When any two clubs are level on points after 5 games and are going to play each other, it’s already a rivalry. However, if the two clubs happens to be the Arsenal and Spuds, it’s not rivalry but a WAR. North London Derby is here, on a British Sunday Afternoon, at Emirates. If you have got any plans, I would rather suggest to forget about it and restock your refrigerator. Waitrose opens at 10 am on Sunday and 4 hours are sufficient to sort out any scarcity.
Arsenal v Tottenham is one of the biggest game of this season. The result will affect both the teams, for one is trying to compete for the title and the other one is trying to show the world they, still, are a part of the top 6. A win today will move us ahead of our arch rivals and closer to Manchester City. A win today will keep our confidence high. And for the fans, a win today will mean the world.
Right, that’s a lot of emotion from me on a Sunday morning. Lets get back to the facts.
In the team news, I doubt Martinelli will be available for today. Even if he makes it, I don’t think Arteta will risk him with games coming thick and fast, and when we have a back up in Trossard who is doing exceptionally well for whatever chances he is getting. Raya is probably gonna get the start ahead of Ramsdale again today and the back 4 will remain same. It would be interesting to see whom Mikel prefers in the midfield alongside Declan Rice. Will it be his favorite Havertz, or the in-form Vieira? I would personally go with Vieira, never replace a confident player unless he needs resting.
We need Gabriel Jesus up top and we need him to do the famous Henry slide in the corner after his hattrick today. Saka has been phenomenal until now and I don’t have to guess that he will only improve his performance. He is already excited for the game, and has to say this when asked about the game.
I’m really excited. It’s a massive advantage. Personally, the feeling I have every time I play at the Emirates is that we’re going to win and the people are behind us. The support that the fans give us, not allowing us to lose, gives us that extra confidence boost.
source : arsenal.com
Well, here’s the bitter pill. It’s not going to be easy. Spuds are having a new manager bounce and though they don’t have the usual scorer against Arsenal in Harry Kane, they are playing better than their own standards. Derbys are more emotion than the talent, and we must make sure we keep our emotions in check, score 3 by the half time and not let them have any chances. We need to be solid defensively, whoever plays at CF need to make most of the chances he gets and we must keep them pressed for the whole game. We must also be careful about the goals we concede in the first few minutes of the games; no lapse in concentration will be accepted.
Right, there’s not much for today except the excitement. We have beaten them in both of our games last season, and I hope we do the third on them today. Convincingly.
I will see you during the match.
MA’s preferred wide side tactics make no sense whatsoever with Tross and Vieira out wide, yet no changes appear to be forthcoming
Why the fuck does Arteta run players into the ground and then looked surprised that they’re missing for one of the biggest matches of the season?
Oh yeah because he’s a fucking useless moron cunt of a manager.
over and over again, whenever we have numbers going forward we invariably slow down play and allow them to restore their defensive shape…these are the kind of affairs when we could really use a clinical finisher anywhere on the pitch
ironically, Lens are deploying the exact tactics we should have been utilizing this season if MA had spent our unprecendented monetary windfall properly…3 at the back, with wingbacks to give proper cover for both Marts and Saka, then having two midfielders who could pick a pass taking up more central positions
we’re basically toothless out there, simply foraging for any loose Lens touches, otherwise it’s backwards and sideways passing ad nauseam
I wouldn’t be surprised if MA brought in another defender soon and tried to settle for a 1-1 draw…Havertz is his usual passenger self, Vieira is bloody useless in wide spaces, Tross is constantly facing 3 defenders and Zinchenko appears to have borrowed Eddie’s cleats for tonight’s affair
I can only suspect that Tomi will be coming off soon, as he’s been a bag of toys out there tonight
anywhere else and Tomi would have scored…do we practice hitting directly at the Keeper or something???
how many times can our MIT be outmanaged by lesser sides before his most ardent supporters finally acknowledge that he’s out of his depth whenever his one trick pony plans fall flat
What a clown show…only MA could spend 200+M and make us a worse side!!!
Fucking woeful…
Tony
Don’t bother wasting a few precious hours watching that.
Hi Vieira
I’d just about give Rice some credit out there tonight but the others were absolute shite. Artetaball at its worst.
Arteta’s billion £ squad get’s outplayed by the Spud’s who have a new manager from a pub league and lost their best player / captain a couple of months ago, loses tonight in a group match Wenger would have played a reserve team in and will get smashed by City on Sunday.
At some point the majority of fans are going to wake up and ask “what the fuck have we been doing for the last 4 years?”
How much did our team cost compared to Lens?
Fucking shambles, fucking disgrace.
The list of shame continues.
Olympiakos, Sporting Lisbon, PSV, Villarreal and now Lens.
The cunt strikes again
He has to GO!
Art
What odds that Havertz’s weekly wage is close to the entire Lens team that started the match?
Maybe Manure will headhunt legoman to replace ten Hag. 🙏
KP-I get that Rice is a high-end DM, but his range of passing is far below that of Partey’s, so he doesn’t really provide anything in the final third, minus maybe when it comes to set pieces…this is why I said we should have acquired wingbacks, then had Rice provide ample cover for a back 3…instead we literally have our offence running through an inverted left back, which didn’t even change when Tomi replaced him at LB…it’s insane to expect us to be better if Zinchenko plays a more prominent role, in the opposing final third, than Ode
Kroenke
They’re daft not fucking retarded!
Marc
This cunt has spent more money than all the Arsenal managers combined and we still play like this.
Havertz is a Chelsea slag and always will be.
End of debate there.
He can fuck off as well.