Arsenal - pre match thread.

[whp.blue]

Have we ever won a game without Silva, Yaya and Nasri?

the 1969 cup final springs to mind

 

[TheThirdDeano]

And what about when we don't have the ball? KDB leaves a huge hole.

We Pray Bert. We Pray.

 

[super_city_si]

We're fucked. It's a top 6 team.

 

[Healdplace]

Henry one of the pundits on our game,everytime the fucker is on one of our games we seem to lose, scuddy cnut..

Given how often he is on and we have lost lately that is like saying every time it is a Sunday it was a Saturday the day before.

Means nothing.

 

[Blueband Brother]

The season is almost over and there will be a lot of review and autopsies as to what went wrong..or right and why but at the moment it is all about getting the job done, which is to qualify for the champions league. Our record against the so called top teams in the league has been nothing short of shocking and perplexing but there are explanations I am sure. This is the last chance for the players to step up and right a major wrong this season.

The line up is not what I would have gone for- a 433 would have been ideal and I still think a player like Iheanacho could have still got a place in the team in place of Navas, who works hard and tracks back but does not offer a real goal threat. However what he offers is push the opposition full back deeper and is a real outlet for the offense on the right hand side, which can be useful. So it is about taking the good with the bad. Pellegrini trusts him and plays him every time so it is no surprise that he went with Navas in this important match.

It is a game we can win if everyone works hard so that we can finish the season on a positive.

 

[Dax777]

has to be but i'd have Nacho in for Sterling.

Smart fella :)

 

[kaz7]

COME ON BLUEBOYS

 

[aguero93:20]

the 1969 cup final springs to mind

Was going to say Gillingham but that was a draw really.

 

[Steve68]

The season is almost over and there will be a lot of review and autopsies as to what went wrong..or right and why but at the moment it is all about getting the job done, which is to qualify for the champions league. Our record against the so called top teams in the league has been nothing short of shocking and perplexing but there are explanations I am sure. This is the last chance for the players to step up and right a major wrong this season.

The line up is not what I would have gone for- a 433 would have been ideal and I still think a player like Iheanacho could have still got a place in the team in place of Navas, who works hard and tracks back but does not offer a real goal threat. However what he offers is push the opposition full back deeper and is a real outlet for the offense on the right hand side, which can be useful. So it is about taking the good with the bad. Pellegrini trusts him and plays him every time so it is no surprise that he went with Navas in this important match.

It is a game we can win if everyone works hard so that we can finish the season on a positive.

I'd have gone with a 433 even though it would mean Delph playing (Yaya ready to come on in the 65th minute of course). Not controlling the midfield while playing a high line never works out for us.

Great to see Nacho starting. Let's hope.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

That midfield looks incredibly weak.