Arsenal vs Swansea, 11/05/15 8pm, SS1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wenger being completely clear on Ramsey's injury situation:


From the Hull match we had Ramsey who took a big kick, he is getting slowly better. We have an uncertainty about him, he got a big knock on his fibula and we’ll see about that. Yes [ he is 50/50]. No [he hasn't trained this week], not at all. He has not been out yet. [But yes] Ramsey will play again this season.


:wacko:

[Marc Overmars]

Not taking this one for granted, Swansea are #decent and well capable of getting a result as they have done a few times in the past against us.

2-1.

[GP]

Not taking this one for granted, Swansea are #decent and well capable of getting a result as they have done a few times in the past against us.

2-1.

I agree.

7-0

[AFC Leveller]

2-2.

Swansea are a very good side, they seem to play well against us and have beaten us over the years home and away.

[Injury Time]

Stupid Sky tv timings, sold our tickets for this as neither can make it, so 5-1 masterclass.

[Niall_Quinn]

2-0

Ozil hattrick

[Master Splinter]

Swansea don't have much threat up front at the moment, so if we play like we did against Hull and get on top of them quickly, it should be a comfortable win.

Wilshere in for Ramsey? Although there's the possibility of going all-out attack with Theo coming in .

Theo playing :haha:.

Wilshere it is. Will probably need a balanced midfield against Swansea anyway, or else they'll have most of the ball.

Good chance to give Gabriel a game too.

4-1 tbh.

Most importantly, will Cazorla ever get a shot on target again?

[AFC Leveller]

Swansea don't have much threat up front at the moment, so if we play like we did against Hull and get on top of them quickly, it should be a comfortable win.

Wilshere in for Ramsey? Although there's the possibility of going all-out attack with Theo coming in .

Theo playing :haha:.

Wilshere it is. Will probably need a balanced midfield against Swansea anyway, or else they'll have most of the ball.

Good chance to give Gabriel a game too.

4-1 tbh.

Most importantly, will Cazorla ever get a shot on target again?

As the tiny genuis says "we play good, no? we score the goal, no? important victory, no?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Taking my son to this. Booked it when it was scheduled for Saturday.. Was peeved when it got moved but my son is over the moon to be going to his first night game.

[Letters]

Swansea don't have much threat up front at the moment, so if we play like we did against Hull and get on top of them quickly, it should be a comfortable win.
Like your mum does.

[Master Splinter]

Like your mum does.

Pretty much.

You are quite small though.[Insert brilliant joke referring to Letter's height][/Insert brilliant joke referring to Letter's height]

[milla]

Taking my son to this. Booked it when it was scheduled for Saturday.. Was peeved when it got moved but my son is over the moon to be going to his first night game.

How old is your kid? Everyone on this site is getting old.. Except for Coney, he was old when he first joined 10 years ago. :coffee:

[Letters]

Pretty much.

You are quite small though.[Insert brilliant joke referring to Letter's height][/Insert brilliant joke referring to Letter's height]

:lol: well played :tiphat:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MNF is on in a couple of minutes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Özil, Alexis, Giroud.
Subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Wilshere, Rosicky, Walcott.

Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Cork, Sigurdsson, Montero, Dyer.
Subs: Tremmel, Richards, Britton, Grimes, Barrow, Emnes, Gomis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bournemouth are at home. :bow:

Seemingly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neville and Carragher are trying to dissuade Eddie Howe from thinking of playing attacking football next season.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

According to BBC Sport we have had an unchanged starting line up for the fifth league game in a row, not necessarily the starting line up i'd go with but if Wengy Chops is happy with his settled team and we aren't playing more than one game a week...it doesn't exactly harm us.
I think if we win tonight and get a point on Sunday, i think we should rest players though in the home games against Sunderland and West Brom.....keep fresh legs for the cup final and give a run out to some of the players who will probably be leaving us in the summer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Talking about Barcelona - Bayen after the break. :lol:

Arsenal. :lol:

Can't even get pre-match build-up about them.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Neville and Carragher are trying to dissuade Eddie Howe from thinking of playing attacking football next season.

