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I've always loved Burnley :lol:\

Am I crazy or if Southampton do us a favour tonight is the title maybe back on?
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
I've always loved Burnley :lol:\

Am I crazy or if Southampton do us a favour tonight is the title maybe back on?


It's scary how good you guys are at the moment. It hurts to watch you play because you know you're going to score :lol:

More positive news it that I won a lot of money on you last night :)
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
I've always loved Burnley :lol:\

Am I crazy or if Southampton do us a favour tonight is the title maybe back on?


Fully expect Chelsea to be 12 points clear after they play their catch up games :lol:

I think we can take 2nd.
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benelsmore wrote:
sydneycroatia58 wrote:
I've always loved Burnley :lol:\

Am I crazy or if Southampton do us a favour tonight is the title maybe back on?


It's scary how good you guys are at the moment. It hurts to watch you play because you know you're going to score :lol:

More positive news it that I won a lot of money on you last night :)


:lol: it's the usual late season Arsenal resurgance, just this season teams ahead of us are helping out by dropping points.

Having said that we are in some ridiculously good form at home. 8 wins in a row, which is our best home run since before we even moved to the Emirates, and scored 22 goals in those games while conceding just 3.

I actually feel almost confident about Monaco on Wednesday :lol:, although that's probably because even if we don't make it I know our season isn't over yet.
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jlm8695 wrote:
sydneycroatia58 wrote:
I've always loved Burnley :lol:\

Am I crazy or if Southampton do us a favour tonight is the title maybe back on?


Fully expect Chelsea to be 12 points clear after they play their catch up games :lol:

I think we can take 2nd.


Probably :lol:, 2nd is definitely the aim now I think, but win the rest of our games, including Chelsea and who knows :lol: ;)

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2nd is should be our aim but if we somehow win the whole thing I can see the internet breaking :lol:
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After the worst start to a season in 30 odd years mid way through November, it would be the most incredible title win ever :lol: 80+ points gives us at least a chance, especially if we beat Chelsea.

But yeah, not gonna happen :lol:
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Ospina
Bellerin-Mertesacker-Kos-Monreal
Coq
Ramsey-Cazorla
Ozil-Giroud-Sanchez


Thats how i expect us to line up against Monaco Weddy morning.
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No love for Welbeck?
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benelsmore wrote:
No love for Welbeck?


I think Giroud is in better form and starting him would mean dropping one of Ramsey or Cazorla.

Ideally, and I know Santi has been in ridiculous form I'd line up like this:

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Bellerin-Mert-Kos-Monreal
Ramsey-Coquelin
Theo-Ozil-Sanchez
Giroud


Walcott's movement for Ozil and off Giroud is much better than Welbz's but Welbeck is more efficient and offers more defensive protection.

It's a tough one.
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jlm8695 wrote:
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No love for Welbeck?


I think Giroud is in better form and starting him would mean dropping one of Ramsey or Cazorla.

Ideally, and I know Santi has been in ridiculous form I'd line up like this:

Ospina
Bellerin-Mert-Kos-Monreal
Ramsey-Coquelin
Theo-Ozil-Sanchez
Giroud


Walcott's movement for Ozil and off Giroud is much better than Welbz's but Welbeck is more efficient and offers more defensive protection.

It's a tough one.


Bellerin also?

Do not rate him. Then again, Chambers was shite.
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Bellerin's an absolute gun, wash your mouth out.

Whilst I've got you here do us a favour and draw with Man U tonight plz.
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jlm8695 wrote:
Bellerin's an absolute gun, wash your mouth out.

Whilst I've got you here do us a favour and draw with Man U tonight plz.


Eh, i think it's a weak position for you lot.

I'll take a draw but I fucking hate United and their arrogance. They're my second most hated team.
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benelsmore wrote:
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Bellerin's an absolute gun, wash your mouth out.

Whilst I've got you here do us a favour and draw with Man U tonight plz.


Eh, i think it's a weak position for you lot.

I'll take a draw but I fucking hate United and their arrogance. They're my second most hated team.


Brisbane or us first?


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It is on :lol:
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Espn fc dont rate us. But I will :lol: if we win and they praise Us. Wait they wont they'll come up with some shit saying chelshit and citeh were bad
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So Gabriel back in the squad for Monaco. Also great to see Miki and Debuchy back in training.
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I can see us winning 3 nil but not getting thru .
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MvFCArsenal16.8 wrote:
I can see us winning 3 nil but not getting thru .


That's literally impossible.

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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
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I can see us winning 3 nil but not getting thru .


That's literally impossible.

:lol: :lol:
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
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I can see us winning 3 nil but not getting thru .


That's literally impossible.

:oops: :oops:
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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
We'll probably win 2-0.


Called it, even though it was probably the easiest prediction anyone will ever make.
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Sucks but need to carry on the momentum we have into the league, take 2nd and win the cup.


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I want to be angry, but after that performance I can't bring myself to it. Unfortunately, like usual, we leave ourselves to much to do in the 2nd leg.

Mertesacker was outstanding, such a good recovery from the first leg. Welbz was excellent in the first half but faded a bit in the 2nd. Not quite sure how Sanchez managed to stay on the pitch, should have been subbed much earlier.

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Oh and can't help but feel we have our Rambo back.
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This is such an underrated finish. Did so well to turn quickly and finish.


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sydneycroatia58 wrote:
Not quite sure how Sanchez managed to stay on the pitch, should have been subbed much earlier.


This.

Sanchez has faded majorly in recent months. It's been overlooked due to our winning form and the improvement in Cazorla and more recently Ramsay but I must say it's been a good month since he's been effective.

I'd rest him this weekend and bring in Theo for Newcastle. Theo typically plays well against the Geordies and if he plays well it might make Sanchez up his game for the run in.
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Our Champions League campaign this season is depressing when you look at it from the group stage on.

Dortmund away - the less said the better
Galatasaray home - great performance, just behind Dortmund at home
Anderlecht away - shit performance, pulled out the win somehow in the end
Anderlecht home - outstanding first 65 odd mins, wish I could forget the rest of that game
Dortmund home - best performance in Europe for the season
Galatasray away - great win, but the game essentially meant nothing so couldn't read a whole lot into it.
Monaco home - one of the most naive performances from us in Europe for a long time
Monaco away - great fight and one of our better away performances.

It's not all bad though, we're still in some ridiculously good form in the league, 13 wins in our last 16 games
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quichefc wrote:
sydneycroatia58 wrote:
Not quite sure how Sanchez managed to stay on the pitch, should have been subbed much earlier.


This.

Sanchez has faded majorly in recent months. It's been overlooked due to our winning form and the improvement in Cazorla and more recently Ramsay but I must say it's been a good month since he's been effective.

I'd rest him this weekend and bring in Theo for Newcastle. Theo typically plays well against the Geordies and if he plays well it might make Sanchez up his game for the run in.


Yeah it's been disguised because we've been able to win without him playing like he was earlier in the season. Which really isn't a bad thing, and with how much he's played it's not a shock he's struggling towards the back end of the season.

He probably should have been rested against West Ham, but now we have the perfect chance to rest him against Newcastle and give Theo a chance to get some consecutive league starts, which he really needs I think because when he starts more often than not he scores.
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Also us struggling in the first leg is not just us, over the last 3 seasons no English team has actually won a home leg in the knockout rounds with 7 losses and 2 draws since 2013. On the other hand English sides have done better away from home with 2 wins(both by us), 2 losses and 3 draws.
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