Portsmouth v Arsenal, 19:45 GMT (02/03, FA Cup R5. BT Sport 1)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli to hammer them. :bow:

[Mac76]

i don't want Martinelli or anyone remotely good anywhere near Portsmouth on Monday

we should play our kids all the way - whether they win or lose they get some useful experience and we don't risk the first team

Mustafi can play though, that's fine...

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

What exactly would we be saving them for...? To finish a lofty 8th? Even if we didn't have the FA cup, the team has shown absolutely no confidence this season that we will get anywhere near 4th or even 5th.

[dazthegooner]

Well we should play as many of the youngsters as we can Auba to be on the bench but only as a precaution Laca should be nowhere near the team he atm the moment he couldn't finish in a brothel.

[Letters]

What exactly would we be saving them for...? To finish a lofty 8th? Even if we didn't have the FA cup, the team has shown absolutely no confidence this season that we will get anywhere near 4th or even 5th.

Basically agreed although the way others are floundering around 5th is very much up for grabs.
But I still think we should go for the FA Cup, it's the only trophy we can win now so let's twat these twats tonight.
I thought this might be on BBC by the way :(
Will have to try and find a stream.

[Marc Overmars]

I don’t mind what team we put out here because I think it should be enough regardless to beat a League One team. If (a big if) we were to go on a run that got us closer to 4th I don’t think playing an extra couple of cup games is going to make much of a difference now.

[dazthegooner]

Basically agreed although the way others are floundering around 5th is very much up for grabs.
But I still think we should go for the FA Cup, it's the only trophy we can win now so let's twat these twats tonight.
I thought this might be on BBC by the way :(
Will have to try and find a stream.

If you get a link please share the horror channel films are rubbish.

[Letters]

If you get a link please share the horror channel films are rubbish.

I've been using an app on Kodi recently called Rising Tides. So I don't know what the links actually are.
It's been pretty good though.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Off topic but just seen a ticket for the Liverpool game, upper tier front row around the half way line for 127 squid! What the actual fuhk!

[dazthegooner]

I want two, Haven't got the money for them but want two anyway :unsure:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Portsmouth: Bass, McCrorie, Bolton, Burgess, Seddon, Close, McGeehan, Williams, Evans, Harness, Harrison.
Subs: MacGillivray, Raggett, Whatmough, Naylor, Cannon, Marquis, Curtis.

Arsenal: Martinez, Sokratis, David Luiz, Pablo Mari, Saka, Guendouzi, Torreira, Nelson, Willock, Martinelli, Nketiah.
Subs: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Xhaka, Ceballos, Pepe, Lacazette.


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Close and Bass. :lol:

Wod play all night I feel.

Cannon. :bow:

Apt we're playing against him.

Pablo Mari. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Michael Bolton, Tim Burgess and George Harrison :bow:.

Ian Curtis on the bench :bow:.


We've only got Trevor Nelson FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Marquis De Sade on the bench.

Need to keep an eye on him.

[Globalgunner]

Hope our boys are ready for the rough and tumble

[Master Splinter]

Ozil being rested so he can do fuck all in the league game.

[Master Splinter]

At least the pitch isn't absolute turd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson belts it from one side of the pitch to the other.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jenas co-commentating.

Full-on bitter Spud tonight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McGeehan elbows Eddie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Evans. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wake up Guendouzi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock with a chipped ball in but not much threat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira gets wiped out.

Oh I didn't realise Mike Dean is the ref.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torreira off injured, Ceballos on.

[Master Splinter]

An unpunished elbow and leg-breaker so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli sets up a mini-chance, cleared away.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Saka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari with the important block. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well claimed Martinez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Evans heads wide.

You'd think Pompey have carved out chance after chance the way Darke and Jenas are banging on.

[Mac76]

Can't believe we're risking Saka in this game, the Torreira injury's already shown the risks, totally nuts :rolleyes:

[Globalgunner]

If we had decent CBs. Luiz would be out best midfielder. The rest aren't up to much kop

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli clears one.

Tough header to make tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great block Sokratis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Weird decision from Martinelli to run around that one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guendouzi booked for Ceballos getting his shirt pulled off.

Mike Dean is such a twat.

[Master Splinter]

Nothing's come of it yet, but Dean is giving a scandalous performance even by his standards.

He's been told to buy into the cup upset plot and he's complying like the cunt he is.

