Arsenal (A) - FA Cup 3rd Rnd, Sun 7th Jan 2024 (4:30pm)

[Wezza]

For anybody attending and planning on using public transport to get to the ground. 

[Code]

How can we win the quadruple if we don’t win this game?

 

Go strong, ruin even more of their confidence. 

[LFC 6 Times]

Kelleher, Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, ?, Mac, Jones, Grav, Elliot, Jota, Gakpo

[VladimirIlyich]

6 hours ago, aws said:

I think Salah has already gone.  The Mancs must have cut a special deal for Onana to join up late. 

I'd have thought they'd have asked for dispensation to send him early!

[Creator Supreme]

They'll muller us.

[Jose Jones]

Defence is a problem with all the left back injuries. I am a Luke Chambers believer but he hasn’t made anything of his couple of chances so far.

Really could do without stretching Gomez and Konate to breaking point too.

Kelleher

Bradley Gomez/Konate (half each) Quansah Chambers

Grav Mac Harv

Jota Gakpo Diaz/Nunez (half each)

[sir roger]

I will be desperate to win during the game, but would note some grudging positives if we lost.

[an tha]

10 hours ago, rubble-rouser said:

I think our chances of winning this are slim whatever side we put out. I’d rather go strong against Fulham and ensure we get to Wembley than risk ending up with injuries to key players or to a replay.

 

I do think we can out out a relatively strong midfield - Macca, Elliot and Gravenberch - but beyond that I would be very wary of playing any of Trent, Virgil, Gomez, Konate, Diaz, Jota or Nunez. Of course we’ll have to play some of them, but this is at present our least important game in January for me.

Problem is kids aside who can we play instead of a lot if not most of those names.

 

We have 4 forwards available for 3 places.

 

We all know situation at RB, LB and centre half.

 

And even midield options are reduced with Endo missing and Szobo likely injured.

 

There isn't much in the way of other options at all and I just can't see us going Arsenal with kids in side.

 

[Scott_M]

Tell you what would be worse than losing this game…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

… it going to a replay. 

[Trevorjc]

15 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Tell you what would be worse than losing this game…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

… it going to a replay. 

 

Yep win or loose, no replays needed. 

[Barrington Womble]

i think if we'd have more players available, we might have seen quite a bit of rotation - i would expect us to want to be at full strength on wednesday. but we are looking quite thin. there's a number of players who are just going to need to play through all the games in january i think and early feb till we get some players back from injury and internationals. Gomez, VVD, Trent & Jones and maybe Macca. I would have thought we won't want to start Macca on Sunday, but I am not sure there is too much of a choice. Could we play trent as a 6 and bring in Bradley? 

 

I would love to beat these cunts, but it's way more important to win the next 2 and we absolutely don't want a replay. 

[VladimirIlyich]

42 minutes ago, Trevorjc said:

 

Yep win or loose, no replays needed. 

My bowels will be loose watching it. Maybe my vowels too.

[Carra_is_legend]

It will be a draw. We always end up with a replay when we absolutely don't need it. Its written. 

[Megadrive Man]

Arsenal are wearing all white for this game. Think it's some sort of tribute to Michael Barrymore. 

[Strontium]

I don't see Arsenal losing three in a row, and certainly not when our threadbare squad is stretched to its limits.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Strontium said:

I don't see Arsenal losing three in a row, and certainly not when our threadbare squad is stretched to its limits.

Has Creator Supreme hacked your account? Or is it a crafty piece of reverse psychology?

[Pete]

I’d like us to complain about the over watering of the pitch. 

[suzy]

6 hours ago, sir roger said:

I will be desperate to win during the game, but would note some grudging positives if we lost.

Yes I’m telling myself it doesn’t matter for all the reasons already mentioned. But when the match is underway I’ll be desperate for us to win! 

[KMD7]

35 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Has Creator Supreme hacked your account? Or is it a crafty piece of reverse psychology?

 

Ha ha beat me to it. 

[Creator Supreme]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Has Creator Supreme hacked your account? Or is it a crafty piece of reverse psychology?

 

37 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

 

Ha ha beat me to it. 

If I hacked his account the first thing I'd post is vote Labour.

[TD_LFC]

Do we have to play in the third kit for this game or are we allowed to play in the home kit?

[sir roger]

6 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Do we have to play in the third kit for this game or are we allowed to play in the home kit?

 

Arsenal are wearing a special all-white kit to highlight a knife crime charity ( no- more red )

I imagine we can wear anything we want ( in support of the above, I assume we may not use our home kit ? )

[TD_LFC]

4 minutes ago, sir roger said:

 

Arsenal are wearing a special all-white kit to highlight a knife crime charity ( no- more red )

I imagine we can wear anything we want ( in support of the above, I assume we may not use our normal kit ? )

 

That's why I was wondering, the away kit is obviously out for that reason.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if we're in the third kit though, not sure how it's decided but if it's anything but our choice I wonder if there's a weird symbolic objection to us appearing in the home kit.

 

Never feels right playing in the third kit, doesn't feel like a proper game.

[Frank Dacey]

Apparently we're wearing the purple kit on Sunday.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

 

Arsenal are wearing a special all-white kit to highlight a knife crime charity ( no- more red )

I imagine we can wear anything we want ( in support of the above, I assume we may not use our home kit ? )

Yeah, wearing red in those circumstances would seem a bit off.

 

Purple is fine.