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All in here please. Silva and Walker for Gundogan and Danilo the only changes for me.
 
Is this are biggest test yet?

Liverpool - early in season and wouldn't have been a big shock if we didn't win
Chelsea - even with how we started most fans would have taken a point

Arsenal - mixed start to season and we we will be strong favorites. Pressure is on to continue as we've started but Arsenal are so unpredictable and could surprise us.

We will need KDB to be back to his best and Sane/Sterling to run riot. Hopefully Sergio we break the record too.
 
Before the Napoli game I thought this might be a game where we slip up, particularly thinking about how we were just a bit off in the previous 2 games.


After tonight though, I think everyone will be absolutely buzzing, and that'll take us through.

Arsenal aren't really doing badly or well, they're just taking care of some bad teams. We should be beating them really.

Our rotation players - Danilo, Gundogan and Bernardo - are showing signs of hitting their form too, at which point predicting line-ups will get harder but we'll get even better.
 
Ric said:
All in here please. Silva and Walker for Gundogan and Danilo the only changes for me.
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I think the plan was to start Jesus tonight and Sergio on Sunday, however the reported stomach bug for Jesus put paid to that, hence I think it'll revert now to Jesus starting on Sunday and the other rested 2 to come in as you've said.
 
Hard one to call in terms of which Arsenal will turn up.

I'd be shitting it if I was them though.

Need to work out a way of keeping KDB and Ferna fresh (everyone else is getting rested bar them)

But how can you leave either out at present?
 
I could see a let-down game similar to Chelsea against us after they had used all they had to beat Atleti midweek. Hopefully we recover well. Sanchez bound to score against us. 2-1 to us
 
Ederson
Walker Stones Otamendi Delph
Fernandinho
Gündogan Silva
Sterling Jesus Sané

KDB on the bench, 2-1 win.
 
Hope we cause a meltdown!

It's a big game because we kick off before Chelsea vs United, so they'll know how we've done. Huge chance to put United under quite a bit of pressure.

As for the team:

----------------Ederson
Walker---Stones---Otamendi---Delph
--------------Fernandinho
------De Bruyne--------D.Silva
Sterling----Aguero/Jesus--------Sane

Stuck on whether he'll pick Jesus or Aguero.
 
Send a video of today's match to Arsenal team - some of them may decide to take ill before the game.
 
I've thought Danilo was out on his arse against both Wolves and Napoli.

I think he needs a run in this team to get up to speed.

Ilkay was quality. He's not as mobile as Fern but I'd like to think he could do something in that position.

I'd be tempted to keep the same team.
 
If any Blues will be in the Orlando Florida area for this game, message me. Trying to get a group up to start watching the games here, and meeting at a bar for this one.

Hope this is allowed here...I know we get a ton of visitors from Manchester here!

To stay on topic, don't think we will much rotation in this one. Would love to see more of Bernardo as a false 9 subbing in. He looked great there tonight.
 
Andouble said:
Sanchez bound to score against us. 2-1 to us
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It'll be interesting to see how he plays, if he's selected. On the one hand, he's a real competitor, so you'd expect him to try his hardest, but on the other hand, he may know he's coming to us in January, in which case anything he does to take points off us now would affect his chances of winning the Prem with us later.

If he doesn't feature at all, it would strongly suggest that Wenger knows it's a done deal...
 
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