markjazzbassist Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 They are in a transitional stage with Arteta but he's not doing well and their squad is disjointed. Their backline is weak and should be exploited. I'd like to see us go for it. A draw would be acceptable but honestly i believe 3 points is there for the taking. HIt them early and get them to lose confidence. I'm hoping Walcott (never thought i'd say that) and Bernard are fit after the break and time off. Pickford Coleman Mina Holgate Digne Walcott Morgan Davies Bernard DCL Richarlison plaidharper and London Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 I don’t mean to be a knob but I can’t stand watching davies most of the time. He’s so slow and easily knocked off the ball. Arsenal are piss poor at the back and nearly as bad as us in the middle of the park. Not sure Carlo fancies Bernie away from home either. Pickford coleman Holgate. Mina. Digne walcott Gomes Morgan. Bernie DCl. Charly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 We have nothing to fear going there this should be win or at worse a draw. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Under Silva I'd have been terrified with our next 4 games but since our unmentionable loss, we beat Chelsea and drew with Arsenal and United. Feel confident we can get decent points. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 9 hours ago, markjazzbassist said: They are in a transitional stage with Arteta but he's not doing well and their squad is disjointed. Their backline is weak and should be exploited. I'd like to see us go for it. A draw would be acceptable but honestly i believe 3 points is there for the taking. HIt them early and get them to lose confidence. I'm hoping Walcott (never thought i'd say that) and Bernard are fit after the break and time off. Pickford Coleman Mina Holgate Digne Walcott Morgan Davies Bernard DCL Richarlison I like this line up, and I want to see Davies play as I think next to Morgan (when he is in the mood) he is the best fit midfielder we have. Gomes should be on the bench so bye bye Gylfi!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Delph is back ................... just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo 2.0 Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Don't get me wrong, I don't think we have anything to fear against Arsenal but anyone thinking that this will be an easy win need to have a look at themselves (not specifically anyone on here, Twitter mostly). They are still a good side capable of hurting anyone on their day and they've got home advantage - not to mention that they've now got a very good manager in Arteta. They're in a transitional stage at the moment but will be a different beast once he's had time to mould them and has had a summer window to get rid of the deadwood and bring in his own players, I just hope that they continue to be hot and cold and have one of their off days against us. Coleman, Holgate, Mina and Digne as the back line for me (JP in goal). Schneiderlin in the middle with Andre Gomes (if fit) alongside to play box to box, if not then I'd give Sigurdsson the nod again although I thought he was a bit anonymous against Palace. Arsenal have a real Achilles heel in their centre back pairing for me, David Luiz I've never understood the fascination with and Mustafi has been stealing a living for a while now. Both DCL and Kean up front bullying them would work well IMO with Richarlison and Bernard operating as inside forwards, basically giving us four options in the final third to attack with. 1 hour ago, Finn balor said: Delph is back ................... just saying I'd have him as the last option to be honest, I don't think he has done anything of note to justify walking straight back into the XI. Long term I'd be happy with calling it a day with him in summer too, just don't think he's the kind of player that we need going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 They've only won three of their last thirteen matches since sacking Emery....and only lost three. Draw written all over it. pete0 and markjazzbassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted February 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 49 minutes ago, Zoo 2.0 said: Don't get me wrong, I don't think we have anything to fear against Arsenal but anyone thinking that this will be an easy win need to have a look at themselves (not specifically anyone on here, Twitter mostly). They are still a good side capable of hurting anyone on their day and they've got home advantage - not to mention that they've now got a very good manager in Arteta. They're in a transitional stage at the moment but will be a different beast once he's had time to mould them and has had a summer window to get rid of the deadwood and bring in his own players, I just hope that they continue to be hot and cold and have one of their off days against us. Coleman, Holgate, Mina and Digne as the back line for me (JP in goal). Schneiderlin in the middle with Andre Gomes (if fit) alongside to play box to box, if not then I'd give Sigurdsson the nod again although I thought he was a bit anonymous against Palace. Arsenal have a real Achilles heel in their centre back pairing for me, David Luiz I've never understood the fascination with and Mustafi has been stealing a living for a while now. Both DCL and Kean up front bullying them would work well IMO with Richarlison and Bernard operating as inside forwards, basically giving us four options in the final third to attack with. I'd have him as the last option to be honest, I don't think he has done anything of note to justify walking straight back into the XI. Long term I'd be happy with calling it a day