Right, we are out of Carabao Cup and FA Cup, but not everything is lost. We are 11 points clear of Man City in Premier League and we can take that lead to 12 points if we beat Bournemouth today. City do have 2 games in hand, but if they win both, we will still have a 6 point lead with only 6 games left for the season. In Champions League, we have a 1-0 advantage against Sporting and the second leg is at home. If we managed to get at least a draw, we will be playing Atletico (most likely) in the semi finals. I would rather play Atletico than Flick’s Barcelona.
The chance of lifting a trophy is still a possibility. And a win today will improve that possibility even more. Bournemouth are sitting in the bottom half of the table, and I hope we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot today.
Playing XI is out and I still don’t understand what has gotten into Arteta’s mind.
Why is Martinelli in the playing XI when you have Hincapie available. It’s not the time to be concerned about the injuries, because a loss in any of the games could mean a title. I’m OK with rest of the selection, Eze could have played ahead of Havertz but I’m not sure how much of his fitness is back.
I don’t understand the fact that we spend more than 250m on midfielders (Rice, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Havertz, Odegaard) and yet, we always have 2 DM-profile players and an option to choose from a non-performing Odegaard with a out-of-form Havertz. Anyway, that shouldn’t be a problem for a team sitting on 1st, playing against a bottom half team I suppose.
We need to win today. Man City has to visit Chelsea tomorrow and though I don’t have much confidence in Chelsea beating them, anything can happen. In last 3 seasons, we have always been the favorites going into last 7-8 games but have given it away. There are 7 games left, and 7 test of whether we have learned something over the years.
Right, game starts in an hour. See ya.
big save by Raya…if this keeps up he’s gong to be vitally important in this one
I don’t even know why Ode has a right leg…they should cut off he right foot and replace it with a grocery cart wheel
We’re laughing at you not with you.
What the fuck is that? Is that what passes for banter in your mind’s eye? Execrable. Read Aitcho and Vera if you want to learn about fiery, original and inventive discourse. They’re both rather good at it. You, by contrast, are utterly shit and an embarrassment to LiR.
I don’t want to be the owner of the short straw that means I have to read this mild, clichéd, hopelessly inoffensive bollocks.
You really are poor at everything. Walking, supporting Arsenal, dealing in the lightest of light woods, and interacting with sentient fucking humans. You empty hearted wretch. You’re like a distempered dog returning to eat its own sick.
his right foot
I would suspect that Havertz’s fragility since suffering his first major leg injury has something to do with how much he juiced up during his lengthy rehab stint…when you’re that lean and you mess with your body mechanics in such a significant way there’s usually a price to pay…that said, I’m certainly not mad about his absence
nice attempt by Noni…that’s the kind of effort we should be seeing from him on a more regular basis, especially since he’s been given an opportunity to play on his proper side with Saka’s recent injury woes
important defensive recovery by Rice…just wish he was sitting deeper most of the time
their defenders should be far more savvy considering how embarassing we are when it comes to that floppity shit…it’s like he went to Havertz’s summer camp…I will say this though, VG doesn’t mess around when it comes to penalties and we’ve been lacking in that department for some time now
Kroenke
Why would I want extended discourse with a vile parasite like you?
You are nothing – you came at me tonight for no reason I hadn’t referenced you or replied to you and yet you’re the one who’ll claim you’re in my head.
If you were on fire I’d walk past and not give it a second thought you can’t even manage irrelevant.
I pity your children.
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Marcie Marc
Many more negatives than positives associated with balsa. All of those weaknesses could equally apply to your personality. A metaphor for your life…
Gyokeres lashed that in.
Poor penalty for AM to concede – really bad defending.
Whomever progresses from this side of the draw will have to seriously up their levels against PSG or Bayern in the final.
And there’s the storm the news mentioned earlier!
Kroenke
You’re just making me laugh now.
Have you been sniffing something? You ‘dopey cunt’.
if you were on fire (nice metaphor, no really it’s highly original), i would enjoy shitting on you so that you’d be sizzling while dealing with my Kroenkephobian scatological output. Warning: it’s copious and unpleasant.
Nice to bring my kids into it. That doesn’t suggest you’re a pederast in any way, shape or form. No really. I bet your family wonder when you’re going to morph from a foetus into something a little more worthwhile. You creepy fucking child bender.
Marc—I get why we look to go to ground, as we struggle to score from open play more than most “top” sides, but the blatant way in which several of our players conduct themselves in this regards definitely rubs me the wrong way…that said, opposing defenders shouldn’t be putting themselves in vulnerable positions against us, as there’s no doubt in my mind their coaches have warned them about our propensity to flop about
Limping pinnochio paedo.
I’m a bit surprised Simeone was subbed off
VG complaining about flopping is fucking rich…Alvarez almost tied this one up with a screamer…how they haven’t tied this one up is surprising…big save by Gabs…might have been a hand ball, but it would have been quite harsh…White might not be so lucky, as his arm was away from the body
those might be the two most decisive penalties I’ve seen in a high pressure match in quite some time
this scoreline still favours us, especially with the second leg at teh Emirates…I’ll be interested to see MA”s tactics in the remaining 40+ minutes…I hope Eze won’t be required to sit too deep
those near misses by AM might be our saving grace if they can’t find a way to take a lead to north London
some nice work by us to break their press…that will need to continue to be the case moving forward