bat-chain
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Just don’t fear them at our ground, we always do them.
Match Threads Spurs Vs Arsenal
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- Jan 15, 2023
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Spurs 0-2 Arsenal
Just don’t fear them at our ground, we always do them.
cabinfever
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If that's the case, I expect a very uncomfortable day for DL.Pants down and spanked hard unfortunately.
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thebenjamin
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If we don't have Bentancur I really worry about our midfield. With Bissouma struggling with his ankle, and playing quite poorly, he isn't a good option. Skipp and Sarr I wouldn't want to start this. Rod needs to play.
Kulu looks like he’s the only one that could make it.
Make no mistake about it we need the Crowd to be the 12th man more than ever before Sunday , it needs to match last years atmosphere or better. South stand needs to be rocking from the off and even things don’t start well need to stick with the team !
Make no mistake about it we need the Crowd to be the 12th man more than ever before Sunday , it needs to match last years atmosphere or better. South stand needs to be rocking from the off and even things don’t start well need to stick with the team !
Blake Griffin
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assuming bentancur doesn't make it, i'd be very tempted to go with sarr over bissouma. the rest i imagine picks itself.
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thebenjamin
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Conte said before Palace he expected to have Deki, Rod and Richy back for this. Maybe he was just trying to put pressure on the medical dept.
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Tactically speaking, what is likely to happen is that Arsenal's ball-retention and off-the-ball movement will mean that they will dominate the first half and make us look a bit lost. They are likely to score a couple of goals. The crowd will be getting distinctly grumpy about the football.
But that underestimates our ability to score on the break and apparently out of nothing. It would not surprise me to see the teams going in at half time level at 1-1 or 2-2, after Arsenal had dominated the first half.
Then what happens is anyone's guess: although I expect us to be outplayed throughout, I am not convinced that will be reflected in the score line.
Especially if we can finally field a fully fit Kulusevski. His ball retention high up the pitch and his creativity are crucial to our squad at present - irreplaceable, until we do some more transfer business - and we've suffered badly since he's been unavailable.
The only prediction I will make is that we will find it difficult to get hold of the ball. The crowd will have to roll with that and not get on the players' backs.
But that underestimates our ability to score on the break and apparently out of nothing. It would not surprise me to see the teams going in at half time level at 1-1 or 2-2, after Arsenal had dominated the first half.
Then what happens is anyone's guess: although I expect us to be outplayed throughout, I am not convinced that will be reflected in the score line.
Especially if we can finally field a fully fit Kulusevski. His ball retention high up the pitch and his creativity are crucial to our squad at present - irreplaceable, until we do some more transfer business - and we've suffered badly since he's been unavailable.
The only prediction I will make is that we will find it difficult to get hold of the ball. The crowd will have to roll with that and not get on the players' backs.
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hughy
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The bit in bold is exactly how the game at the Emirates played out, we then went on to absolutely capitulate (mainly due to individual mistakes from Lloris and Emerson), and they won the second half comfortably.Had we not shot ourselves in the foot who knows what would have happened.
The only way of getting something out of this game is to keep it tight and see if we can expose them in the second half when they traditionally aren't as strong. If we're down at half-time I think it's as good as game over as they just don't seem to drop points after going ahead (happened one game all season I believe), but if we take them in to the break level I really fancy our chances of scraping a point at least.
cjbyid
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Best we can hope for with Kulu is a bench spot, I doubt he'll be chucked in from the start.
Same with bentacur although that's not looking good as it doesn't look like he's trained so far this week.
IF it's a close came come the second half having those options from the bench is big. Especially kulu.
Doubt Richarldson will make it.
Same with bentacur although that's not looking good as it doesn't look like he's trained so far this week.
IF it's a close came come the second half having those options from the bench is big. Especially kulu.
Doubt Richarldson will make it.
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mil1lion
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Kulusevski should be fine, he hasn't been out long. If he's fit he has to start.
I haven't really seen us defend as well as a team this season. We don't too often do it now and hit teams on the counter. This is our best path to victory for me. Let them have the ball up to a point but be aggressive when close to the box and break quickly. We've struggled more when teams play us at our own game and soak up pressure on us to then counter.
I haven't really seen us defend as well as a team this season. We don't too often do it now and hit teams on the counter. This is our best path to victory for me. Let them have the ball up to a point but be aggressive when close to the box and break quickly. We've struggled more when teams play us at our own game and soak up pressure on us to then counter.
thebenjamin
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Saka's pace against Perisic / Lenglet worries me
