We could have done the double last year had we not lost to Man City in the finals. The loss to Man City was a disappointing one for us. Nico O’Reilly scored twice and ruined some of the fun that was about to come later. We also lost to PSG in the Champions League finals, and missed the treble. The getaway was that you shouldn’t lose finals but to learn from those losses, we must reach there again.
And the journey begins today. We are visiting Ipswich Town today in the third round of Carabao Cup / EFL cup. There are some good teams competing this time – Chelsea, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Palace, Newcastle have already made it to the next round. The fate of Arsenal, Man Utd, City, Liverpool and Spurs will be decided today.
We are unbeaten so far this season. 4 Premier League wins and a CL win so far, and we can add another one today. And it’s the second last game before we go into the international break, so the manager is under no duress to rest players. Though, I would like to see the likes of Max Dowman getting some game time today, Mikel likely prefers to go with the best fit XI.
Wenger used these cups to develop academy players and he would find some gems often. He invested his time and also cost the club a few points in doing so. But we are way past the development phase and we can spend 60m on players that would be second fiddle to Saliba and Rice, so don’t expect anything interesting. The best we can do is, WIN, and move on to the next round.
Every trophy matters. We have the best squad in the Premier League and we have already won the Premier League. The next target is to win more, and not just settle with the title this season.
In the team news, we would probably see Kepa back in the goals. There’s so much to do for Raya, so he will get some rest. We can also see a midfield of MLS and Guimaraes, with Merino in the Odegaard role. Madueke is a candidate to get a start and we might see Eze over Tzolis. Gyokeres could also get his start. I don’t care frankly who starts and if he is fatigued, we have got at least 2 players for each position and that removes the injury anxiety for me.
That’s all for today, see you during the game.
Hi Hoopah
There’ll be masses of unhappy Spuds up and down Tottenham High Road this afternoon. It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of neanderthals.
Brighton are ROCKing and rolling at the moment. The boys in red have yet to come down the A12 from Ipswich.
Wtf going on with ref probably a dearly beloved of the small P—ck . Brighton players already accepting a card for self even for a Gabriel dive
Nice one NORG. A confectionery pun feels about right for such a candy-assed first half. I’m hoping we can lick them in the second half, otherwise this’ll rapidly become a marathon. We need to get bet-twix their lines and revel in possession.
Arguably Arteta’s first choice line up minus Saliba and its been poor – Raya looks like a different player.
Guess El B will recuse and let the players play their game to win . With a 1.27 billion squad has the men .
Only needs sitting it out on his chair
KP we were better against the Black (kit) Kats but we are definitely not in Tune today. How long before we play Everton – preparation for that game will give El B something to chew on. At the moment we are a bit soft centered.
NORG
You’re menthol (eucalyptus). The soft centred one came to me just after I pressed send.
I know it’s more of a chocolate biscuit than a sweet, but…. THAT’S A TRIO!
Well if we’re looking for something worse than our performance today the jokes on here are clearly in front!
KP
Brighton have a third – their press is working a Treet. Time to Button up our defence. The team is out of (All) sorts today.
Tetty man getting schooled by a German Cunt with a hair transplant made by Carpetright TM.
We’re having the rug pulled from under our feet. No grip(per strip) on the game and we’re being thoroughly underlaid. We desperately need to change tack.
Pun changed!
All that money spent on defensive players.
KP – you could say we are being (Walnut) whipped today.
Brighton deserve this they’ve played really well.
We really are a (Shag) pile of shit today. Brighton are brushing us aside.
NORG
Whipped. That is genius. Sweets and carpets all in one. I bow to your stunning puns!
The fucking hard nuts of Brighton…such a bunch of glory hunting wankers who were fucking nowhere when they were shit. I hope our boys run them fucking ragged outside that miserable Meccano stadium. Fucking wankers.
Arteta is Dyson with death or at least a P45. He really sucks.
Utter shit by Havertz
What a change after his past commentary.
Arteta giving a tap and thumbs up to Dowman.
Desperate times. His toy Merino is good for one goal.
But we are 3 down !