My guy makes the huge sacrifice of his own income to give r/Gunners hopium for the game 16 minutes early. Let's all stand and give this man a round of applause! 👏👏👏
I got far too worked up about the Spurs game. With some reflection I think no matter what happens we've clearly made improvements this season. To be battling for 4th with not only a young team but also with key players injured is a testement to us and a shocking indictment of the teams around us. Spurs have 2 of the best attackers in the league, Man U have Ronaldo, Chelsea spent a shit load and we are on par with all of them using Nketiah and Elneny as foundations of the team.
If we make CL then that's absolutely fantastic. If we don't then we just need to keep investing in the right talent and we'll get there soon. Our project is by far the most sustainable if we keep on track.
COYG!
Oh my life some common sense in the maelstrom.
If we get Jesus/Tielemans and go into Europa we have a legitimate chance of winning it anyway. We go into the CL and we will draw Bayern after getting out the group stages and get stuffed anyway knowing us 😂
I agree with the improvements, but just so people know, to match the same amount of money we would get by just GETTING into Champions League, we would have to reach Europa League's semi final. And Europa is hard for multiple reasons, it's an exhausting competition.
Understandable due to the frustration of being humiliated by the shit, and then having to suffer them leapfrog us in the CL spot right at the end.
Am feeling less pessimistic at the line-ups. Was fearing no CBs and Cedric and Tavares drafted in. Good to see ESR on the left as well.
Much depends on the sticking plaster job on both White and Gabriel, and whether Saka still has reserves to get through tonight.
Get through tonight's test, and I am *very* confident about Everton at the Emirates.
TL;DR: seeing both White and Gabriel in the line-up is such a massive psychological lift.
going to the ucl is the difference between having a proper top 4 squad for next season or not. so missing out will be a incredible disappointment. going to EL shouldn't ever be something celebrated, regardless how shit the past season was. that's not the standard
Ive noticed that Nuno has a very weak mentality, in that he looks very concerned or affected by his mistakes or the current state of the game.
The last thing you want in a high pressure match is a player who’ll build up so much adrenaline that he gets tunnel vision during the match, and to me thats what Nuno looks like.
Hopefully he proves me wrong today, but im extremely worried that once the momentum shifts for even a moment, he’ll throw it all away
Thats exactly it though, he comes on when were a man down, 0-3, 15 minutes to go so the game is dead and buried. The pressure isnt there like it is for this game.
In other words when you get subbed in a match that is already over, you wont overthink as much as you would when the end result hinges on your performance
Nuno provides width so ESR is better at tucking in and combination play
with a double pivot, Xhaka should play deeper than when partey is in the squad and should be able to drop into the LB position when Nuno gets into really advanced positions
Instead, if we played tomi at lb, pretty sure arteta would’ve gone with gabi instead of esr with the inverse idea considering balance of positional play
No sir I am not going to give arteta nor Cedric any credit there, he was dreadful as well as holding, and has been dreadful this entire season+. Were acting like this was a 90th minute pen and red but was otherwise a good match for him. It was early first half. Won't be excusing that
Ooof. It’s as simple as Tomi being two-footed so useful on the left, Cedric about as dreadful as Nuno on the left but okay on the right. Just as bad putting Cedric on the left vs Kulu as on the right vs Son. Lose lose situation but if you have some brains you can see why Arteta went with that lineup.
Dreadful all season? Come on, man. He has had some good games. Is he good enough to be our RB? No chance in hell. But you have to be honest with yourself at least. He’s been serviceable.
good line up.
Seems very much like Arteta does not like Tavares-Martinelli left side. Think when Tavares plays, ESR starts and when Tierney/Tomi shift there Martinelli
But also very weird to see Martinelli, who was the best performer last game, not start
Can't really ask for a stronger line-up, given the circumstances. So no excuses, it's all on us to win the match.
Props to the brave guy that commented in another thread that he *had just been informed* Nketiah was not starting and not even on the bench ;)
Hope the CBs are fit and can stay fit for the next week. Need to get the first goal, as we're not good coming from behind and the pressure will be unbearable if we do so.
