Ladies and Gentlemen, we took another trip around the Sun and celebrated like it’s the last one. But it’s not, and we have to get back to business in our personal, professional and football world. I will let you deal with the first two, but lets talk about football. We are playing Brentford today on their ground. It’s going to be a tough one because Brentford had a great home run in 2024, they are very well coached for set pieces and we have an injury to our best player.
It shouldn’t deter us though, we saw what happened with Chelsea after a great run and there’s a very good chance that Liverpool will have a bad phase sometime soon. We need to remain closer to them to take advantage of the situation and we need to win today for that.
Team news
Bukayo Saka is out injured for a long time. Sterling is suffering from a knee injury. Ben White and Tomiyasu have not recovered from their injuries as well. But there’s a surprize today in the lineup which we have been asking since long.
Here’s the line up to play –
Nwaneri starts at right wing. Timber and Calafiori are back in the defence so MLS has to sit this one out on bench. Declan Rice gets some rest for Merino with Thomas Partey anchoring that midfield, while Nwaneri and Martinelli starts on the wings and Jesus plays in the centre. There’s no Havertz today, not sure about the reason but I don’t have anything to complain.
We certainly are going to miss Bukayo but lets see what Ethan offers in his first ever Premier League start. I would have loved to see him play in midfield but if he benefits from Saka’s absence, he will have a big claim for that midfield position once starboy is back.
Right, I will keep it short today. Hope you had a blast and lets see out the first day of the year on the positive note with a massive WIN. Liverpool are not backing down and are probably in a place where they will go ahead and win this, but there’s always a chance and a win today will make sure we remain in the mix.
See you during the game.
Don’t feel bad about Havertz miss. It was a handball first. Know karma et al
Havertz is writing his own epitaph…could he be any shittier?? even Eddie might have potted that one
Havertz unbelievable miss
For the rest of the season we might as well try out Martinelli through the middle with Trossard and Sterling on the wings with Nwaneri adding depth once he’s back if we’re not going to buy a striker in Jan.
Last thing we need is extra time. Surely Ode needs to rest for the Spuds game.
Works for me Marc.
Raya caught the ball outside the D ?
Marc—you really want Sterling manning the wings after what you witnessed so far this term??? I would rather place Merino up top, with Tross and Marts on the wings, then have Ethan play along side Ode, once he’s back to full health
you’ve witnessed
we all know neither will happen because MA won’t bench Havertz and he will still want Rice in the final thrid too often
that was probably a shot by Havertz anyways
if I didn’t know better, I would think that we’re trying to get the manager sacked
Is Tossard sad for the substitution of Nwari ?
Can’t understand 2 skyed shots from open positions
by we’re, I meant the players
TRVL
I’m just looking at having someone play through the middle who looks like a striker.
RVL
Not Havertz. He is doing ,what he does best. Also Sterling is playing to the limits of his capacity
I think Arteta needs to check if Havertz has got his boots on the wrong feet with his performance today.
Manure will make a mistake in the last 15 with Havertz getting a toe poke in, and then acclaimed as the striker we need.👀
so true Tony…but just look at what’s happening when we pin them in, the most advanced players are Havertz, Rice and Ode…no other manager would ever do such a thing, if he wanted to keep his job
it’s like we spent 170M to replace Xhaka’s contributions in the box and he only had one year of any import in that regards