with him in summer too, just don't think he's the kind of player that we need going forward. Aubameyang and Lacazette always have a goal in them, that is the only threat that worries me. If we can shut them down we can get points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Arsenal are a very weird team right now. They are much more together now but they still seem to make a howler. I saw them away at Burnley and they started bright and then ran out of ideas and got bullied. A lot of teams are like that at Turf Moor so its not a surprise. They should have had the game as good as won in the opening half hour but when they didn't their heads dropped at bit and so did their intensity. If we aren't at it those first 20-30 minutes will be tough. Having said that there probably isn't a better time to play Arsenal. They can still be bullied, they still make mistakes because of their shocking centre backs, and their main two attackers look short of confidence. Lacazette in particular is really struggling. I wouldn't change a lot in terms of the starting line-up. I'd want Coleman against Lacazette, I'd want Bernard starting. I wouldn't want Davies or Delph starting for the U23s let alone the first team. The question is what happens to Walcott. Move Richarlison right and lose him up front, bring in Iwobi and lose the directness and pace that Walcott is in the team for, or test Gordon in that position. It's a tough one but as far as I'm concerned as long as it's anyone but Sidibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Bailey said: Arsenal are a very weird team right now. They are much more together now but they still seem to make a howler. I saw them away at Burnley and they started bright and then ran out of ideas and got bullied. A lot of teams are like that at Turf Moor so its not a surprise. They should have had the game as good as won in the opening half hour but when they didn't their heads dropped at bit and so did their intensity. If we aren't at it those first 20-30 minutes will be tough. Having said that there probably isn't a better time to play Arsenal. They can still be bullied, they still make mistakes because of their shocking centre backs, and their main two attackers look short of confidence. Lacazette in particular is really struggling. I wouldn't change a lot in terms of the starting line-up. I'd want Coleman against Lacazette, I'd want Bernard starting. I wouldn't want Davies or Delph starting for the U23s let alone the first team. The question is what happens to Walcott. Move Richarlison right and lose him up front, bring in Iwobi and lose the directness and pace that Walcott is in the team for, or test Gordon in that position. It's a tough one but as far as I'm concerned as long as it's anyone but Sidibe. If Walcott wasn’t available you could also put Richarlison on the right and start Kean with DCL. Arsenal aren’t bad if you stand off them and just try to defend, but press them in their own half and rough their MF and strikers up they struggle. Their defenders are poor their MF are poor without time and space to work in and their forwards have become lazy because they don’t see much of the ball. The Wenger day’s are well and truly over for this set of players and Arteta isn’t having much of an impact on them since going there. If we didn’t win this I would disappointed, we are very much the better team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 Arteta or not, their back line is god awful and should be exploited. I'd like to see Richy, Dom, Bernie and Walcott hit them hard on the counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith B Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 If I remember correctly, we have never defeated Arsenal at the Emirates. This seems like it would be a good time to do so. In all honestly, Carlo has had a favorable run of fixtures and he has taken care of business. This one will be a test. I hope 3 points is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I’d like to see us go full on pace; Coleman Keane Mina Digne Sidibe Holgate Bernard Kean DCL Richarlison Btay and Palfy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Matt said: I’d like to see us go full on pace; Coleman Keane Mina Digne Sidibe Holgate Bernard Kean DCL Richarlison That would scare the fuck out of there defenders, but please there midfielders. London Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 09/02/2020 at 00:38, London Blue said: I like this line up, and I want to see Davies play as I think next to Morgan (when he is in the mood) he is the best fit midfielder we have. Gomes should be on the bench so bye bye Gylfi!! I thought Siggy had a good second half against Palace and was fairly solid throughout. He wouldn’t be in my long term plans but then neither would Morgan or Davies. Can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d probably stick with Siggy and Morgan in the middle and replace either when Gomes is back fully fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Palfy said: That would scare the fuck out of there defenders, but please there midfielders. The idea would be to bypass their midfield completely, or at least gave them so far sat back that they’re just nonexistent Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted February 11, 2020 Report Share Posted February 11, 2020 16 hours ago, barryj said: I thought Siggy had a good second half against Palace and was fairly solid throughout. He wouldn’t be in my long term plans but then neither would Morgan or Davies. Can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d probably stick with Siggy and Morgan in the middle and replace either when Gomes is back fully fit. I thought Siggy was awful myself, anonymous