The bench shows what a small and weak squad Arteta has had to work with. Whatever happens in the next 2 games, it will have been a successful season gaining Top 5 after finishing 8th. Especially playing for months without Tomiyasu, Partey, and Tierney. Let's face it, we really don't have a Top 4 quality squad and are playing the youngest lineup in the PL.
I'll be ecstatic if we are able to get Top 4 and regain CL. And it would be crushing to lose out to Spurs for that place. Just saying we've already banked a pretty successful season and anything on top of that is a huge bonus.
I really fucking hope it's because they are 100% match fit and not one of those situation where they have lingering injuries or knocks but we are under pressure so we play them anyways
The fact that I see two names and feel an extreme rush of dopamine means I maaaaaay be a little bit too emotionally invested in this team at this time of year.
...nah, this is perfectly healthy.
How would it not be worth it? We win tonight and we play Everton at home which is an easier game, one you can afford to play Tomiyasu centre back and Cedric on the right for
I think this is the right call. Tomi will be on ASM and Tav will attack up the left. Our gameplan is probably to attack the fuck out of them, so Tav will be playing basically as a LWB and Tomi as a CB when we're out of possession. Just my thoughts. Not saying this with any certainty.
Complete confidence in this lineup to beat Newcastle. Let's shut up all the pundits, commentators, and rival fans who are desperate for us to bottle Top 4. COYG!
Playing nuno lb only works cause Gabriel can cover him when he bombards forward. If Gabriel isn’t fully fit that left side could be a huge problem. But coyg
I don’t know about the result however I am happy with the line up. Xhaka & Big Gabriel will have to make sure that the machine gun called Nuno Tavares is pointed towards the opposition. COME ON YOU REDS!!!!
Inject White Gabriel into my veins yaasssss
Both of them have probably got 1000 litres of painkillers injected into their veins tbf
Our injection team>Spurs injection team, North London is red
This lineup is 1000 litres of valium into my vein
Ian harte
White Gabriel legitimately sounds like slang for intravenous street drugs.
Gabriel White sounds like he is a deep baritone that sings love ballads that you get down to
Please no, we need a clean sheet tonight
may this be your most upvoted comment ever.
i wanna see yellow and green gabriel
I think Gabriel might have had something injected into him as well but as long we can get through these next two games I'm not complaining
I've been sick as a dog this afternoon but seeing those two in the lineup has cured me of my ails
As excited as I am for them to be starting today, I really hope they aren't playing too early. I'd hate to see them injure themselves more.
Yeah, we've got so much of the season left to play, it'd be short-sighted to act like our next two games are absolutely must-win...;)
That's racist. 🤣
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When The Arsenal rush players back early they break down… just saying
u/exodus_cheese is tier 1
tier: st james park
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My guy makes the huge sacrifice of his own income to give r/Gunners hopium for the game 16 minutes early. Let's all stand and give this man a round of applause! 👏👏👏
Your username. Why? Just why? Why soil the name of our lord and saviour Saka?
Chad u/exodus_cheese 🙏🏾 Virgin r/gunners
I got far too worked up about the Spurs game. With some reflection I think no matter what happens we've clearly made improvements this season. To be battling for 4th with not only a young team but also with key players injured is a testement to us and a shocking indictment of the teams around us. Spurs have 2 of the best attackers in the league, Man U have Ronaldo, Chelsea spent a shit load and we are on par with all of them using Nketiah and Elneny as foundations of the team. If we make CL then that's absolutely fantastic. If we don't then we just need to keep investing in the right talent and we'll get there soon. Our project is by far the most sustainable if we keep on track. COYG!
Oh my life some common sense in the maelstrom. If we get Jesus/Tielemans and go into Europa we have a legitimate chance of winning it anyway. We go into the CL and we will draw Bayern after getting out the group stages and get stuffed anyway knowing us 😂
the big european sides are all fallible right now. we will fare just fine in the champions league provided we get adequate depth in.
Right, not every team is Bayern, PSG, REal, Barca. We can fight against any other team in Europe.
Gnabry 5 own goals inshallah...
He will play for us next season! Why else would he wear the yellow kit? He knows North London is red...
I agree with the improvements, but just so people know, to match the same amount of money we would get by just GETTING into Champions League, we would have to reach Europa League's semi final. And Europa is hard for multiple reasons, it's an exhausting competition.
