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Burnley vs Arsenal | Sat, 12:30

goon

Saturday lunch time kick offs away from home rarely end well for us, that being said, it's not normally against the likes of Burnley. Arteta confirmed we have no new injury problems and scans show ESR is nothing too series, but it sounds unlikely he'll feature here.

I'm hoping for a confident routine win here, these are the sorts of games we should be winning with minimal fuss. We've had a week off, a little more for some of our guys while Burnley play tonight, so there's no excuse here.

I'd go with this:

Leno

Bellerin - Luiz - Mari - Tierney

Partey - Ceballos

Saka - Odegaard - Pepe

Auba

I'm not dropping Xhaka, I'd actually give him a rest because he's played 90 mins for 12 consecutive games. I also think if Burnley sit deep we could do with the extra bit of creativity. That being said, I'm not expecting to see that midfield.

I'm going for a comfortable 3-0 win.

QuincyAbeyie

Awesome team, Goon. I'd love to see it.

Claudius

I'm also down with it

Klaus

Let's all blame goon if we don't field that team on saturday now. He showed us how good we could have it.

Claudius

We can hunt him down when it's a clone army of Willians up front

Sicario

goon wrote:

Saturday lunch time kick offs away from home rarely end well for us, that being said, it's not normally against the likes of Burnley. Arteta confirmed we have no new injury problems and scans show ESR is nothing too series, but it sounds unlikely he'll feature here.

I'm hoping for a confident routine win here, these are the sorts of games we should be winning with minimal fuss. We've had a week off, a little more for some of our guys while Burnley play tonight, so there's no excuse here.

I'd go with this:

Leno

Bellerin - Luiz - Mari - Tierney

Partey - Ceballos

Saka - Odegaard - Pepe

Auba

I'm not dropping Xhaka, I'd actually give him a rest because he's played 90 mins for 12 consecutive games. I also think if Burnley sit deep we could do with the extra bit of creativity. That being said, I'm not expecting to see that midfield.

I'm going for a comfortable 3-0 win.

Think Arteta will play this team but Holding will come in for Luiz/Mari

Shady

Cedric to start ahead of Bellerin if he's fit please.

flobaba

Willian starts to build his form and confidence

banduan

Shady wrote:
Cedric to start ahead of Bellerin if he's fit please.

If Saka is starting right we should have Bellerin. If it's Pepe then Cedric is good.

Asterix

Nice team and OP goon. Can we have a roast with that?

goon

Once Pepe has finished roasting Lowton, you're more than welcome to him Astrix.

jones

That’s why I don’t understand how they're still doing fairly well. We nullified Bruno completely in the first match this season. We struggled a bit more the second match but he still didn't get to that many chances.

speedy

jones wrote:
That’s why I don’t understand how they're still doing fairly well. We nullified Bruno completely in the first match this season. We struggled a bit more the second match but he still didn't get to that many chances.

It was weird that second game Partey just gave bruno space even when United had the ball.

banduan

jones wrote:
That’s why I don’t understand how they're still doing fairly well. We nullified Bruno completely in the first match this season. We struggled a bit more the second match but he still didn't get to that many chances.

posted to the wrong thread?

QuincyAbeyie

It's okay, could've happened to anyone.

Qwiss

goon wrote:
I'd go with this:

Leno

Bellerin - Luiz - Mari - Tierney

Partey - Ceballos

Saka - Odegaard - Pepe

Auba

I'd go basically the same with one change, Holding in for Luiz. Have Luiz and Gabriel play in the Europa instead then back to Holding-Mari for Spurs. Otherwise I like the team and it allows us rotate a bit against Olympaikos and then go back to this or close to it for the Spurs match.

Claudius

Saka, Auba, Partey, Chambers starting per Watts

Clrnc

Good chance for Chambers. Probably an audition for him

goon

Willian in, no Pepe...

Qwiss

Gonna give Arteta the benefit of the doubt about starting Willian as this is the easiest game from the next 3. If he starts against Spurs though I'll be fuming.