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.
Ufraud
“Fulham fucking chucked it yesterday”
You have to be pretty stupid to even think that a team challenging for European football (only 3 points off 6th place) would consider chucking a game of football.
TRVL
“…furthermore, if you think Skelly is the future of our midfield based on a decent one-off late season appearance against a going through the motions side, after being ignored all year long, then you’re fucking high”
I’m not sure that Fulham would be going through the motions knowing that a win yesterday would have put them in 6th position, you obviously need some education on the game which is understandable as you living on the other side of the pond puts you at a disadvantage , so my advice to you would be to try and educate yourself by reading and absorbing the words of supporters that live and breathe the club and attend and have attended the games like myself and Aitcho, otherwise you are in danger of making a fool of yourself by even suggesting that Fulham were going through the motions…
Silly bollocks .
They had 1 attempt on target
I should re phrase it
They didn’t exactly chuck it, they simply didn’t mind Arsenal winning.
Compare the effort Newcastle and Bournemouth put in or Burnley at Manchester City.
On the continent, this is normal practice.
And while you are here
Tell me why, you think Carrick got Manchester United into the top 4 in half a season and the moronic cunt took us 8th twice in his first 2 seasons?
The cunt should have been fucked off, and never seen or heard again fuckin years ago.
Cunt.
Pricksy—simply-put, you haven’t a fucking clue and I take it as a compliment whenever I have a contrary opinion to you…cee you next Tuesday
Half pint Vera doing my copypaste thing.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. He described it a freaky before but it would appear I set the standards here. Obviously.
I had a game earlier today, the majority of us support Arsenal. Quite a few went yesterday. You can imagine the proper supporters were happy yesterady while oddbods online have made Tets a totem for their upset at being dumped on other sites. It’s so strange, a whole parallel universe.
Fart Fraud I get, he supports the oppo so will be upset more often than not
While Little Vera plays online celebration cop, “they’re going to come on here celebrating a win I tells ya, what kind of Arsenal fan gets happy when Arsenal win? I don’t get it”
This is why you’re so dull Squeaky. Perhaps your strap on and dress are the only things that make you truly happy rather than doing role play football fan on a blog. Or perhaps go back to 4chan with the other inadequates.
I get it now, it’s the Spike and Chester show, starring our two resident fuckbags…btw Achoo if you think me providing 3 quotes in one singular post is any similar to your I live rent free in your head 7000 cut and paste meltdowns, you’re fucking fucked…for the love of God stop standing behind that donkey, one more kick and you might need a full-time cage on that helmet of yours (not to mention, you can get access to everything YOU want from the side) FU
anything similar
Get back to 4chan with the other angry inadequates Half pint, this football lark isn’t doing you any favours.
No, we’re not similar, you’re not really cut out to deal with proper football people like me with your short man delusions..
Spurs (they’re our rivals) winning has put a bit of a dampener on the day. Some of your dafter comments will lift the mood. I can post them if you like, it’s only fair to share the jokes squeaky.
Less swearing could make you look less like an angry loner but that’s only part of your basket of issues.
Cheers half pint.
For a minute I thought that it was only 1 Village missing its idiot but it is now apparent that there are actually two Villages that are missing their idiots. Wicksy & Aitcho Google is your friend to find your Village where you belong and will be welcome to resume your activities as resident idiots.
Achoo—someone clearly doesn’t like the term “little”, so much so that you had to google up an online thesaurus in order to get a gem like half-pint (and maybe lark)…what are you fucking 6…maybe while you’re at it you could look up some synonyms for fucktard cuntface, my little curse word snowflake (remember that only a child would say I looked it up and found a picture of you—that’s what we adults call a preemptive strike)
Oh look, the online angry guys are upset.
Shouldn’t you too be congratulating each others posts and agreeing with each others daft opinions on football?
Two angry yanks doing what yanks do best, online rage to compensate for offline mediocrity. I’m happy to draw up your silly comments too Killjoy. You’re not immune to my copypaste based entertainment, Squeaky likes it so much he did some himself.
Soon you’ll both be copying my support for Arsenal. We’ll get there boys.
You cal everyone fucktard, that’s your way of coping with irrelevance Squeaky
Arteta, other commenters. You probably thought it may You sound quite tough, like all your penis related angry comments, in the real world it would mark you out as a bit of a knob.
Imagine going down the pub and calling everyone and anyone you had an issue with ‘fucktard’, you’d just be outing yourself.
You don’t need to have issues with me Killjoy and Vera, just watch and learn how real Arsenal people, not role playing online loons, do things.
Grrrrrrr!! ‘Preemptive strike’ on the comments on a blog incoming! Get a grip of yourself man.
What a weirdo. You’re going to die alone Half Pint.
So the two soppy bollocks who frequent this site don’t believe teams throw matches.
Villa tonight.
Like Fulham.
Throwing the match.
Cheating, going through the motions and cronyism.
Forest now can’t rest their players against Chelsea tomorrow and therefore will be knackered for Thursday.
All this goes on in the continent and is now endemic at the latter stages of the season in the English leagues.
The FA should be throwing the book at the pair of the cheating cunts but fuck knows what the FA does these days.
All cunts. The whole fucking lot of them.
If this moronic cunt wins a trophy in these circumstances, thats me out of the cunting corrupt game for good.
Any evidence at sll Fartso?
Once you cheer for the oppo and base your online activity around irrational anger towards a manager you’ll never meet, you’re already out the game. You’re better off without it given how loopy it’s made you.
Soppy
Villa chucked it, they wanted Forest to exert extra energy tonight before Thursdays semi final.
Fulham didn’t put any effort in and were happy to roll over, probably promised Nwaneri and another player discounted like Leno
This practice goes on ,in the continent
I dont need any evidence
I have my own fuckin eyes and ears.
If City lose tonight, we should throw the West Ham match.
Might as well see them cunts go down
The FA cunts doing what they do best fuck all.
This is now the norm
Art
Hope no one calls me prejudiced , but seeing the amoral cheating going on and promoted as the art of winning, our El Bastardo is catalan too , right ?
😷Cunt
Hoopah
I think cheating is endemic in the game, especially with regards to teams throwing matches at the end of the season.
VAR is also an evil , evil , evil charade.
Simply brought in to control results when needed.
Combination of two much money swilling around, too many tin pot competions and the cowardly press being bought by these owners
The blogs have also been bought by the billionaire slags
There is no integrity in top level football. Its all a big fucking con trick lapped up by soppy cunts.
Villa chucked a match in plain sight yesterday and no cunt has said a fuckin word.
Lower leagues is where the real sport is being played.
Ultimately we are all cunts believing other wise
Cunts
Hi Hoopah
Your earlier comment was actually right. They’re wooden, dense and do little of use except stick in the ground. 🏏
Howzat?
Looking forward to the Jambos (Hearts of Midlothian) V Huns (the bigoted masses of Rangers) in a wee while. Scottish football seems to have come alive this season. Whether it’ll endure is anyone’s guess but 8 doubt it.
Followed by Everton against some bunch of cunts awaiting a massive points deduction.
C’mon you toffee eating slags!
20 minutes left. 🍬🍬🍬