Arsenal - pre match thread.

[BLUE THUNDER]

City being shorter than 6/4 to win hardly the stuff of miracles-please see Leicester thread for that.

Maybe miracle is a bit strong, lets just say a huge turnaround in the way we've been playing against good teams at home.

 

[kaz7]

Tempo tempo tempo and from the off not when we go behind or the last 10 mis

 

[Ethan23]

..............................Hart........................

Sagna....Otamendi....Mangala....Clichy

Navas...Fernandinho...Fernando...Kdb

....................Aguero....Kelechi..............

Let's go for it and give them something to worry about!

 

[bert38]

Maybe miracle is a bit strong, lets just say a huge turnaround in the way we've been playing against good teams at home.

I should say I expect us to lose but hope the importance, the occasion brings out the best in them. Here's hoping mate.

 

[Blue Llama]

Watching first half of Spurs v Southampton, 2 teams with not much to play for at this stage of the season but both are giving 100%. City need to give everything today as a poor result will give every hope to manure in their last 2 games.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Watching first half of Spurs v Southampton, 2 teams with not much to play for at this stage of the season but both are giving 100%. City need to give everything today as a poor result will give every hope to manure in their last 2 games.

Players and manager have all packed their bags for sunny summer. They can't wait to board the plane . Be ready to watch the day dreamers.

 

[Obierika]

Ha Ha Ha

 

[Healdplace]

Players and manager have all packed their bags for sunny summer. They can't wait to board the plane . Be ready to watch the day dreamers.

If that happens today and nobody above Pellegrini at the club has intervened to express the need for 100% effort today then there should be serious questions asked at the highest level as to why they let it happen. This is last chance saloon and 99% effort will not be good enough let alone less than that.

I just have a sense that maybe today the penny has dropped and we will see some proper fight.

Might still not be enough to win, but it is the least we can expect.

Hopefully the right team aids that fight and not the opposite as we have seen too often.

Today Pelle has no excuses though. Nothing else to do but go for it. So surely even he will today?

He might figure that the result today will dictate the mood of his own send off at the final whistle. That personal desire today just might count.

 

[prof-taf]

Hopefully players turn up just to ensure they don't have to parade the carling cup to a half empty stadium, with fans throwing abuse at them.

 

[Healdplace]

Hopefully players turn up just to ensure they don't have to parade the carling cup to a half empty stadium, with fans throwing abuse at them.

Yes, as I said above that goes for the manager, too.

Our best hope today I think.

They all might have a bit of a reason to give a damn.

 

[kaz7]

Yep it'll be down to the players to do the business,ignore mp if they have to

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Please let us turn up for this today. I'm tired of us getting our butt handed to us in big games. If we put in 100% I can live with whatever the result.

 

[bluethai]

Knowing Pellers, line up could be something like this, Demi at the back, Yaya and Fernando in the middle with Sterling and Bony upfront.

 

[2sheikhs]

With Delph on the left just in front of kolarov.

 

[kaz7]

30 mins then we will know what the team is,i am a tad nervous now

 

[winchamblue]

The players know what they have to do, but i dout they will.
it''ll be a replay 0f the Real game lazy, lathargic could'nt give a toss

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I know it' a massive match but finding it difficult to get excited - just a feeling of resignation. Need a beer.

 

[Healdplace]

Knowing Pellers, line up could be something like this, Demi at the back, Yaya and Fernando in the middle with Sterling and Bony upfront.

If that happened he would be suspended and investigated at one of two places.

Betting fraud by the FA or his sanity at Prestwich Hospital. :)

Seriously, today - the CL is over - he might well now actually care solely about having got City into the CL in all three seasons as a manager.

Everton will love that on his CV if stories are true in today's papers that he wishes to stay managing in the PL.

So I think he focuses 100% on winning and I can confidently predict he will not do that kind of suicidal team selection.

Hopefully.

Sort of.

 

[Chippy_boy]

..............................Hart........................

Sagna....Otamendi....Mangala....Clichy

Navas...Fernandinho...Fernando...Kdb

....................Aguero....Kelechi..............

Let's go for it and give them something to worry about!

Despite my earlier comments about Yaya, I agree.

442 from the off. We're at home, let's try and outscore them

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

I think we'll get the win, just don't expect much of a performance. Both sides will look deflated but we'll do what we've done in most of our wins this season, just crawl across the finish line. And at this stage of the season that's all that matters.