Prediction
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
Havertz is suspended so it's between ESR Trossard and Jorginho to replace him.
ESR just had like limited minutes after his comeback I think gonna be Trossard because we at home if it was away I'd expect Jorginho to startMost here prob want to see ESR and would settle for Trossard.
So we’re blatantly gonna get Jorginho along with a middle finger from Tets innit.
@Dokaka might disagree, but I think you need to give Moyes some credit here. They're at 6th, with a trophy under their belt. Last year's league campaign was disappointing, but they got into Europe the season before.
We ought to win at home though.
You're going to absolutely smash us btw. Rice is like built in a lab to counter the way we play, he'll snuff out everything we try while the rest apply unrelenting pressure on our box. Our FBs will have to get long-term treatment for PTSD after this one.
5-1.
Always have a chance with Jarrod "Better than Saka" Bowen and a motivated Kudus who Arsenal passed on during this summer. Paqueta has been in fine form as well and Soucek + JWP have been very slept on.
Arsenal's frontline on the otherhand, there is absolutely nothing out there that suggests they will score 5
Moyes has been cryptonite to teams who like to have the ball for no reason as well and Arsenal very much fall into this bracket. Nervy 2-1 win for Arsenal if we manage to get a penalty or set piece I think. Maybe even another draw.
We've been kryptonite to teams that have terrible transitional defense, something you're genuinely the best in the world at. We've been smashed by City, Liverpool twice and Villa. Even Sp**s, who on paper should be the peak Moyes-ball targets, were unlucky to lose to us despite their injuries, and they're not even half your level in terms of defense.
I can already give you the two scenarios where we might score:
This is all we do, especially against good teams. Problem is, you've been incredible in terms of stopping these scenarios from happening throughout the season. Not perfect, which is why I didn't predict us to not score, but best in Europe levels of good.
- Mistake by someone in midfield, Paqueta gets the ball, Bowen or Kudus attack the space behind, likely on your left side between Gabriel and Zinny.
- A set piece.
The reason why I'm predicting you to score 5 is because we're weak in the FB positions, and your go-to strategy of breaking down a deep block right now is to isolate those areas as much as possible. Martinelli vs. Emerson is a nightmare scenario for us, as an example. Emerson will need heavy backup, which either limits our counter through Bowen dropping deeper, or opens up space for Ødegaard and whoever plays 8 this game in the middle.
Is there a chance we win? Yeah, if you have a severe off-day and make a lot of mistakes which opens up the transitional opportunities for us. More likely scenario is us trying to create on the break, Kudus running into the brick wall of Rice, Saliba and Gabriel, gives the ball way, and you counter us instead.
Obviously anything is possible in football but this is the pattern I've seen all season when we've come up against genuine quality. Sure we can feast all day on the likes of Man Utd who are just ****, but once we go up against teams that stop our transitions while still applying huge pressure on our block, we completely fall apart.
So tell me, which one of these brexits are Liverpool or United fans.
Arsenal have been getting lucky and masking certain things themselves and reading that, you are 100% more of a gooner than me.
So tell me, which one of these brexits are Liverpool or United fans.