PL: Arsenal v Manchester City | August 12th, 2018 16:00 BST | Sky Sports

[Linson]

Shouldn’t rush Wevra in too soon imo. Needs to be eased in after all those training matches behind closed doors against Russian farmer teams during WC.

Right.
Who is Stevehan? Who is Wevra? And why is welbeck playing LB? Am I in the twilight zone?

What the **** is going on here!?

 

[bingobob]

Welbeck isn't playing left back.

 

[bingobob]

Let's just take the ****ing win, I don't care how we do it , don't care if we have 20 percent possession and one shot on target as long as we win .

Alright then **** it I'm a believer!

 

[SingmeasongSong]

This is going to be a tough season. United, Sp**s and Chelsea all win, 2 of them playing away.

Be well pleased if we could get a draw out of this game.

To be fair, any of those could have got a draw or worse with only Chelsea really being relatively comfortable.

Sp**s could easily have lost.

I know we are talking about playing clever and getting a result but it wasn't totally in their hand, it could easily have gone wrong for them

Haven't seen anything frightening as of yet. But the two best clubs in England based on last season haven't played yet, of course.

 

[bingobob]

Sokratis is my new hero. Here to be a leader in defence.

 

[Hope]

My First Game today without Arsène as a Manager of our club. Feels different. Always watched Arsène only on touchline.

Merci Arsène..


Its Time for a new Beginning..
...

Come on Arsenal.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Some people are always talking about pace when coming up against players like Sane & Sterling. Wasn’t Bellerín caught out of position by Sane last season against City at the Etihad?

Bellerín is definitely faster than Lichsteiner but positioning is the most important thing when playing in that position.

Did some people forget when Maldini came up against a pacey Overmars?

Bellerin was having all sorts of problems with Hudson-Odoi in that preseason game. It wasn't, obviously, because he lacked the pace. A slightly more polished player such as Sane is an even tougher challenge. So Bellerin needs to be better or Lichtsteiner needs to play.

 

[razörist]

Why don't you go troll somewhere else .

You can make that happen you know...

 

[Fewtch]

Right.
Who is Stevehan? Who is Wevra? And why is welbeck playing LB? Am I in the twilight zone?

What the **** is going on here!?

You’ll see soon

 

[Ricardinho]

Not long now :bounce:

 

[Makingtrax]

We like to think this but rarely is the first week ever indicative of anything. To review...

Last year AFC won epl opener, a rare instance and one of their better week1 starts over the past decade, and also went on to have their worst season in 20 years.

2015-16 on the other hand we had an awful start, losing 2-0 vs West Ham. Went onto our record highest finish in years.

The year in between we were thrashed v LFC in first game and picked up a key injury. Nothing was out of the realm of possibility until in mid October when we thrashed CFC so bad they didn't even come out the 2nd half. CFC was devastated, completely redid tactics, and went from 5th to 1st in about 2 months.

Points are points and results are results but the idea of a hard correlation beyond goodteamsshouldbeatlesserteams is a bit extreme.

Without trawling through early results for the top 6 teams over the years it’s hard for me to refute what you’re saying.

But common sense tells me that lower teams have a better chance if they meet them in the first couple of games because a) the top 6 usually have more players returning late from the summer internationals and b) morale for the lower teams is usually higher having not suffered any defeats yet.

United, Chelsea and Sp**s didn’t play particular well this weekend, but they managed to win somehow and those extra couple of points might count if the season is very tight.

 

[Ashybashy86]

Not sure Bellerín should start, but most likely will. Lichtsteiner's not as fast, but positions himself better, defends and crosses better. Either way, I hope the team defend as a unit.

 

[Makingtrax]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, video must be worth 10 thousand.

At 24 frames per second that’s only a 7 minute video bro. Bet Bellerin spends longer than that on porn hub.

 

[Makingtrax]

To be fair, any of those could have got a draw or worse with only Chelsea really being relatively comfortable.

Sp**s could easily have lost.

I know we are talking about playing clever and getting a result but it wasn't totally in their hand, it could easily have gone wrong for them

Haven't seen anything frightening as of yet. But the two best clubs in England based on last season haven't played yet, of course.

Yep, They’ve got a few more minutes yet before they appear

 

[Ricardinho]

Rambo fit according to bein sports reporter.

 

[A_G]

Who is Stevehan?

Lichy.

 

[razörist]

I hope the times of Arsenal ruining my week(end) are over. I can take losing, not winning a trophy, whatever. But the way we were doing it last season made me feel depressed. The Aguero ‘push’ on püssycat Mustafi, Koscielny bottling it against Griezmann, battering United at home but still losing, the many many defensive and goalkeeper mistakes. I hope its finally over.

 

[Makingtrax]

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

**** I'm nervous.. given the other results we have to win this one. We're at home and we want top four. Hit them hard!

 

[Vinci]

Gimme team newsssssss.