Markus Liebherr Cup: Arsenal vs Anderlecht/Southampton, 6.45pm and 8.00pm Saturday July 14

[Joker]

Good chance for a trophy this. The tournament consists of 3 45-minute matches. Winning teams awarded 3 points, losers 0 points and if a match ends in a draw, there's a penalty shootout where the winners get 2 points and the losers 1.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-to-play-in-marcus-liebherr-cup

Potential lineups? I'll go with:

==============Chesney=======================

Jenkinson=====Koscielny===Vermaelen=======Gibbs==

==================M'Vila=====================

=========Arteta===========Affelay==============

Oxlade================================Podolski==

=================Giroud=======================

lol

EDIT: We're now playing Anderlecht instead of Rangers

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/anderlecht-replace-rangers-in-pre-season-cup

[Marc Overmars]

That midfield is kwality.

[Master Splinter]

Gibbs being fit :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey not starting? :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Who the hell is Markus Liebherr?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal back tomorrow.

:dance:

[Coney]

Ramsey not starting? :lol:

RvP not starting, more like? He is the captain atm.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's still sunning himself isn't he?

[Syn]

It's a run out for the kids. I doubt arteta,
Song etc. will be around. Gnabry, Bartley and them lot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I reckon they will for at least one of the matches. The main players available used to play 45 minutes against Barnet and this tournament replaces that fixture.

[Syn]

Arsène Wenger has named a young squad for the matches at St Mary’s, although the likes of Gervinho (http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/gervinho-signs-for-arsenal-pictures),Johan Djourou (http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/johan-djourou), Marouane Chamakh (http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/marouane-chamakh), Andre Santos (http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/andre-santos), Francis Coquelin (http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/francis-coquelin) and Kieran Gibbs (http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/kieran-gibbs) are all included in the 23-man squad.

None of the Club’s players who featured at Euro 2012 are in the travelling party as they are yet to return to training.

But those Arsenal fans attending the tournament will have the opportunity to see Kyle Bartley (http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/kyle-bartley), Vito Mannone (http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/vito-mannone) and Henri Lansbury (http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/henri-lansbury) back in Arsenal colours again after successful loan spells at Rangers, Hull City and West Ham respectively last season.

There is also the chance to see some of the Club’s rising stars in action, such as Dutch midfielder Kyle Ebecilio, exciting Swedish teenager Kristoffer Olsson (http://www.arsenal.com/reserves-youth/players/kristoffer-olsson) and German star Thomas Eisfeld.

Lansbury :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Kristoffer Olsson :popcorn:

[Marc Overmars]

Thomas Gotze Eisfeld. :bow:

[The Realist]

Any stream lads?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's not until tomorrrow. :unsure:

[Master Splinter]

Kristoffer Olsson :popcorn:

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/images/sep_11/gun__1315302839_playerprofile_olsson.jpg

He looks about 8. :lol:

Anyway, we're winning this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not even ATVO have this one live. :lol:

I think streams will be unlikely too. In any case Arsenal.com are doing updates on their twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/arsenal

Arsenal: Martinez, Boateng, Miquel, Yennaris, Watt, Eastmond, Eisfeld, Lansbury, Jenkinson, Gibbs (c), Chamakh.
Subs: Mannone, Santos, Angha, Olsson, Djourou, Hajrovic.

Anderlecht: Proto, Deschact, Biglia, Odoi, Kanu, Safari, De Sutter, Praet, Wasilewski, Gillet, Reynaldo.

Reynaldo. :haha:

Safari. :bow:

[GP]

Biglia :popcorn:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Arsenal are back :bow:

Arsenal :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There was a disallowed goal, SSN couldn't be arsed to tell us who. There won't be a post-match interview (well aside from Arsenal.com presumably).

[Master Splinter]

Biglia dominating yet?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Biglia has been very good so far apparently.

[Master Splinter]

Biglia has been very good so far apparently.

M'Vila :rose:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

•Jahed• ‏@jahed_m

Corner. Well whipped in by Lansbury, Chamakh was about to get his head on it but couldn't put his shisha down fast enough. 0-0 :lol:

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23AFCvAND?q=%23AFCvAND

[McNamara That Ghost...]

LANSBURY!!!!

Lansbo turned in Jenko's low cross. :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

we won :dance:

[Ollie the Optimist]

has wenger had botox?

https://p.twimg.com/AxyQ0Z2CQAEcxsX.jpg

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal :bow:.

The League's coming home tbh.

GHEL revolution version 2.0.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What is wrong with GW? It's rejecting Arsenal.

[Syn]

has wenger had botox?

https://p.twimg.com/AxyQ0Z2CQAEcxsX.jpg

Looks like phillip schofield ffs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Mannone, Meade, Santos, Eastmond, Lansbury, Ebecilio, Djourou (c), Coquelin, Gervinho, Aneke, Bartley.
Subs: Martinez, Eisfeld, Angha, Olsson, Hajrovic.

Southampton: Forecast, Butterfield, Fox, Hammond, Seaborne, Stephens, Puncheon, Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez, Chaplow, De Ridder.
Subs: Davis, Harding, Reeves, Robinson, Hoskins.

Forecast and Seaborne. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lansbo hauled off, Olsson on.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Kristoffer Olsson on for Lansbo.

He is meant to have sick tekkers. Along with Gnabry. And those two BBLs we nicked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Project Youth is back. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gervinho missed a good chance apparently. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Angha on for Aneke.

Who?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 1-0 Arsenal, Jay Rodriguez. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GERVINHO!!!! Great goal. :bow:

1-1. It will go to pelanties between us and Southampton as it stands.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And pelanties it has gone to.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Olsson scores :woohoo:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

His first goal of the season.

Alan Parry. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton won 5-4 on pelanties. Ebecilio missed for us. Who?

I think we still won the tournament though. :lol: We got a point for losing on pelanties. WTF?

In any case:

:trophy:

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal :bow:.

Southampton :haha:.

Time to ship Ebecilio out.

Gervinho doing it when it counts :bow:.

[Dennis Bendtner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5tlpWVxNA&feature=plcp

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qA1xgEjLWo&feature=player_embedded

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7XTSHoxxwV1y474DpWhYFryGIE3bIa l1_HTUuPR9jkSwGpEKkJw

:cloud9:

Right season over, bring on next summer.

[Syn]

Gervinho :bow:

Does it when it matters.

[Injury Time]

Looks like they are all walking past going nice corgi...or it a bear..or a fat terrier...man has it come to this :crying:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm not sure what it is. Not much of a memory for Markus Liebherr really.

[Master Splinter]

Gervinho was awlsome in his first pre-season game of last year as well.

Pre-Season Legends :bow:.

He's joined the ranks of Barazite, Traore, Randall and Wilshere.

[Xhaka Can’t]

What parade route are they using to Islington Town Hall?

[Injury Time]

What parade route are they using to Islington Town Hall?
Just up the stairs Rocky style (Podolski and Theo both out for 3 weeks with shoulder injuries from raising the trophy, Djou out with broken toes where they dropped it <_<)

[Kano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5tlpWVxNA&feature=plcp