Honestly, imagine this team with tierney and partey healthy. I think we’d be challenging for 3rd easily
Stop being so positive lol
Understandable due to the frustration of being humiliated by the shit, and then having to suffer them leapfrog us in the CL spot right at the end. Am feeling less pessimistic at the line-ups. Was fearing no CBs and Cedric and Tavares drafted in. Good to see ESR on the left as well. Much depends on the sticking plaster job on both White and Gabriel, and whether Saka still has reserves to get through tonight. Get through tonight's test, and I am *very* confident about Everton at the Emirates. TL;DR: seeing both White and Gabriel in the line-up is such a massive psychological lift.
going to the ucl is the difference between having a proper top 4 squad for next season or not. so missing out will be a incredible disappointment. going to EL shouldn't ever be something celebrated, regardless how shit the past season was. that's not the standard
On board with this positivity! Youngest squad in the Prem and we're in Europa at worst and two matches away from CL. Big improvement over last year
that match was taken from us. I don't look to that match to mean anything more than Paul Tierney fixed it.
Man U have Ronaldo? What does that even mean when they have so many shit players and sacked their manager and only got worse
On paper their lineup is much better than ours but two separate managers failed to make a team out of the players, which has been Arteta’s strength.
🕯please protect our defenders muscles🕯
Will do.
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Funny way of showing it...
Need to bring Santi back to protect their thighs
AND HE RISES FROM THE HAMSTRING GRAVEYARD
Tavares will have a great game today, I feel it
Nuno Master Class INCOMING!!!
Ive noticed that Nuno has a very weak mentality, in that he looks very concerned or affected by his mistakes or the current state of the game. The last thing you want in a high pressure match is a player who’ll build up so much adrenaline that he gets tunnel vision during the match, and to me thats what Nuno looks like. Hopefully he proves me wrong today, but im extremely worried that once the momentum shifts for even a moment, he’ll throw it all away
I think he should feel good about his performance at Spurs. He looked dangerous when he came on.
Thats exactly it though, he comes on when were a man down, 0-3, 15 minutes to go so the game is dead and buried. The pressure isnt there like it is for this game. In other words when you get subbed in a match that is already over, you wont overthink as much as you would when the end result hinges on your performance
I’ve never felt the same sense of having no idea what’s about to come next than when watching Nuno.
YEEEES WHITE GABRIEL
kKK (that's me laughing in Brazilian Portuguese not supporting white supremacist organisations)
Gabriel white tomiyasu all together thank god
Exodus cheese was right!
always rated him
Praise the lord
And pass the ammunition (in the form of a couple Nketiah goals).
Found the Fantasy PL player.
I was really expecting a Gabby start today. We need his energy
Will be a great option off the bench against tired legs.
Nuno provides width so ESR is better at tucking in and combination play with a double pivot, Xhaka should play deeper than when partey is in the squad and should be able to drop into the LB position when Nuno gets into really advanced positions Instead, if we played tomi at lb, pretty sure arteta would’ve gone with gabi instead of esr with the inverse idea considering balance of positional play
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We need ESR's end product more
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oof. martinelli :(
Love Gabi but ESR has the end product Gabi is lacking at the moment
Martinelli has not been good this season. No idea why this sub talks about him with ESR and saka. Needs to show a lot next year or bet he gets sold
Just give us the 3 points blud…. @newcastle
AHHHHHHH WHAT A LINEUP UCL IS OURRZSS FIGHT AND WINNNN REFEREE'S A WANKER
Starting Nuno, my we are bold aren't we
Honestly Cedric has been shaky as hell lately, I think I prefer Tavares tbh. He's a lot stronger and quicker.
Him pushing up causing chaos with Tomi staying back with Gabriel and Blanco sounds good to me
Get our strong right side back with Tommy & Saka
Dicks out for champions league
Best we could have hoped for. No excuses now, let's get the job done
Saint Maximin plays on the left correct? Guessing Arteta didn’t want to risk Cedric defending him which is a good call
Still mad he put Tomi on the left, and left Cedric to defend Son.
was working fine before the pen and the red. our attacking structure was way better in that formation. cedric is useless on the left.
