Nervous and I think a draw might be the outcome if not maybe even a defeat:(

arsenal seem to always raise their game against us 

I think Rudigier has done enough to start, and I’d prefer Danny to Fab 

Well nice one Conte. Does loads for Drinkwaters confidence. Playing right into Arsensls hands playing that pile of sh*te. 

2 minutes ago, Jezq8 said:

Nervous and I think a draw might be the outcome if not maybe even a defeat:(

arsenal seem to always raise their game against us 

? 1 defeat in 12 premiere league games, so...

1 hour ago, robdog said:

Sorry, this isn't meant to quote you, mate. I just haven't figured how to unquote the damn thing. It doesn't disappear unless you've posted something. 

If they can match the Atletico away performance we should be in for a good result.

I think it's the pretty much the same lineup.

no Drinkwater really bugs me

Not too confident with this line up. Would've gone with Rudiger over Cahill and if Conte insists on a 3 man midfield I would've prefered Drinkwater over Bakayoko.
This line up makes me fear this will be another game where we have absolutely nothing in attack. 

Let's support the team that's picked. I think it's fair to say that Conte knows more about football than all of us combined...and then some.

Bakayoko better step up tonight

1 minute ago, EmeraldBlue said:

Let's support the team that's picked. I think it's fair to say that Conte knows more about football than all of us combined...and then some.

We shall see at the end of the match how much he knows.

5 minutes ago, Sun zhi said:

1 hour ago, robdog said:

Sorry, this isn't meant to quote you, mate. I just haven't figured how to unquote the damn thing. It doesn't disappear unless you've posted something. 

no reason to apologize - you are all good in da hood 

Just puts you in a sh*t mood. Seriously wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal dominate then he wakes the f**k up and takes that bag of sh*te off. Way to piss everyone off Conte. Seriously disgusting what Conte has done. Drinkwater in form and Conte takes a massive sh*t on him. 

Edited January 3, 20188 yr by Famous CFC

1 minute ago, Blueblur said:

Bakayoko better step up tonight

Really hope so, DW won't come on until late to close out the game. Baka will have to have an absolute stinker to come off early, I reckon he will play most of the game even if he's playing his average ineffective game.

Drinkwater has to be so pissed off

2 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

Drinkwater has to be so pissed off

Wouldn't you be? 

Wenger always seems to switch to 3-4-3 to nullify us and tbh he’s successful. Now we’re with the 3-5-2. Let’s see if it’s going to make a difference.

3 minutes ago, Famous CFC said:

Just puts you in a sh*t mood. Seriously wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal dominate then he wakes the f**k up and takes that bag of sh*te off. Way to piss everyone off Conte. Seriously disgusting what Conte has done. Drinkwater in form and Conte takes a massive sh*t on him. 

Disgusting? You need to just chill out and support the team, you young firebrand. 

With us playing another game on Saturday, I'm not surprised that Drinkwater is not starting. We played against a weakened Stoke and it was clear we were resting players with today's match in mind and I'm pretty sure we'll see the squad being rotated again when we play Norwich. Hopefully Conte gets it right today AND on Saturday. He definitely got it right against Stoke.

20 minutes ago, TheBluesBrother said:

Another daft team selection from Conte. No Drinkwater but Bakayoko does start. No Rudiger but we have Cahill instead I am not optimistic of winning this game  now. Jesus !!! Fabregas too.OMG !! If we lose it will be on Conte's head.

Exactly I think the same, is he trying to save Wenger's career?

Drinkwater has to be so pissed off

Why? This isn't about his ability (top class) but about sensible rotation with a sh1tload of games. Has worked pretty good so far.

7 minutes ago, Famous CFC said:

Just puts you in a sh*t mood. Seriously wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal dominate then he wakes the f**k up and takes that bag of sh*te off. Way to piss everyone off Conte. Seriously disgusting what Conte has done. Drinkwater in form and Conte takes a massive sh*t on him. 

2 minutes ago, Blueblur said:

Disgusting? You need to just chill out and support the team, you young firebrand. 

Slow down with the young firebrand talk. Disgusting indeed when you are playing a guy like Bakayoko in front of a premier league champion.  Frustrating, disgusting, annoying. Call it what you want. Might as well give Jody Morris a game. 

1 minute ago, robdog said:

Made me laugh a bit. 

3 minutes ago, Maksimov said:

With us playing another game on Saturday, I'm not surprised that Drinkwater is not starting. We played against a weakened Stoke and it was clear we were resting players with today's match in mind and I'm pretty sure we'll see the squad being rotated again when we play Norwich. Hopefully Conte gets it right today AND on Saturday. He definitely got it right against Stoke.

Nothing wrong with rotation, but I'd rather DW play in the Arsenal games than Baka, after we rotate against Norwich Baka will be probably be playing Arse again in the semis