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PL: Sheffield United vs Arsenal | Monday 21st October | KO: 20:00 | Sky Sports
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Wowcher £99 holiday actually, got Iceland thankfully.
Sanis
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Will be exciting to watch us play defensive football against mighty Sheffield United.
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GDeep™
League is very weak
Where you at this week mate?
rich 1990
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Clacton.
Ceballinhos
Cheating on Santi
Do we know if Holding Tierney and Bellerin are ready to start, or not yet?
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In the US, would love to say where but the more information I put out the more ammo it gives @hydrofluoric acid to find me. Love it here though.
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I'm expecting Tierney to start on the basis he was close 2 weeks ago, same with Holding. Bellerin I don't expect just yet, may be EL this Thurs.
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Xhaka is in the training pics, he should be at home with his wife and baby. Preferably until next June!
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Mate you disgust me. Even if you were made of gold I still wouldnt come closer thann 500 km to you.
Tir Na Nog
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I don't expect massive surprises with the lineup.
We'll persist with Sokratis and Luiz I feel. I think their experience alone means it's unlikely one of them is dropped until they start really costing us. I mean I'm not that big on Sokratis at all but I don't think we're at the stage yet where Holding displaces him. Chambers will play RB tonight so him playing RCB is out of the question. Luiz is probably one of the first names on the team-sheet and rightfully so imo. Hopefully Tierney plays LB, I don't see any reason why he shouldn't.
Xhaka, Guendouzi and Ceballos will probably be the midfield, not exactly thrilled but it's alright. Pepe and Auba will definitely start question is whether we put Laca at CF or if we go with Saka, or maybe even Martinelli might be in with an outside chance, who knows I hope it's not the former. Laca will probably be in sooner rather than later much to the objections I have but I'm not a coach so hopefully I'll be proved wrong.
I get the feeling that Emery is really trying to establish his first XI now, and with Bellerin/Tierney back it'll become really apparent in the coming weeks with not many changes barring huge dips in form of certain individuals. Perhaps the City game is the only one in the near future you'd think he might change a bit because he might have plan to drop and stop City.
People want exciting lineups with plenty of youngsters involved which is fair enough, we've got some talented youngsters. However at this stage of the season if we're gonna really start to pick up results and put wins together then I feel like it's consistency more than anything else we're gonna need especially in the league. I think we'll go with players who Emery feels are at least somewhat dependable rather than unknowns who may or may not have the impact we all want them to have. For me Holding is one of them, people are building up Holding to be this brilliant CB based on quite little evidence. He had a small run in the team where we looked alright, I mean Mustafi played in most of those games too and didn't do much wrong prior to his injury vs Sp**s. If we're using that to say Holding should be a guaranteed starter then I gotta be honest I'm not convinced at all. He's shown very little in his Arsenal career so far that he should be a guaranteed starter. In fact I'd lean more toward Chambers out of the two but again that's not based on much he just seems like he'd be the more solid reliable option. Then you have Willock who's kinda been hit and miss a lot of the time, has shown plenty of promise but then there's been games he's played in where you think that he shouldn't be a starter in the PL at this stage and playing him in the EL and Carabao Cup is enough for the moment. Same with Nelson.
We'll persist with Sokratis and Luiz I feel. I think their experience alone means it's unlikely one of them is dropped until they start really costing us. I mean I'm not that big on Sokratis at all but I don't think we're at the stage yet where Holding displaces him. Chambers will play RB tonight so him playing RCB is out of the question. Luiz is probably one of the first names on the team-sheet and rightfully so imo. Hopefully Tierney plays LB, I don't see any reason why he shouldn't.
Xhaka, Guendouzi and Ceballos will probably be the midfield, not exactly thrilled but it's alright. Pepe and Auba will definitely start question is whether we put Laca at CF or if we go with Saka, or maybe even Martinelli might be in with an outside chance, who knows I hope it's not the former. Laca will probably be in sooner rather than later much to the objections I have but I'm not a coach so hopefully I'll be proved wrong.
