Lets move on.
We begin our Carabao Cup journey today against the Boltons. Bolton Wanderers is one of the oldest English club based in Greater Manchester and currently plays in League One, third level of English football. They have some very rich history but not so rich recently when the club went into administration before an ownership change. For us, it’s a game to rotate and rotate heavily, give game time to those who can’t make the current Premier League / Champions League squad, and to give chances to the kids.
I was expecting a lot of changes in the line up and that’s what has happened
Jack Porter, a 16 year old who signed the scholarship this summer for Arsenal is going to play in the nets. The reason being Neto is cup-tied for the tournament as he played for Bournemouth against West Ham before his loan move and can’t represent any other team. We have a lot of injuries – Tierney, Odegaard, Merino, Zinchenko, Tomiyasu. We saw Raya, Calafiori, Timber all struggling physically in the City game and and only Calafiori seems to have recovered and made into the playing XI.
Is it the time for kids to shine?
Well, the kids are getting their chances today. The line up is out and we have switched to a 3-4-3 formation. We have Porter in the nets, Nichols, Kiwior, Calafiori in the defence, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Jorginho and Nwaneri in the midfield and Saka, Sterling, Jesus as the front 3.
We have switched to a 3-4-3 line up probably because we wanted to rest our defence line after 3 huge games and I think it’s a good thing. White had injury concern, we need Saliba and Gabriel for much bigger games and Timber was also struggling against City towards the end.
There’s not much today except that it would be exciting to see some of the kids getting their chances and to see who picks up the most of it. It’s also good to be back at Emirates and the game SOLD OUT against a League 2 team in first round of Carabao cup.
I would love some trophies this season, so lets go out and do the usual boys.
COYG and fuck the spuds (yeah, spurs has nothing to do with it but it had been long me shouting that).
Managed to get BKK done in 30hours so back home for the game tonight. Has to be 3 points so no point thinking about line ups or tactics. We are a good level above LCFC and I fancy Ethan to have a field day if he plays.
KP
Good stuff on Ethan. Ode & Ethan at 7 & 8 I think our creative input would be very high in the PL’s table.
TRVL
Agreed LCFC are pretty much a one man team at the sharp end. Saliba and Gabs can handle the ferret faced, nasty arsehole.
Looking forward to game time…..
If your our and about to local grounds hope it’s a fun day out.
Leicester are pure piss this season and Vardy fancies himself as a spoiling pantomime villain (oh no he doesn’t – oh yes he does!) rather than a serious player. I doubt he’ll even start.
We just need to get right on top of them from minute 1, press the fuck out of them when we don’t have the ball, establish a lead, score another 2, and let them chase for the rest of the game.
Arsenal 4-0 winners at a canter.
Hi Tony
Driving in Thailand these days sounds arguably as hazardous as when I was there. The traffic jams in BKK eventually became a disincentive to travel too far. Those speed traps sound like a money making scheme rather than an attempt to improve road safety. I doubt I’d recognise it now after 25 years. You must have balls of steel venturing out on the roads.
Worst place I ever visited for road safety was Tehran.
County beat Cardiff Met University by a goal last night. Couldn’t get there because of a cold (that feels akin to COVID). Back in the top three which is fantastic.
Martinez banned for ‘offensive behaviour’ – https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c756r1609dno
Our erstwhile goalkeeper is at it again. What must go on in his phallocentric mind to equate trophies with his genitalia. Some serious short dick energy going on in his mind. Fucking weirdo.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/28/jens-lehmann-fined-for-damaging-neighbours-garage-with-chainsaw
And while on the subject of eccentric goalkeepers, this is definitely one of the good guys. I loved Jens.
KP,
I have a few images by myself and one of the Twitter connections shared some last year. I am planning to put them all on the website under creative common license in a gallery pretty soon. It would be great if you can send some which do not have any sort of identifications of you and your family to bloggingwithmb@gmail.com. Internet can be a weird place sometime.
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