Leeds vs Arsenal, Sunday, 2pm

Pepe LeFrits

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TambourineMan

Good stuff. Love how often we have to play this season. The condensed schedule is great for fans even if it's necessarily so for the players.

Leeds have been poor so far but have the ability to hurt us going forward. Full strength XI and a comfortable win please.

Apart from Chelsea away we should be winning every game between now and the WC. Do that and we'll be in great nick for top 4. Win all 5 and maybe we can start to think about a title challenge.

jones

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Coombs

😆 perfect

HomeSteak

Saw Mitchell live in a show last month, he is just great.

Not gonna be an easy one, no matter the league position they are in.

Ramsdale
Tomyiasu - Saliba - Gabriel - Tierney(if Zincheko is still not fit)
Xhaka - Partey
Saka - Odegard - Martinelli
Jesus.

The regular team with White taking a break as he has played a lot, including this Thursday. Odegard is not doing enough for me at the moment to be in the first 11, but this is not the game for Vieira. Shame ESR is injured.

Claudius

Please rewatch the Liverpool game and pay attention to Odegaard. The kid is playing his socks off. Not sure what folks want him to do

JazzG

I think this will be a tough match for us, away at Leeds is never easy. With the games coming thick and fast our players will be feeling it.

QuincyAbeyie

@Claude As in you think it was a great performance by him? Think it was decent. Not as bad as some are making out, but not as good as he can play.

Claudius

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
@Claude As in you think it was a great performance by him? Think it was decent. Not as bad as some are making out, but not as good as he can play.

He laid on one of the best passes you’ll see all season 55 seconds into the game. He had another two really good passes. Got himself open for a shot from the Martinelli/Xhaka set up. Still had over 80% passing on a quiet day, ran tirelessly, won 3 duels, etc. Not one of his team of the week performances, but still very good.

Sicario

I hope Jesus is fit for this one.

Watching Eddie last night was painful was like the 2019-2021 Eddie.

Big Willie

Or the 2020-2022 Laca.

Clrnc

Big Willie wrote:
Or the 2020-2022 Laca.

😆

Claudius

Nothing is as bad as Laca. I’m glad this nightmare is over

Sicario

Big Willie wrote:
Or the 2020-2022 Laca.

Are you still Arteta out?

lorddulaarsenal

Our nightmares tend to last a while. Or they did. Think Arteta isn’t one for waiting too long before addressing things which is good.

Mustafi, Bellerin. Lacazette, saw far more first team football minutes than they should have

Big Willie

Sicario wrote:
Big Willie wrote:
Or the 2020-2022 Laca.

Are you still Arteta out?

Nope. Why?

Tactics

JazzG wrote:
I think this will be a tough match for us, away at Leeds is never easy. With the games coming thick and fast our players will be feeling it.

Yep think so too, they had a terrific 1st half against Palace last week, was thoroughly impressed by them.

I think we need to vary the way we play i.e play out from the back when we can but also frequently look to hit long diagonals into channels for Jesus, Martinelli and Saka to run on to - similar to those passes that Gabriel was hitting in the 2nd half against Liverpool. This could save us from their relentless pressing and force them to drop back, thereby giving us more space to play.

I'm worried this could end in a draw.

lorddulaarsenal

——————-Ramsdale
—White—Saliba—Tomiyasu—Tierney
———————Partey
———-Odegaard—-Xhaka
Saka————Jesus——-Martinelli

RowJimmy

Gabriel was rested on Thursday and is therefore a lock to start.

lorddulaarsenal

Talk he’s still suffering from the knock he took