Arsenal are in Premier League action this afternoon, facing Newcastle away at St James’ Park.
Here are the official line-ups.
Newcastle: To follow
Subs:
Arsenal: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Rice, Merino, Trossard, Martinelli, Saka, Havertz
Subs: Neto, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Jesus, Sterling
Come on boys!
Arseblog should have completed the headline though.
“Gabriel starts on the entire Newcastle team”.
I’ve got an irrepressible nasty belly feeling about today. I hate 12.30. I hate 12.30 away and I hate how Newcastle raise their levels 1000% when they play us at St James’.
Last time it was Odegaard that found a moment of magic. And we have to play without him.
Sorry for being negative. It just feels like a real tough ask today. Channelling Keegan, I will say, “I would love it if we beat them, LOVE IT!”
COYFG!!!!!
Having said that, I’ve just looked at their team. Willock and Longstaff in midfield?
We should have enough to dominate them surely.
I’ve changed my mind.
3 – 1 Arsenal.
Fuck Eddie Howe. And fuck magpies in all their forms.
I’m the same….and I live there so it’s 12:30 everyday for me!
Arsenal have won eight of their last 11 Premier League games kicking off at 12:30 on a Saturday (D1 L2), with their last such defeat coming at Everton in February 2023.
Wasn’t Saliba suspended for like 3 games for a straight red?
Good that he is available!
One match only…
I must have been posting my comment around the same time as Santi did – hence the duplication.
But I thought a straight red card was 3 match suspension and 2 yellows (= red in same match) was a 1 match suspension. Have the rules changed or am I just wrong?
Professional foul is 1 match ban, violent conduct is usually 3 games, ya know like elbowing someone like say Jorginho in the head!
If we are 3 up with 10 mins to play we should let Jorginho on to exact his revenge. We can do without him for three games.
I would personally go a swift kick in the bollocks. But an atomic wedgie could be fun to see.
Tie him up with a wedgie and make him wear noise cancelling headphones playing fingernails down the blackboard on loop.
Or a Banzai drop off the top turnbuckle by Mike Ashley…
News to me as well!
Apparently: ‘For a professional foul, a player will receive a one-match ban. If the foul is dissent, a possible two-match ban. If violent conduct, the punishment is usually a three-match ban.’
And ‘if a player gets a second red card during the course of a season, another match is added to their suspension. If they are dismissed for a third time, that adds two matches to the suspension. etc.’
3 points very important today. Let’s do it!!!
I thought Saliba was banned for 3 EPL matches for his red card?
Denying a goal scoring opportunity only carries a one match ban.
Strong.
Hopefully we batter them to fuck
Fucking right
I had hoped for a Nwaneri start today. I think he is ready. Hopefully he will get some minutes in the second half
Redemption would be Big Gabi giving a two-handed shove on Joelinton while he’s mid-air trying to defend a by-line cross (that marginally went out of play). The ball breaks loose and little Gabi (or medium-sized Gabi) bundles in the loose ball from one yard.
#COYG
Sounds great! The only problem is, they not only disallow the goal, but send Gabi off and then arrest Xhaka.
Let’s just beat them comprehensively so the refs can’t have an impact, as we know what side they’ll come down on- it’s part of their remit to fuck us
we‘re not very near this, sadly…
COYG!!!!!
With the exception of one of their players, i absolutely loathe Newcastle from top to bottom- completely unlikable club. Fans? Drunken shirtless fat men in the dead of winter players? Most are cunts like tripper the rat or that gum chewing thug Bruno, but Fabian schar is perhaps the worst… their manager? He’s a lying cunt. And I could write a paragraph easily about the terrible things their owners have done in the last 6 months alone. Best place for these mercenaries and sportswashing royalty ownership is in league 2
but: they win…
This team does not work without Partey in midfield. Merino offers nothing on the ball. Is Kiwior really that bad?
Dreadful half of football no creativity, slow and pedestrian performance not help by abysmal officiating.
What officiating? Just shit performance all round
Playing crap. But We are not even getting throw-ins
Maybe, but the officiating is not the reason for this shit show!
I don’t understand why every player needs to take minimum 3-4 touches before releasing the ball. Is it a confidence thing, is it coaching or is it both.
Arteta need to showcase that he is tactically flexible. Look at Pep, without Rodri, he opts for a 4231 double pivot and many years back he even put John Stone as CDM. Arteta need to put a no 10, to attack the half space. Hes too worry bout defense.
Stop blaming the ref for the first half. Bs excuse.
Our press is practically nonexistent. Trossard is totally out of his element. Play Ethan ffs! Can’t afford to drop more points today
Cant remember the last time i saw a worse performance from an Arsenal player than Trossards first 45 mins.
Trossard is passenger. Miss Partey in the middle. You saw what he does when he went into middle at the end. Broke the line immediately
Please play Partey in Midfield.
Is the most incisive passer we have at the moment.
I had big excitement this season, but this niggling injury is so such an irritation.
Was hoping with the new guru/monkish looking Odegard..we would have been roasting teams in 45min and having bbq by halftime..
But nah..went to interlull and got his ankle twisted.
Shame
I don’t want to be that guy, but we don’t look like champions, nowhere near. By the time Ødegaard return it will already be too late.
At the moment we look like nothing, so bereft of ideas!
We are walking on fumes
Please, play 4231. Without Odegaard, we lack of creativity upfront. Either Havertz or Trossard can play as no 10.
I can’t believe we basically traded Smith Rowe for merino
Fucking Bruno Guimares. Some serious diving what a prick!
Looks like our focus this year should be on Cup competitions and top 4.
😕
We’d be lucky to get 4 if we don’t sort out defence, midfield and attacking. We’ve become piece team
A set piece team
This is the worst piece of crap that we have ever played
While the bent refs have done their bit to chew up our chances of winning the PL this season we’ll do the rest from here. That was fucking shit! Utter waste or my life!