Yeah look what a mess playing expansive, attacking football has put Swansea in

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Talking about Barcelona - Bayen after the break. :lol:

A tie that is essentially dead

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A lot of analysis for a piece on the game that remained 0-0.

Get on with the Özil bashing, MNF.

[fakeyank]

I would have started Walcott and Gabriel in this game. Give them some game time FFS! :banghead:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wenget isn't in the mood to risk dropping points, he wants second.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud's shot conversion rate. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

45 minutes in, they will be talking about our game. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well ok they talked about Özil for a couple of minutes.

[Niall_Quinn]

Something very weird has happened with the injuries this season. An unchanged team - AGAIN?

WTF is going on? Somebody somewhere is doing a good job.

[adzzzbatch]

Sky :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BFG gives Fabianski a hug.

[adzzzbatch]

Time to pay swansea back for dicking us over early in the season.

[adzzzbatch]

Oh FFS alan smith commentating again :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

Smudger Smith commentating :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Kevin Friend :doh:

Get ready for random refereeing.

[GP]

SOCCER!

[Niall_Quinn]

Late arrivals or lots of empty seats?

[Master Splinter]

Come on Arsenal :scarf:.

[Niall_Quinn]

We haven't created anything so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coquelin's passing is quite rancid. :lol:

[adzzzbatch]

Swansea time wasting already :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tackle from behind, no booking.

Not applying the rules because it is early in the game. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck off sky.

[Niall_Quinn]

Should be a red for Shelvey.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif header, over.

Good move though.

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooooooo

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif :doh:

Should be 1-0

[adzzzbatch]

well done Ramsey

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla going for the Hollywood balls a bit too early.

[adzzzbatch]

james milner at Arsenal? FUCK RIGHT OFF!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Milner :haha:

Unless it's not a joke, in which case :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

tooooooooo sloooooooooooow!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey cocked it up against Shelvey there.

Rangel shoots near post, Ospina saves.

[AFC Leveller]

swansea wana win it high up the pitch and counter, we should have plenty of experience with this kind of approach

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shelvey. :haha:

Goon.

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off shelvey

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ospina using his head. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Wake up Arsenal

[GP]

Question: What the fuck kinda name is Jonjo?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, dangerous area.

That carthorse Williams injuring himself and Bif.

[Niall_Quinn]

Playing right into their hands with this low tempo, possession stuff.

[AFC Leveller]

biff dead.

[Globalgunner]

Didn't Shelvey once star in a film called 'Powder'

[adzzzbatch]

"Honest attempt at the ball"

:lol:

[Master Splinter]

So Swansea immune to being booked as expected?

[Niall_Quinn]

That was about 5 minutes late. Classic yellow card. Is the ref going to do his job or not?

[AFC Leveller]

Playing right into their hands with this low tempo, possession stuff.

Wenger thinks otherwise.

[adzzzbatch]

ref not booking Swansea players :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good defending from BFG. :haha:

[adzzzbatch]

shit fk

[Niall_Quinn]

So he's managed to con the ref then?

Don't forget to clap when he comes back on.

[Master Splinter]

BFG :haha:.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a surprise, Williams back on. Miracle.

[Niall_Quinn]

What a ridiculous decision by the linesman.

[adzzzbatch]

alexis fouled yet again........ no booking

[AFC Leveller]

another foul, no card again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Deliberate kick on Alexis.

Guess what?

No card.

Which one of our lads will be getting booked for their first foul?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Swansea parking the bus in a dead rubber. Disgusting.

[Master Splinter]

"Come foul Arsenal at will!"

"Fill your boots!"

"Fifty fouls without a booking!"

[adzzzbatch]

what a shit ref we've got tonight

[Master Splinter]

Which one of our lads will be getting booked for their first foul?

Arteta.

[Niall_Quinn]

Where is Ramsey supposed to be playing? Wide?

Why is he in the middle then?

[adzzzbatch]

nice idea

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud didn't read Ramsey's pass, went the opposite way.

