Arsenal vs Chelsea (PL) Sun 29th Dec 14:00 GMT

[Imran_CFC]

Luiz trying to kick Kantes head off

[Dr Gonzo]

That's shocking from Luiz and on one of the nicest footballers on the planet. 

[DidierDrogbalala]

Why is Guendouzi  allowed to grab everyone's arms ?

Edited December 29, 2019 by DidierDrogbalala

[rtwelch]

2 minutes ago, Jezz said:

Good signing by Dortmund. Glad Manchester United or Juventus didn't sign him.

It may make the path of signing Sancho easier now.

I wouldn’t be so sure. Now they have a natural number 9 why would they sell their most productive winger?

[Jezz]

1 minute ago, Dr Gonzo said:

That's shocking from Luiz and on one of the nicest footballers on the planet. 

Luiz is two faced.

Never bought the nice guy act. Look at the way he carried on when he celebrated like a madman when he was playing for PSG against us a few years ago.

[Brutos]

Have we had any shots yet

[The Don Antonio]

Sort this sh*t out lampard..  this is relegation and coach getting fired form

[mojo]

well David's alter ego kicks in 

[Jezz]

Just now, Brutos said:

Have we had any shots yet

3 shots. 2 on target.

[Imran_CFC]

More than Sancho I think this team is crying out for some midfield creativity. That lad from Ajax maybe, is it Zyech? 

[Sexyfootball]

We look more solid, but you just can't see much attacking intent from a midfield of Kante, Jorginho and Kovacic, and Tammy is still pretty isolated up front,

[DidierDrogbalala]

1 minute ago, rtwelch said:

I wouldn’t be so sure. Now they have a natural number 9 why would they sell their most productive winger?

Thats how they work, if the money is too good to refuse they will sell. But i doubt its happens this winter.

[Gol15]

Oh well...Wish we had started with a 4-3-3 !

[JPH]

Really poor first half. Unfortunately there is nothing much on the bench. Barkley?

[Jezz]

Relief we didn't concede again.

We can still get a result in this game if we play our cards right. The inclusion of Jorginho certainly benefited us.

[EdinburghBlue]

Absolutely eye bleeding football in the first half. We’re not troubling arsenal whatsoever and they’re absolutely sh*te. Frank & Jody need to sort this out.

 

Emerson horrendous from the corner. Can we get Ash to sign a contract to play? 

Edited December 29, 2019 by EdinburghBlue

[sonic90]

1 minute ago, JPH said:

Really poor first half. Unfortunately there is nothing much on the bench. Barkley?

Deserves a chance now after CHO turning in some 3 poor games in a row. Kante off and back to the old winning formula to see how it stacks up

[Brutos]

Kante I never said a bad word about him but he's been poor first half hopefully with Jorginho now he can up is tempo and do what he does press high

[rtwelch]

Sideways back, sideways back. Absolutely infuriating! Do we work on passing combinations to try and open a team up? Every pass is too safe. Crossing is none existent. We need balls played in between the lines. Runners to create space. 

[loz]

Just glad to get in at half time at 1 0 rather than something worse. Fair play to Lampard for accepting he had made an arse of the starting formation (although still a bit worrying that he ever thought it was the right thing to do) and making the early change which has resulted in us getting a bit of a foothold in the game. There is hope now whereas before it was destined to be a hammering.

Emerson awful for the goal and it had nothing to do with the formation. Just ball watching. He did it again later but we got away with it.

Roll on the window however unfortunately other clubs, understandably, won't sell till the last hours of the window so we gave another month shuffling this pack.

[Gol15]

Feels sad to know that the Spurs formation is still stuck in everyones head, that was just 1 special tactical game nothing more, the whole league LEARNED how to deal with that formation that Conte had for 1 season, the second season it already wasn't working as well.

4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 is our best formation.

[big blue]

We are actually hoping for a moment of magic from tomori, rudiger, zouma or Azpilicueta. 

Pass the ball to death, and then lay it back into a defender to deliver the killer ball. Bizarre tactics.

 

[evissy]

The change of system paid off. Now we see if Arteta makes a change for their system. I think he will. At least new orders for some players.

We can turn this around but it is unlikely. A draw is maximum for us I fell. Hope I am wrong and we smash them.

[Sexyfootball]

Just now, JPH said:

Really poor first half. Unfortunately there is nothing much on the bench. Barkley?

I think we have to have somebody in the midfield who is actually going to get into the opposing box and be a goal threat, to help Tammy out. Barkley is the best bet today. I'd bring him on and take off Kante.

CHO is the other sub I'd make, not that he particularly deserves it, and probably for Mount if we still trail after say 75 minutes. We need balls into the box, and CHO has the potential to provide those.

[Imran_CFC]

Weve manged to regain control of the game with the introduction of Jorginho, Arsenal are starting to play deeper and that plays into our hands. We need to maintain the control and iam sure there defence will falter at some stage.