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Match Day Thread Arsenal (A) 24/02 - 14:05

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  1. Libby

    Libby 9-0

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    Off to the Emirates Sunday after a couple of weeks off including a weeks warm weather training, lucky for some eh? :)

    Arsenal will obviously be favourites but perhaps their Europa League game on Thursday against Bate Borisov could be a bit of a leveler, especially after defeat in Belarus means they may have to play a stronger team than originally planned.

    Not sure on team news but reckon we'll see Maya back in side, is Obafemi fit yet? Wouldn't mind seeing him presuming Ings is out.

    Last time we played Arsenal:



    Last time I went to the Emirates:



    My prediction? An entertaining 2-2 draw... UTFS <cheers>








    Yeeeelllllooooowwws!
     
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  2. RSS

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    Arsenal are much better at home than away, so a shame that we're playing them at the Emirates. We're not expected to get anything from this game, so despite our position in the league a draw would be a good result. A surprise win against Arsenal would take the pressure off the Fulham game a bit, although that game is a must win regardless of the Arsenal result.

    Still no Bertrand news?
     
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    Our relegation rivals fixtures this weekend:

    Friday
    Cardiff v Watford
    West Ham v Fulham

    Saturday
    Burnley v Tottenham
    Newcastle v Huddersfield
    Leicester v Crystal Palace

    Brighton don't play until Tuesday when they face Leicester (who will have played only a few days before...)
     
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  4. shoot_spiderman

    shoot_spiderman Power to the People

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    Positives
    A reasonable chance that Cardiff, Fulham, Huddersfield and Burnley don't get any points this weekend
    I think Ralphs style may work well v the Arse
    We are better and our defense is better than when they were at St Marys
    I don't think I've seen us lose at the Emirates with Mrs S

    Negatives
    A resonable chance we won't get anything from this
    We have no strikers that can both run and score
    Our defense is still capable of changing any score into a loss in the last few minutes
    I never saw us win there pre Mrs S

    Tactics
    Shaney and Charlie up front
    Shaney to run around with Charlie on his back and Charlie to jump off and kick the ball in the net at appropriate moments
    Play Maya
    Surely time to play Sam?
     
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  5. jonny 'hasen' shuttle

    jonny 'hasen' shuttle Well-Known Member

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    gunner be tricky
    i have never been to the emirates
    and i still wont have been folloiwng the game
    but i have always wanted to
     
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    This game should prove once and for all who the better striker is out of Aubamayang and Shane Long.
     
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    Le Arse are gonna get fully Shlong'd.
     
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    Sadly, I can't see us getting than a draw and we'll do well to get that. Two nil to the Arsenal is my prediction. Not great for us, but what we don't want is for our relegation rivals to steal a march on us. Fulham at home is the big one.
     
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    Sunday 24th February 2019
    14:05
    Arsenal v Southampton
    Referee:
    Graham Scott
    Assistants:
    Mick McDonough, Neil Davies
    Fourth official:
    Chris Kavanagh
     
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    The home game proved that if we have a striker willing to run between their centre backs, and others who can hit decent crosses, there are chances to be had.
     
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    Their defence is almost as poor as ours.

    They are quite capable of scoring several goals, however.
     
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    What against a defence like ours? Dont be so silly Archers.

    P.s.Cant afford blue ink sorry.
     
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    If we defend like we did against Chelsea we might be alright. If we defend like we did against Cardiff, it’ll be an absolute horror show.

    Maybe under Ralph, we’re genuinely better against the better teams? That’s the straw I’m clinging to anyway.
     
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    the last 3 games have killed the feel-good factor and a quick glance at the fixture list suggests we are in a whole world of ****.
    Good manager - but Ralph is managing footballers that are not good enough at this level and clearly struggle under pressure.
    i think we are probably going to lose 3 of the next 4 games so its not going to to be nice
     
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    I'm gonna call our performance against Cardiff a blip and hope the **** it was!
     
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    Aubemayang is going to murder us unfortunately
     
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    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    Just like he did in the home game.


    Oh, wait...
     
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