Of course I am pretty excited for the North London Derby tomorrow at Shite Hart Lane, hence the title. To make it more interesting, Manchester United has just beaten City 2-1 at Old Trafford. I have never been happy in my life seeing United win except for today. Not letting City have those 3 points means there will a minimum of 5 points difference after tomorrow’s North London Derby. I am pretty confident we gonna improve that point difference to 8 f*king points!
We need to win tomorrow and we will! We are in some great form, Spu*s have been shit and ESR is back. A backline of White, Gabriel, Saliba and Zinchenko.. fully fit midfield of Partey and Xhaka and the front 4 of Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli and Eddie will going to be too much for the Tottenham. Our Captain, Martin, has won the Premier League Player Of The Month and Mikel, the manager of the month for Nov/Dec; Saka and Martinelli has been high on confidence and playing some of the best football of their life; Eddie has been scoring and didn’t let us miss Jesus till now. I’m sure they would be buzzing for a North London Derby and I’m sure they all want to score tomorrow.
On top of that, we will have ESR on bench, who comes as a sub and makes an instant impact. We have a fully fit Tomiyasu and Tierney in case we need them. Midfield has been a concern but I am not in a mood to complain today.
There are couple of things to worry. We haven’t won against Spu*s in our last 8 PL games at Sh*te Hart Lane, having lost 6 and sharing points on other 2 occasions. We need to change that. The other concerning thing is the refereeing and Kane/Son going down like they love the smell of the grass. If you are an Arsenal fan, you know at some point there will a tiny touch from one of our players, a dive from Kane or Son and Referee pointing to the spot. VAR will not find it important to take a look, or even if they do, they will use only couple of angles which lets the penalty stand and they score. Unfortunately, that’s what happens!
Irrespective of it, I am excited for the Derby. A 4.30 PM start for our UK readers (10 PM Indian Standard Time) is a perfect way to end weekend with a win and 8 point lead at the top.
Lets do it, lets thrash them! Lets go for the league.
Arteta has to start acting like he’s been there before…he’s too much of an attention whore on the touchline for me…even in that incidence Saka was informing the ref that that was the 2 time the defender had come through the back of his legs, meanwhile MA’s popping off with 4 fingers waving in the air…he’s staring to become our sideline Xhaka, which isn’t a good look
starting to become
I like White’s aggression in the final third, which is the only reason he should start ahead of Tomi, minus the obvious financial implications, but he’s really got to work on his 1 v. 1 moves if he’s going to provide Saka with the required protection
that Partey giveaway on the counter shows just how desperately we need some more directness in our attack…if we can’t find anyone running in more centrally located channels, the opposition certainly doesn’t have to worry about our abililty to diversify our attack
I really do worry for Marts, as he’s never been the manager’s preferred option, until the alternatives ran dry, and I can see MA trying to overcompensate for the whole Mudryk for Trossard gig, which could mean a short leash for GM…hope not, but I fear this will be the case
Martinelli needs someone to play with, he’s often isolated of give and goes quick touch football, Saka enjoys with Ode and ESR before him. As you say TRVL Trossard’s natural position is 8.
Hoping we see LT early in the 2nd half.
Sakalicious
What a fucking goal. I’m humbled.
if Saka can somehow unleash his inner Salah it could be ours to lose, regardless of what City have on offer for the second half of the season, especially if Jesus can find his way back ahead of schedule
Reminiscent – dare I say it – of RVP.
Ramsdale hero to zero
Tony—I concur with your thoughts regarding Marts…just imagine if he had Trossard making some overlapping/dummy runs on either side of him…no one needs to defend Xhaka with his back to goal, as he will never make a turn for goal, whereas Trossard presents defenders with a whole different set of problems…watching LIsandro score reminded me a bit of our former diminutive DM, Lucas, during his early days here…can’t allow the smallest guy in the box get the best of you with his head…tough pill to swallow on the heels of that stellar goal from Saka
to get the best
Trossard for Xhaka now
Xhaka is too slow for this game.
personally I believe if we finish in first or second this season we should go all out for Bellingham instead of Rice…of course, I know that they’re fundamentally different midfielders, but Jude makes far more sense if we’re going to high press and play on the front foot; not to mention, homegrown and younger…this way we could get rid of Xhaka and then acquire a cheaper cover piece for Partey, who’s more of a defensive specialist
So Martinelli is taken off. Unreal.
How close was that?
Are these people going for the draw..????
Ohh Fuck….just missed 😣