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
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Bankz is here for the Tr4phy again
It’s a pain in the ass with these comments, having to fill in everything every time… but a man still gon’ get his tr4phy
First 11. Something Ramsey can’t accomplish anymore.
“More potential than a New Years eve party. ”
Ah ah ah so true!!
Hello everyone
Good result to kick start off another confident boosting run is just what the doctor ordered.
Pierre
Wenger made sure we were well out of the title race that year by feb. So, really us “wanting” Leicester to win it had nothing to do with us not wanting arsenal to win it.
It was already a forgone conclusion that wenger had blown it and we were not going to win the league. So why not want Leicester to win.
Would you have rather the spuds win it?
You really are a simpleton pierre
As exciting as Frinton at two in the morning
Pierre
You don’t think , if wenger didn’t blow the league after we beat Leicester , everyone would have still wanted Leicester to win and not the arsenal?
You’re a fool
The fact is wenger blew it after we beat Leicester by dropping point after point and we were out of the title race
So why not hope Leicester win it?
Pedro
Fix this issue please. You need to check or uncheck what you did in the settings menu…. Im sure this will take just a second to correct
🙂
Isn’t mainland Niles nearly 23? I wouldn’t really class him as a hot prospect.
At best he could be our new Ray Parlour which wouldn’t be a bad thing at all if he doesn’t get delusions of grandeur.
What’s the need of having kolasinac in our books, if he offer nothing to the team…. He’s been injured for decades and can’t still return to fitness…
What is wrong with Sead anyhow? Monreal isn’t getting any younger.
Serious upgrade needed at LB this winter
Pedro,
Have you tried turning it off, then turning it back on again?
It’s GDPR related.
I have a Grover working on a solution for me…
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GoSF you sounds like Merson lol
Hahha.
Pedro. get this fixed quick , we are running out of acronyms already
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Merson’s such a dick you’d think he hates us with the shit he keeps talking. Loved him as a player but can’t stand him as a pundit.
The fact was Leicester were the best team in 2015-16 and deserved to win the EPL.
They also captured the imagination of many people, both supporters of other teams and non-followers of the game.
They became the ultimate Fairy tale team and gave the game as a whole a massive kick in the teeth, which was desperately needed.
Ranieri also became everyones favourite uncle.
One of Footballs greatest moments.
GDPR. Another waste of space EU bureaucratic invention that protects no one and destroys my enjoyment of the net.
Have we left yet? See EU later.
2015-16 was the summer transfer window in which we didn’t buy a single outfield player.
What a deluded jerk that guy was.
Merson is a legend and can say what he likes.
His pronounciations of foreign players names on GSS is hysterical.
Christ he’s a pundit, why can’t he say what he thinks?
Onwards and upwards.
benny
Merson is OTT. emotional, but 100% Arsenal. I love the guy.
His list of top 6 finishers is pretty much what I had at the start of the season. We have had a great start, but we may end up that way.
Hitman
Spot on.
If wenger hadn’t been such a stupid cunt and bought more than cech , all of us could have been cheering arsenal on the title.
He didn’t. Blew the league in league in feb and we had to settle to cheer on Leicester to a fairy tale cship.
Pierre won’t understand this
Graham 68 I am sure you have heard of the saying in football that “the league table never lies”..meaning wherever you finish in the table at the end of a long hard season is where you deserve to be . Last season we finished 6th which is probably where we deserved to finish due to our dreadful away from since January. When Leicester won the league ,Arsenal finished 2nd ,deservedly so as we won more points than 18 other teams after a long hard season . But you and Joe and a few others on le grove were cheering Leicester… Read more »
Joe
“If wenger hadn’t been such a stupid cunt and bought more than cech , all of us could have been cheering arsenal on the title.”
how great it is to have loyal supporters like you …if we had won the league you would have been”cheering arsenal on the title” but we finish 2nd so he’s “a stupid cunt”…..knob
any links? thanks
The strange thing is, you and Joe(and a few others)have turned full circle and everything is rosy in the garden when in fact , we are basically in a similar position as last season…. No we aren’t. We were already out of the title race and about 12 points back by this point last season how great it is to have loyal supporters like you …if we had won the league you would have been”cheering arsenal on the title” but we finish 2nd so he’s “a stupid cunt”…..knob Yeah you fucking moron. We didn’t win the league because of the… Read more »
“we are basically in a similar position as last season”
Mirth! The only thing that is basically similar is that the club is still named the Arsenal.
Facetiousness aside. you really really have to have willful ignorance and selective memory to think things are the same. There’s really no discussion to be had if you really believe this to be true.
2nd to Leicester. Out of the league in feb.
Wow. Well done wenger. Coming 2nd in a one team race.
Arsenal XI: Cech, Jenkinson, Mustafi, Pleguezueldo, Lichtsteiner; Guendouzi, Ramsey, Smith-Rowe; Maitland-Niles, Welbeck, Mkhitaryan.
Pierre, if it helps your cause… I know that people behind the scenes at Arsenal believe Europa is our best bet for CL this season based on the biz we’ve done.
He’s Aliveeeeeeeee
Carl Jenkinson is fucking alive
2016, 2010,2008,2003 and even 1999 could have all been so different if Le Jerk has a ruthless streak, did tactics and hadn’t been so stubborn in the transfer market. 2003 was the biggest disappointment for me. We had the best squad by a country mile. United had the better manager but we threw that one away rather than Utd winning it. Would have made it 3 in a row. I felt sad for the players especially Cesc and RVP for 2008 & 2010 defeats from jaws of victory. 2016 debacle was just classic late era Wenger and most fans had… Read more »
Pedro
Of course they do …
Corp Jenks reporting for duty, Sir.
