CARABAOAOAOAOAO CUP TIME!
Remember those sweet early to mid-2000s League Cup games when they mattered (kind of)? Remember when they’d play more exciting football than the first team? Carlos Vela. Nikki B. Denilson. Nordveit. Wilshere. Djourou. Lupoli. Owusu-Abeyi. Tavlaridis. John Spicer. Jerome Thomas. Justin Hotye. Manone. Fonte.
So many utter classics in there. More potential than a New Years eve party. More disappointment then a whiskey-infused first date.
Well, maybe the excitement of that competition is about to come back. Maybe we’re about to be reborn into a world where the kids coming through are coached better and play more exciting football. Maybe we’re about to see the next layer of progress in the development of BIG PER’S YOUTH DREAM!
I’m looking forward to tonight. Blackpool shouldn’t be a nightmare for us.
They sit a miserable 12th in the league, above Charlton, but below Sunderland (how the mighty have fallen). I’m confident that if complacency doesn’t get in the way, it should be a fairly straightforward day out. Arsenal has young hungry kids that are getting so good these days, teams like Monaco are sniffing around for deals for our players.
Willock, Smith Rowe, Maitland Niles, Nketiah should all be getting game time. Whilst players like WELBZ, Guendouzi and dare I say it… Ramsey, should be there for the guidance.
This really is the prelude to the MEGA game that we have going on at the weekend. The hope is that no one gets too jaded, that everyone comes back fit, and we make sure it’s a powerful win for that psychological edge.
Right, that’s me done, short post today, see you in the comments! x
Aubameyang shouldn’t be starting at the weekend so there’s no issue bringing him on to scare the shit out of Blackpool.
I mean he should be starting at the weekend. Joint top scorer in the league and all that
can ramsey fucking push forward rather than reminiscing with wengerball
hate those 2 -3 yard side./back passes ramsey does with mustafi… and led to the cech comedy
still have nearly 20 mins to go
attack and score a couple
Useroz
Has the link worked for you?
Ramsey can’t run a game against Blackpool. Would have been funny if it wasn’t tragic
Pleguezueldo looks sensible BUT short for a CB
Emery has balls… playing Auba (on for Welbeck) here ahead of a big game!
better not draw this one…
blackpool just put on a 80K (fee) striker where we got a 50 MILLION one on…..
Ref got that one right at least. Rash, two-footed. Straight red.
Marko
Yeah we always look so balanced and he plays so well starting from LM.
Dysfunctional attack, last thing Liverpool will expect.
auba got chopped down with brute ; still down OMG…
the guy got sent off
10 v 10
That’s not a red card, stupid challenge but that’s about it.
Still more of an input than our welsh wizard wanting 250k a week
CC –
You think?
Maybe not the two-footed challenge I thought I saw, but replays show a scissor lunge. Didn’t look good.
Yeah we always look so balanced and he plays so well starting from LM.
No more LM then. Don’t see why he can’t play centrally with Lacazette on the right like Danny did to great effect against Fulham.
I’m actually really happy about today’s developments if I’m honest. There was always the nagging feeling that they’d cave in and give him a new deal at the first chance of good form. Just as well he’s been awful this season. Anyway good going forward that’s for sure seems like we’re interested in building a squad with good players instead of not so good.
Jamie
Nah not for me, a lazy lunge but not much more from what I saw. On the stretch late in the game because he didn’t fancy a foot race against Auba lol
How pony is Jenks man, good lord. No confidence and that I know but he looks like he’s on fucking trial for us.
Job done.
Wasn’t pretty, but some young players got some minutes. Need a much better performance if we’re to get anything from the Liverpool game. I’d take a point now.
CC –
Fair. Might get rescinded. If not, is it a 3 match ban for the lad? Reckless/dangerous challenge?
Jenks is an awful footballer. He belongs in the Championship. On his best day.
13 unbeaten
Why does Ramsey insist on taking a million gajillion touches before then making the simplest pass, the distance of which he has now shortened unnecessarily inviting pressure?
Ramsey’s transfer value diminishing right before our eyes. I thought he would be hungrier than this to show the world (and his new employer) what he can do.
Isn’t it 14 unbeaten?
TheLegendaryDB10 – thanks.
LeMassiveCoqOctober 31, 2018 22:04:31
SO does that mean Guendouzi is out of the Pool game?I was seriously backing him and Torreria to martial the MF
Nope, he’s not. Learnt according to the new rules he misses the next EFL game and not EPL.
To think that the specialist in failure gave Jenkinson a five year deal back in 2015. Pathetic.
I know I shouldn’t do this but what an utter shame we couldn’t hold on versus Crystal Palace… it would be 14 games in the win column facing Liverpool. Of well, 14 games in the unbeaten column isn’t too bad, nothing to turn your nose up at. Keep winning and drawing and who knows where this ride with Emery will end? We were comfortable until Guendouzi got his marching orders… and an utter shame Torreira had to be called upon. Had we managed to keep everyone on I would have loved to see W.illock and Nketiah make their entrance for… Read more »
Arsenal fans are a weird bunch, seeing some of the comments out there from Arsenal fans ‘ashamed’ of the club for not giving Ramsey a £280 000 a week deal because ‘he’s just trying to get what others are paid’ and ‘he’s been with us for 10 years and put his body on the line’.
