Arsenal (a) pre-match thread (Game given go ahead 1350hrs)

[bumbleblue]

I am just concerned they will try their semi final tactic of booting us off the pitch. We could have done without this really. Hey ho hopefully it will be a point or three and no new injuries and another game gone!

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I keep hearing this. "They'll turn up for this and play a blinder"
So let me get this right, They were utterley abysmal in a cup final, and didn't give a fuck. But they will be well up for this PL game which makes no diference to their season?

Never underestimate the bitterness factor. It looms almost as large in gooner life as it does in the dippers. They’ve had an absolute hammering in the press and I’ve no doubt that Wenger and Wilshere and Co will be whipping the rest of the players up with talk of “revenge”. The crowd as well will be a factor. They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle. If we can see out the first 20 - 30 minutes, we should go on and win. One thing’s for sure though and that’s that we’ll need a strong referee, cos they’ve got some snide bastards in their team. I’d take a point and no injuries quite happily

 

[TBooksbluearmy]

That is what worries me bumblebee, that they will try the same tactics as last year's semi-final, where a weak Pawson as the referee for that game allowed that to happen. I just hope that Andre Mariner will not allow Arsenal to do that this time round. But if he does we will just have to put up with it.​

 

[chaddblue]

The crowd as well will be a factor. They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle.

There would have been loads giving it a miss even before the beast from the east arrived. Can see there being 15 to 20k empty seats. And the ones that do bother will be too cold to take their hands out of their pockets

 

[blueparrot]

Never underestimate the bitterness factor. It looms almost as large in gooner life as it does in the dippers. They’ve had an absolute hammering in the press and I’ve no doubt that Wenger and Wilshere and Co will be whipping the rest of the players up with talk of “revenge”. The crowd as well will be a factor. They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle. If we can see out the first 20 - 30 minutes, we should go on and win. One thing’s for sure though and that’s that we’ll need a strong referee, cos they’ve got some snide bastards in their team

A bear pit, this is Arsenal we are taLking about, never underestimate the fear factor for most of their players.

 

[Henkeman]

They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle.

It is the Emirates tonight, right?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Never underestimate the bitterness factor. It looms almost as large in gooner life as it does in the dippers. They’ve had an absolute hammering in the press and I’ve no doubt that Wenger and Wilshere and Co will be whipping the rest of the players up with talk of “revenge”. The crowd as well will be a factor. They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle. If we can see out the first 20 - 30 minutes, we should go on and win. One thing’s for sure though and that’s that we’ll need a strong referee, cos they’ve got some snide bastards in their team. I’d take a point and no injuries quite happily

To be honest I can’t see the crowd being remotely up for it in this weather. Wouldn’t surprise me if there aren’t 10,000 empty seats tonight especially after the cup final. They have nothing to play for. Top 4 is gone for them. They only have the Europa left. I actually think it’s a good time to play them.

We turn up, we win. They were abject Sunday. I can’t see how that united reject is going to make any difference to them.

 

[Leto]

They’ll turn the place into a bear pit from the moment the first Arsenal player flies into a tackle. I

A camembert pit maybe.

 

[mikemcfc123]

A quick look on Twitter shows an absolutely shed load of spares available from Arsenal fans - looks like a lot of them are binning it off!

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

A bear pit, this is Arsenal we are taLking about, never inderestimate the fear factor for most of their players.

Fair point. I should have clarified. A ‘relative’ bear pit!