Arsenal (H) - Wed 26th April, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[kippaxwarrior]

SO it looks like xhaka is fit for arsenal.

guess their team will be

ramsdale
white holding gabriel
partay xhaka
Odegard martinelli saka
jesus

and i think ours will be

eddie
akanji stones dias laporte
rodri gundo kev
bernie haaland grealish

Arteta has some balls playing against us with 10 men.....

 

[supercity88]

Confidence is starting to fade as the match approaches, which is always the way with me.

I think the fact we don't have to win allows us to approach this as we would a CL knockout home leg. Defensively solid, pragmatic and look to pounce when we can. Arsenal have shown they can fold under pressure. They're making mistakes at the back and struggling to control games when they're ahead. So it's about piling the pressure on them, whilst ensuring we've got the right people to assist defensively. I see it as the same MO as Bayern at home to be honest. They play a similar way, have a similar threat with pace out wide and our chances will come from forcing their back line into mistakes.

They can control possession again if they want to. All it needs is for us to steal the ball and send Haaland away and we should score plenty.

You also look at the bench and whilst Trossard is very good and they have some young talent. Foden, Mahrez, Alvarez could all be on ours. And up against Zinchenko, Gabriel, Holding and White they'll do some damage.

 

[Eds]

I am getting the same vibes as I did when we beat scum 1-0, Leicester 1-0 and Brighton 4-1. We will not lose this game tonight unless we are on the receiving end of some shit decisions by the ref which is my only concern. Arsenal fans are shitting the bed far more than we are, so relax, enjoy and watch us bring the points home.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Saka,Jesus,Martinelli and Gabriel will be at their shithousery best.......and i wonder when their keeper will feign injury while the other 10 fuckers run across for a team talk by their shitehawk manager?

Every **** trick in the book will be on show tonight,expect a lot of stop/starts and not as much free flowing football as a game like this should produce.

 

[bigalfromeccles]

In general terms, football is not a funny old game.
The favourites usually beat the underdogs.
The best team wins the league (no matter how unpalatable that is, sometimes).
We should win, its not as cut and dried as some games we have played, but on form, historical meetings, players available, managerial experience, and big game performances, the current City team should win this game 8 out of 10 times.

The best team wins the league (no matter how unpalatable that is, sometimes).
So what if Arsenal win the league?

 

[TomerKun16]

Really looking forward for this game... we need to put pressure on them from the begging.
We saw how they performance under pressure hahaha

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

You've got this if you play your normal game, Arsenal are more than likely going to bottle it, again.

We'd also appreciate it if you could twat them in a few weeks as well just to really hammer it home. Same result as against Spurs would do nicely

 

[Groke]

Saka,Jesus,Martinelli and Gabriel will be at their shithousery best.......and i wonder when their keeper will feign injury while the other 10 fuckers run across for a team talk by their shitehawk manager?

Every **** trick in the book will be on show tonight,expect a lot of stop/starts and not as much free flowing football as a game like this should produce.

we should do this...

Barcelona under-16s score controversial goal against Crystal Palace

While a Barca player received treatment due to an apparent injury, Crystal Palace players went off for a water break and a talking from their manager.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Their defence (especially if Holding starts) looks vulnerable to me but I do worry about their attacking threat - especially if Ake is out.

Funny feeling it will be 3-1 but not sure which way.

 

[FantasyIreland]

we should do this...

Barcelona under-16s score controversial goal against Crystal Palace

While a Barca player received treatment due to an apparent injury, Crystal Palace players went off for a water break and a talking from their manager.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Saw that......utterly classless behaviour.