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⚽ Spurs vs Arsenal, League, Sunday 2pm

naz

What other options do we really have with those stupid international injuries and that dumb red card

QuincyAbeyie

naz Sterling

naz

QuincyAbeyie way too early for him imo. He's likely much better off the bench

Claudius

Let’s add unforced changes to forced changes, right after players have been all over the world. Why not?!
This is the right approach from Arteta.

Qwiss

Bench is extremely weak but I hope the subs are brave and positive. The ability to cope with these sorts of situations is key to being a top manager. Its a big challenge for Arteta today, I hope he grabs the bull by the horns.

Claudius

Qwiss Jesus and Sterling are key here. They need to come off the bench and come at Spurs like spider monkeys

Qwiss

Claudius yep. We are going to need Nwaneri at some stage too because that midfield is going to need an injection of energy in the second half. Kai will keep on trucking but the other 2 will fall off after the hour.

We'll likely see Kiwior get on too.

USArsenal

Not feeling it with this lineup. We better hope that we are defensively impenetrable, and hope to nick something.

naz

USArsenal they have a full offensive team out from the looks of it, very attacking lineup

naz

Didn't see Jesus is back too. Him and Sterling are our only good options off the bench. Nwaneri is a wildcard

Claudius

naz I expect Nwaneri will have to play. That midfield is not going to last 90 minutes. Only Havertz the superman can. So we will end with Partey and Havertz to protect Nwaneri perhaps.

The challenge here is we have enough disruption. You don’t put a 17 year old kid into a disrupted environment for 90 minutes and ask him to thrive. You give him a platform for success. That means ideally protecting him with Odegaard and Rice against a weak team if you want him to start. We need to do right by our kids

Qwiss

Claudius if Rice was fit I'd be bullish about Nwaneri. In a settled side a straight swap for Ode seems ok to me but without Rice, Merino, etc it's a bit much. Against City isn't the right time either. Against Leicester and Soton I'd be looking to start him if Ode and Merino are still out.

QuincyAbeyie

Nwaneri must be considered a good option since we got rid of the other attack-minded midfielders.

naz

Sterling and Jesus on the counter might be key. Hoping for a shut down defensive game today with a blitz counter goal or two

Qwiss

naz I don't think it has to be like that. We still have a good passing midfield. We can still control this. Especially given their midfield.

USArsenal

THink we will be lucky to get a point from this game.

Qwiss

I thought Bentancur was suspended for being racist?

QuincyAbeyie

Qwiss only Argentina games I think.

DiabyKungFu

Getting kinda similar vibes to the 8-2 looking at that team.

Big Willie

What's with all the panic. We still have a pretty strong team out there and should be able to beat these lot. Ode is a big miss, true, but we have enough about us with Saka, Trossard, Martinelli and Havertz to get at them with deep balls from Partey and Jorginho. And our defence is the same solid mfkers they have always been. Have to say, I'm pretty confident about this one.

Big Willie

RocktheCasbah

RocktheCasbah RocktheCasbah yeah, I mean it would be madness to sit here and pretend Ode and Deccers are not massive misses, of course they are. But we're supposed to be a big team now and big teams adapt.

Can I just say...? 😊

I kind of get the fear going into it but once I saw the lineup I realised we're actually a very strong team, even with a number of players out.

I'll add to your post with a little

Big Willie What's with all the panic. We still have a pretty strong team out there and should be able to beat these lot. Ode is a big miss, true, but we have enough about us with Saka, Trossard, Martinelli and Havertz to get at them with deep balls from Partey and Jorginho. And our defence is the same solid mfkers they have always been. Have to say, I'm pretty confident about this one.

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