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

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ninjamonkey said:
Id be sticking gvardiol in midfield with kovacic and then bernardo coming in to help from the right wing, foden and alvarez as the main two behind haaland foden drifting in from the left, interchanging with alvarez. I'd also be throwing on doku early second half to rinse zinchenko if we aren't comfortably infront. I don't think that's likely to happen though.

We will probably see something like Ederson
Walker
Dias
Akanji
Ake
Bernardo
Kovacic
Foden
Alvarez
Grealish
Haaland

With Bernardo playing as the rodri role and kovacic in support.


I'm not fearful of arsenal but they'll be going into this at practically full strength despite Arteta's "deception for dummies" quotes and we will be severely weakened and not playing particularly well either so avoiding a defeat here would be monumental. They know this is a must win for them so I'm not expecting too much in truth.
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There is no way Gvardiol should not be starting. He's a better player than both Ake and Akanji already, simple as...
 
kaz7 said:
No john, rodders and kev , losing gundy and ffs severly weakens us , anyone can beat us right now , we are not the team that won the treble
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And that team wasn’t the one that got 100pts or the one that won all 4 domestic trophies. You can’t stand still in football or everbody else will go past you.
 
kaz7 said:
No john, rodders and kev , losing gundy and ffs severly weakens us , anyone can beat us right now , we are not the team that won the treble
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We have major players missing that's part and parcel of football, We've also brought the seriously good players with Gvaridol, Kovacic, Nunes and Doku all of which would possibly walk into Arsenal's team.

We are sitting top of the league with Stones and KDB missing from the start of the season. It's the rest of the league that should be worrying, Not you!

All we need to do is stay in and around the top of the league until Stones and KDB are back and it's curtains for the rest of the league.

Anyway Sunday's game isn't season defining and whatever team we put out is capable of beating Arsenal.

No need to be so defeatist.
 
Pep sounding quietly relaxed and focused at the press conference. That sort of vibe builds confidence and belief and settles everyone's nerves. Feeling good about this one.
 
JewelZee said:
There is no way Gvardiol should not be starting. He's a better player than both Ake and Akanji already, simple as...
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I agree he should be starting but I think pep goes with tried and tested at the back given we probably expect not to dominate.
 
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