I get the feeling that Emery is really trying to establish his first XI now, and with Bellerin/Tierney back it'll become really apparent in the coming weeks with not many changes barring huge dips in form of certain individuals. Perhaps the City game is the only one in the near future you'd think he might change a bit because he might have plan to drop and stop City.
People want exciting lineups with plenty of youngsters involved which is fair enough, we've got some talented youngsters. However at this stage of the season if we're gonna really start to pick up results and put wins together then I feel like it's consistency more than anything else we're gonna need especially in the league. I think we'll go with players who Emery feels are at least somewhat dependable rather than unknowns who may or may not have the impact we all want them to have. For me Holding is one of them, people are building up Holding to be this brilliant CB based on quite little evidence. He had a small run in the team where we looked alright, I mean Mustafi played in most of those games too and didn't do much wrong prior to his injury vs Sp**s. If we're using that to say Holding should be a guaranteed starter then I gotta be honest I'm not convinced at all. He's shown very little in his Arsenal career so far that he should be a guaranteed starter. In fact I'd lean more toward Chambers out of the two but again that's not based on much he just seems like he'd be the more solid reliable option. Then you have Willock who's kinda been hit and miss a lot of the time, has shown plenty of promise but then there's been games he's played in where you think that he shouldn't be a starter in the PL at this stage and playing him in the EL and Carabao Cup is enough for the moment. Same with Nelson.
i think he'll start with Xhaka Guendouzi and Ceballos that's not defensive but if he started with Torreira Xhaka and Guendouzi then yeah we'll struggle to create.
Sanis
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We desperately lack creativity in the middle. Unfortunately Ceballos is not as good at creating, as i thought he would be. On the other hand, he's a CM, not AM.
yes sadly emery don't fancy our only creative mid so we have no other choices.
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Leno
Chambers-Sokratis-Luiz-Tierney
Guendouzi-Xhaka-Ceballos
Pepe-Auba-Saka
Subs: 1. Laca->Saka/Pepe 2. Willock/Özil->Ceballos 3. Torreira->Xhaka
Not sure if the internationals affect starters, but this is monday game so I go with this prediction.
Chambers-Sokratis-Luiz-Tierney
Guendouzi-Xhaka-Ceballos
Pepe-Auba-Saka
Subs: 1. Laca->Saka/Pepe 2. Willock/Özil->Ceballos 3. Torreira->Xhaka
Not sure if the internationals affect starters, but this is monday game so I go with this prediction.
Riou
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Wow. Why you attacking me like that?
Sry bro. Met a girl in the gym that I'm tutoring chemistry from time to time. Had to show off because there was a weird silence for a moment so I picked up the phone and the rest is history!
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Would be the ultimate troll job if his supposed all hours fortnight campaigns were just a cover for his obsession with the "Risk" board game
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This has all the makings for a match that will be decided attrition & which side buckles under pressure.
Any semblance of good football, mind you the term's relative here) that Emery intended to apply will not be served up later this evening.
I can't remember the last time we won a Monday night away match & will be pleasantly surprised if this turns out to be the case.
Any semblance of good football, mind you the term's relative here) that Emery intended to apply will not be served up later this evening.
I can't remember the last time we won a Monday night away match & will be pleasantly surprised if this turns out to be the case.
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I think Holding has shown major promise when he’s played. In 16/17 he played really well in six of the last eight league games which we all won and kept three clean sheets, also was immense in the semi final then the final of the FA Cup that year.
17/18 was iffy but I felt Wenger shuffled him around too much after the Anfield week 3 battering and he was never going to get into rhythm.
Then last year he got into the first XI after week 6 when we went on the long unbeaten run and until his injury in week 15 he was an absolute rock.
I don’t think it was a coincidence that after his injury we lost just two weeks later and our form then started to tank. I think he’s really good and once he’s back to full strength Emery has to consider pairing him with Chambers.
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