Arsenal (H) - Sun 22nd Sept, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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Yeah we need either Savinho or Doku on the pitch Grealish and Bernardo would just make it easier for their defenders.
 
murcian blue said:
If its defense Walker every over Lewis everytime. Lewis as an attacking mid fielder great but in defense not good enough.
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Walker was at fault for Brentford’s first goal on Saturday and looked shaky for majority of the game. Rico, to my knowledge, has never made an error leading to a goal yet. I’m still not seeing other people’s view that he isn’t a good defender.
 
Prepare for another 90 minutes of a team sitting deep with 11 men behind the ball.

I remember when we went to the rags in 2011/12 - or Chelsea in 2017/18 - and we took the game to both of them and put our marker down. Tore them both apart in both games while they were reigning champions. Away from home, on their own patch.

That’s what Arsenal need to try and do if they want to ‘overtake’ us. Rather than the anti-football Arteta so often produces. But they won’t. He won’t. As evidenced away at Spurs last week.
 
only slight consolation is that arsenal play this evening and won't land back in London until early hours friday evening.

some of these games are won on small margins, not saying it will have a direct impact on the result but won't harm our chances.

Would start kova next to rodri as we looked wide open last night and I feel he is a player who brought calmness and composure to our midfield in the games he started in the first couple games of the season.
 
Foden looked sharp when he came on last night and was training throughout the international break. I think he'll start Sunday.
 
Yes. Prepare for a display of the dark arts from the anti-fotball lot - time-wasting, feigning injury, their keeper holding on to the ball for ages, packed defence and lack of ambition.
They will have seen how we struggle to break down these defences, if they didn't already know. As someone just put it, if they score first, that'll be it.
It'll be anything but a classic, and no doubt Arteta will get all the plaudits for "outthinking" Pep.
I'm expecting a grim, grinding afternoon.
 
Stelea said:
If Gundo could have headed a ball properly tonight, we would have won by 2 goals
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Gundo can head a ball properly though as he has shown plenty of times before. The fact he gets into these positions should be applauded. We have our share of " couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo" players. Gundogan is not one of them
 
Big Swifty said:
Yes. Prepare for a display of the dark arts from the anti-fotball lot - time-wasting, feigning injury, their keeper holding on to the ball for ages, packed defence and lack of ambition.
They will have seen how we struggle to break down these defences, if they didn't already know. As someone just put it, if they score first, that'll be it.
It'll be anything but a classic, and no doubt Arteta will get all the plaudits for "outthinking" Pep.
I'm expecting a grim, grinding afternoon.
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Athough our game against Arsenal 2 seasons back, when chasing them for the title and win 4-1 been one of the best by City recent years. Great goal and play from KDB and Haaland for the first goal. Maybe thats why last season they came ultra defensively and this year should be similar.
 
Make absolutely no mistake these are an exceptional team and we’ll need to be bang at it for the full game.

I think they’ll play very similarly to Inter. 2 banks in a low block and then look for Saka and Martinelli as the early out ball / pace option.

I’d play Walker purely to negate Martinelli’s pace.

Think we’ve looked a bit undercooked so far this season so this will be a good test to see exactly where we’re at.

Both sides would probably be happy with a draw at this very early stage in the season.

Can’t see there being much in it.
 
Big Swifty said:
Yes. Prepare for a display of the dark arts from the anti-fotball lot - time-wasting, feigning injury, their keeper holding on to the ball for ages, packed defence and lack of ambition.
They will have seen how we struggle to break down these defences, if they didn't already know. As someone just put it, if they score first, that'll be it.
It'll be anything but a classic, and no doubt Arteta will get all the plaudits for "outthinking" Pep.
I'm expecting a grim, grinding afternoon.
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My guess for an 'injury' break is 17 mins.

I'd have a 15 yard semi-circle around the managers box to stop in-game coaching/cheating during any breaks in play.
 
Jonas.shaffer said:
I really don't get people calling for Walker to come back in. He was a liability last year, in his ten-minute cameo against West Ham, and only a little less poor against Brentford.

Rico has kept Kudus, Pedro Neto, Rashford, and Nkunku all in his pocket in as many games, not to mention the obvious of what he brings on the ball when playing it out from the back. I really have zero clue where this idea that he's a liability defensively, but Walker somehow isn't comes from. I think dropping him would be a big mistake, but we know Pep is loyal to his guys, so we'll see.

Ederson
Lewis-Akanji-Dias-Gvardiol
Kovacic-Rodri
Bernardo-Foden-Doku
Haaland​
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Id drop both and play Stones next to Rodri, move Akanji to RCB.
 
Rico - lovely lad, a battler, a manger's dream, a constant dynamo, 100% commitment, always available.......but....
elephant in the room for me. That intimated, more than good enough 95% of the time.
 
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