[dazthegooner]

If helps Pompey to get though he gets to give blow jobs to the entire team and he will swallow everything.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McGeehan booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah. :haha:

That shot was not on target.

[Master Splinter]

Blonde Portsmouth twat should be off.

He'll score now and Dean will slide across the pitch on his knees.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SOKRATIS!!!!

Jenas. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

SOKRATIS!!!

[Letters]

Someone :bow:

Great volley :dance:

[LDG]

Papapansthappadappadopolos :dance:

[dazthegooner]

Take it no VAR?

[Mac76]

Ok, now let's get a second at the restart and get it done

[Master Splinter]

Big bastard centre-back scoring from the second phase of a corner.

Who's the third division underdog now?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 HT.

Portsmouth have done sod all but Darke manages to make it sound like that opening 20 minutes against Barca in 2010.

[Master Splinter]

Mike Dean allowed Portsmouth to take a quick free-kick earlier in the half when they were just outside our box.

When Guendouzi tried to do it in the middle of the pitch, he got booked.

It's outright cheating but the Mike Dean ascension to reality TV star continues and everyone just laughs it off.

I'd love Guendouzi to score and troll Dean straight after. It would be worth the red.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harness fucks it up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Williams shot going wide, Darke to count it as proof we're getting hammered.

[LDG]

Yay!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

NKETIAH!!!! Did well to get the second attempt in.

[Master Splinter]

MARLO STANFIELD!!!!

[Letters]

0-2

Nketiah (sp?) :bow:

Trouble with Arsenal, they always want to walk it into the net. And he prett much did.

[Globalgunner]

Has Jenas started crying yet

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eddie putting in a transfer request with that celebration? :unsure:

[dazthegooner]

Well he's scored again so back on the bench Saturday replaced by our goalscoring machine Laca :unsure:

[Maestro]

Marlo Stanfield scores 2-0

[Master Splinter]

Well he's scored again so back on the bench Saturday replaced by our goalscoring machine Laca :unsure:

Back to the u23s for Nelson and Nketiah while Lacazette and Pepe put in another couple of 2/10 performances.

[LDG]

Fuck off Dean you cheating cunt

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hope we hammer this filth.

[Master Splinter]

Marlo starts and we look dangerous, score freely and win again.

Personally, I prefer that to goal repellants.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harrison off, Marquis De Sade on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harness off, Curtis on,

[Globalgunner]

I've come to the conclusion that Guendouzi is not very talented. Neither is Ceballos for that matter. No way he gets in the current Madrid team.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jenas said they haven't got the reward they deserved.

Still no shot on target for Portsmouth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good run from Nelson again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sokratis has visions.

[Globalgunner]

Jenas said they haven't got the reward they deserved.

Still no shot on target for Portsmouth.

Jenas would root for the Taliban if they were playing Arsenal

[Master Splinter]

Does that count as a shot on goal for BT from ponytail guy?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bass is playing a bit too deep.

Evans off, Cannon on.

He'll blast it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bass saves from Saka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pablo Mari howitzer. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinelli as the left back. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Cannon does blast it!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka coming on. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock off for Xhaka.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nelson off, AMN on.

He's alive!

[Niall_Quinn]

SOKRATIS!!!!!!! 0-1

EDDIE!!!!!!! 0-2

Just catching up. Had to work.

Did I miss anything good? Has Xhaka made his forward pass yet?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oi Wanker!

:haha:

Nozza in the crowd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Portsmouth 0-2 Arsenal, FT.

Pablo Mari single handedly keeping a clean sheet on his debut. :bow:

That was a stroll.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 0-2

Great performance. Probably.

First team in the QF :bow:

FA Cup is the one to win this season, what with Liverpool having made the PL so boring.

[Master Splinter]

Mike Dean :haha:.

Jean Arse :haha:.

Nelson :bow:.

Sokratis :bow:.

Marlo :bow:.

[dazthegooner]

11 Away games unbeaten :yikes:

[LDG]

We beat Mike Dean 2-0

[fakeyank]

Thought Mari did a good job. He is confident on the ball.

Rest of the game was a pile of slow moving garbage.

[Letters]

Thought Mari did a good job. He is confident on the ball.

Rest of the game was a pile of slow moving garbage.

Your face is a pile of slow moving garbage.

Meh. Tbh I wasn't watching properly, kept an eye on it. We were OK. Did enough.