[adzzzbatch]

how did we lose to these shit kickers

[adzzzbatch]

Swansea being cunts with their throw ins

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shelvey is a mentalist.

[Niall_Quinn]

Slow, plodding, eye of the needle, sideways, backwards, tippy-tappy against 10 men behind the ball.

Again.

:doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Moneal charges down Shelvey's shot.

[Kano]

Languid atmosphere on and off the pitch tonight. If we're not careful we'll only squeeze a draw tonight.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good defending by Monreal.

[AFC Leveller]

need pace, need runners, need a bit of tempo.

this is too easy for swansea.

[adzzzbatch]

very sloppy from us so far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking sideways and back - so irritating.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I have no idea why Ramsey thought it was a good idea going for the header on goal from that distance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a waste from Giroud.

[adzzzbatch]

lovely from ozil

[Niall_Quinn]

Beautiful by Ozil, and onside.

[Niall_Quinn]

If we really go for it we could get 800 passes tonight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible pass from Ramsey.

[adzzzbatch]

bit shit from us tonight.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking ref - Ramsey blown up for winning the ball back.

[adzzzbatch]

I'm struggling to see the gameplan

[fakeyank]

Dire football from us

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another one in from behind. No bookng.

[adzzzbatch]

another foul. still no bookings.....

[Niall_Quinn]

60 passes in front of their two banks of 4.

Fernandez should have 2 yellows now - but he has none at all, what fun.

[Power n Glory]

We need to get Cazorla playing deeper, closer to Coquelin and stop all this interchanging. It's like we're missing an extra body when he's not there and the build up is slower.

[adzzzbatch]

smith: "just the knee lifting up"

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pires looks happy being near Redknapp.

[adzzzbatch]

Henry :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Pires :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No pelanty?

[adzzzbatch]

this ref :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

When you see the fouls so far, you have to conclude Friend is just a cheat. Deliberate kicks, two footed from behind, knees in the back.

And if that had been azzahhh instead of Alexis what do you think the outcome would be?

[adzzzbatch]

clumsy from bellerin

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bellerin avoids a yellow.

Kevin 'Everyone's' Friend.

[Niall_Quinn]

At least Bellerin isn't booked.

[Master Splinter]

This is the worst refereeing performance since Anthony Taylor or Lee Mason last took charge.

Surprised Bellerin wasn't sent off.

[Power n Glory]

We need to watch that Montero guy.

[Master Splinter]

And if that had been azzahhh instead of Alexis what do you think the outcome would be?

Chelsea pelanty, Swansea man sent off.

Arteta banned.

[adzzzbatch]

well done ramsey

[Niall_Quinn]

Good fetching by Ramsey but he should have been out there already. He's playing to centrally, unless that's the plan in which case it's a crap plan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Özil and Alexis. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

well played Alexis!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud and Williams grappling.

[adzzzbatch]

GET ON WITH IT!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Should be a pen. Giroud was literally pinned to the ground by Williams.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey quickens the pace, right out of play.

[adzzzbatch]

moreal :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Monreal with a stunning cross.

Flip-flops on for everyone.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking hell :doh:

What sort of shit is this?

[Power n Glory]

We've got no width.

[adzzzbatch]

this has been really poor!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shelvey booked!

:faint:

[adzzzbatch]

A yellow card!!! :faint:

[AFC Leveller]

this shit is fucking annoying.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fucking hell Ramsey.

Worth a fine.

[adzzzbatch]

merts :doh:

or ramsey :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Shelvey finally booked. Should be his second and off.

Fernandez should be off too.

[AFC Leveller]

We've got no width.

we have width on the bench tho, thats a start i guess.

[Power n Glory]

this has been really poor!

They've got 20 mins to sort their shit out. Game of Thrones is on soon and I have no problem flicking the channel over.

[adzzzbatch]

giroud :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

They've got 20 mins to sort their shit out. Game of Thrones is on soon and I have no problem flicking the channel over.

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

We've got no width.

