Draw PL: Arsenal 3 - 3 Southampton | Friday, April 21 | KO: 20:00 BST | Sky Sports

20:00 kick off, so no sunlight in this for Casper to go missing as every dog in the PL will be watching this game closely on a Friday night after a long week at work:

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If Saliba isn’t fit then I’d start with this:

Trossard
Martinelli Ødegaard Jesus
Zinchenko Jorginho
Tierney Gabriel White Partey
Ramsdale
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Partey can invert during the game next to Jorginho with Tierney playing in a 3 at the back similar to what Pep is doing. We’ll have more bodies in the middle of the pitch and dominate the game imo which we’ve been lacking in recent games.

This is our best time to try something different and be creative before we go to the Etihad.

Arsenal 4-0 Southampton

Let’s FOGGIN DO THIS!!!!!!

 

[Blankety Blank]

Trossard kept his spot when Jesus first came back. Jesus is first choice CF, he was slowly brought back in. Then began starting and scored in every game until now. Don't see much wrong with how Arteta handled that tbh.

Yeah spot on about Trossard.

I like Reiss & think he should have got some more mins but he was unlucky with injury early in the season so missed some opportunities especially in cup games.

In the league let's be honest he is gonna replace either Nelli or Saks late in games.

2 of our absolute standout players this season.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Very young team. They have to learn to deal with the pressure, always unlikely they handle it properly the first time out.

We'll be in similar circumstances over the next few years, this is just the first time out.

That true but maybe it could affect them in future if they'll be in similar but honestly we need more experience in squad .

 

[Batman]

How does a medical team give someone an ACL? That's the conditioning/fitness team if anyone, having not enough leg strength around the knee.

They all work together to assess fitness. And regarding the medical team specifically, Blaze was saying that Saliba was carrying something entering the Sporting match that evidently was more serious than thought which suggests a mistake by the medical team in managing whatever it was.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

That true but maybe it could affect them in future if they'll be in similar but honestly we need more experience in squad .

Yup, and I think we'll sign some. But also what we are going though right now is experience!

 

[SuperGoon]

I'm tired, Robbie.

 

[quattro]

whatever pressure they are carrying, it should be now gone. better we start thinking that we're chasing City instead of keeping them at bay.

 

[SA Gunner]

That true but maybe it could affect them in future if they'll be in similar but honestly we need more experience in squad .

We need proper finishing, we’ll go nowhere without that.

Clinical striker needed in the summer.

 

[lomekian]

Sp**s had the youngest team when they bottled it 15/16. Nobody tried to excuse them, especially not here. The young team excuse was not acceptable last season and is not acceptable now.

We've already got 5 more points than Sp**s got that season, so **** that comparison.

 

[bergholt]

They all work together to assess fitness. And regarding the medical team specifically, Blaze was saying that Saliba was carrying something entering the Sporting match that evidently was more serious than thought which suggests a mistake by the medical team in managing whatever it was.

Agree on Saliba's back but you mentioned multiple ACLs. There's no evidence that ACLs are caused by anything medical that should be diagnosed, only by lack of conditioning.

 

[lomekian]

They are because the ACL is a fairly weak ligament relative to its job and it is more common in women because of the width of their hips but 3 on one team at one time is almost unheard so I think it's fair to ask when a club has 5 serious knee injuries at once if there is something going on with the training or the surfaces that is a contributing factor.

Every single one has happened in game. With the women's team the non-league pitches are a huge factor too. Some of the pitches are not much better than parks.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

We need proper finishing, we’ll go nowhere without that.

Clinical striker needed in the summer.

I think we can get away with that because look at amount of goals we scoring we close of reaching 3 goals per game we need better discipline more experience players to calm things down in important games this team look like 2007 arsenal just too young for winning things but this time different we can spend and we should take the opportunity

 

[blaze_of_glory]

We've already got 5 more points than Sp**s got that season, so **** that comparison.

Exactly, and it never looked remotely like they would win it. The "put the pressure on" memes started in like January.

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

I'm tired, Robbie.

Tired of what? None of us expected arsenal to be in this position at the start of the season. Let’s enjoy the ride

 

[TH14shahriar]

We need proper finishing, we’ll go nowhere without that.

Clinical striker needed in the summer.

Who do you have in mind?

 

[UpTheGunnerz]

Bergman will tell us we lost because of Granits absence una

 

[GLITCH]

If we carry on like this, we could finish 3rd. I don't even want to conceive of it.

 

[The_Playmaker]

I wasn't speaking about Jesus, I was speaking about Mo and I have forgotten more about anatomy and biomechanics than you will ever know in life. You're the same guy who thinks that praying at a mosque puts the same pressure on the back that professional football does. Bugger off now.

Telling me to bugger off? So your just going to ignore your dumb comment about the women's ACL?

Inside The WSL: Why are ACL injuries so common in women's football?

Female footballers are up to six times more likely to suffer an ACL injury; England captain Leah Williamson ruptured her ACL on Wednesday and will miss the World Cup; Arsenal and England team-mate Beth Mead could also miss the tournament after damaging her ACL

www.google.com

Not sure why your making assumptions about how much I know about anatomy and physiology.

"And I have forgotten more about"

Makes no sense BTW.

 

[Batman]

Bergman will tell us we lost because of Granits absence una

He's probably not wrong this time. Vieira was truly awful.

 

[bergholt]

Bergman will tell us we lost because of Granits absence una

I mean we had to play with 10 men for 60 minutes so having Xhaka out there instead would have helped

 

[Batman]

Agree on Saliba's back but you mentioned multiple ACLs. There's no evidence that ACLs are caused by anything medical that should be diagnosed, only by lack of conditioning.

When I said the medical staff I meant the entire staff including the training and physios. I'm just absolutely furious and not typing as clearly as I probably should.