Could there be any surprises, as in last years version of this fixture?
I can't see it myself, but which of our youth players would be in the position for a surprise callup? Bostock? Rose?
It says something about the strength of our squad that it would take a LOT of injuries before that would be the case though... this year we can genuinely beat Arsenal without the help of a surprise, we can outplay and beat them with the squad we have.
Too right. Where's all this confidence coming from? Delusional! Arsenal are favourites, and rightly so. Tonight is their best team against our (pretty much) best team. And their best has been better than our best for some time.
We're closer to them than we have been for years, so now and again we get a result - whereas when the gap was a gulf, we didn't.
But they'll still be confident of taking three points - and we'll still do well to get a draw.
son of a bitch! stuck at work all night so ill miss it, when i miss games we always seem to loose or draw as well :sad:
good man^. i wouldn't say i'm looking forward to it, but a win would be huge. we need to be in touch when we play city
im surrounded by computers, but if I watched the game here, i'd probably be lining up at a job centre in the morning, hopefully i can sneak out a bit early and make do with the radio on the trip home.
feels like a 1-1 though, us to score first. VDV via Pen.
have you got the net at work?
Cannot wait. Wish I was going but I'll just have to cheer from my sofa!
Too right. Where's all this confidence coming from? Delusional! Arsenal are favourites, and rightly so. Tonight is their best team against our (pretty much) best team. And their best has been better than our best for some time.
We're closer to them than we have been for years, so now and again we get a result - whereas when the gap was a gulf, we didn't.
But they'll still be confident of taking three points - and we'll still do well to get a draw.
I always say that evening games at home work in our favour rather than these awful 12:45 games where the fans don't seem up for it. If Arsenal are as bad as Utd were last night, we've got a shot especially if JJ,Hudd or Crouch don't start.