Wenger refuses to play with width against packed defences. He likes to keep the opposition all lined up neatly and then play it slow in front of them.

Glorious tippy tappy, 700 passes and no shots

[adzzzbatch]

no shots on target :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giroud combs it wide.

[Xhaka Can’t]

They've got 20 mins to sort their shit out. Game of Thrones is on soon and I have no problem flicking the channel over.
If I ask nicely, will they put it up on the scoreboard?

[Niall_Quinn]

Decent enough effort from Bif, worth a go rather than more of that tip tap shite.

[AFC Leveller]

danny mills is commentating for my channel and he cannot stop talking about chelsea, moureen, matic, costa or Terry.

[Globalgunner]

Wenger again wants to make Garry Monk out to be some kind of football Einstein. Maybe we go down 1 then stage a glorious revival to draw

[adzzzbatch]

:sleep:

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/11/dc94644f7c9fd111e531f38f7ebb1651.jpgpure excitement

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Agent Fabianski should have chucked it in.

[AFC Leveller]

Monk obviously looked at the chelsea game and picked up a trick or two. No striker, packed midfield, constant fouling.

[Globalgunner]

danny mills is commentating for my channel and he cannot stop talking about chelsea, moureen, matic, costa or Terry.
I've got him too constant stream of inane tripe

[adzzzbatch]

2 minutes should be 5

[Niall_Quinn]

What's agent flappy doing :doh:

Leave it!

[Power n Glory]

If I ask nicely, will they put it up on the scoreboard?

I doubt it. I can send screenshots with captions from my iPhone if you're that desperate. I'm sure it will be more entertaining!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. Utter shit.

[adzzzbatch]

Shit half of football.

[Maestro]

here's hoping we have different ideas in the second half, because that was tripe

[Niall_Quinn]

So then, what will Wenger do?

PaddyPower says:

Change it 10000000000000000000000000/1
Exactly the same 1/1000000000000000000000000000

[Penguin]

Wengerball :sleep:

[Xhaka Can’t]

2 minutes should be 5
Fuck that.

[Power n Glory]

Wenger needs to tell Sanchez to and Ramsey to stay wide and create space in the centre. Ramsey probably won't do damage from wide but You can't give Sanchez too much space out wide. When running at players he can perform the impossible.

Saying that, we need to stop this interchanging stuff with Cazorla. Let him sit deep with Ozil further up. I don't want to see Ramsey in the middle swapping because he doesn't know what he's doing there.

[Master Splinter]

Complete crap, compounded by Kevin Friend being even worse.

Wilshere or Rosicky's little burst would be useful against Swansea's fouling bus. Theo too for some width, as we don't exactly need an extra midfielder tonight. Even Coquelin going off wouldn't be as mental as it usually is, as we know he won't take the senior players off.

[Master Splinter]

In games like this Chelsea would be given a non-pelanty to ensure the win.

Friend will instead send Ospina off for a laugh.

[Niall_Quinn]

Monk is a genius tbf.

The way he's skilfully packed his whole team behind the ball with instructions to grab and hold like a Mayweather if anyone in red comes near.

[fakeyank]

We need someone to run behind their back 4 with pace.. so it makes sense that Walcott should not come on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo should come on in the 72nd minute, replacing Alexis.

Flamini on in the 89th min, replacing Giroud.

Gibbs on in the 93rd minute replacing Monreal.

[Power n Glory]

Walcott coming on won't make a difference against a packed midfield. Wenger stopped playing him as a winger a long time ago. He's a wide forward that plays closer to Giroud.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[adzzzbatch]

Fuck that.

That good huh?

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

No subs by Wenger, probably no tactical changes either.

Computer says no.

[Power n Glory]

Game of Thrones! :woo:

See ya!

[Niall_Quinn]

Must be the easiest thing in the world planning tactics to face Wenger.

[Master Splinter]

Game of Thrones! :woo:

See ya!

NO SPOILERS.

[adzzzbatch]

kos :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coquelin boots it out of play.

