Arsenal vs City pre-match thread

Arsenal v City prediction

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    Votes: 35 12.0%
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Anyone for 4-1-5 with navas as a holding midfielder - he could be the new de Jong ???
 
cookster said:
Fucking roller coaster with Pep. Playing with ten men (Navas) and no midfield.

Can see Sanchez running 40 yards unchallenged before he gets to Stones and Otamendi.
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Navas will be running with him.

Whether he does anything on the way, who knows.
 
cookster said:
Fucking roller coaster with Pep. Playing with ten men (Navas) and no midfield.

Can see Sanchez running 40 yards unchallenged before he gets to Stones and Otamendi.
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Meanwhile back in the real world their defenders have just put on their slippers and lit their pipes at the sight of our team sheet.

Have some faith.
 
Very important game for many reasons and if we can get the three points today then some glorious things will still remain in the realm of possibility this season but we have to do the business of getting the win today. Arsenal are in a mess at the moment. This could be positive or negative depending on how their players approach this game but it is fair to say that this is a good time to play them with all the distractions.

So.. Guardiola kept to form with another huge surprise in the line up. Had to look at it a few times to be sure that I was seeing what I was seeing and still cannot make sense of it. Perhaps Navas will bring extra defensive structure and hard work and will contract the pace of Walcott/ Sanchez and also push their full backs back as they will not want to leave any space inbehind. Sterling can play as the second striker and did quite well in the second half against Liverpool in that position. The issue here is the midfield and who will sit deep. De Bruyne, Fernandinho and Clichy( as inverted full backs) will have to do the cover. Clichy will have to play well and Otamendi will have to be more composed and not dive in nonchalantly into tackles and challenges. It is a head scratchier but it is still a strong team that should frighten the opponent.

Aguero is the most important player in the squad because we need his goals and with the way we are set up, it will come down to taking the chances. We need to take our chances in this game. Play with heart, with honesty and with intelligence and get the three points.
 
Blueband Brother said:
Very important game for many reasons and if we can get the three points today then some glorious things will still remain in the realm of possibility this season but we have to do the business of getting the win today. Arsenal are in a mess at the moment. This could be positive or negative depending on how their players approach this game but it is fair to say that this is a good time to play them with all the distractions.

So.. Guardiola kept to form with another huge surprise in the line up. Had to look at it a few times to be sure that I was seeing what I was seeing and still cannot make sense of it. Perhaps Navas will bring extra defensive structure and hard work and will contract the pace of Walcott/ Sanchez and also push their full backs back as they will not want to leave any space inbehind. Sterling can play as the second striker and did quite well in the second half against Liverpool in that position. The issue here is the midfield and who will sit deep. De Bruyne, Fernandinho and Clichy( as inverted full backs) will have to do the cover. Clichy will have to play well and Otamendi will have to be more composed and not dive in nonchalantly into tackles and challenges. It is a head scratchier but it is still a strong team that should frighten the opponent.

Aguero is the most important player in the squad because we need his goals and with the way we are set up, it will come down to taking the chances. We need to take our chances in this game. Play with heart, with honesty and with intelligence and get the three points.
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Good post pep ;)
 
Navas at RB? It's literally our normal set up, but with Navas at RB, which can't be much worse than our actual RBs.
 
karen7 said:
I've booked an ambulance for half time lol
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Forget half time. If they score in the first 30 minutes, and Navas hits one cross into their first defender, the forum will freeze.
 
We should reset the poll now that the team sheets have been announced. ;-)
 
I think we may be playing 3-5-2 navas and sane wingbacks and sterlung and aguero up top like at home 2nd half when we caused them lots of problems!!!
 
Interesting line-up. Navas vs Sanchez?

Delighted that Arsenal have gone with the super slow midfield trio again (Coquelin/Xhaka/Ozil).
 
Haha. Same faces every game. They must get as much enjoyment from being a City fans as I do at the dentists.
 
MCFC1993 said:
Looks like:

-------------------------Caballero
Navas----------Stones------------Otamendi----------Clichy
------------------------Fernandinho
----------De Bruyne---------------------Silva
Sterling------------------Aguero------------------------Sane

Can't see Dinho at right back with no proper holding midfielder.

Like the attack (although we might miss Yaya's passing) but shows how dire our full back situation is.
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This has to be it. Navas at RB is better than Navas at RW, strange choice but it makes a sense to counter the pace.
 
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