Chelsea (A) - Thu 5th Jan, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

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2infinity&beyond said:
Think its only City fans that believe Arsenal have won the league in January. I doubt Arteta sees it like that or their fans. Long, long, long way to go. Weve been there, done it worn the tee short. Any idiot can predict we wont win the league at this point in time. 7 points is nothing at this stage or even 12 points. It is with 5/6 games left to play. Things change very quickly in football. Im not saying we will win the league but I certainly dont see us out of it at this stage by any means. And why are we dismissing Newcastle. Remember Leicester...............
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If anything the remember Leicester comment should be aimed at Arsenal not Newcastle.
 
Ederson
Cancelo stones laporte gomez
Rodri Phillips
Kdb
Foden haaland grealish


Rodri and Phillips to drop in when gomez and cancelo help in attack fresh things up abit
 
M43 blue said:
Ederson
Cancelo stones laporte gomez
Rodri Phillips
Kdb
Foden haaland grealish


Rodri and Phillips to drop in when gomez and cancelo help in attack fresh things up abit
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Nearly Ake with stones isn’t Laporte injured and Phillips or Kdb out with gundogan in and grealish out and Alvarez in ..
 
deano ou812 said:
Nearly Ake with stones isn’t Laporte injured and Phillips or Kdb out with gundogan in and grealish out and Alvarez in ..
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Oh is he didn't realise laporte was injured hopefully back soon just thought Phillips has he needs a run games show what he can do
 
What was the date and gap to Liverpool the other year in January?

I only ask because this Arsenal team is nowhere near that level and we had to hit 14 games on the bounce to overhaul them.

I'm not sure we are at 98 points level this season, but 85-90 should be achievable.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Seen enough of Chelsea today to think that they're there for the taking if we use Foden and Alvarez rather than Grealish and Mahrez.

They look powder puff in attack.

3-0 City if Foden and Alvarez play
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Maybe make that 1 - 3 cos don't forget our usual defensive howler / opposition worldie. Wonder what the odds are on us keeping a clean sheet on Thursday?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
What was the date and gap to Liverpool the other year in January?

I only ask because this Arsenal team is nowhere near that level and we had to hit 14 games on the bounce to overhaul them.

I'm not sure we are at 98 points level this season, but 85-90 should be achievable.
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Jan 3rd, 2019 7 points.

At the end it was 4 points and we only lost once to Newcastle away after that.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
What was the date and gap to Liverpool the other year in January?

I only ask because this Arsenal team is nowhere near that level and we had to hit 14 games on the bounce to overhaul them.

I'm not sure we are at 98 points level this season, but 85-90 should be achievable.
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But we are nowhere near that team of 18/19! In fact we are miles away. Our midfield has aged and furthermore we no longer have David Silva. Our forward line is a one man show and we no longer have Sane's pace nor more importantly we no longer have Kompany's leadership.

In short I feel we have more chance of poking fog up a cats arse with the tip of a pencil than we have of catching Arsenal, but I'm ever the pessimist.
 
UsFansKnowNowt said:
But we are nowhere near that team of 18/19! In fact we are miles away. Our midfield has aged and furthermore we no longer have David Silva. Our forward line is a one man show and we no longer have Sane's pace nor more importantly we no longer have Kompany's leadership.

In short I feel we have more chance of poking fog up a cats arse with the tip of a pencil than we have of catching Arsenal, but I'm ever the pessimist.
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We have won two league titles since Silva and Vinny finished, mate.

As I state, we are not at 98pts level this season, but certainly good enough to still attain ten points less than that incredible total.

Our midfield has not aged since, as Dave and Fern were middle thirties.

Rodri and the legs of Bernie more than keep us younger. Wasn't Kev also missing for that particular season and Bernie filled the void?

The leadership aspect I do agree with, but Ruben, Bernie, Haaland and Kev offer it in different ways.

I'd say we need a big win against a big opponent right at this moment, just to gather some momentum.

That, and a couple of back to back clean sheets!!
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I'd say we need a big win against a big opponent right at this moment, just to gather some momentum.

That, and a couple of back to back clean sheets!!
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There haven't been a lot of great performances so far this season, but our next three league games are Chelsea A, Rags A, Spurs H. We're about to find out what we're made of, but if we come out of that with 9 points, I expect there will be a lot more belief here and more pressure within the Arsenal dressing room. That's until we lose at home to Wolves, obviously!

Time for a few of the players to step up and them all to remember that Haaland was supposed to add to the goals, not be the only source of them.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
We have won two league titles since Silva and Vinny finished, mate.

As I state, we are not at 98pts level this season, but certainly good enough to still attain ten points less than that incredible total.

Our midfield has not aged since, as Dave and Fern were middle thirties.

Rodri and the legs of Bernie more than keep us younger. Wasn't Kev also missing for that particular season and Bernie filled the void?

The leadership aspect I do agree with, but Ruben, Bernie, Haaland and Kev offer it in different ways.

I'd say we need a big win against a big opponent right at this moment, just to gather some momentum.

That, and a couple of back to back clean sheets!!
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It’s more a lack of leadership at the back for me. Dias brings that but without him the others don’t seem to have it. Their goal illustrates it. No leadership to say who should be closing the man down, who should be watching the overlap etc. Stones and Akanji were way too passive.
 
domalino said:
Chelsea’s midfield is awful and the defence soft, I would be surprised if this is the fixture that causes us problems this week.
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It shouldn’t going off that performance and Spurs shouldn’t either but I fear a new manager with them if this continues, just before they play us.
 
I'm not worried about us just yet. I think the previous result will be the kick up the back side we need. I do think there is a communication issue without Dias. I also think we need to play the grealish foden haaland front line as that seems to be our best this year and we've hardly played it since the Manchester derby.
 
bluesince76 said:
There haven't been a lot of great performances so far this season, but our next three league games are Chelsea A, Rags A, Spurs H. We're about to find out what we're made of, but if we come out of that with 9 points, I expect there will be a lot more belief here and more pressure within the Arsenal dressing room. That's until we lose at home to Wolves, obviously!

Time for a few of the players to step up and them all to remember that Haaland was supposed to add to the goals, not be the only source of them.
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I think those 3 fixtures are easier for this team than games like Everton and Brentford at home. Those teams can’t sit deep and we are better than them in games that will be more open.
 
blueparrot said:
I think those 3 fixtures are easier for this team than games like Everton and Brentford at home. Those teams can’t sit deep and we are better than them in games that will be more open.
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Spurs will sit deep at our place. Kinda agree on the other two fixtures though.
 
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