PL | North London Derby (Home) | Saturday, Nov. 18 @ 12:30 GMT | Sky Sports

[Toast]

It's amazing how quickly Alexis' stock has fallen now that he doesn't want to extend his contract. He scored 30 goals for us last season, but this season he's a complete liability.

I'm sure his performance this season would've been judged exactly the same way if he had extended his contract over the summer.

 

[Relic]

*https://www.arsenal.com/news/wenger-lacazette-kane-wilshere-aurier

"This is what the boss had to say in his pre-match press conference:

on Lacazette and whether he will start his first big game for the club…
I have a big choice to make every time, big decisions to make up front. But he’s played many games, Alexandre Lacazette. He didn’t play away from home at City, I think that’s the only game he didn’t start [along with Liverpool]. I trust him completely.

on if Lacazette will start on Saturday…
The decision is not made yet but it’s a possibility because he’s available.

on if there’s plan to deal with Harry Kane…
To keep him quiet, yes.

on if Kane is player Arsenal fear most…
We have no fear, we are just focused on nullifying their strong points and expressing our strong points.

on what Jack Wilshere needs to do to get in the England squad…
To keep fit and work hard and it is what he does at the moment. It’s going well for him. At the moment he is on plan and slowly I think he will get into the [plans] of Southgate again and his creative aspects of his game, if he keeps fit, will be a big asset for him.

on whether he will start in the Premier League…
Yes, he is very close. Just a question for me is to decide to start him or not, but he is ready to play.

on Serge Aurier…
He’s a good player who has good power to go forward and is always dangerous. He played against us with PSG and overall I think he is a top-class right back.

on the BBC survey suggesting that young fans aren’t going to football…
I think nothing is better to share the experience of a stadium, inside a stadium and there are many ingredients now in the modern game that could incite people not to go so much. First of all the lifestyle is a bit different, they play less, they play more on computers, that is a bit more an individual experience than a collective experience, playing with your partners is collective, playing on the computer is more of an individual experience. After that you have the fact that the security in gathering people is a problem as well in the heads of many. After, can you afford as well to go to the stadiums? When you are young you that’s not always easy so there are many ingredients we need to take care of in the game."

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

I read average age at Old Trafford was 53 years.

I have touched on this before, football is old unchanged game. Esports satifies a lot more what I expect from sports!

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/are-esports-going-to-replace-the-beautiful-game

 

[rich 1990]

People voting Sp**s should be shot.

 

[Makingtrax]

Mike Dean, **** it.

Need to lay bets now, which of our players will get sent off and the time of the first Sp**s penalty.

 

[Marmaduke]

Whatever happens I just don't want any penalties period. Let the best team win without refs messing everything up.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Very disappointing poll.

 

[Makingtrax]

Been looking through the media. Most say that only two of our squad would get in the Sp**s team. But Sky says three, Kos, Sanchez and Özil. Wow!

Bet @STATS is fuming at that, with the quality we've got

 

[James Bond]

If Alexis starts this game, we're gonna lose. He's a liability. I'd prefer to play Wilshere and others who are up for the challenge of a North London Derby. I don't think players like Alexis appreciate how big this game is for Arsenal and its supporters.

@6:47

Here he talks about the importance of a NLD to the fans and you can tell hes still upset with Rasmey for not scoring the winner* . Some in the team may not care/appreciate how big a NDL is but I wouldnt put Sanchez as one of them.

*As a reminder...
http://arsenalist.com/f/2015-16/tot...ad-a-chance-to-win-it-but-tackled-ft-2-2.html

 

[James Bond]

Every manager praises him these days. Nobody sees him as a threat. Even Mourinho has stopped taking jabs at him.

Or Potch knew what he was doing by using the word "special" to describe Wenger's stay at Arsenal as a sly shout out to his idol Mourinho. Cant trust anyone from Sp**s you know.

 

[rich 1990]

Been looking through the media. Most say that only two of our squad would get in the Sp**s team. But Sky says three, Kos, Sanchez and Özil. Wow!

Bet @STATS is fuming at that, with the quality we've got

The number of excuses you come up with pre match is astonishing.

 

[tap-in]

Been looking through the media. Most say that only two of our squad would get in the Sp**s team. But Sky says three, Kos, Sanchez and Özil. Wow!

Bet @STATS is fuming at that, with the quality we've got

We need to throw the stats book out the window, burn it, piss on it, and stuff the ashes though Sp**s letter box! And obviously win on Sat!

 

[Makingtrax]

We need to throw the stats book out the window, burn it, piss on it, and stuff the ashes though Sp**s letter box! And obviously win on Sat!

Since Wenger came 22 wins, 8 losses, 20 draws. So maybe just p*ss on the recent stats, since Sp**s are in a bubble.

 

[tap-in]

Since Wenger came 22 wins, 8 losses, 20 draws. So maybe just p*ss on the recent stats, since Sp**s are in a bubble.

Yeh sorry, I was thinking only of the recent stats.

 

[celestis]

It's amazing how quickly Alexis' stock has fallen now that he doesn't want to extend his contract. He scored 30 goals for us last season, but this season he's a complete liability.

I'm sure his performance this season would've been judged exactly the same way if he had extended his contract over the summer.

I'd judge it in a few months , had an awful time with Chile and no pre season . Takes him awhile to get sharp, it's happened before .

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

I'd judge it in a few months , had an awful time with Chile and no pre season . Takes him awhile to get sharp, it's happened before .

He will be fully fit and sharp for second part of the season.

(Playing for Man City)

 

[Mo Britain]

Anything can happen in one game but the sad thing is that even most of our fans consider us to be underdogs in this fixture now, something which hadn't happened for more than thirty years.

We were streets ahead of them and the new stadium was supposed to cement that superiority for all time. Instead now they have a better team than us and are building a bigger stadium!

When you add to that a board who care about football and are prepared to invest funds, whilst we have an owner who hasn't been to a home game for well over a year and is happy for us to make profits at the expense of league positions.... the future looks very grim indeed.

 

[Token Yank]

I would go with this...

....................Cech
Bellerin...Per........Kos......Sead
.....................Xhaka
.............Elneny........Jack
.......Ramsey.....................Özil
....................Lacazette

 

[STATS]

Been looking through the media. Most say that only two of our squad would get in the Sp**s team. But Sky says three, Kos, Sanchez and Özil. Wow!

Bet @STATS is fuming at that, with the quality we've got

See this is why you are just a troll or a jerk?

If you actually go through my analysis of Sp**s' squad, I bring the squad DEPTH issue. After wanyama and Dembele (easily better than our midfielders), who do they have? Dier, winks and Sissoko. I would rather play COQ before them. Alderwireld, vertonghen are decent CBs but not even in the same league as Kos. Alli, Eriksen are good players, but compare them to pre-wenger Özil and sanchez, no where near. After that who do they have for forwards? Llorente? Son? We have better Depth there too. Except for the wingback/fullback position we have better depth in every area of the pitch.

As for the 1st team, were not we linked with Wanyama? I thought he was an average player not good enough to lace the boots of arsenal's players. The issue why did not we buy him? Why did your wenger buy him?

 

[Mark Tobias]

Why did your wenger buy him?