WIN PL: Arsenal 2 - 1 Chelsea | Sky Sports | KO: 6th September 16:30 BST

[OnlyOne]

Well, fair to say this feels already like a huge game as Chelsea are considered title challengers and arguably have the best attack in the league. With one game a week they could take some stopping. I think this is a chance to make a pretty huge statement and wake the league up.

I'd keep the team the same as last week but bring in Bruno and Konsa for MLS and Mosquera. I'd love a clean sheet here.

3-0 win in my opinion.

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[Flying Okapis]

Hope we smash these lot.

A lot of there fans are dickheads.

 

[Jasinho]

First "big 6" game of the season. Chelsea have arguably the best, if not the 2nd best attack in the league, but their midfield and defence is very porous and lacklustre.

Can already see how they’ll set up against us, aggression, concede possession, sit deep and utilise their wingback pace and good front 3 to counter us. Unfortunately, I can see it working, especially if our attack comes in as poor as they were against Villa and we can’t take advantage of how crap their defence is.

We’ll likely start the same team again with only Konsa in for Mosquera. Personally, would put Bruno in for MLS or Ødegaard though, he’s got that progressive/creative passing that we are very much lacking at the moment.

Guessing it will probably be 2-2 with us having 70% possession but struggling to create chances.

 

[MikelHadADream]

Big game.

Would love us to put a marker down at home. We didn’t really win a big home game last season against a competitor, so would love us to put in a dominant display.

——————-Raya
White—Konsa—-Gabriel—-Calafiori
————--Rice—-Bruno
Saka————-Ode————Eze
——————Kai

Is how I’d line up. Think it’s time for Bruno and Konsa, this is what they were signed for. We also need to get Eze the chance to nail down the left flank.

 

[Hulken]

A midfield with Ødegaard, Rice and Bruno pls. I think we will be too much for them this early in the season.

 

[Frost]

My only worry is White, he had a **** show against Villa. When is Timber getting back?

 

[HollandGooner]

There is 0% chance that Chelsea will beat us our midfield is world class and will get us through. Eze on the left please.

 

[ArsenesCoatMaker]

Can already see how they’ll set up against us, aggression, concede possession, sit deep and utilise their wingback pace and good front 3 to counter us. Unfortunately, I can see it working, especially if our attack comes in as poor as they were against Villa and we can’t take advantage of how crap their defence is.

Is our attack really worse than Fulham's and Brighton's? Because they've conceeded 5 in 2 games so far

 

[Clrnc]

There is 0% chance that Chelsea will beat us our midfield is world class and will get us through. Eze on the left please.

Nothing in football has 0% chance. Even Cape Verde can keep a clean sheet against Spain.

But looking at how Chelsea set up, Henry analysed them perfectly. They leave a lot of gaps in midfield and defence, as all the players are not yet accustomed to his formation and tactics. Brighton could have scored like 5 had their final ball been better.

We have to be really really really off form to struggle against them. The way they setup suits us well. There's a good chance of a good performance here to set an early marker.

 

[grange]

Must win matchup

 

[Legend14]

Chelsea were good on the counter last week, but Brighton were so slow and poor defensivel; they made schoolboy mistakes - Yet they still only lost by 1 because Chelsea’s defense and midfield were non existent.

If we had recruited some attackers we’d beat them 4-0. Since we didn’t, it will be 2-0. Chelsea do not defend well or control any possession.

 

[fabregooner]

We should be beating Chelsea at home. They concede too many cheap goals, I don't see them challenging for anything but top 4.

 

[Bagels]

With how Chelsea like to attack, and how leaky they are, I think this has the potential to be a really entertaining match.

I think we should go into this game looking to make a proper statement.

 

[A_G]

I feel very strongly that Eze will score.

 

[Gooner Zig]

When was the last time we lost to this lot? I'm being told it's potentially a Lavia-Henderson pivot...lol

Would love to spank these guys and put them back in their place.

 

[Gooner Zig]

First "big 6" game of the season. Chelsea have arguably the best, if not the 2nd best attack in the league, but their midfield and defence is very porous and lacklustre.

Can already see how they’ll set up against us, aggression, concede possession, sit deep and utilise their wingback pace and good front 3 to counter us. Unfortunately, I can see it working, especially if our attack comes in as poor as they were against Villa and we can’t take advantage of how crap their defence is.

We’ll likely start the same team again with only Konsa in for Mosquera. Personally, would put Bruno in for MLS or Ødegaard though, he’s got that progressive/creative passing that we are very much lacking at the moment.

Guessing it will probably be 2-2 with us having 70% possession but struggling to create chances.

Have we really struggled to create chances this season? Even vs Villa, we had many opportunities to score another 1-2 goals but were poor in execution. Early days but from what I've seen since the CS, we've been pretty vertical and decent at creating.

 

[Nicenho]

First true test of the season. Alonso has managed to platform their attack really well so the defence needs to be on it. 2-1 to the Arsenal.

 

[sdotzdot]

Honestly think this is a simple win for us.

 

[Red London]

It’s painful watching Rogers score on his debut then put a nice performance getting an assist + heavily contributing to a goal with a very nice pass to Hato.

There is a small chance Chelsea are competing with us this season, due to their attack + 1 game a week. Rogers closed the gap between them and us.

We scoffed at him but considering we had no other realistic targets, that was a massive **** up.

 

[dino bravo]

We would have to seriously sh*t the bed to not win this, we are their worst nightmare - a team that can actually defend, as you know they are conceding 2+ here for sure.