Welbeck not in arsenal squad

We'll win at palace and the dippers will lose at chelsea - confirmed champions league.

Dippers will also probably lose at Stoke.

Originally Posted by saffers

We'll win at palace and the dippers will lose at chelsea - confirmed champions league.

Dippers will also probably lose at Stoke.

Yup. We will be fine.

Originally Posted by HERTS_RED

Sanchez will be top scorer next season, he's an absolute machine

He might - he's certainly good enough - but he has to play the Copa América at home in Chile where the pressure will be immense. Wouldn't be surprised if he was knackered for the 1st two months of the season.

Originally Posted by utd99

None of the teams we will play from here on will play the way West Brom did on Saturday. The gulf in quality between Arsenal and Hull is so stark that we really should be winning that game. If we don't well then we deserve the consequences. I don't think it will matter to us at that point.

Are you serious?

Crystal Palace will play exactly like WBA as no team has a lower average possession than Palace this season only Palace have a much better counter attacking threat than WBA

Even Arsenal will give us the ball and look to hit us on the break
With only 10 men in the cup game against Arsenal we still had over 60% of the ball

We have to find a way around this issue or we can kiss good bye to top 4 this season

Hull could be very fortunate in that Newcastle and Sunderland appear to be even shitter than them.

Originally Posted by doudou

He might - he's certainly good enough - but he has to play the Copa América at home in Chile where the pressure will be immense. Wouldn't be surprised if he was knackered for the 1st two months of the season.

He's like Suarez the £#%&!er keeps running and hates not playing - should bump the old Sanchez thread we should have signed him

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Are you serious?

Crystal Palace will play exactly like WBA as no team has a lower average possession than Palace this season only Palace have a much better counter attacking threat than WBA

Even Arsenal will give us the ball and look to hit us on the break
Even with only 10 men in the cup game against Arsenal we still had over 60% of the ball

We have to find a way around this issue or we can kiss good bye to top 4 this season

It's no coincidence that this abysmal form has coincided with Rooney being in midfield again and carrick being injured.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

It's no coincidence that this abysmal form has coincided with Rooney being in midfield again and carrick being injured.

And McNair instead of Jones or Rojo at the back

Originally Posted by Vedder

Yup. We will be fine.

exacly what we all said after we lost at Wigan in 2012

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

And McNair instead of Jones or Rojo at the back

We really shouldn't be having to play McNair at centre back ffs. What exactly is wrong with Rojo and Jones?

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Are you serious?

Crystal Palace will play exactly like WBA as no team has a lower average possession than Palace this season only Palace have a much better counter attacking threat than WBA

Even Arsenal will give us the ball and look to hit us on the break
Even with only 10 men in the cup game against Arsenal we still had over 60% of the ball

We have to find a way around this issue or we can kiss good bye to top 4 this season

I don't think so. Palace and Hull will both be at home which makes them less likely to do it. Hull may need something and Palace didn't even park the bus, so to speak, against Chelsea. Arsenal definitely won't. Possession stats aren't the whole story. You watched the cup game.

Regardless, I think Saturday was an anomaly anyway. We were shit and still should have scored three at a canter, and their goal was a freak. That won't happen every game.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Hull could be very fortunate in that Newcastle and Sunderland appear to be even shitter than them.

Would love to see an extra relegation place, would scare those useless teams polluting the bottom of the table shitless.

Would also like to see promotion/relegation playoffs between teams near the top/bottom of divisions, I don't see why we can't have more teams going up and down tbh

Palace have a thing about really raising their game against the top clubs - it will be very tricky down there. That said, so have we this season - give us something to play for (fa cup aside) and we can turn it on. Play like we did against wba - with the urgency and incisiveness of a snail - and we'll be well beaten.

We'll win imv

Originally Posted by Sparky***

We really shouldn't be having to play McNair at centre back ffs. What exactly is wrong with Rojo and Jones?

exactly McNair has been £#%&!ing £#%&!

Jones was on the bench on Saturday preume he'll be playing this weekend ffs

as for Rojo £#%&! knows.....probably got a part in the £#%&!ing Zoolander sequel ffs

Originally Posted by utd99

I don't think so. Palace and Hull will both be at home which makes them less likely to do it. Hull may need something and Palace didn't even park the bus, so to speak, against Chelsea. Arsenal definitely won't. Possession stats aren't the whole story. You watched the cup game.

Regardless, I think Saturday was an anomaly anyway. We were shit and still should have scored three at a canter, and their goal was a freak. That won't happen every game.

Palace gave away 74% possession to city when they beat them recently

They will have no problem giving us that much if not more of the ball but they are much on the counter with the pace they have in attack

We have to find answer to it

Originally Posted by utd99

I don't think so. Palace and Hull will both be at home which makes them less likely to do it. Hull may need something and Palace didn't even park the bus, so to speak, against Chelsea. Arsenal definitely won't. Possession stats aren't the whole story. You watched the cup game.

Regardless, I think Saturday was an anomaly anyway. We were shit and still should have scored three at a canter, and their goal was a freak. That won't happen every game.

That's what I meant by luck.

On saturday we are denied a blatant pen for handball, then afterwards we actually get one which the keeper saves. Van Persie has a shot later on which deflects just right for the keeper to save and palm it onto the post.

Then on the opposite end of the luck spectrum on Sunday, Hazard dives shamelessly to win a pen, the keeper saves it and it spools up just right for Hazard to nod the ball in.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

That's what I meant by luck.

On saturday we are denied a blatant pen for handball, then afterwards we actually get one which the keeper saves. Van Persie has a shot later on which deflects just right for the keeper to save and palm it onto the post.

Then on the opposite end of the luck spectrum on Sunday, Hazard dives shamelessly to win a pen, the keeper saves it and it spools up just right for Hazard to nod the ball in.

It can't keep going that way though. Most important thing for us is to not lose the confidence we built up. This is where Van Gaal earns his money.

Woah

hull pull one back. They'll still lose 5-2 or something.

still not sure why rojo is not playing. seems like another case of herrera, mata. LVG is pissed of with rojo?

Couple of ripe tackles and a straight red will do us this half. Koscielny already got a knock, need cocquelin to do something reckless. Be funny if Hull get back into it.