Arsenal (H) - Sat 28 Aug 12:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Damanino]

Rip them apart, give them nothing, show them that we are the Champions. the way they lost to Brentford and Chelsea, i would be very disappointed to lose any points here. quick start which had vs Spurs and Norwich too, punish their defence early on to set the tone of the game.

as Laporte and Jesus were great last game they are starting for me again. Can see Sterling centrally as left side is now with Grealish imo going forward...

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Rip them apart, give them nothing, show them that we are the Champions. the way they lost to Brentford and Chelsea, i would be very disappointed to lose any points here. quick start which had vs Spurs and Norwich too, punish their defence early on to set the tone of the game.

as Laporte and Jesus were great last game they are starting for me again. Can see Sterling centrally as left side is now with Grealish imo going forward...

We’ve only been warming up so far. We looked well off the pace against Spurs, much better against Norwich, but this is the game that where we’ll be properly up and running for the season.

Hopefully the crowd will be too!

 

[Blu1]

Not going to be easy this. If Arsenal lose again they are in deep shit already & pressure will be on Arteta.

Arteta knows peps weakness & he knows city so it balances this game out for me

going 2-1 city

 

[mat]

Any chance of another poll.

Which of our superstars will be long term injured by a shithouse challenge the ref will ignore then book Grealish 10 minutes later for an Arse player diving?

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Really hope Pep doesn't have a complete brainfart with team selection in this one, helping his good pal Arteta to three points to ease the pressure on him

Ffs

 

[mat]

Ffs

I can see him starting. He's been consistently decent.

 

[Marvin]

2131 seats online. You can get seats together in 302 back of East Stand Level 3. £53/£32

 

[SWPISHOME]

Not going to be easy this. If Arsenal lose again they are in deep shit already & pressure will be on Arteta.

Arteta knows peps weakness & he knows city so it balances this game out for me

going 2-1 city

City 3-0 Arsenal
City 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal 0-1 City

All three results in the Premier League Pep v Arteta. I think this "Arteta has Peps number" is quite funny really, That saying all boils down to their 2-0 victory over us in the FA Cup and the media instigate that, Other than that game we've dictated Arsenal and Arteta.

We'll batter Arsenal Saturday morning, They'll be lucky to get a shot on target in my opinion.

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

Throw Delap in against them Centre Backs no better way to get confidence up

 

[Metalartin]

2131 seats online. You can get seats together in 302 back of East Stand Level 3. £53/£32

Don't advertise that here, you know there will be some Dipper with his trousers around his ankles over that. ;)

On a serious note...

I was waiting for these to go on general sale. Filled in the email notification option for when they go on general sale. Noticed both games either side of the Arsenal game were already on sale at the time and waited a couple of weeks checking myself every other day.

Checked on Friday the 13th, to if they were on general sale(no) and again on Sat and by chance had a quick look on Monday the 16th and they were. Am I right in assuming that's the first day they went up on general sale? Is two weeks long enough for an early kick off game, considering those who travel far are put off by them? Also, I still haven't had the email notification, that they've gone on general sale either.

I suppose they hold the bigger games back longer because the club don't want people ignoring the smaller games for the general sales tickets. Not sure I agree with this, once the bigger game is sold out, then people will have to choose the games that are still available.

It probably will still sell out in the coming few days but I feel that game would have already sold out by now, if they had their act together with the scheduling and notifications part. Even if it is an early kick-off.