PL: Burnley v Arsenal | Sunday February, 2 | KO: 14:00 GMT | Sky Sports

[NZgunner]

Burnley are coming off two wins and are the sort of physical side up front that will cause our defence problems

because he's an NZer we see a lot of Chris Wood down here and I'm worried by the thought of any ball being whipped into our 6 yard box - Leno is a decent keeper but not dominating when it comes to the close in stuff, Sokratis can't get more than five and a half feet off the ground when he challenges for headers, and Luiz is just as likely to put it in his own net or drag a player down as make a goal line clearance

if we lose we drop down to 13th, and the wildly optimistic talk of top 4 really needs to be replaced by the more likely proposition of staving off relegation

I'm not saying a relegation battle is likely, just that it's more likely than top 4, especially if we lose

 

[Riou]

...last trip to their **** hole...Auba winning the golden boot, and Eddie's first league goal!

 

[OnlyOne]

My boy Nkunku doing bits again, can't believe the death threat's I got sent because I wanted him.

 

[Rex Stone]

If we can squeeze win out here it’d be huge.

When City hopefully lay the smack down on Sp*rs all our rivals would have dropped points.

 

[Riou]

If we can squeeze win out here it’d be huge.

When City hopefully lay the smack down on Sp*rs all our rivals would have dropped points.

 

[MutableEarth]

 

[goonerfamily]

Would love to start winning games consistently. Have a feeling we'll draw though.

Leno; Bellerin Sokratis Luiz Saka; Torreira Xhaka; Pepe Özil Martinelli; Aubameyang

Wouldn't mind seeing Willock or AMN given a game

 

[Lady_Gooner]

Looking at the table is soooo grim. We really have 6 wins in 24!! What the absolute ****............

 

[Big Poppa]

Looking at the table is soooo grim. We really have 6 wins in 24!! What the absolute ****............

And a GD of -2 after those 24 games. We became afraid of our own shadow.

 

[OnlyOne]

When the f*ck did Chelsea go 11 pts clear?

May as well well just grind out Europa at this stage.

 

[DanDare]

When the f*ck did Chelsea go 11 pts clear?

May as well well just grind out Europa at this stage.

Seasons been over for weeks

EL the only hope (slim)

 

[Tir Na Nog]

What a moment this was.

Dyche fuming again, Wenger sent off by the corrupt officials. That bottle from Alexis though.

 

[field442]

When the f*ck did Chelsea go 11 pts clear?

May as well well just grind out Europa at this stage.

Their next two games are against Man Utd and Sp**s. If they drop points in both and we win our next 3 we’re 4 points off 4th. Lots of ifs obviously but not unrealistic, especially considering how **** Chelsea are at home.

 

[tap-in]

It's still an 8 point gap to 4th. Not that I'm against putting a run together, for positivity's sake alone (So, we go motivated into important Cup ties), but we still need plenty of luck for that to happen.

HOWEVER, I do absolutly want to finish in front of Sp**s and United. They're both terrible and we should be able to easily pass them if Arteta improvements continue.

It wont be easy but Chelsea's next 2 games are Utd home and Sp**s home. After today our next 2 are Newcastle home & Everton home. Things can change quickly but bottom line is, we have to win today to get that run going, especially as we go away to Dubai, a win will be a huge lift going into their warm weather training.

 

[The_Playmaker]

Their next two games are against Man Utd and Sp**s. If they drop points in both and we win our next 3 we’re 4 points off 4th. Lots of ifs obviously but not unrealistic, especially considering how **** Chelsea are at home.

I like the optimism. In fact if we won our next 7 league games all the other teams will drop a lot of points in that period. If we got confident then the run in would be interesting as ours would be absolutely brutal.

Liverpool (h)
City (a)
Leicester (h)
Sp**s (a)
Wolves (a)

No chance really. Too many possible draws.

I hope Arteta picks the team to face Burnely based on what we need and not reputation.

Laca and Özil are both poor away from home.
Bring in Martinelli and beef up the midfield with Guendouzi or AMN. This will be a second ball game. We need to be quick enough to get there.

 

[Makingtrax]

What a moment this was.

Dyche fuming again, Wenger sent off by the corrupt officials. That bottle from Alexis though.

That was something else. Imagine United sending him off on loan ffs.

 

[Makingtrax]

No Mustafi today. There's hope!

 

[field442]

I like the optimism. In fact if we won our next 7 league games all the other teams will drop a lot of points in that period. If we got confident then the run in would be interesting as ours would be absolutely brutal.

Liverpool (h)
City (a)
Leicester (h)
Sp**s (a)
Wolves (a)

No chance really. Too many possible draws.

I hope Arteta picks the team to face Burnely based on what we need and not reputation.

Laca and Özil are both poor away from home.
Bring in Martinelli and beef up the midfield with Guendouzi or AMN. This will be a second ball game. We need to be quick enough to get there.

Even if we miss out on 4th top 5 is still important. No Europa League football next season would cost us about £40m.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Auba back. Laca on the bench. 0-3 Arsenal.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

That was something else. Imagine United sending him off on loan ffs.

Especially looking at their current options. Now Ole is talking about him proving people wrong next year, why send him on loan then? He's not a youngster in need of experience.