Arsenal (A) - Sun 4th Feb 2024 (4:30pm)

[Code]

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, Code said:

Needs to grow his hair back quickly

[sir roger]

That'll go down well in Cairo.

[Pete]

21 minutes ago, sir roger said:

That'll go down well in Cairo.

They'll be saying something Sphinx.

[Smell The Glove]

Very much like Guardiola, he's one odd fucker Arteta. Can't stand him

[Smell The Glove]

Expect Arteta to have Arsenal revved up to the max Sunday like his maniac self. Get through the first 15 mins and I'd hope we'd get a grip of them. We didn't have Dom for the cup game and had Harvey in the front 3.

[Scott_M]

I think that like the FA Cup, they’ll try and start absolutely feverishly - High press, unbelievable intensity, fast & direct when they get it etc etc.

 

Last month we kept getting deeper and deeper, Nunez wasn’t keeping hold of it and they were getting higher and higher. 

 

We were fortunate to come through that half unscathed. We need to deal with that better than we did the FA Cup game. 
 

As he has the ability to knock a 40 yarder to feet, having VVD back in the side should help, however, there is a question on whether Trent should start and where. It would be incredibly harsh to drop Bradley and Martinelli ghosted past Trent a couple of times easily last month. 

 

Nunez potentially being out is a blow.  IMO, whoever the wide players are, they shouldn’t do much tracking back on Sunday. Half the issues in the cup game was there was no out ball when we did have it. Keeping a couple of faster players up the pitch means they have something to think about (especially if VVD or Trent can ping a cutting 40 yard pass) and can’t completely smother us again. I’d rather whoever plays through the middle dropped back and helped midfield. 
 

 

[Strontium]

I can't see them being as bad as they were in the cup. Very tough ask to win here again.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Smash them to bits

[sir roger]

I'm with Dan's comments on the pod, really hope we can win but a draw wouldn't be the end of the world.

[Scott_M]

12 minutes ago, Strontium said:

I can't see them being as bad as they were in the cup. Very tough ask to win here again.

There weren’t bad in the cup. Their finishing was bad, the rest was pretty good. 

[Smell The Glove]

5 minutes ago, sir roger said:

I'm with Dan's comments on the pod, really hope we can win but a draw wouldn't be the end of the world.

A point definitely wouldn't be the end of the world but I really like our midfield set up now. I'm guessing Jorginho will play so I'd take our 3 over theirs. Again I think getting through the first 15-20 minutes is key.

[Strontium]

11 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

There weren’t bad in the cup. Their finishing was bad, the rest was pretty good. 

 

They were good in the first half, largely because we weren't at the races. Second half they were shocking.

[goose]

We’ve started the last couple of games really well, so hopefully we won’t see a repeat of the first 20 mins in the cup.
 

My guess is it’ll be Alison, Robertson, VVD, Konate, Trent, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Jones, Jota, Gakpo and Diaz. I’m hoping Núñez is fit enough to make the bench, he could make a huge difference coming on in the second half. 

[Bruce Spanner]

Men Vs Boys

 

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[Scooby Dudek]

I am unbelievably confident for this, everyone is praising us, so the negative kicks in and I am expecting a fuck up. 

 

Expecting a fuck up means we will go out and win easily.

 

All very confusing. 

 

Just go out and twat these cunts, worry about my mental insecurities later.

[Scott_M]

4 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

They were good in the first half, largely because we weren't at the races. Second half they were shocking.

It was a lot more even, I wouldn’t they were shocking. 

[Simbo]

5 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Men Vs Boys

 

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Are you saying Arsenal are ‘Men’ and we are ‘Boys’? And that we’ll win 2-0?

 

Or are we the ‘Men’ but will lose 2-0?

 

I’m so confused and I’m unsure whether to continue masturbating to this thread or not.

[Bruce Spanner]

Just now, Simbo said:

Are you saying Arsenal are ‘Men’ and we are ‘Boys’? And that we’ll win 2-0?

 

Or are we the ‘Men’ but will lose 2-0?

 

I’m so confused and I’m unsure whether to continue masturbating to this thread or not.

You’re masturbating to men and boys?

 

I’m pretty sure this’ll hold up in court as evidence.

[Creator Supreme]

They'll show their class and twat us, we upset them by winning the cup game.

[Torvald Utne]

6 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

They'll show their class and twat us, we upset them by winning the cup game.

Class? Taking this schtick a bit far now

[Bobby Hundreds]

Be nice if we start fast against these fuckers and shell shock them. 

I think we are better than them but I'm not confident.

[Reckoner]

4 hours ago, Code said:

Forced to train alone. Klopp’s trying to force him out.

[Reckoner]

Hopefully we won’t need to come back from 17 nil down like we did in the cup.

[Anubis]

3 hours ago, sir roger said:

I'm with Dan's comments on the pod, really hope we can win but a draw wouldn't be the end of the world.