Lighthouse Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 I guess we're all used to this fixture being 15th vs. 3rd but not like this. Having said that we never win there in the League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 (edited) Arsenal won't be relishing playing us one little bit. Fancy our chances. Walcott to start against his former side or hold him back for a dream winner off the bench...? Edited 13 December, 2020 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 (edited) So if Liverpool don’t win today we can go top with a win at the Emirates... mlg klaxoned myself! So sorry... Leicester, effing Leicester... Edited 13 December, 2020 by OttawaSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 2 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: So if Liverpool don’t win today we can go top with a win at the Emirates... Pretty slim chance of the former happening I’d imagine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 3 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: So if Liverpool don’t win today we can go top with a win at the Emirates... Come on Fulham!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Just now, LGTL said: Pretty slim chance of the former happening I’d imagine! Of course, but it’s nice to be able to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 32 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: So if Liverpool don’t win today we can go top with a win at the Emirates... MLG Klaxon : forgot about Leicester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Absolutely no reason why we can't go there and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totton Saint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Agreed 57 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said: Absolutely no reason why we can't go there and win. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Relegation-threatened teams sometimes find form over Christmas, so we need to be wary of them. 😘 However, I think we can take a least a point if we're on form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 As above, no reason why we can’t beat them but the Emirates just like Goodison is a ground we can’t win at unless we play them in the league cup! Honestly MLG or someone will need to confirm when we last beat them in the league at Emirates (or Highbury) because can’t remember for the life of me, must’ve been beyond my lifetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 5 minutes ago, nta786 said: As above, no reason why we can’t beat them but the Emirates just like Goodison is a ground we can’t win at unless we play them in the league cup! Honestly MLG or someone will need to confirm when we last beat them in the league at Emirates (or Highbury) because can’t remember for the life of me, must’ve been beyond my lifetime All I can remember is about 35 years ago being 2-0 going into injury time, then they broke Glenn Cockerills jaw, and they salvaged a draw in those minutes added on for Cockerills injury!!😡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, nta786 said: As above, no reason why we can’t beat them but the Emirates just like Goodison is a ground we can’t win at unless we play them in the league cup! Honestly MLG or someone will need to confirm when we last beat them in the league at Emirates (or Highbury) because can’t remember for the life of me, must’ve been beyond my lifetime 21st Nov 1987...0-1 Rod Wallace Edited 13 December, 2020 by OttawaSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said: Absolutely no reason why we can't go there and win. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 2 hours ago, OttawaSaint said: Of course, but it’s nice to be able to say it. More then happy to be wrong 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Just now, LGTL said: More then happy to be wrong 😄 Haha, unfortunately I was wrong too. Leicester of course can leapfrog us today and play at the same time as us Weds. Maybe just to avoid the inevitable MLG dressing down, if we win and the final whistle goes in our game before Leicester’s we could be top for a few seconds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archers Road Stand Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Still a bit annoyed about our failure to win there last season. We dominated the game and missed loads of sitters to kill the game off. Cursed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 I'm more annoyed at the wolves game and theos miss to make it 2v0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Watching Arsenal trying to play out from the back, as per Arteta’s instructions, makes me think that Ralph’s press could cause them some serious problems. I’d be inclined to go for the jugular early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 10 minutes ago, CanadaSaint said: Watching Arsenal trying to play out from the back, as per Arteta’s instructions, makes me think that Ralph’s press could cause them some serious problems. I’d be inclined to go for the jugular early. We like to target defenders so hopefully we’ll get some positive results there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 12 minutes ago, CanadaSaint said: Watching Arsenal trying to play out from the back, as per Arteta’s instructions, makes me think that Ralph’s press could cause them some serious problems. I’d be inclined to go for the jugular early. Thought exactly the same. They don’t look comfortable doing it, if we get at them it will force mistakes. We are more than capable of getting 3 points there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, OttawaSaint said: Haha, unfortunately I was wrong too. Leicester of course can leapfrog us today and play at the same time as us Weds. Maybe just to avoid the inevitable MLG dressing down, if we win and the final whistle goes in our game before Leicester’s we could be top for a few seconds... You are assuming that Leicester win on Wednesday as well. If they don't and we win, we'll be top for a whole 2 hours until the Liverpool/Spurs games finishes. Edited 13 December, 2020 by mikec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Arsenal are the perfect side for our style of play. Really think we could win by a couple here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Xhaka straight red tonight, that might benefit them for Wednesday if anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Xhaka won't be playing against us then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Just now, Restark19 said: Xhaka straight red tonight, that might benefit them for Wednesday if anything A Ceballos and Elneny midfield is pretty weak, but much more creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Xhaka got a straight red card. Bellerin just got a yellow and so will also now miss our game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 13 December, 2020 Author Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Come on, red for Elneny.... booked!?