Arsenal (A) - Sun Oct 8th, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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jimharri said:
Agreed. He'll want control in the midfield area. And experience. I wouldn't be surprised to see Bernardo and Jack in there,along with Kovacic and Phil. Which would be tough on Rico, after his display in Leipzig in midweek. He could, I suppose, go with Rico as well in a five man midfield, with NMS as the lone striker. But I'd like to see Alvarez up front with Haaland.
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I know it’s not official until it’s official but Lewis starts. Alvarez or Phil I think could be benched.
 
Just looked at train schedules from North London and Brighton based on today's kick-off times. Liverpool train leaves Euston at 19:18 Piccadilly train leaves Euston at 19:22.
Lovely stuff!
 
wolviedinho said:
I love Rico but if Arsenal rush him he could turn over the ball.
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I think a lot depends on how the match is refereed, and we don't know that until the game starts. In midweek we were refereed "fairly" and Lewis thrived. If it's more aggressive he may struggle. We don't want to be losing the ball in midfield to this lot.
 
I said earlier in this thread and before the Arsenal games last season that stylistically they are pretty much tailor made for us and that's why I was never worried about those games last season and I'm not worried about this one as long as our players don't have stinkers.


I don't think we should really drastically change anything .of course we don't have Rodri and that's a blow but it is what it is, we just have to put another player in that position and hope he has a good game

But overall in terms of the way we approach the game, we should just approach it the way we approach the other games and not overthink it because we are a better team than them, as proven when we meet them in games that matter.

Do what we do best and let them worry about us
 
halfcenturyup said:
I think a lot depends on how the match is refereed, and we don't know that until the game starts. In midweek we were refereed "fairly" and Lewis thrived. If it's more aggressive he may struggle. We don't want to be losing the ball in midfield to this lot.
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I agree but part of me thinks fuck it and stick Rico in with Bernie and Jack for control. Don’t wait until we are behind and go after them. Alvarez for his work rate alone. Which leaves phil! Goal threat and normally a good solid 7/10. Few tough chooses for the boss.
 
halfcenturyup said:
I think a lot depends on how the match is refereed, and we don't know that until the game starts. In midweek we were refereed "fairly" and Lewis thrived. If it's more aggressive he may struggle. We don't want to be losing the ball in midfield to this lot.
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Olivar is the ref so we know what will happen , rico bullied , no problem, thor body slammed , no problem . Slight breeze on saka , pen
 
Coming up to the ground now, where are you blues?
 
I know we’ve played a fair few games without him (and in previous seasons) but KDB is the big miss for me, just look what he produced in this fixture last season, real moments of genius. But we’ve won plenty of big matches without him, Rodri too (remember the derby) it’s gonna mean big performances from Kovacic & Bernardo, and be defensively sound for the 102 minutes
 
Jesus H Gabz said:
I know we’ve played a fair few games without him (and in previous seasons) but KDB is the big miss for me, just look what he produced in this fixture last season, real moments of genius. But we’ve won plenty of big matches without him, Rodri too (remember the derby) it’s gonna mean big performances from Kovacic & Bernardo, and be defensively sound for the 122 minutes
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