F**k me.
Don’t really spend a lot of time looking at other team’s fans but are they like this? We’ve seen this thinking from fans with people like Wenger, Wilshere, Diaby etc over the years.
*14 unbeaten provided we draw or beat Liverpool obviously…
We will not want to lose to Liverpool. Imagine the feeling of losing a game that could be a shock to the system, although it has to run out soon. Beating Liverpool will make the United and spurs maybe even Chelsea look over their shoulders.
NLD for the quarter final.
Cesc
@2304 – agreed. Why we owe anyone a living is a mystery… Ramsey based on his recent performances has justified the club’s choice to rescind the contract.
Ramsey going into his shell more and more rather than breaking out of it, announcing to the world that he’s ready for a new challenge.
Ramsey and Jenkinson… the lady remaining dinosaurs of the Wenger era. Truly less versatile than Wenger imagined.
Cesc –
Tasty!
* last
Leeds Even when you break it down by saying £280 000 a week is about £140 000 a week more than the wages of Guendouzi, Torreira and Leno combined. You have to make resource choices. Giving £280 000 a week to a 27 year old player whose position we still don’t know and who can’t play effectively with Ozil on £350 000 a week or Mkhitryan on £140 000 a week is just batshit. Jamie I think Spurs might take that seriously, it is a NLD first of all and secondly it is a good chance for them to win… Read more »
It took me 6 months to suss Ramsey is shit and yet 10 years on and still posters are debating on the bloody obvious..joke fans..
Cesc –
Agreed, they should take it seriously. So should we! I welcome any opportunity to smash Spurs.
Guendouzi will be suspended agsinst pool.
He received a red card after 2 yellows
The different competions rule applies to yellow card cautions and not dismissals.
He will be missed big time!
I think cards and stuff players get in the League Cup (whoever sponsors) do not count for the FA games, whereas the league and FA Cup count for one another.
No?
Just checked… Guendouzi to miss Liverpool clash
Will Emery play a strong squad against the spurds in the QF’s of the EFL cup???
One big question….
Though, I think he will be informed about the rivalry between the clubs… And he doesn’t want to give the wrong impression to the die hard arsenal fan base by losing his first north-london derby..
He might even be informed, winning the derby is more important than the EFL cup…. Though, winning the derby, takes us to the next round of the competition
13 undefeated!
#ekb
Pierre is quiet after the smack down he got above.
Bring on Liverpool!
When is this NLD Quarterfinal then? Has it been scheduled? If Emery wants to firmly endear himself even more in the hearts of Arsenal fans beating Spurs three times this season (2x in the EPL and once in the league cup) would be a brilliant start.
In the final days of Wenger, we seemed to run out of ideas of how to defeat Spurs.
We need to initiate these new boys what the NLD means!
Thirteen undefeated… just 37 more games to go! 🙂
Leeds
We can only hope! 🙂
Spuddies in the 1/4’s. A couple weeks after we play them in the league on 2nd Dec.
We play Man U after we play spuddies in the pl.
Quarbag and Burnley both at home before and after the 1/4 final.
First things first.
Snatching at least a draw v scouce scum
How did AMN and Julio Pleguezuelo do?
@Leedsgunner: Young Julio. was solid all game. AMN showed he hasn’t played for a long time. Bellerin and Montreal better be fit for the ‘Pool game this weekend
@Leedsgunner
“Thirteen undefeated… just 37 more games to go! 🙂”
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It’s more than 37 to go as those 13 are not only league games if you’re referring to the 49 unbeaten.
Details, details… ;).
8 league games unbeaten then, only 41 more to go. 😉
Liverpool will be a tough one. I’d take a draw but I really want to give it to them and finally end their unbeaten run. What I’ve seen from liverpool in the last couple weeks, they aren’t as high and mighty as last seaasons run to the CL final. They look more vulnerable in defence, which is saying a lot because they are top of the table.
Don’t understand the rush to run Ramsey out off the club considering the Brock we have kept on our books for years, Say want you want about Ramsey but he give us our only memories over the last and LOST DECADE.
Lol cesc Part of our ‘values’ as a club involves good charity work. Unfortunately people believe this charity should be extended to the millionaire playing staff. It’s sad really. If the club made a bold statement and said we’ll pay a year’s worth of that 250k Ramsey dream salary, but to a charity instead – I would have a tonne of pride for Arsenal’s ‘values’. Players don’t need charity. They’re paid unbelievable sums of money to do one of the best jobs in the world. If they’re injured for large periods of their career they even get paid for not… Read more »
on what he thought of Blackpool… For me, it’s a very organised team. Tactically they do very well and it was difficult to win against them. They have players with quality. I don’t know the level in League One for this team against other teams, but for us I know, and I spoke before the game with people to know the level of this team. They are in League One but they said they watched every match and in every match it is difficult. I know that this team was in the Premier League eight years ago. It’s a reason… Read more »
Pleased that Julio Pleguezuelo gave a good account of himself last night in first team debut. Hope he goes from strength to strength. It’s a very small first step but every player we can bring through our youth team is good. It builds team identity, loyalty and fosters unity and it saves the team millions in the long run because we can focus our energies on that one or two quality player to strengthen the squad. Nice to see Emery bringing youth into team from a position of strength rather than as a throw of desperation. With Elneny out for… Read more »