PL: Arsenal v Newcastle United | Sunday February 16 | KO: 16:30 GMT | Sky Sports

[Riou]

Holy sh!t, some of the tackles

Dixon poleaxes Ginola and the commentator is like "why did Ginola stay down so long, Dixon barely caught him"

Some insane tackles back then, barely got given a foul against them

Still prefer the feel of football back then though.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Been away during the "winter break" any news on injury returnees?

 

[The_Playmaker]

Arsenal last 5 wins in all competitions:

Vitoria (H): 3-2 – Pepe brace
West Ham (A): 1-3 – Pepe goal and assist
Manchester United (H): 2-0 – Pepe goal
Leeds (H): 1-0 – Pepe beats the press to make the goal
Bournemouth (A): 2-1

Pepe has started in all of our last 5 wins and has been influential in most of them. Hope he gets a start

And yet Özil and Laca will start with Pepe benched.

 

[field442]

I’d like to see Nelson and Pepe either side of Aubameyang. With the Europa games coming Arteta should be looking to rotate Lacazette and Auba, not play them together.

 

[nick gould]

Been away during the "winter break" any news on injury returnees?

https://www.arsenal.com/news/team-news?
Only chambers, Tierney and Soares missing for this one.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

https://www.arsenal.com/news/team-news?
Only chambers, Tierney and Soares missing for this one.

Was just about to ask why you think Denis Suarez is still on the books & moreover, why've you misspelled his name?

Then I remembered we purchased Cedric in last month's window. That's how underwhelning a signing it is

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Hoping to see Nelson back in the starting line-up today!

 

[Makingtrax]

Storm Ciara last week, now storm Dennis, my border collie pup thinks he's been born in a wind tunnel.

5pm the rain is going go to hold off and wind down to 30mph gusts according to the Met Office. So the game should be on.

 

[Riou]

Have to post the greatest goal scored in this fixture, to finish the nostalgia fest for this...


...come on boys, let’s go on a winning run starting today!

 

[Gunner-Union]

i keep having a feeling we are really going to hammer a team soon and go on a good run, lets hope thats today COYG

 

[Mo Britain]

Hope game goes ahead as I've booked a poshish restaurant near the ground.

Have to start winning games or it will get complicated. I'm going for 1-0 to the Arsenal. Mustafi passes the ball back to Leno from midfield and it's caught by a gust which takes it into the right goal.

 

[Big Poppa]

i keep having a feeling we are really going to hammer a team soon and go on a good run, lets hope thats today COYG

I’m curious, did you get that feeling from our free flowing attacking football and countless goalscoring opportunities?

Right now we just need wins. The draws are really hurting us.

 

[Jasard]

Dead on here and loads of tickets on the exchange. People not feeling it?

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Hope game goes ahead as I've booked a poshish restaurant near the ground.

Have to start winning games or it will get complicated. I'm going for 1-0 to the Arsenal. Mustafi passes the ball back to Leno from midfield and it's caught by a gust which takes it into the right goal.

Wouldn’t really class Hornsey Kebab House as posh, but each to his own

You can book any restaurant you like in central London .... it’s only going to be about 30 mins away on the tube TBH.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Dead on here and loads of tickets on the exchange. People not feeling it?

COVID-19

 

[Mo Britain]

Wouldn’t really class Hornsey Kebab House as posh, but each to his own

You can book any restaurant you like in central London .... it’s only going to be about 30 mins away on the tube TBH.

Yildiz is my normal eatery! But in honour of the storm we're going to Western's Laundry.

 

[bingobob]

I genuinely hope the winter break gave us the time Arteta needed to work properly with the players. Like he said it was a small pre season. But he has also had a run of competitive games as well thrown into the mix.

I'm hoping for a positive result and performance.

 

[Manberg]

Many of our games have been on TV. Even against teams like Burnley and Newcastle. Odd considering it didn't used to be like that.

 

[OnlyOne]

Leno Bellerin Sokratis Luiz Kola Torreria Chaka Özil Martinelli Auba Pepe

Nothing more, nothing less, let’s go out there and play our best.

 

[MutableEarth]

I’d like to see Nelson and Pepe either side of Aubameyang. With the Europa games coming Arteta should be looking to rotate Lacazette and Auba, not play them together.

I actually think Arteta will play some combo of Nelson, Nketiah, Martinelli and Saka against Olympiakos rather than any of them today (maybe Saka at LB). I doubt we'll see Nelson start today for example (though I'd like to see him start). It'll be a top heavy lineup I reckon - Pepe, Laca, Auba, Özil.