[Niall_Quinn]

I love the way Coq carefully measured that up before booting it out of play.

[adzzzbatch]

OH FFS!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pure pub that passage of play.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger really is a one trick pony.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think our best bet is Shelvey just going loopy and knocking someone out.

[adzzzbatch]

this match has been pure shit so far

[Globalgunner]

What a load of nauseating crap

[adzzzbatch]

oooooooo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Quick play!

Corner.

[AFC Leveller]

first pass and move sequence almost gets us a goal.

more of the same plz

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Montero helpfully ruins Swansea's attack.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder if it would be worth playing it wide with pace on a second occasion? And maybe even do it again after that?

[adzzzbatch]

gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How didn't Alexis get that on target? :doh:

[AFC Leveller]

that wa s afucking deflection you cunt

[Master Splinter]

Alexis :doh:.

[Niall_Quinn]

Unlucky Alexis.

But why is that not a corner? WTF?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey. :haha:

Horrendous dinked ball.

[adzzzbatch]

Everything but the end product

[Niall_Quinn]

What rules are we playing today? Anyone know?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

that wa s afucking deflection you cunt

Oh that's why.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well Ospina. Cech in.

[AFC Leveller]

Unlucky Alexis.

But why is that not a corner? WTF?

this set of refs are a fucking shambles

[Niall_Quinn]

That's appalling by Ozil :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

we're making Swansea look good now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Much better play now. We're pulling the defence around with crazy shit like forward passes, running fast, using more than 1 sq inch of the pitch.

[adzzzbatch]

COME ON ARSENAL!

[adzzzbatch]

OO

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif shoots instinctively. Shot on target!

[Master Splinter]

Bif :doh:.

[Niall_Quinn]

Poor effort by Bif. Right at the keeper.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rangel off, Jazz Richards on. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey you dickhead.

[adzzzbatch]

ooooooo

[AFC Leveller]

good move, shit finish.

[Niall_Quinn]

Aaron Me :doh:

[AFC Leveller]

Ozil's ball tonight are delicious.

[adzzzbatch]

We need to win this!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil's ball tonight are delicious.

Coq is class too.

[adzzzbatch]

time for Ramsey to go off

[AFC Leveller]

Aaron Donkey is back it seems.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla shoots, Fabianski saves.

Traitor.

[Niall_Quinn]

WTF Bif? He's cleared that instead of sticking it in the net :doh:

[adzzzbatch]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Niall_Quinn]

Jack coming on, I dread to think who WUMger is bringing off.

[AFC Leveller]

ramsay needs to come off.

[adzzzbatch]

monreal fouled :rolleyes:

[Penguin]

Giroud has been useless tonight.

I don't like Theo up front but I'd be tempted to give him a go

[AFC Leveller]

Jack coming on, I dread to think who WUMger is bringing off.

Ospina

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Coquelin off, Wheelchair on.

Wenget going for all out attack again.

[adzzzbatch]

WTF wenger?

[Penguin]

Coq is off?

Wenger, wtf??? :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Coquelin. Completely unnecessary risk.

[AFC Leveller]

wenger trying to turn jack into messi.

wtf is he doing far right?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wheelchair certainly involved. In giving the ball away.

Bif hauled off, Theo on.

[fakeyank]

Giroud was atrocious tonight

[Power n Glory]

It just compacts the middle of the park more and adds more confusion. Wenger has no respect for the DM position. The sub shows why he's always trying to find a cheap solution for such a key position.

[AFC Leveller]

giroud off.

no ourlet now

watch how we will now put crosses into the box.

[adzzzbatch]

Ramsey stays on :wacko:

[Niall_Quinn]

Theo on for Bif.

I bet you we start lobbing crosses into the box now.

[adzzzbatch]

we really can't afford a draw

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cazorla shoots, Williams pubs it away.

[adzzzbatch]

ooo

[adzzzbatch]

that corner :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo could only scuff a poked effort.

[adzzzbatch]

ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's kitchen sink time. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ki off, Gomis on.

[adzzzbatch]

fuck off ref