Arsenal finished 2nd with a derisory points tally of 71, which highlights how dreadful the league was.
British core pair wilshere and Ramsay both got kicked out of arsenal.
Here is our team line up for tonight:
Arsenal’s XI: Cech, Jenkinson, Mustafi, Pleguezuelo, Lichtsteiner, Guendouzi, Ramsey, Smith Rowe, Maitland-Niles, Mkhitaryan, Welbeck
Subs: Martinez, Holding, Torreira, Willock, Iwobi, Aubameyang, Nketiah
Wenger totally screwed it up…
Wenger made arsenal look totally toothless..
With wenger at the helm of affairs, arsenal took 2 steps forward, and then 3 steps backward…
With a good manager, we should have won the league, when Leicester won it…
After we defeated Leicester 2-1 at the Emirates, we closed the gap by two points, and I was fucking happy, we were going to win the league, but wenger did what wenger always does….. Screwed it up…
C’mon Arsenal!!!!
According to metro ramseys off….oh well..
In truth, Arsenal accidently finished 2nd courtesy of Spurs imploding on the final day of the season.
Arsenal were a sham and deserved nothing but contempt.
any links thanks?
And I could gladly remember wenger and the other AKB’S, celebrating finishing above spuds and claiming 2nd spot on the table like they won the league…. A bunch of sour losers..
How’s it going guys????
useroz
A good website is ronaldo7.net. click on live and select our game. Scroll down until you find a long list of links. If you know the game and it becomes offline select another one!
Guendouzi is really a joy to watch.
I know it’s far too early for predictions on how far he’ll progress, but he looks a great prospect. Always looking for a forward pass. So good to see.
I hope he continues to develop. He could be lit in a couple years, assuming he doesn’t pick up any long-term injuries.
Can’t watch the match…. But why can’t we really score early… I know it’s not our first 11,but even with the main squad, we still don’t score early….
ramsey couldnt dominate playing blackpool, while guendouzi takes care of the business spraying balls
Anyone know what’s happened to maveraponos? Is he injured or just not considered good enough?
Also interesting to see mustafi play. Hoping maybe papa and holding will start for pool game.
Would have liked to have seen eddie start.
thanks – http://rooney10utd.blogspot.com/p/epl-2.html
somehow we don’t manage to score ; not even threatening tbh
Lich scored !!! Guendouzi assist
Guendouzi with the Fabregas assist.
Slut.
Our boy Guendouzi with a fine assist.
Danny S –
I think Mavropanos is injured.
Danny S
The Greek guy is currently injured.
Ref clearly on the take.
ref is league level
cheated us of 2 corners
RVP would’ve crushed that on the volley.
Fair to say that our line-up for Liverpool will be:
Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Monreal, Xhaka, Torreira, Iwobi, Aubamyang, Ozil and Lacazette.
Anyone disagree? (not with the players but with the prediction)
French commentator all over Guendouzi.
Also very much enjoy the French pronunciation of Licthsteiner.
interesting mix…
mikki runs into blind alleys quite often
welbeck can’t find the ball, literally
ramsey takes min 3/ 4 touches; too much wenger feel
amn ok but doesn’t show purpose like guendouzi; too causal
blackpool has hardly any attack to speak of; jenk still makes stupid fouls
wonder what guendouzi worths??
Taking £20m for Alexis would’ve been much better business than the swap deal with Mikki (on £140k a week).
How many games has he played really well? I’m struggling to think of a single one. Goal and assist at Watford last season, but he didn’t really play well for 70 mins. Reminds me of Arshavin.
ESR with a goal. Just what he needed.
Not a great volley from Smith Rowe, but as long as it goes in
ffs ref sent guendouzi off
not a lot tbh…
That young CB looks tiny
Guendouzi showing a little naivety, unfortunately. A couple of soft yellows and that’s what happens.
Shame, he was having a good game.
So no Guendozi at the weekend.
The problem with refereeing is consistency.
If Guendouzi went off then Ayew should have on Sunday.
SO does that mean Guendouzi is out of the Pool game?
I was seriously backing him and Torreria to martial the MF 🙁
I don’t want Torreira in this game.
LT on for AMN
really necessary with the pool game soon???
I don’t think this Torreira substitution was needed..
Answer me dammit.
The more I watch Guendouzi and Torreira the more I think that both should be CMs in a 3 man midfield with a CDM in behind them, like Partey.
Players can play games without dropping like flies. Its 25 minutes of basically training for Torriera…don’t get why the fuss.
2 – 1
scored off a corner; mustafi didnt jump and ramsey looking on…
quite poor
That fucks things up massively, lots of pressure now.
2-1 so we will be needing someone in midfield after all
Is Ramsey playing tonight? I know he’s out there, but is he actually playing or just out for a jog?
Carl Jenksinon has done more ffs
Aubameyang shouldn’t be starting at the weekend so there’s no issue bringing him on to scare the shit out of Blackpool.
What in the fuck was Cech doing?
Petr Cech are you high?
cech comedy playing with fire (foot)… seriously
I don’t want to count my chickens before they’re hatched but I’m pleased as punch our youngsters are given a run out.
I hope we can hold on!!!
How’s Ramsey doing? Motivated? Or still a basic bitch?
CC –
Ramsey is ‘top tier’ because, you know, a couple of posters on le-grove said so.
He’s playing himself into a deal at West Ham.
Even Michu hit a purple patch. Ramsey is an average footballer, both technically and tactically. £250k a week for him is worse business than Alexis at Utd on £500k a week.