Anyway, kids, are we ready to tear the Arse a new one tonight? :D

Bareback, all the way. KY Fabregas gone, with a small chance of a dab of Vasenasri to ease the pain a bit.

Nasri will be on the bench. With Cesc, Gibbs and Djourou out, this is the best chance we're going to get to beat them at Emirates.

Who says Nasri won't be starting :lol:

Do you really think they'll just throw him in there after the week that's just been?

Do you really think he'll throw in Ryo Miyaichi instead, who this time last year was playing High School football. Wenger's said he won't hesitate to pick him, and I don't think he'd be in the squad if Arsene wasn't planning on playing him.

With the injuries and suspensions we have, he has to play.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 20/8/2011 04:05:25 PM

If they're really in negotiations for a big money move to city, they're not likely to play him and risk injury jeopardising the move.

You'll see Arshavin, VP and Walcott starting up top.

And who exactly would come into the side for Nasri then :lol:

Don't care if Nasri is technically a good option, I'd rather we have Ryo or AOC. What better way for Wenger to justify his purchases? I don't want to see Nasri in our shirt again.

---------------------RVP---------------
Nasri/Arshavin--Nasri/Arshavin--Walcott

I thought you were all talking up Frimpong all last week? Rosicky-Ramsey-Frimpong in the middle, Ashavin and Walcott behind RVP.

Rosicky's injured, it will most likely be

------------------------RVP-------------
Nasri/Arshavin--Nasri/Arshavin--Walcott
---------------Ramsey---Frimpong-----



Edited by gooner4life_8: 20/8/2011 04:47:52 PM

Frimpong will be in the middle with Ramsey, that's not our worry. Rosicky is out so I'd go with Walcott on the right, Nasri on the left and Arshavin behind RvP.

Reina, Kelly, Enrique, Agger, Carragher, Lucas, Adam, Henderson, Downing, Carroll, Kuyt. Subs: Doni, Flanagan, Skrtel, Meireles, Spearing, Suarez, Maxi

Surprised and disappointed Suarez isn't starting.

Hopefully Carroll will boss Arsenal's defence.

boy needs a rest, I reckon. he's vc in my fantasy team. I think he lost out to baines.

VC in mine too.

Still - a half fit Suarez is still very, very valuable.

If we're drawing/losing I hope he gets at least half an hour.

Come on fellas give us all a great Sunday to boast !

Great win from the lads today. Were some good periods of play throughout the game, we never looked too threatened, and then Raul and Suarez changed the game. They play fantastically well together - it's just a shame I can't see where Meireles would fit in my XI atm!

Ratings:

Pepe: 7.5 - Solid game. Made a few crucial saves and distribution was excellent as always
Kelly: 8 - Fantastic. Was up and down the right flank with aplomb. Defensive rock and supported the attack well. Quality.
Carra: 7 - Did what he had to do, nothing special.
Dagger: 7 - As above, with some good maruading runs forward
Enrique: 8.5 - Just like Kelly, but even better. Absolute class, kept Walcott quiet all night and made a few terrific runs.
Lucas: 8 - Just a boss. Tackled brilliantly and let very little go past him. Classy as always
Adam: 7 - Not bad, his set piece delivery was suspect but he still played pretty well.
Henderson: 7 - Covered every blade of grass, helped out Kelly and was tidy in possession. I like the lad.
Kuyt: 6.5 - Not a bad game, but touch was poor and didn't really get into the game.
Downing: 8 - Another boss. Fantastic first half but faded a bit in the second.
Carroll: 7 - Almost grabbed a goal, worked hard all day and hold up play was good. Not his best but still good.

Subs:
Meireles: 7.5 - Was vital in both goals. Movement up front and interplay with Suarez was fantastic.
Suarez: 8 - Grabbed a goal, involved in the other, looked threatening the whole time he was on.

MOTM: Enrique, followed by Lucas, Kelly, Downing and Suarez.

Very happy!

Going back to my earlier comment about the XI - Suarez will come in for Kuyt probably - but maybe for Henderson. For Meireles to fit in you'd have to drop them both and I dunno if Kenny will. But ultimately, at home I think I'd like to see:



But of course, Kuyt and Henderson will also be fighting for that RAM spot

Edited by imnofreak: 21/8/2011 12:04:54 AM

We actually looked like a well structured, balanced team... Fantastic.

Who was Meireles giving the finger to?

Going to defend him?

Are you going to say something like that every time? Just need to know.

He wasn't giving the finger. He had an itch and he was scratching it in a very protracted way.

Oh, and I didn't see that in the first viewing, but it was to Lucas, who'd been given the finger by Frimpong when he got sent off.

Edited by Dizzy_Red: 21/8/2011 09:08:14 AM

I don't have a problem with it, I was just wondering what it was about because you can bet your right nut if it was Rooney, they would be calling for his head.

Probably not, as long as you're not doing it to anyone except a player. Refs, crowds, management, nah. Players are fair game.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/luis-suarez-arsenal-15299423/

He's giving Lucas the finger. Fairly clear.

I agree but that wasn't taken into account when Neville showed Tevez what he thought.

Well, Neville has a history - he'd already been warned about goading the crowd in the previous fixture - and he'd given the media a mouthful about Tevez's value before then. There's flicking a finger in the heat of the moment, and then there's being Gary Neville, Gary Neville, ugly twat, ugly twat.

Can't say I'm sorry, and I don't give a crap if there is a disparity. Antagonistic prick deserves everything he gets, even if he didn't do it. :)

I love your posts Dizzy, you can go from probably one of the smartest forumers on here to the opposite in the space of a few minutes:d

Is what Andy Carrol did to Laurent Koscielny when he held him off with his forearm before chesting it down to Downing a foul. Just woundering as it has been given in the last to games wit the one against sunderland costing us a goal (this one also may have been a goal with Downings shot going in but Schenzy not really worrying about it). I feel that neither were fouls but the ref just sees Carrol as being so large that they give it.

It is one of the cons of being that type of player. The ref knows the strength's therefore looks for faults in it. Just look at Crouch also.

Come on, I just explicitly recognised that there's a massive disparity in my views when it comes to Gary Neville, but I don't care because it's Gary Neville, and he's said that he hates Scousers, and he has a huge history of acting like a massive mingebag.

That's the smartest thing you could probably hear: I'm a scouser and he said that he hates me based on where I'm from, so as far as I'm concerned he can disappear up his own, massive, weeping vagina. Why the fuck would I give him an easy ride or excuse anything that chunt does? If you want my honest opinion, the FA should give Gary Neville the medeival saw for the crime of breathing to maintain Gary Neville's existence.

Ok, obviously didn't see my point.

On the note about Gary Neville hating you, a lot of people don't realize that a lot of his mates are from Liverpool.

His comment about scousers was meant to get under the skin of Liverpool fans.