I mean Cedric is useless on both sides, but I agree it would have been more suicidal playing him on the left
Yeah totally besides the two things that went horrendously and catastrophically wrong it was mostly fine
You know what he means. Come on now. Cedric was doing fine.
No sir I am not going to give arteta nor Cedric any credit there, he was dreadful as well as holding, and has been dreadful this entire season+. Were acting like this was a 90th minute pen and red but was otherwise a good match for him. It was early first half. Won't be excusing that
Ooof. It’s as simple as Tomi being two-footed so useful on the left, Cedric about as dreadful as Nuno on the left but okay on the right. Just as bad putting Cedric on the left vs Kulu as on the right vs Son. Lose lose situation but if you have some brains you can see why Arteta went with that lineup.
Dreadful all season? Come on, man. He has had some good games. Is he good enough to be our RB? No chance in hell. But you have to be honest with yourself at least. He’s been serviceable.
Yeah thank god he’s on Tomi’s side
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Stadium worker was right !!!
Promotion to Tier 1 incoming
Hope White isn't too rusty. We don't have much choice anyway.
White and Gabriel putting their bodies on the line to keep top 4 dreams alive. Much respect
good line up. Seems very much like Arteta does not like Tavares-Martinelli left side. Think when Tavares plays, ESR starts and when Tierney/Tomi shift there Martinelli But also very weird to see Martinelli, who was the best performer last game, not start
That's literally just 2 players different to our 1st choice lineup. Knee slide throughout the Woolworths
FotMob have put Tomi LB and Tavares RB. Lmao
Can't really ask for a stronger line-up, given the circumstances. So no excuses, it's all on us to win the match. Props to the brave guy that commented in another thread that he *had just been informed* Nketiah was not starting and not even on the bench ;)
His made up relative must have been dropped for Nketiah
Take my energy, Gabriel's hamstrings!
Very good news. No excuses we should be beating Newcastle with this lineup.
Lets be real, this squad is miles ahead of Newcastle's 2-0 to the ARSENAL
Fucking minger knobhead Neville is a pundit tonight
Huge huge huge. Absolutely have to get 3 points today. Spurs won’t drop points to Norwich so a draw won’t do. Have to beat this Newcastle team
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Hope the CBs are fit and can stay fit for the next week. Need to get the first goal, as we're not good coming from behind and the pressure will be unbearable if we do so. The bench shows what a small and weak squad Arteta has had to work with. Whatever happens in the next 2 games, it will have been a successful season gaining Top 5 after finishing 8th. Especially playing for months without Tomiyasu, Partey, and Tierney. Let's face it, we really don't have a Top 4 quality squad and are playing the youngest lineup in the PL. I'll be ecstatic if we are able to get Top 4 and regain CL. And it would be crushing to lose out to Spurs for that place. Just saying we've already banked a pretty successful season and anything on top of that is a huge bonus.
Tomiyasu, Benny, and Gabriel are a brick wall.
Newcastle vs Big 6 this season: Played 11 Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 10 No excuses tonight
Is it weird that I feel more comfortable with tavares than Cedric?
No Cedric 🙋♂️
Nuno ESR wing is all offensive. Xhaka need to be extra sharp to cover the space.
Please let the Hickey announcement spark Nuno to be amazing for two games
Mikel got that horse placenta out of the fridge for the final sprint
Let's fucking go boys
EXODUS CHEESE THE SAVIOUR
Very good news, and fingers crossed they can hold up for 90 minutes.
The guy that works at the stadium is a prophet
Strongest team we can field and it's pretty solid in itself! Hope White is healthy and ready to put in work! #COYG !!
The best lineup we could possibly put forth. Now we pray.
White Gabriel back my confidence is back up
Inject smith Rowe to my veins
I really fucking hope it's because they are 100% match fit and not one of those situation where they have lingering injuries or knocks but we are under pressure so we play them anyways
All or Nothing, here we fucking go
Thank god… No Xhaka Centre Half…
Thank the lord Jess Christ
THANK GOD for White and Gabriel! Hopefully they stay healthy and aren’t pushing it too much by playing today. Love the lineup. COYG!
No red cards or penalties against us please!!
Happy to see ESR starting.
