A mate of mine wanted to go...but said tickets were £80! Really felt for him ... then remembered he will piss himself silly when we end up 5th or 6th as usual come may...so now think **** him...serves him right for supporting a money grabbing CL team! but in all seriousness the huge prices are a real shame for less well off fans...not having a dig at arsenal here cos all clubs do it...like they don't get enough from tv, merchandise etc.
Watching that Barca game last night, even though he did not score, Neymar was ****ing on another planet with some of things he was doing. How the **** do you stop that? Bellerin needs two players to help him, but that means Suarez and Messi will get more space. It's a mindfuck.
They won't stop them. What we have to do is play out of their skins to stand a chance, any average sh1t that we've been pulling out lately will be punished severely.
I would take a gamble against Barca and play both Coquelin and ElNeny to provide some solidity in midfield
Likewise Those two sitting in front of the back four with Ramsey right, Sanchez left, Ozil further forward with Giroud up top...... Bellerin....Mert....Kos....Monreal ............Coquelin...Elneny.......... Ramsey...................... .Sanchez .....................Ozil........................ ....................Giroud....................
We have to play our best 11, and that includes Coqs. If we play Flamini and Ramsey together, they will get their asses handed to them. No idea how good Elneny is, but he has to play a few more games for us to see if he's good enough, otherwise I'd go for a Coqs and Ramsey partnership..
Makes a better defensive lineup, but significantly takes away our offensive ability. Giroud as a lone striker with Ramsey on the right wing is really poor, especially against Barca. We need some pace and support for Giroud, who isn't won't make much impact against Barca. IF Walcott plays an inspired game, then we have a slim chance.
Walcott. I know he hasn't been great of recent, but we need his pace to frighten Barca. Sitting back against Barca's three is suicidal. Attack is the best form of defence and it will at least make them think twice.
We're deciding whether to include Ramsey in the midfield too. They'll never get through our midfield with Coq, Elneney and Ramsey, so we won't need a keeper
Is that a gamble or damage limitation? A gamble would be Walcott, Campbell, Sanchez, Ozil and Ramsey as your midfield
When your luck is in, it is in. Fair play to the fella - If we are going to bollock things up. it would be great to see Leicester win it.
If Leicester can go to City tomorrow and win I think they'll go on and win the league, they just don't look like dropping points anywhere at the moment
I think it's more to do with his confidence and also a slice of luck. Leicester are flying and hats off to them. I love the underdog and they would be a dream win for the title. I look at us with all our quality and wonder why the team isn't doing better and only one explanation comes to mind. I'm not trying to bash Wenger but if Ranieri can get a set of players that are of significantly less talent and quality than ours, then it must be the manager. What other reason is it? Is Vardy better than Giroud, Walcott or Campbell? Is Mahrez better than Ozil, Cazorla or Ramsey? But we have significantly better players in every position than theirs. Wenger has had years and years to cultivate his team and experience in the Premiership and yet his team is struggling to cope with it all, AGAIN. It's hard to ignore this when Leicester are top of the league and we are back to 4th. Is this really good enough?
Whilst Ranieri is obviously doing something right, you mustn't overlook the work done by Nigel Pearson who put the majority of this squad together. During a spell from the second half of last season to Christmas they only lost three games, I believe. Two of them to us - another oddity in a very confusing season.
Of course, he's done some really good work too. But the way Ranieri is inspiring his team is similar to what Brian Clough did with Nottingham Forest. If he can manage to win the Premiership, then he will become an Instant Premiership legend.
