Gooners v Tottenham

Sugarlumps

Playing one up top isn't really working. Soldado for me should start regardless, but he needs a striking partner. arsenal are no world beaters, time for the players to show some bite.

Inquitus

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Playing one up top isn't really working. Soldado for me should start regardless, but he needs a striking partner. arsenal are no world beaters, time for the players to show some bite.

Not getting a warm and fuzzy feeling about this one. :-(

DubPerryman

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Playing one up top isn't really working. Soldado for me should start regardless, but he needs a striking partner. arsenal are no world beaters, time for the players to show some bite.

I don't agree. Playing two up top away from home is suicide. Yes, home against West Brom last weekend we should've used two up top.

Though tomorrow we need to be more compact. Fill the midfield and stop Arsenal playing through the centre. Also, we need to drop the high line.

Sugarlumps

I don't for a second believe we'll play two up top, maybe in the last 20 minutes when were 2-0 down. Just wishful thinking. Adebayor will start, he'll fluff his chances, arsenal will score...game over.

We can stifle them all we want by packing the midfield, but it's unlikely we'll catch them on the break due to us lacking any real pace.

mickman

i think we will be absolutely destroyed. We will play a high line as usual with one up front (adebayour)

3-0 and no shots on goal for us

Kiith

No confidence in this to be honest. Arsenal haven't been great either, but defensively we are awful at the moment. They'll get a goal within 5 minutes, and just control the game from there.

3-1 to Arsenal i'd say.

ziedth

I have No confidence in this either. A dour 2-0 loss for me.

tippspur

I do fear for us in this game,would be more than happy with a draw.I won't see any of the game either cos I'll be in Croke park watching Tipp beat the cats;):cool:

debabyjesus

tippspur wrote: »

I do fear for us in this game,would be more than happy with a draw.I won't see any of the game either cos I'll be in Croke park watching Tipp beat the cats;):cool:

Same here. So the potential is there to be doubly sickened. Im gonna stay positive and go with both spurs and tipp to win by 1.

2-3 and 3-18 to 1-23. Hon the county! Coys!

jobeenfitz

I am not sure who is going to play in Defence for us and if it is Kaboul and the Romanian we will probably lose. Does he play Verts or is there something going on there?

Maybe we will see a reaction after the WBA game, I know its wishful thinking and I hoped the same after the Pool game.

It is mostly negative expectations for Saturday and going on recent league form is understandable. I just hope we dont get stuffed, cant be good for confidence. I would be afraid of a hiding from City if this one goes bad, then another disaster of a season with a possible sacking again.

I would be thrilled with a good performance and a draw and we can improve as the season goes on.

irishmover

Have to echo everyone else in saying there isn't really much chance of even getting a draw. We dont have many players left who understand the meaning of this game so doubt many will step up to the stage.

3-0 home win.

nbar12

Kind of sickened when I seen we were playing Arsenal this weekend, definitely coming too soon. It has finished 5-2 at the Emirates the last two seasons and I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same scoreline this weekend.

Sugarlumps

So pretty much everyone is agreed that we'll get tanked, I'd usually have some optimism, maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised? If we play like we did against Forrest & West Brom, lights out.

Were predictable and easy to set up against, it wasn't till Mason came on that we started to create anything. Direct early balls, teams must be in awe of our side way passing. Lamela is the one capable of that, he's a forward thinking player. Eriksen hasn't turned up this season, I'd be inclined to use him as an impact sub on Saturday.

Vertonghen & Kaboul to marshal the back four, there the most experienced. Alongside Naughton & Rose. If we could somehow get an early goal and silence the crowd. Sit back and defend and we'll be quashed. We can't soak up pressure like Chelsea.

Also if there selected, I hope someone creams wiltshire, flamini & arteta.

mickman

Sugarlumps wrote: »

So pretty much everyone is agreed that we'll get tanked, I'd usually have some optimism, maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised? If we play like we did against Forrest & West Brom, lights out.

Were predictable and easy to set up against, it wasn't till Mason came on that we started to create anything. Direct early balls, teams must be in awe of our side way passing. Lamela is the one capable of that, he's a forward thinking player. Eriksen hasn't turned up this season, I'd be inclined to use him as an impact sub on Saturday.

Vertonghen & Kaboul to marshal the back four, there the most experienced. Alongside Naughton & Rose. If we could somehow get an early goal and silence the crowd. Sit back and defend and we'll be quashed. We can't soak up pressure like Chelsea.

Also if there selected, I hope someone creams wiltshire, flamini & arteta.

This is why the big teams werent in for eriksen - too inconsistent.

This weekend is a cracker - pool v everton / spurs v arsenal / golf / tipp v cats

yippee!!

DubPerryman

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Were predictable and easy to set up against, it wasn't till Mason came on that we started to create anything.

I can't agree more with this. We're way to predictable, though unlike Liverpool who came and soaked up our possession, Arsenal will leave gaps for us to expose. I think it could be a high scoring game.

5-2 again, as someone said. Maybe 5-3, 5-4.

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Sit back and defend and we'll be quashed. We can't soak up pressure like Chelsea.

I don't get this though. If we can't soak up pressure like Chelsea - surely we can soak up pressure like Leicester did at Stamford Bridge or Liverpool did at the Lane or Stoke did at the Etihad. What I'm trying to say is, it's not a hard tactic. Stay compact and defend for your lives on the 18 yard line. Keep the back four tight and push Arsenal down the wings. I think at Spurs there is a pressure to win games the 'Tottenham Way', but fook that - give me the points and make sure we don't get hammered please!

