs as they are the only ones with real natural pace. Gnarby too, but he wont start.
I can see it being a draw in a very cagey game but we need to win. A loss and the vultures will be out and i just dont think we will respond. Crucial we dont lose.
Berahino (sp) looked decent yesterday, a winger with pace and top flight experience + English. If we do sell the Pod in the summer the he'd be a decent replacement i feel.
Anyway, my team for tonight would be:
-----------Chensey-----------
Sagna---Mert----Kos-----Gibbs
Rosicky-----Arteta------Jack
Ox-------Giroud---------Santi
I know for a fact that Ozil will play from the start but if it were up to me i'd play Rosicky ahead of him. Rozza iw all about high tempo, pressuring the oppo and driving forward with the ball.
We'll probably draw. Utd will be desperate not to lose and we'll be a little shaky after Liverpool. We don't know how we'll react. But I expect Utd to play like shit.
We could be in a battle for third place? Well assuming there are more than two title contenders...we have been in that battle all season long.
Yeah a draw sounds more likely. They dont have pace like Liverpool and although their front 3 are world class, we're at home and should contain them.
'You're a cunt Robin , you're a cunt!'
I'm hoping for us to put 4 or 5+ past them, and the cunt goes up to take a corner for them, and gets it from the whole ground. Man that'd be unlikely, but very special !
Last edited by Munchies; 12-02-2014 at 10:35 AM.
I'd drop Wilshere. There is a lot of talk about Ozil and his defensive work but Wilshere is also very ineffective on defence. He attempted one tackle vs Liverpool and it wasn't successful. Only one interception but because he always looks frustrated and 'passionate' it gives the impression that he's effective. He pushes forward to much as well. It's the same trend if you look back over his last 3 or 4 games in the middle. His numbers are low on tackle attempts and interceptions. We really miss Ramsey. We can't have two non tackling midfielders with just Arteta sitting behind them. Arteta will make 4 or 5 tackles a game so it's not all his fault. The rest need to put in work.
Ramsey has been a big miss. He was scoring goals, creating and getting on the end of chances and his defensive work was also key. Our first goal against Citeh typifies the new Rambo, he pressued Toure in his own half and won the ball off him then squared it to Ozil who set up Theo.
He was also making runs beyond Giroud and popping up in good areas. I know as fans we always pretend that the injured player (s) is the reason for our slump but this time we really do miss Ramsey (and Theo).
Yep most definitely. Without those two we do not look half as good offensively, we have resorted back to this slow posession based "tiki taka". It really isn't necessary, there is still plenty of runners in the team, really we need the likes of Ozil, Santi (who to a degree has) and OX to step up and compensate for the loss of Rambo & Theo.
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