Fulham v Arsenal 12:45pm

Drexel

Teams

Arsenal

Szczesny, Jenkinson, M'sacker, Sagna, Gibbs; Ramsey, Rosicky, Cazorla; Walcott, Giroud, Podolski

Fulham

Stockdale; Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Riise; Duff, Parker, Sidwell, Taarabt; Kasami; Berbatov


Arsenal should have enough to beat them but it wount be easy. Berbatov is always dangerous.

Arsenal to win 3-1

shano_88

Expecting a very close game. 2-1 to Arsenal.

EuropeanSon

2.15 from Paddy Power last night looked pretty sweet. Let's get 3 on the board.

Martin Jol should be made to say "Diplomatic Immunity"


:pac:

And Berba takes an almighty blow to the gonads before the game starts...

The Gibzilla

Deleted User wrote: »

And Berba takes an almighty blow to the gonads before the game starts...

Bit of 'Deep Heat' and he'll be fine!! :pac:

MagicMarker

Fulham win.

Ardennes1944

Poldi starts, hopefully means he's not going anywhere. 2-1 Arsenal

MagicMarker

Fulham bought by Ron Jeremy?

EuropeanSon

Worrying when Zelalem is making our bench tbh. I don't know why we didn't resign Flamini this week.

SantryRed

What the **** is up with BT Sport and showing the managers whilst the tactics are on screen?

Just weird....

Kirby

I think Michael Owen's horse would be more interesting to listen to than the man himself.

kaimera

good goal.

Drexel

Playing well. Look dodgy at he back



Giroud!!!! One nil!!!
Was actually a good finish. 3 from 3 for giroud!!

EuropeanSon

3 in 3. Go on you beautiful man.

x PyRo

Good finish. Giroud will be a beast this season. It's going to happen.

bad2dabone

Giroud on fire !

EuropeanSon

Chez did well there

wandatowell

Naaa na na na na na na Giroud

jamescd

Giroud !

.jacksparrow.

Anyone know what cb cover arsenal have on the bench?

Drexel

Great save by Szcz!

Pitch is getting really bad. Arsenal won't like that

Ed Winchester

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Anyone know what cb cover arsenal have on the bench?

Drop Giroud back. He can do no wrong these days!

Andersonisgod

I'm a bit of a Giroud fan, I think he is an excellent striker who had a tough time of it at the start of his Arsenal career but I fancied him to come good this season (as a result he is in my fantasy team). Well taken goal.

A_Sober_Paddy

Who got the assist

wandatowell

Giroud is looking pretty good so far.

EuropeanSon

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Who got the assist

Ramsay I think

Oranage2

Ramsey I think.

Giroud is playing well.

cson

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Who got the assist

Probably Ramsey.

It was his shot anyway initially.

Kerrydude1981

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Who got the assist

Think it was Ramsey

Impressive stuff from the Arsenal so far.

wandatowell

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Who got the assist

Girouds right ankle

bad2dabone

jenks can play CB if it comes to it.

Drexel

Why are arsenals centre backs playing so far apart. They are like two full backs

quarryman

What station is this on?

wandatowell

Total control from Arsenal. Exactly what you want.

MagicIRL

BT SPORTS 1

wandatowell

jonny666 wrote: »

Why are arsenals centre backs playing so far apart. They are like two full backs

Well one of them is a fullback

SantryRed

jonny666 wrote: »

Why are arsenals centre backs playing so far apart. They are like two full backs

You only get narrow when you're defending. Fulham have barely had an attack yet.

Unearthly

This talking to Mark Halsey for every ref decision is annoying me

wandatowell

Unearthly wrote: »

This talking to Mark Halsey for every ref decision is annoying me

Always thought he was a sh*t ref

Andersonisgod

Unearthly wrote: »

This talking to Mark Halsey for every ref decision is annoying me

Does ark sit quietly in the corner of the commentary box, waiting to be given a chance to say "excellent" 3 times in a sentence once every 10 minutes or so?

SantryRed

Christ, will they ever shut up about the rain?

cson

jonny666 wrote: »

Why are arsenals centre backs playing so far apart. They are like two full backs

We always play that way.

Push the CBs wide then the full backs move up. Harder for teams to press you if play that way and easier for you to play offside. Your defensive midfielder (in our case Arteta, but Ramsey today) covers the middle. Anything over the top the keeper acts as sweeper. Keeps your opponents hemmed in and is difficult to counteract if, as in our case, the team playing the above system is very good technically. Caveat is, you can be easily opened up if the team you're against has quick talented players and you don't play a DM or your DM isn't positionally disciplined. Villa game last week is probably as blatant evidence for that as you'll find. If we had Gustavo we wouldn't have lost that game.

lertsnim

Unearthly wrote: »

This talking to Mark Halsey for every ref decision is annoying me

And he adds absolutely nothing worthy to the coverage.

Drexel

cson wrote: »

We always play that way.

Push the CBs wide then the full backs move up. Harder for teams to press you if play that way and easier for you to play offside. Your defensive midfielder (in our case Arteta, but Ramsey today) covers the middle. Anything over the top the keeper acts as sweeper. Keeps your opponents hemmed in and is difficult to counteract if, as in our case, the team playing the above system is very good technically. Caveat is, you can be easily opened up if the team you're against has quick talented players and you don't play a DM or your DM isn't positionally disciplined. Villa game last week is probably as blatant evidence for that as you'll find. If we had Gustavo we wouldn't have lost that game.

They are unusually far apart today tho I think.

Arsenal getting a bit sloppy. Taarabt causing problems

.jacksparrow.

Concentrate Ramsey.

UnknownSpecies

Fulham are playing some nice stuff here. We need to sort out the passing, slow the game down a bit.

shano_88

Fulham coming into this

Looper007

Giroud playing well upfront. Ramsey needs to be careful.

Drexel

shano_88 wrote: »

Fulham coming into this

Seems to be going the same way as the villa game. Except we aren't being fûcked over by the ref

UnknownSpecies

Ramsey has to stop lunging in like that. Very wet and easy to miss the tackle. Can see him getting a red.