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Arsenal - Aston Villa, Today, In about 3 and a half hours.

Burnwinter

They've gone off the boil a bit so I'm very much hoping for the best. This is a weird season and this is one of those matters where a win would be unusually meaningful. I truly believe Emery tries harder against Arsenal due to his experiences here.

Big Willie

Burnwinter I truly believe Emery tries harder against Arsenal due to his experiences here

Can you blame him? I'd be exactly the same and trying to stick it to the haters.

lorddulaarsenal

Think this will be a tough match.

Martinez will waste time - about 85 minutes worth atleast

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Bad feeling about this.

TambourineMan

No Saliba. Partey at RB. We're not winning this.

SimplyThePest

TambourineMan draw at best…

FEBravo

Saliba out - confirmed

Partey and Timber at the back, Merino in midfield.

Fuck me

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Kiwior should feel embarrassed. Useless twat he is.

HomeSteak

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert why is it on him? It's on Arteta, he just loves Partey at right back.

awooga83

We need to maintain pressure on Liverpool and be able to do it for a sustained set of matches and see what they do. Villa are decent but we totally messed up against them last year total implosion on our part as they were not really that great and we missed big chances in the first half.

Many of the same issues we have faced will be true today. Can we get the chances and put them away otherwise we should be able to beat them. But these are the tests you gave to get through.

DiabyKungFu

Why did we not sell Kiwior this summer? Very strange.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

HomeSteak doesn't he basically make a huge fuck up every time he plays at CB?

HomeSteak

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert He is not Saliba but he is not that bad. Let's say it's just the left foot, maybe?...the thing is, Partey is very bad at right back, and I'm pretty sure we lost points in each game we started him there, granted...when we play him there we also miss a bunch of other players.

It's just hard for me to get why you would move 2 players out of position and have to play Merino in midfield instead of playing Kiwior.

Also, our bench is just terrible: Neto, Zinchenko, Tierney, Sterling, Kiwior, Kacurri, Kabia, Jorghino & Butler-Oyedeji

Qwiss

Arteta will never learn his lesson about playing Partey at RB.

Qwiss

Partey is a poor right back and him being playing right back means we get the Merino-Rice midfield which is awful.

naz

Fuck. Hope Saliba isn't seriously injured. He was hobbling near the end of the last game

HomeSteak

naz he is not, "tight hamstring"should be one week, source: same people that broke the news this morning that he was injured.

Coombs

Just bad team-building. Regardless of injuries, these options are the result of our tentative stance in the market.

Qwiss

Coombs it's just terrible selection too. Kiwior is fine as a stand in today. Jorginho in midfield would balance it better than Merino too. It's not about the best man for the job it's about how high up the favourites list you are.

USArsenal

Cant see us getting 3 points in this game. Partey at RB weakens us in 2 key positions.

USArsenal

Sorry, but Saliba should be replaced in the lineup by a CB. Timber in the middle weakens us there.. Partey at RB weakens us there. Not having Partey in the midfield and putting in Merino instead potentially weakens us there.

naz

USArsenal that bench is depressing. I wouldn't start kiwior today

Claudius

Arsenal… the worst run, most depressing second placed team in the history of football.

Claudius

Claudius Arsenal… the worst run, most depressing second placed team in the history of football.

Oh. I was being ironic here in the face of all the complaining. Looking forward to this.
COYG!!!!!!