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Arsenal OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picard Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Will Arteta still be manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 13 December, 2020 Author Share Posted 13 December, 2020 11 minutes ago, LeG said: 100pc put Vestergaard on Cedric at back post Why waste him on that? You could put Warwick Davis on Cedric and he'd still win the header. 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Saints 11/5 to win. Great value and bookies haven’t caught up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Arsenal following Man U footsteps into a decade of oblivion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 The natural instinct at the start of the season was to view this as a game in which scraping a point could be key to avoiding relegation. And it still looks like that. 😎 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 Nervous for this one now, a club the size of Arsenal loosing 5 on the trot at home? Very unlikely I'd have thought, but stranger things have happened. They won't look as bad on Wednesday, they can't. And they'll have Xhaka missing and that's actually a huge bonus for them, that will only improve them. Really no idea what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 32 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: Why waste him on that? You could put Warwick Davis on Cedric and he'd still win the header. Choked on my tea laughing at that! We have absolutely nothing to fear from this Arsenal side, if a crap team like Burnley can go there and get a win and clean sheet there’s no reason at all we can’t come back with a comfortable 2 or 3 nil win and cost Arteta his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 If Cedric starts for them, at least we know we won't have to worry about any attacking threat from their RB position. Means we will be able to commit Bertrand forward more. And any FKs we get anywhere near the box, we'll just instruct JWP to aim them at him and get JV to mark him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Saint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 1 hour ago, mikec said: You are assuming that Leicester win on Wednesday as well. If they don't and we win, we'll be top for a whole 2 hours until the Liverpool/Spurs games finishes. What if we beat Arsenal 8-0, and the Spurs vs Liverpool game is a draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hamilton Saint said: What if we beat Arsenal 8-0, and the Spurs vs Liverpool game is a draw? I might just repeat my Father’s unforgettable words as we left Wembley at around 5:30 on May 1, 1976 - “You can take me now, Lord, you can take me now” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 2 hours ago, Archers Road Stand said: Still a bit annoyed about our failure to win there last season. We dominated the game and missed loads of sitters to kill the game off. Cursed. Agree, I've been to Arsenal away tons of times, was there for the win in 87 but since then we've been cursed (if not counting the league cup wins) last year we lead until 97th minute, sorry to disappoint everyone but we just don't win there. Similar to Goodison. A draw would still be a good result. 1-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Ralph Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 (edited) Team obviously looks excellent at the moment. However, Armstrong still looks as though he isnt back to his form at the end of last season. Redmond and Walcott on the wings against Arsenal could be pretty tasty - regardless of his goal Redmond looked much sharper today. Edited 14 December, 2020 by Sir Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydenhamssocks Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 With Romeu a yellow away from a ban, I’d give him the night off completely back for City Switch up a little and start Diallo. Start Redmond over Theo and add B team 4 goal Tella to the bench. McCarthy. Bertrand Westergaard Bednarek KWP JWP. Diallo Armstrong. Redmond Ings. Adams subs: Forster. Stephens Salisu Tella. Djenepo. Walcott Nlundulu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 14 December, 2020 Author Share Posted 14 December, 2020 10 minutes ago, sydenhamssocks said: With Romeu a yellow away from a ban, I’d give him the night off completely back for City Why compromise the best chance we’ll ever have to finally win at The Emirates and effectively give him a 2 game ban instead of 1? City will be massive favourites with or without Rom in our team, so that’s a lot riding on an outside bet. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 They can't score and lost 4 home games on the bounce, we are flying......only one result right with our record at their place? 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 taken off an Arsenal forum : 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keef Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 Start with the strongest team. Keep Romeu in. we are more likely to get a result against Arsenal than we are against City so play our strongest team and try to secure 3pts.. If Romeu gets booked, so be it, then bring Diallo in for Man City (that'll test him!). Man City will either be on fire or they won't. They've not looked like their old selves of late, but still think they can turn it on when they feel like it. I'd also stick with Stu and Theo. Bring Redders/Djenpo on when they tire. Having just watched Arsenal v Burnley there is certainly nothing to fear at The Emirates. Could go either way but if we play as we have been we're definitely in with a shout this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 1 hour ago, Sir Ralph said: Team obviously looks excellent at the moment. However, Armstrong still looks as though he isnt back to his form at the end of last season. Redmond and Walcott on the wings against Arsenal could be pretty tasty - regardless of his goal Redmond looked much sharper today. I'd be amazed if Armstrong didn't start against Arsenal, unless it was with rotation in mind. He really returned to his best on Sunday with his direct running and drifting infield from the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 Aubameyang hasn't scored from open play since the first match of the season (excluding own goals). We all know what happens next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints1988 Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 8 hours ago, adrian lord said: Arsenal following Man U footsteps into a decade of oblivion Think they have been in that decade for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 14 December, 2020 Share Posted 14 December, 2020 14 hours ago, OttawaSaint said: 21st Nov 1987...0-1 Rod Wallace Danny Wallace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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