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:

Form:



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!!!!!!

 

[Tourbillion]

Why do you care? You said the title was over in February.

Why the optimism? Have you seen our form?

 

[Tourbillion]

I would go to City and play all three of them.

Martinelli-------Jesus--Trossard-----Saka

---------Xhaka----Jorginho-----Partey
------------Kiwior----Gabriel---White

I'd drop Ødegaard and Zini. I don't want control of the ball, I want to hurt them. Let them have the ball, stay compact and plug the holes. Sit deeper and dominant the ball in the air and leave no space behind.

Play with a back 6 and front 4. Let Trossard drop in and leave Jesus up top.

Partey, Jorginho, Xhaka are all capable of playing the ball in behind for one of the 3 or finding Trossard through the lines.

I wish we would ever have a manager who'd do something like this as a one-off. I reckon we'd shock the **** out of City and beat them.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Was one moment of lighthearted relief yesterday when 3-1 down, people were leaving in droves, and some guy behind me was shouting at them "SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!" "Go and support Man City"

Mind you the majority came back to their seats after the equalizer.

 

[A_G]

Why the optimism? Have you seen our form?

Yeah, unbeaten in 10. Just need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

Southampton will really be kicking themselves they should have won.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Jesus christ can't believe one player could cause this from 2nd to 19th. Arteta if Saliba don't play again this season he has to find something to make it work Holding is our Maguire but 10x worse.

i honestly just don't know what Mikel see in Holding i can find many defenders in relegation sides that are miles better he has to be sold after this season i don't care if he like Arsenal or good for dressing room the guy not good enough don't fit a top 4 team high line system.

 

[Riou]

Could use someone like him for this run in, he's a top defender when trophies are close to being won (see the differences in his performances for us in 19-20 when he knew we couldn't win the league versus how much of a titan he was in the FA cup winning run) a proper leader too, a motivated Luiz wouldn't have let us crumble against West Ham and in this match...



...man has won everything, but still begged Arteta to play him in the Community Shield despite being injured just so he could try and pick up another medal... guy's an addict

 

[GDeep™]

Yeah, unbeaten in 10. Just need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

Not won the last 3. The mistakes have been made.

 

[GDeep™]

Could use someone like him for this run in, he's a top defender when trophies are close to being won (see the differences in his performances for us in 19-20 when he knew we couldn't win the league versus how much of a titan he was in the FA cup winning run) a proper leader too, a motivated Luiz wouldn't have let us crumble against West Ham and in this match...



...man has won everything, but still begged Arteta to play him in the Community Shield despite being injured just so he could try and pick up another medal... guy's an addict

Top defender? Pack it in.

 

[A_G]

Not won the last 3. The mistakes have been made.

Wish you’d **** off with posts like this

 

[GDeep™]

Wish you’d **** off with posts like this

You’ve been unbearable with your overly positive posting in recent weeks.

We’ve ****ed the league up, nothing wrong with saying it.

 

[A_G]

You’ve been unbearable with your overly positive posting in recent weeks.

We’ve ****ed the league up, nothing wrong with saying it.

As Wenger said, you have fear to fail.

 

[MauveGunner]

You’ve been unbearable with your overly positive posting in recent weeks.

We’ve ****ed the league up, nothing wrong with saying it.

Nothing wrong with being positive. Rather that than endless negativity.

 

[GDeep™]

As Wenger said, you have fear to fail.

You hated Wenger and now you’re quoting him?

 

[Riou]

Top defender? Pack it in.

In a final or a run in like this, you would want him playing...especially over some of the options we currently have.

Badly struggles for motivation unless something is really on the line and can become a bit of a liability, but usually really steps up when the pressure is on.

Kinda like the opposite of Koscielny, who was a very consistent defender but did tend to usually crumble when the heat was really on...if you had both in your squad and rotated them correctly, you might never lose!

 

[A_G]

You hated Wenger and now you’re quoting him?

Sad to see you resorting to making stuff up in absence of an actual argument.

 

[GDeep™]

In a final or a run in like this, you would want him playing...especially over some of the options we currently have.

Badly struggles for motivation unless something is really on the line and can become a bit of a liability, but usually really steps up when the pressure is on.

Kinda like the opposite of Koscielny, who was a very consistent defender but did tend to usually crumble when the heat was really on...if you had both in your squad and rotated them correctly, you might never lose!

Just read the first two lines. No, you wouldn’t want him playing, the guy was a clown of a defender.

Why don’t you piss off to ShedEnd and rub him off up there?

 

[GDeep™]

Sad to see you resorting to making stuff up in absence of an actual argument.

There is no argument. You’re mega positive and I think it’s abit much considering how we’ve crumbled in the run in.

We could beat City, but it’s not looking good is it.

 

[Tnegs]

There is no argument. You’re mega positive and I think it’s abit much considering how we’ve crumbled in the run in.

We could beat City, but it’s not looking good is it.

You were mega positive Theo wouldn’t score against us even if he had the chance to.

 

[GDeep™]

You were mega positive Theo wouldn’t score against us even if he had the chance to.

He had no choice to score when it was put on a plate for him yesterday. He scores those with his eyes closed.

Enjoyed the finish actually, so sweet off his foot.