Arsenal (A) Pre match thread

[Jack Hackett]

Lots of confidence on here from you Mancs...only to be expected given how easily you sauntered to the title last season.

It'll be interesting to see how we perform against you Sunday, with Emery in charge and with some new faces.

I suspect we won't be quite so gung ho as under Wenger and hopefully better organised defensively. It will be a tough test for us but the first game of the season often produces an odd result. We shall see.

I will be there and I'm predicting a hard earned draw for us.

 

[murur0a]

Lots of confidence on here from you Mancs...only to be expected given how easily you sauntered to the title last season.

It'll be interesting to see how we perform against you Sunday, with Emery in charge and with some new faces.

I suspect we won't be quite so gung ho as under Wenger and hopefully better organised defensively. It will be a tough test for us but the first game of the season often produces an odd result. We shall see.

I will be there and I'm predicting a hard earned draw for us.

Care to predict your line-up? Is Ramsey expected to feature?

Good luck (not too good, mind).

 

[Easy]

Lots of confidence on here from you Mancs...only to be expected given how easily you sauntered to the title last season.

It'll be interesting to see how we perform against you Sunday, with Emery in charge and with some new faces.

I suspect we won't be quite so gung ho as under Wenger and hopefully better organised defensively. It will be a tough test for us but the first game of the season often produces an odd result. We shall see.

I will be there and I'm predicting a hard earned draw for us.

I would also be interested in your line up prediction. Namely who will start at LB and the rest of the back 5.

 

[Love_Each_Day]

Wenger's tactics for the games against us last season were absolute insanity, interesting to see what the new manager does. Hopefully it'll be an open game but think they'll be defensive looking for the speed of Aubameyang.

 

[Jack Hackett]

Difficult to predict our line up given the rotation of players in pre-season

However, I'll take a stab

I think it will be 4231

Leno
Bellerin Holding Sokratis Monreal
Ramsey Torreira
Mkhitaryan Ozil Aubameyang
Lacazette

 

[Blue Smarties]

Difficult to predict our line up given the rotation of players in pre-season

However, I'll take a stab

I think it will be 4231

Leno
Bellerin Holding Sokratis Monreal
Ramsey Torreira
Mkhitaryan Ozil Aubameyang
Lacazette

Christ, we’ve got it good. That team is drab.

 

[domalino]

Christ, we’ve got it good. That team is drab.

It's really not. The front 4 + Torreira makes that the best Arsenal side in about a decade, easily.

 

[Blue Smarties]

It's really not. The front 4 + Torreira makes that the best Arsenal side in about a decade, easily.

That point does nothing but show how far they regressed.

 

[Jack Hackett]

It's really not. The front 4 + Torreira makes that the best Arsenal side in about a decade, easily.

Maybe he will play Lichtsteiner instead of Bellerin and Mavropanos instead of Holding?

 

[murur0a]

Maybe he will play Lichtsteiner instead of Bellerin and Mavropanos instead of Holding?

Is Mustafi crocked?

That line up appears very attacking and possibly a bit lightweight in the middle - I'd expect* to see Xhaka in double pivot with Torreira, with either Ramsey or Mkhitaryan to start on the bench.

*Based on absolutely nothing.