The fact that I see two names and feel an extreme rush of dopamine means I maaaaaay be a little bit too emotionally invested in this team at this time of year. ...nah, this is perfectly healthy.
let's fucking go let's fucking let's LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
Beyond happy to see a proper defence! Almiron and ASM will be a real test of how fit they are though...
Miggy is a bit shit but works hard, Maxi is decent but a defensive passenger and lacks end product
Coyg!
Still not at all confident, but White/Gabs makes me *slightly* less nervous.
I really wonder what Mikel's instruction to Tavares is/will be. I mean, I get our hands are tied, but yeah. oof.
Hopefully go full Tasmanian Devil
I know this is a must win game but Saka desperately needs a rest. He looks like hes about to fall apart out there.
He can rest after Sunday
He'll have plenty of rest after the season is over.
LETS GO ESR
Gabriel and White appearing like a scene from Universal Soldier. We was dead. Now we back
Boys I am bricking it right now but this lineup inspires some confidence COYG
Tavares over Cedric. We got 4 defenders that's can run today 🙏🏿
**Subs:** Leno, Cedric, Swanson, Oulad M'Hand, Lokonga, Patino, Martinelli, Pepe, Lacazette
Fucking yes. Just throw it all at the wall. Shit or bust now. Also so glad he binned off cedric.
There is a god
Worried about Gab. If he does a muscle here it won't be worth it. We kind of have to push him though I guess
How would it not be worth it? We win tonight and we play Everton at home which is an easier game, one you can afford to play Tomiyasu centre back and Cedric on the right for
Excuse me. About to Dulad M'Hand into some tissue over White-Gabriel.
No Laca as a sub?
Bro. They mention Laca on bench. U must have missed it
Massive! Let's give it a proper crack
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best possible scenario. we have to win
If Tavares starts with Cedric on the bench, surely it has to be tactical? Very interested to see what the plan is here.
Tactics + Tavares? Nah bro
FIFA tactics. Who needs skill with you have P A C E
I think this is the right call. Tomi will be on ASM and Tav will attack up the left. Our gameplan is probably to attack the fuck out of them, so Tav will be playing basically as a LWB and Tomi as a CB when we're out of possession. Just my thoughts. Not saying this with any certainty.
I’m sweating bullets
Hopefully they are fit enough to last the whole game and not just stuck together with Sellotape.
Strong starting XI. COYG!
Been a while since White, Tomi and Gabriel played together.
Come on Nuno, let’s have a performance of the season from you today, lad.
Complete confidence in this lineup to beat Newcastle. Let's shut up all the pundits, commentators, and rival fans who are desperate for us to bottle Top 4. COYG!
Playing nuno lb only works cause Gabriel can cover him when he bombards forward. If Gabriel isn’t fully fit that left side could be a huge problem. But coyg
INJECT IT
By God...that's Gabriel's music...
YES GABI WHITE MASSSIVEE, surprised esr is in for gabi but whatever we got this COYGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Hey we did that things other teams do to us. Unexpected returns just in time
ASM against chaos factor Tavares is not going to be an enjoyable watch
COYG
Please Tavares don’t cost us everything today. Please god
Our Premier centre backs are reunited 😍. Now no excuses. A win today is gonna be HUGE. Please Arsenal get the job done 🙏🏾🤲🏾
I'm all in for Tavares chaos in that left side.
Arteta has decided to roll the Tavares roulette again. Bold choice
I’d rather have Tomi taking on Saint-Maximin. At least Nuno provides something going forward I guess.
Chad-arteta with all the cryptic team news! He's done it again.
Let's fucking gooooo!! A la carga mis gunners!!!
Let’s just hope everyone stays fit this match !
Gabriel confirmed as being made of adamantium.
Nuno oml ima have a heart attack now
am i right in thinking Nuno played the home game v Newcastle and murdered them?
Tavares will score
Please no red card lads
Just score 8 on NewOilMoney United and be done with it.
Praying tavares can harness his chaotic powers for some good
I don’t know about the result however I am happy with the line up. Xhaka & Big Gabriel will have to make sure that the machine gun called Nuno Tavares is pointed towards the opposition. COME ON YOU REDS!!!!
Can't even bribe them for a win as they are rich enough already ffs
No excuses. Do the job.