Sugarlumps

I get what your saying, but we really don't know how to defend. Forrest glided through our midfield and defense like they weren't even there. Liverpool did the same.

Mourinho has the entire team defending as a unit, as he does with all his teams. We've no Terry/Cahill, just four slow cb's playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. Jaysus I'd love a boring 1-1 draw.

Devo from Dublin

Flook it

Early red card for foul on Lamela..He gets fouled a lot in every game.
Spurs to win 4-1.
Audere est Facere.
:pac::pac:

davycc

not confident at all but form usually goes out the window in the NLD so fingers crossed we can keep a clean sheet and nick a 2nil with goals from Lamela and a Soldado peno

Lemag

Can anyone suggest a central pub in Dublin which will probably be showing this instead of or as well as the hurling final?

Sugarlumps

Lemag wrote: »

Can anyone suggest a central pub in Dublin which will probably be showing this instead of or as well as the hurling final?

Tom Mayes - Dorset street

Lemag

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Tom Mayes - Dorset street

Any likely options on the south side but also central?

On topic, with Poch having pretty much a full squad to choose from and the Gooners having a few injury concerns I'm going to be optimistic about this one and go for 1-1..

Sugarlumps

Lemag wrote: »

Any likely options on the south side but also central?

On topic, with Poch having pretty much a full squad to choose from and the Gooners having a few injury concerns I'm going to be optimistic about this one and go for 1-1..

Murrays
River Bar
Sinnotts Bar
Woolshed
Czech Inn

mushykeogh

Will take a point of any description!

positivenote

0-1 soldado sub winner….

Jason 5pu45

If the team shows some heart and passion and we defend with some competence
then I'll be happy.
It's games like these where our manager will show what he's made of tactically.

Hammar

4-0 Arsenal,i hope to jaysis i'm wrong,but i can't see anything other than another demolition.
I don't blame Poch,it will take him a few transfer windows to clear out all the deadwood and reshape the team to his liking.
I just hope he keeps us up in the top 6-8 while he does it.

2nd Row Donkey

Where is this optimism coming from. We lost 5-2 in our last two visits and we where in considerably better shape going into those games.

3 nights ago a second string championship team played us off the park for 75 mins.

Kaboul and Vlad are set to start... its curtains for us already.

I know that sounds very pesimestic but I'd prefer to think of it been realistic.

It will be frantic and there defense is poor too so there will be goals. Another 5-2 hammering is on the cards.

Hatch99

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Where is this optimism coming from. We lost 5-2 in our last two visits and we where in considerably better shape going into those games.

3 nights ago a second string championship team played us off the park for 75 mins.

Kaboul and Vlad are set to start... its curtains for us already.

I know that sounds very pesimestic but I'd prefer to think of it been realistic.

It will be frantic and there defense is poor too so there will be goals. Another 5-2 hammering is on the cards.

I reckon vert will start

2nd Row Donkey

Hatch99 wrote: »

I reckon vert will start

4-2 So.

tom1ie

5-0 to arsenal. We'll be 3-0 down at half time they'll score the 4th just after the restart the 2nd half will consist of all the spurs senior players showing us how much fight they have in them. Which is none.
After The match the media then start increasing the pressure on poch already.
Like other posters I hope I'm very wrong but I can't see any other result at the moment.

2nd Row Donkey

tom1ie wrote: »

After The match the media then start increasing the pressure on poch already.

I don't think they will. Not this time. Even the media hacks are sick of blaming the latest spurs manager.
The media might turn on the players but I'd say DL will be the main target.

tom1ie

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

I don't think they will. Not this time. Even the media hacks are sick of blaming the latest spurs manager.
The media might turn on the players but I'd say DL will be the main target.

I hope they give poch some time but to be honest I imagine it's hard to motivate players who get financially rewarded when they finish every season empty handed. Eg verts paulinho soldado etc etc

jobeenfitz

expecting the worst but hoping for the miracle. COYS!

positivenote

this is possibly the worst squad we've brought to the emirates… really hopeless of anything today. Im blaming Levy of course, but thats for another thread. If we can contain them at all with Poch's high pressure tactics we may get a draw… but in truth we could get mauled. If we do, i hope the boo's are targeted at levy et al…
heart says 0-1 soldado super sub

mushykeogh

Mason starts, brave call pochy.

Left Back on the Bench

mushykeogh wrote: »

Mason starts, brave call pochy.

Thought he was ineligible. What's the team?

mushykeogh

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

Thought he was ineligible. What's the team?

Lloris, naughton, kaboul, Vert, rose, chadli,mason, capoue, erickson, lamela, adebayor.

Left Back on the Bench

No dembele and naughton starts. Jaysus

yiddo59

Subs=
07 Lennon
09 Soldado
13 Vorm
15 Dier
17 Townsend
21 Fazio
42 Bentaleb

mickman

Will we see a spirited performance like Everton today ?

davycc

im happy enough at that team- lets hope ade gets the kick in the hole he needs to score a few today

Jason 5pu45

Dembele must be injured.Naughton and Rose to battle it out for the "worst full back in England" title

Sugarlumps

I thought Naughton has been okay of late, but just...ok

davycc

dembele injured in training along with vlad thankfully

Sugarlumps

Some barnet on Ade.

Left Back on the Bench

In fairness to redknapp, we really don't implement poch's pressing game

Sugarlumps

Vertonghen is vocal today, nice to see.

Minjor

Rose hard done by there.

Sugarlumps

Capoue in the wars.

Sugarlumps

Linesman having a shocker.

Sugarlumps

Ade has barely broken stride.