@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Don't care about top 4. Don't care about this game.

Probably won't care again til Wenger has gone.

We are an inevitable car crash which is unfolding before our eyes in slow motion.

Even if Wenger goes in the summer the poor sod who takes over the reigns has so much to do to address the flaws in this awful squad

All we can do is be glad were're not Newcastle fans. 

we'll probably give a good account of ourselves, maybe get a point.

start with a pacy front 3 with alexis in the middle. play 2 of welbeck, lucas, or theo on the flanks. wenger is an idiot if he starts with giroud again

Could have been a title turning point if we had won against Watford since everyone else drew as well.

Now it's just a pointless distraction. A false dawn or a catastrophe makes very little difference to our season in the league.

We should just go and get hammered and put away thoughts of the League title early in the piece.

flobaba wrote:

Just watch for the "moments".

It's what I've done all season.

the title ship sailed years ago with wenger. if we play good football the majority of the time, i can make peace with that. the problem is we also play shitty football most of the time

flobaba wrote:

Just watch for the "moments".

It's what I've done all season.

I don't expect us to win the league but I want us to at least give me something to shout about. If we'd beaten Watford and lost at Chelsea that would be fair enough, thats how you are supposed to lose the league. The way we do it is far more frustrating.

Despite 'giving up', I'd still be pretty furious if Chelsea imploded and City or one of the others were the ones to take advantage. At the very least, we need to make Chelsea earn the title by winning this game. 6/7 points ahead of 5th place at early Feb isn't really that much.

City will eventually emerge as Chelsea's main challengers. They have the squad and firepower, and sometimes these things can carry you over the line regardless of the manager's flaws.

I still think we look best poised to challenge them. We have all the ingredients in the squad. I see much bigger flaws in the base of City and Uniteds squads than in ours.

I don't think you can really predict it, it will come down to who can put a run together and it's difficult to predict who will suddenly click into gear. I think everyone is capable of it.

Meh!

Start Gabriel so he cunt Costa off for last year's shenanigans.

Almost rather see that than a win, which would only develop false hope.

"We gave a lot against Watford and were a little bit jaded physically. You could see that the second half was a bit more difficult. We faced many physical challenges and that disturbed our game but we were a bit unlucky to lose as well,” Wenger told Skysports. "We had chances in the first half, especially from Mesut. They defended well, they are very experienced you know and they played a counter attacking game. I thought we handled Costa well. "I cannot fault the commitment and desire but unfortunately we conceded two easy goals," said Wenger afterwards.

-----------------Cech
Bellerin-Mustafi-Koscielny-Monreal
--------Chambo----Coquelin
Walcott-------Ozil--------Iwobi
--------------Sanchez

Is what we will see.

To powderpuff

I'd go:-

-------------Ospina
Bellerin--Mus--Kos--Nacho
-------Chambo-Coq
--Alexis---Ozil----Welbz
-----------Giroud

Wenger sucked the air out of this game on Tuesday night. Incompetent fundamentalist. I barely care about this one. Shoutout to Xhaka.

Don't think I am even going to watch. Even worse that this is the first game of the weekend, so will make the entire weekend miserable if we do (as is likely) lose badly. Hope all the other clowns around us drop points too. Chelsea are too far gone, so the race is for second (or fourth) anyway.

Our early season win seems so far off now.

Shame that the season high, and another one off top performance, was as always at an inconquesential time.

All it takes is Fabregas and one long ball to split us open. Chelsea have variety and we don't have the tactical discipline to stay compact for 90minutes. We will need to score 2goals or more to win this which is near impossible. If we couldn't do it against Everton, United and City, we certainly aren't doing it against the best defence in the league. Watch that lousy striker Bastchuayi have the game of his life against us if he comes on.