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[A_G]

Any danger of Calafiori turning out for this one?

 

[Riou]

Don't let me down here Arsenal...

...both teams should give him a guard of honour before the game, imo.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

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What the f*ck is going on here?!!!

I have absolutely no recollection of starting this thread

 

[A_G]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866181646988222761

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

What the f*ck is going on here?!!!

I have absolutely no recollection of starting this thread

You've been hacked mate

 

[Sulosky]

What the f*ck is going on here?!!!

I have absolutely no recollection of starting this thread

Meth, Not even once.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Well let's play and win. Maybe a pep talk from Arsène can revive our spirits. I don't care how we win but let's do this and hope to secure qualification. COYG

 

[Gooner Zig]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1866181646988222761

I know Arteta never gives anything away but I really hope both Gabby XL and Cala are available, it's concerning that Gabby XL in particular has missed two games, he barely ever misses two games in row.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

I'd like to see us rotate a little and use Tomiyasu, Calafiori.. ah who am I kidding? Same eleven as Sunday, the usual suspects out with injuries.

 

[Batman]

I know Arteta never gives anything away but I really hope both Gabby XL and Cala are available, it's concerning that Gabby XL in particular has missed two games, he barely ever misses two games in row.

In a way, I'm glad that Gabby has missed two matches in the sense that he was very clearly concussed and it seems that they're all doing the right thing and prioritizing his welfare rather than trying to rush him back with a head injury that's not fully healed. Football is just a game. He's a husband and father. Much more important that he gets all the time he needs to be 100% right now and in the future.

 

[Gooner Zig]

In a way, I'm glad that Gabby has missed two matches in the sense that he was very clearly concussed and it seems that they're all doing the right thing and prioritizing his welfare rather than trying to rush him back with a head injury that's not fully healed. Football is just a game. He's a husband and father. Much more important that he gets all the time he needs to be 100% right now and in the future.

For sure - the reporting was a bit weird coming out of West Ham as he wasn't taken off from the concussion protocol but he got a pretty bad whack to the head then there was talk about he could have played vs United but we wanted to give him extra time so the mixed reporting has been very difficult to understand

 

[Topside]

Ødegaard took a knock yesterday afternoon, why not start him on the bench v Monaco?

Lots of games in December I would look to start Nwaneri v Monaco, CP league cup which I'd say he will start and Ipswich at home 27th December.

 

[Beany]

Surely Wenger will be at this game?

Anyway, we owe these feckers for that round of 16 clusterfuck in 2015.

 

[Penn_]

Isn’t Gabriel’s injury a flare up of the knee he suffered against Liverpool?

 

[dino bravo]

It’s hard to be enthusiastic about this as unless we sign a striker in the first week of January and he hits the ground running, we have no chance of doing anything.

We have one striker (who is hardly clinical) and we are running him into the ground as we cannot possibly play our back up ‘striker’ as he doesn’t even resemble a footballer.

I assume the usual suspects will still be injured for this one.

 

[Synical]

Isn’t Gabriel’s injury a flare up of the knee he suffered against Liverpool?

I should hope so. A concussion from a game days ago doesn't sound feasible, let alone good

 

[Red London]

Feel like not enough importance is being put on this game by some posters here. This is essentially our first 6 pointer as we get deeper into this league. Monaco have the same amount of points so we can put 3 points of daylight between us.

There are also a lot of other teams on 10 points so if we lose or drop points we can potentially drop out of the automatic qualification spots.

I think Arteta mainly goes first XI here. Maybe some changes like Merino coming into the team and perhaps Havertz switched with Jesus (as he’s not in the best form).

 

[Synical]

Feel like not enough importance is being put on this game by some posters here. This is essentially our first 6 pointer as we get deeper into this league. Monaco have the same amount of points so we can put 3 points of daylight between us.

There are also a lot of other teams on 10 points so if we lose or drop points we can potentially drop out of the automatic qualification spots.

I think Arteta mainly goes first XI here. Maybe some changes like Merino coming into the team and perhaps Havertz switched with Jesus (as he’s not in the best form).

I was just looking at the stats too! Trying to work out what we need to make top 8. You're right... it is very tight. Even City could overtake us, even though they are 17th to our 7

And we NEED to make top 8

 

[Synical]

Feel like not enough importance is being put on this game by some posters here. This is essentially our first 6 pointer as we get deeper into this league. Monaco have the same amount of points so we can put 3 points of daylight between us.

There are also a lot of other teams on 10 points so if we lose or drop points we can potentially drop out of the automatic qualification spots.

I think Arteta mainly goes first XI here. Maybe some changes like Merino coming into the team and perhaps Havertz switched with Jesus (as he’s not in the best form).

That's the politest I've seen anyone put it on here