for the most part, hesitant in where he should be, which is understandable as he is not a natural midfielder, and slow in moving the ball on. He leaves gaps in midfield and it just feels our midfield is weak with him in it. He did well in his attempt on goal, but that was about it. He has not delivered many assists or goals, and as you say he is not part of the long term plan and will probably go in the summer. Then again maybe I am being too critical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 12, 2020 Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 09/02/2020 at 19:17, Palfy said: If Walcott wasn’t available you could also put Richarlison on the right and start Kean with DCL. Arsenal aren’t bad if you stand off them and just try to defend, but press them in their own half and rough their MF and strikers up they struggle. Their defenders are poor their MF are poor without time and space to work in and their forwards have become lazy because they don’t see much of the ball. The Wenger day’s are well and truly over for this set of players and Arteta isn’t having much of an impact on them since going there. If we didn’t win this I would disappointed, we are very much the better team. Basically everything you have said there is applicable to us as well. The slight difference is that DCL and Richarlison are a threat up front. Change that to Kean and DCL and it's much less of a threat IMO. On 11/02/2020 at 16:38, London Blue said: I thought Siggy was awful myself, anonymous for the most part, hesitant in where he should be, which is understandable as he is not a natural midfielder, and slow in moving the ball on. He leaves gaps in midfield and it just feels our midfield is weak with him in it. He did well in his attempt on goal, but that was about it. He has not delivered many assists or goals, and as you say he is not part of the long term plan and will probably go in the summer. Then again maybe I am being too critical? Awful is too far IMO, but he just didn't impact the game enough for the first 60 odd minutes. We were dominant in midfield for that first half so he must have been doing something right even if he didn't stand out for it. He got more involved once we went to a 5 man midfield as you'd expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted February 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 screw the winter break we want footy!!!! Romey 1878, pete0 and MikeO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 11/02/2020 at 16:38, London Blue said: I thought Siggy was awful myself, anonymous for the most part, hesitant in where he should be, which is understandable as he is not a natural midfielder, and slow in moving the ball on. He leaves gaps in midfield and it just feels our midfield is weak with him in it. He did well in his attempt on goal, but that was about it. He has not delivered many assists or goals, and as you say he is not part of the long term plan and will probably go in the summer. Then again maybe I am being too critical? Not all all and I agree for the most part this season. I just thought he put his foot in in the second half, was controlled and was one of his better performances this season. I guess everything is relative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Just tonked Newcastle. To be fair they were bang average until they took the lead with some poor Newcastle defending. Still think we can take them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 They will be very confident after that. We are a good side though and Newcastle are not. I’m hoping we can get out front early to dent their confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 36 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: They will be very confident after that. We are a good side though and Newcastle are not. I’m hoping we can get out front early to dent their confidence. Your right not the result we wanted to see just before we go there, but I’m still confident we can get a win. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 I actually thought Arsenal did a good job of winning the ball back and controlling the game. They were shocking against the counter attack at times though and in the first half they were really poor when it came to putting a few passes together in the final third. They all seemed to want to run with the ball. When they moved the ball quicker, which they did at the end of the first and then into the second half they created chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Feel like it's got draw written all over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted February 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 feels like it's been an eternity. i can't wait for this one COYB Romey 1878 and London Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heath Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 The wait is almost over... COYB! Pickford Sidibé Mina Holgate Digne Walcott Gomes Delph Bernard DC-L Richarlison Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, Heath said: The wait is almost over... COYB! Pickford Sidibé Mina Holgate Digne Walcott Gomes Delph Bernard DC-L Richarlison Don't think Gomes will start will he? Carlo knows best but I'd be happy just to have him on the bench. Heath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, MikeO said: Don't think Gomes will start will he? Carlo knows best but I'd be happy just to have him on the bench. He’s actually made it sound like he’ll start him. Said he didn’t see the benefit of having him come on from the bench. Why would anyone have Delph near the side though?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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