You didn’t expect Wolves, who are sitting in 20th position, to do you a favor, did ya? Man City closed down the gap by 3 points today and it’s now in our hands to extend the lead back to 7 points by beating our legacy rivals. Man Utd are crap, lets be real. But they still sit at 5th position, ahead of Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs. They are only a point behind Liverpool and they know few wins could get them into the Champions League. They have something to play for, so do we – and we will find out tomorrow who wants it more.
Calafiori and Hincapie will be assessed before the game but it’s fine to say we will have a fully fit squad for the first time this season. Mikel will have everyone in front of him to pick for his playing XI, and our next game in a not important CL games against Kairat. So, yeah – lets go for everything.
If I have to pick, I will do the usuals. Raya in goal, with Timber, Saliba, Gabriel and Calafiori in defence. A midfield of Odegaard, Zubimendi and Rice will do where Rice plays in a more advance role. I would pick Saka, Gyokeres and Martinelli as front 3, but won’t mind Trossard if Mikel finds him more contributing to our game.
16 games left. 7 points lead (4 but then City has played one extra game). A Premier League trophy we have been dreaming of since THE INVINCIBLES. That was in 2003-04, about 23 years ago. There are some Arsenal fans who can vote, marry and have a kid but haven’t seen us lift the trophy.
And then, we have a billion dollar squads, most of which have finished 2nd three seasons in a row. Most of them had the heart breaks, some of them were exhausted, some would have punched a wall. Some of them are on big fat wages, some renewed, some joined from other clubs to be a part of red and white in the hope of winning something. NOW IS THE TIME. Mikel and the team does all the talk, but we need to walk the walk.
I know there is still a long way to go, 16 weeks of Premier League football and we would see a lot of ups and downs, but I am not wrong to say it’s ours to lose now. Man Utd, under Carrick, will try their best to stop us. Can we sustain the pressure? Can we keep our winning run?
We will find out. See you in the comments.
Up to day we have not lost a game (24 games) where we have scored first.
Yep, wasn’t a handball. We chose to shite the bed when Th14 is in the stadium, what a shame.
And to think the fellow I called out dunnit
Arteta has Gyokeres, Eze, Madueke and Martinelli on the bench.
What odds Arteta brings on Merino?
To stabilise/ balance the floppy of Jesus !
Why yes , plausible
4 changes, good.. Should have done it at half time.
If you’re yanking your captain over lack of impact (and its not the first time) you’ve picked the wrong fucking captain.
The dice said bring 3 in.
Think might be a mistake with 2
Captain has been shite since Aryabhata invented 0.
😆😂
Now, that was a penalty.
Nice save by Maguire. Got down well to palm it away
Don’t the players or more likely Arteta who either encourages the practice or doesn’t stop it realise that if you ask for a handball, penalty, free kick every time an opposition player makes a tackle or touches the ball ref’s will end up not awarding genuine claims?
Ambarish
If that was awarded against Saliba or Gabriel you’d go apeshit.
What the fuck does Martinelli have to do to get on the pitch?
Marc
Click some nudes. Or hang out with Merino and Havertz more.
I am going apeshit regardless. We are the bottlers.
Ambarish
You’ve only just realised that?
Martineli has to stop telling Filho de mãe , para cagando suas taticas de merda .
after all Spanish is similar
Pleased to se Saka switch sides and Noni deployed in by far his best position, but why has Rice replaced Ode…he should flip with Eze, so the latter can be on the ball far more