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Brighton - Arsenal. Tomorrow @17:30UK Time.

HomeSteak

I am on a roll, and I will keep making these to help the team.
One of our last 4 away games, a big one, hard game, good team but we should do them.
I assume Saka will be back for this, as he was close for the Luton game...that means we will have a full squad bar Timber.
Brighton are missing: Gilmour, Hinshelwood, March, Milner and Mitoma.
They are in a mixed form, as they have been all season really, out of the last 5 they lost 2, won 2 and drew midweek away at Brentford. Our last few games against them have been hit and miss...but we did win this season, at home 2-0 and the last time we played there we won 2-4.

We play Tuesday vs Bayern so maybe Arteta will keep an eye on that as well...
No idea how we line up, just get it done.
Come on boys.

Panda

I'd go
Raya
White-Saliba-Gabi-Tomi
Partey-Rice
Ode
Jesus-Trossard-Martinelli

Suspect it'll be Jorgi/Rice midfield though. Odegaard needs a sub asap. He runs too hard every game worried about him.

Clrnc

No Mitoma so I'm not too worried. They are the most naive team defensively so we will do them

Go for a full team. Can't rest anyone here

yuppa

Last line up was a surprise, but I'll guess this one is more conservative. Closer to our line up last year, but the new big signings in. Havertz back in midfield to fit our best forward 3 in, Zini in to add some deeper midfield ball control.

Raya
White-Saliba-Gabi-Zini
Rice
Ode-Havertz
Saka-Jesus-Martinelli

Would love to rest Ode but just can't see it happening.

DiabyKungFu

yuppa Raya
White-Saliba-Gabi-Zini
Rice
Ode-Havertz
Saka-Jesus-Martinelli

Yeah, this is the exact team that I would want but I also don't know if Zinchenko can start two games in such a short notice.

An interesting (to me) subplot of this game is that, if we were to win it, I think it's likely that we would end up breaking the record for the club's all-time high Elo rating per clubelo.com which was set in early March 2008.

goon

This one definitely has to be a full lineup. If Saka is fit I'd go with:

Raya

White - Saliba - Gabi - Kiwior

Ode - Partey - Rice

Saka - Jesus - Martinelli

Rest Havertz and Jorginho for Bayern I'd say as there isn't really a drop in level. Hopefully we take a comfortable lead and can take off White, Ode and Saka early.

Claudius

goon I like your team. And think it’s what we will see

RocktheCasbah

Off to see Underworld at Ally Pally tomorrow night and they're coming onstage to do the first of 2 sets at 7:30. Fuckers.

Does anyone know any pubs in the vicinity which will be showing the football, but also serving decent pub grub?

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RocktheCasbah

No idea mate - your best bet is to google ‘best pubs’ nearby but I’m sure you have/will do this anyway. Good luck!

Big Willie

RocktheCasbah Off to see Underworld at Ally Pally tomorrow night and they're coming onstage to do the first of 2 sets at 7:30. Fuckers.

Good luck man. I've got the opposite problem to you. I'm going to miss the end of the first half and most of the second half as I have to get someone from the airport. Will probably end up avoiding the score and watching it on delayed coverage later in the evening.

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DiabyKungFu

Wtf is Elo rating?

RocktheCasbah

Sicario2 - Tier 1 yeah we have, results inconclusive so far. I'll figure it out. If not, I've got Sky Go on my phone so there's always that... 😁

Coombs

Sicario2 - Tier 1 it's a numerical rating system for win/lose games that essentially predicts the likelihood of victory based on past results. It's commonly understood as a way of representing relative skill level.

Used extensively in the chess world, but applicable to any such game, i.e., video games like starcraft and aoe, as well as sports like football.

lorddulaarsenal

——————Raya
white - Saliba—-Gabriel-Kiwior
——————Rice
——-Odegaard—Smith Rowe
Martinelli—Havertz——Jesus

lorddulaarsenal

Big Willie tell them to get a coffee upon arrival and wait a couple of hours

Claudius

Big Willie send a Rolls Royce to fetch them, Middle East style

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Big Willie

You are a good friend/family member

Big Willie

lorddulaarsenal Big Willie tell them to get a coffee upon arrival and wait a couple of hours

Probably take him for dinner so that by the time we're done and I get home the full game has been uploaded to watch again.

On the bright side, you guys won't have to deal with reading my posts during the game. 😁

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Saka not traveled - precautionary rather than anything serious

Pepe LeFrits

Sicario2 - Tier 1 Saka not traveled - precautionary rather than anything serious

Fuck.

awooga83

Sicario2 - Tier 1 it's interesting generally on this as he withdrew from England, then played for us when presumably he was okay and the view was it was fatigue but now he's missed the next 2 matches? I'm not fully convinced that everything is well there. Looks almost certain he has some kind of injury that he's been carrying enough that's it's s creating issues with him. We really need to get someone who can take the load off Saka in the next window.

Qwiss

Sicario2 - Tier 1 need a front line of Jesus, Havertz, Martinelli in that case. Should be enough.

Panda

Just noticed this is another Saturday half 5 away kick off. Better not be another Villa/Newcastle 😭😭

RocktheCasbah

Big Willie yayyyyy!

I'm kidding mate, just kidding...

Anyway, for those of you interested in my Brighton/ Underworld dilemma (I know, you're all on tenterhooks) a sensible compromise has been reached. Kebabs in Finsbury Park, football at the 12 Pins and then the bus straight up to Ally Pally around 7. I'm in a relationship ending scenario if Jo misses Dirty Epic but we should be okay for that.