Arsenal Vs City Pre Match Thread

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Isn't Yaya due to play tomorrow for Ivory Coast against Cameroon or has Ebola put paid to that?
If the match goes ahead he's unlikely to back until the early hours of Friday which surely means he'll be in no condition to face Arsenal on Saturday.
IIRC there was a similar situation last season and although picked he was completely out of it.
 
George Hannah said:
Isn't Yaya due to play tomorrow for Ivory Coast against Cameroon or has Ebola put paid to that?
If the match goes ahead he's unlikely to back until the early hours of Friday which surely means he'll be in no condition to face Arsenal on Saturday.
IIRC there was a similar situation last season and although picked he was completely out of it.
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YAYA will play even if he turns up Saturday morning! For some reason rest or rotating does not happen to him..
 
George Hannah said:
Isn't Yaya due to play tomorrow for Ivory Coast against Cameroon or has Ebola put paid to that?
If the match goes ahead he's unlikely to back until the early hours of Friday which surely means he'll be in no condition to face Arsenal on Saturday.
IIRC there was a similar situation last season and although picked he was completely out of it.
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It will be the same with Fernandinho as well because he won't be back in training until Friday, if you consider the team bus leaves Friday night to go to London as well we are looking at our main midfield duo likely to be looking tired and not as tactically prepared as Pellegrini would like them.

Arsenal away really is not a great game to be having after an international break, follow that up with Bayern away and Chelsea at home in the week following and it looks ridiculous.
 
supercity88 said:
With Pellegrini we should know by now that every game is a priority. He will not be thinking of Bayern until we have played Arsenal. Similarly he won't think about Chelsea until we have played Bayern. We have a big squad and even with injuries we can provide teams with a stern test. The fact is that Arsenal and Bayern will both look to dominate possession. I think we really have to go at Arsenal though, as other teams did last season. We were incredible there first half last season but then took our foot off the gas. Depending on who is fit, if we have the likes of Fernandinho really getting at them we can look to score a few early.

Against Bayern we should play on the counter as well. They will keep the ball all day long, so let them have it and force them into doing something special. Their defence isn't all that when being ran at and we can score. We should be encouraged by last years result. The Chelsea game could be tough having played two teams that like to keep the ball - we might be chasing it for large periods and without a fully fit squad we may struggle. Interesting to see how we play these games. Three crackers coming up, and I'm not sure I am ready for them yet!
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He will not be thinking of Bayern until we have played Arsenal. Similarly he won't think about Chelsea until we have played Bayern

You don't genuinely believe this?

surely?
 
Marvin said:
Suspect Ramsey was just time-wasting.
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He wasn't, you could see him pull up, but the severity is unknown. Coleman said 'hopefully' he will be OK for the City game.

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