Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

[TrentGrisham]

___________Ederson_________

Akanji___Dias___Stones____Ake

___________Rodri_________

_____Foden____KDB(if fit)____

Bernardo_____Haaland_____Jack

 

[york away to this!]

what is it accused of?

Criminal damage to the bogs...

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Ortega
Walker
Stones
Dias
Ake
Rodri
Kovacic
Bernardo
Foden
Grealish
Haaland

Ederson, Akanji, Laporte, Gomez, Lewis, Phillips, McAtee, Bobb, Alvarez

 

[eastmanc]

I expect Ortega to play, he's a very good no 2, who I think Pep will try to keep happy with a chance of silverware?

He's probably too good to be a number 2. We have done well to keep him.

 

[Indaparkside]

He's probably too good to be a number 2. We have done well to keep him.

Probably the 40 grand a week or whatever he’s on helps

 

[bluenova]

He's probably too good to be a number 2. We have done well to keep him.

If you look at his career, he's 30 and only has a couple of seasons at Bundesliga level, with the mighty Arminia Bielefeld (who I thought was a Bond villain, not a football club).

He's now played at Wembley and won an FA Cup final. Probably feels very much like he's living a dream.

14 starts is also pretty good for a backup keeper, so he's been given some love, and lots of good backup keepers leave a top club for first team football and end up second choice somewhere else anyway.

 

[eastmanc]

If you look at his career, he's 30 and only has a couple of seasons at Bundesliga level, with the mighty Arminia Bielefeld (who I thought was a Bond villain, not a football club).

He's now played at Wembley and won an FA Cup final. Probably feels very much like he's living a dream.

14 starts is also pretty good for a backup keeper, so he's been given some love, and lots of good backup keepers leave a top club for first team football and end up second choice somewhere else anyway.

If you look at the training video he did for City tv, he said on that that he had become stronger and a better keeper since joining us due to the time and training method's City adopted towards him. Like you said he has never had success like this so he is probably really happy here.

 

[Worsleyweb]

Jerk Chicken

 

[BringBackSwales]

Jerk Chicken

Isn’t that illegal?

 

[MCFCMaz]

Good point.

IMO we should be playing united instead of Arsenal. I'd have the order as follows...

1. PL Winner v FA Cup Winner or if the same club ...
2. League Cup Winner v FA Cup Winner or if the same club ...
3. PL Winner v League Cup Winner or if the same club ...
4. PL Winner v Championship Winne

Hope Pep picks a strong team ,we need to fill our trophy cabinet to the brim , Community Shield , Super Cup , World Club Cup and next seasons CarabaoCup will mean we will be holders of seven trophies in the space of a calendar year , quite sure no other football club has done that.
Would love a team photo with all seven trophies , because it will never be repeated.

I hope so ! I have a bet on it :-D