EPL: Arsenal vs. Bournemouth - 28/12/15 - 5:30pm

[Aevi]

ARSENAL VS. BOURNEMOUTH

Pep Talk​

Recent form, ok let's see... Bournemouth has beaten Chelsea and United??? Oh wait lol they're ****! Draws vs Crystal Palace and Everton. Wow, that's so cute! WELL LET'S SEND THEM BACK INTO THE RELEGATION ****HOLE FROM WHENCE THEY ****ING CAME! SOUTHAMPTON CAN **** OFF WITH FINDING FORM THE DAY THEY ****ING PLAY US AND LUCK THEIR WAY THROUGH ALL SORTS OF ****, WE ARE TAKING OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE AT THE TOP OF THIS **** LEAGUE! THIS TEAM HAS ****ING MURRAY, IS THERE A ****ING ****TIER STRIKER IN THE LEAGUE??? Oh wait Gestede is a thing... WELL HE IS STILL ****! IF I SEE ANOTHER ****ING "PETR IS A CLEAN SHEET AWAY FROM BREAKING THE RECORD" STATEMENT AFTER THIS GAME, **** WILL GO DOWN! BREAK THE ****ING RECORD YOU ****S! I BETTER SEE HIS RECORD-BREAKER CARD IN FIFA ON WEDNESDAY ****ERS!

Possible Lineup​

Well the first thing we need to do, of course, is look at the injury list. Alexis, Arteta, Wilshere, Rosicky, Cazorla, Coquelin, and Welbeck. Ffs. Seeing as we only have a day between matchdays, we will need to rotate, so I envision:

Cech
Debuchy Kosc Gabriel Monreal
Ramsey Chambers
Chamberlain Özil Gibbs
Giroud
​

That looks disgusting, I hope I'm wrong... why the **** didn't Wenger rotate versus Southampton? Honestly, we have to rotate for this game, and our backup is pretty ****ty.

Prediction​

If we don't rotate, we have tired players with bad morale. If we do rotate, we have a ****ty squad. Let's hope Wenger finds some sort of middle ground. Seeing as Bournemouth have a similar situation to ours though, I'll go for a... 2-1 win.

 

[bingobob]

IF I SEE ANOTHER ****ING "PETR IS A CLEAN SHEET AWAY FROM BREAKING THE RECORD" STATEMENT AFTER THIS GAME, **** WILL GO DOWN! BREAK THE ****ING RECORD YOU ****S! I BETTER SEE HIS RECORD BREAKER CARD ON WEDNESDAY ****ER!​

Prediction​

I'll go for a... 2-1 win.

That made me

 

[Rimaal]

I'm making no predictions.

 

[Aevi]

That made me

The Southampton result makes me think we might crack and let in a goal... I'm hoping, but not believing, in a clean sheet :confused:

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Instant ban for anyone who predicts a trashing or any other result above 3-0.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Aevius to made rant match thread from now on please!

Well they look good team in last few weeks so we should be careful. i think we will rotate in defense but the midfield and attack will stay the same maybe ox will come for campbell.

 

[Furious]

We're already playing tomorrow ffs. Is this real life?

 

[Vibra]

We can win it

 

[Lady_Gooner]

Our players usually respond and I am expecting no different. We will win. Any dropped points at home will see the title challenge die. Also as terrible as he is, I'd start chamberlain. We can't be unchanged for the 5th (?) match in a row

 

[Penn_]

I thought Ox and Iwobi had some good moments when they came on, hopefully one or both start.

Give Walcott a chance back central.

 

[redanddread]

In hindsight Arsène should have rotated a couple at Southampton but as usual he doesn't seem to trust his bench. Anyway, he has to rotate now and that could spell danger. The only thing in our favour is that the lads had an extra day off & did some shopping on South coast yesterday, so they should be fresh for tomorrow.....

We're a bounce back team & whilst due to our injury crisis & the manager showing as much nous in his rotation policy as a new born babe, we should have too much quality for Bournemouth. If Arsenal decide to pose for the cameras again then they may well be in for a shock, however, that shock came when they saw their credit card bill this morning after that late night shopping trip to Southampton yesterday.

This league is unforgiving & gone are the days when you can just roll up & expect to win a game - it's a battle out there & if we lose the battles we'll eventually lose the war.

 

[Gooner_Delhi]

I hope we win.

 

[Aevi]

I thought Ox and Iwobi had some good moments when they came on, hopefully one or both start.

Give Walcott a chance back central.

The reason I didn't do this in my lineup is because as he runs more than Giroud, he is likely more tired going into the next game. One days rest means someone who runs less, like Giroud, would be more fit to play.

I would like Theo at striker though, if he is up for it it's preferable to me. I miss super-sub Giroud too!

 

[Maxim]

I get that this game is must win. But we absolutely have to rotate here.

Ramsey + back 4 have played 450/450 mins so far in December.

Flamini 435/450 mins

Giroud 440/450 mins

Özil 430/450 mins

If Özil or Ramsey break down...well lets be honest we are completely ****ed... and both looked exhausted yesterday.

 

[RandyMarsh]

Ox - Theo - Joel
Özil
Flamini Ramsey
Gibbs Kos Per Bellerin
Cech

I'd go with that.

A scrappy hard fought 1-0. Walcott to score

 

[BBF]

I hope we win.

As opposed to what?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

I get that this game is must win. But we absolutely have to rotate here.

Ramsey + back 4 have played 450/450 mins so far in December.

Flamini 435/450 mins

Giroud 440/450 mins

Özil 430/450 mins

If Özil or Ramsey break down...well lets be honest we are completely ****ed... and both looked exhausted yesterday.

that what happen when your half your squad is down injured if coq cazorla wilshere Welbeck were fit we will rotate. but we can't play our reserve in epl match.

 

[tap-in]

We are the specialists at bouncing back, lets hope tomorrow is the last time we have to do it this season! Lets go top and stay there!

3-0

 

[A_G]

The wrong kickoff time in the thread title will throw a lot of people off tomorrow.

 

[bingobob]

We are the specialists at bouncing back, lets hope tomorrow is the last time we have to do it this season! Lets go top and stay there!

3-0

On the margins of a ban