The youfs beat the manc spawn 5-0 today. They've had a good start to the new season. Cannonier scored a hat trick
Did Norwich buy anyone in the summer, cause they're ****ed if they're relying on their Championship team The way the media made a fuss about Grealish scoring his goal made me think it was a proper goal and not just a deflection that hit him and went in.
Sold Beundia to Villa for 30m as well. Think he scored and assisted 15 each last season for them as well
If it was up to me GK- Leno RB- Bellerin LB- Tierney CB- White CB- Gabriel CM- Partey CM- Odegaard LW- Saka ACM- Smith-Rowe RW- Lacazette CF- PEA Although don't know what this Lokonga kid is like. And for the big matches I'd swap Odegaard for Elneny. Wouldn't have Xhaka at the club let alone in the team
they bought 7 plus Gilmour on loan however they relied a lot on Buendia and Skipp last year who are both gone .
Lukaku will love that. Not sure what else Arsenal can do though, if they go to a back three to suit that pair, they'll lose something elsewhere.
—————-Leno ——White Gabriel Tierney Bellerin ——Partey ———Saka ——Smith Rowe Odegaard ———-Auba Lacazette
Manchester United were held by Southampton 1:1 Tottenham won against Wolves, Dele Ali penalty was the only goal .
Good result with southampton. They seem to have retained some semblance of a side despite the shocking weak cbs. Armstrong seems a good buy up front.
Tierney looked a good defender last year, seemed out of place in the arsenal team. A proper summer with Arteta though he’s now looking like an arsenal defender. Giving reece James freedom of the box twice to pick out Lukaku and then score the second.
Lukaku looked good today. Should be good match up next week v VVD. Chelsea play that system very well. Need to not let James and Alonso have as much space as arsenal did today. Stretched the play and force you to either mark them which creates space in middle for midfielders, or if you stay compact in middle opens space out wide. Tough formation when played well. This is where midfiekd of Hendo fab Gini would do well as Hendo and Gini would use that energy to push wide to cover the spaces when ball is switches. Not sure Thiago or eliott can do it as effectively?
Meh. Lukaku will hide out on the wing You are right though this is a midfield area battle. I would drop in firmino and have him deep clogging up that area. Leave their 3 at the back to mark nobody. Anyway it will be critical to run hard in midfield and subs are required this time. Cant hold too long. Need the intensity.
Keep Lukaku quiet by stopping the ball getting to him we can frustrate Chelsea. Lukaku is very physical
