Chelsea v Arsenal Sunday 10th Nov 1630 KO

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Fuck this mopping about and feeling sorry for ourselves. We got a big game on Sunday.

Don’t worry too much about Inter result, we should still qualify top 8 in CL. Second half was the best ‘non-Odegaard’ performance of the season. Variance fucked us today.

Going back to Sunday, Merino and Trossard for Rice and Nwaneri please. As I’ve said it’s imperative the latter starts.

We have a very good record v Chelsea, haven’t lost at Stamford Bridge since August 2018 and Chelsea haven’t beaten us since August 2021 in any competition. Let’s keep that up.

Cole Palmer is a doubt for them. They play tomorrow against some nobodies in the ECL but they will play their second string side so main players will be rested.

Quite frankly we need a win to turn our season around and I think we will do it.

Chelsea fans may smell blood but let’s show them they are still our bitches.

Kai to score against his former side.

Heads up lads, we are one win from getting back on track.

Burnwinter

This could be a landmark win for the season. Give us a strong three points and a goal for Havertz.

TambourineMan

Lose here and it's over.

Win and it's the catalyst we need to chase down Liverpool and City with our toughest fixtures out of the way.

invisibleman18

Odegaard can't come back quick enough. Difficult to see where are goal or even any sort of opportunity is coming from at this point.

MistaT

Give the first half to Nwaneri, and the second to Odegaard. Or vice versa, I don't care, they just both need some minutes.

Gazza M

our shit attack vs their shit defense. somethings gotta give in this shit fight

lorddulaarsenal

Two words.

Michael

Oliver

IBL

lorddulaarsenal oh ffs. Hope this is emphasised to the players and they play accordingly.

lorddulaarsenal

Who recons they should start by having the teams line up ready for kick off and then have the ref announced, come out of the tunnel to entrance music and pyrotechnics?

Qwiss

Hopefully Rice is fit for this. Don't fancy Merino up against the Chelsea midfield which is much better under Maresca.

lorddulaarsenal

Think we’ll slap them. The time to exit this slump is here

Sicario2 - Tier 1

lorddulaarsenal

I hope we are all saying this on Sunday evening:

‘Damn, it’s the international break just as we turned things around and picked up some momentum’.

invisibleman18

Feels much more likely it will be "thank god we get a week off this" at this point.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

invisibleman18

Nah, got a good feeling about this game.

Historically, an Arteta side is at its most dangerous when severely underestimated.

Think we will see a reaction on Sunday.

USArsenal

IF FIT... This would be what i would go with..

Raya
White Saliba Gabriel Timber
Partey Rice Odegaard
Saka Kai Martinelli

Rice is a question mark with his broken toe, and not sure if Odegaard is ready to start yet.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

USArsenal
Rice will play from the start. Ode will be on the bench.

Burnwinter

I can see us losing this badly, but I wouldn't be surprised at all by any outcome except a goalless draw.

Gazza M

Burnwinter even at our nadir, we haven't really collapsed or been blown out for a while. games have still been fairly tight. if we hold Chelsea to less than 2 goals at their place with the form they're in, it will show that our defense can still be relied on in a pinch

Claudius

Yeah. We don’t do bad losses.

Burnwinter

Guys that was an anti-jinx, I'm still feeling bad about my comments pre-Bournemouth 😆