FA Cup Final, Arsenal v Chelsea III, 17:30 BST (01/08, BBC1/BT Sport)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cup final hype. :bow:

Now we're a mid table bunch of chancers, this suddenly feels quite big.

Come on 14. :pray:

[Marc Overmars]

:sick:

Come on you Gunners.

[dazthegooner]

We need revenge on last season and we’re due a good win against the scum.

[Letters]

What time is kick off?

[GP]

17.30

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good point, I had omitted that.

[Mac76]

The choice is a plucky against-the-odds win or a Europa-style humiliation, i'd obviously prefer the first but either way it's not really where we should be

[Letters]

The choice is a plucky against-the-odds win or a Europa-style humiliation, i'd obviously prefer the first but either way it's not really where we should be

I guess Chelsea are marginal favourites but not like City were against us.
Us beating them wouldn't be a massive giant killing a la Wrexham :sick:

Overall agree that as a club we aren't where we should be of course, that's pretty much beyond dispute.

[Marc Overmars]

Chelsea are the better team but defensively they’re possibly worse than us. They’ve conceded 54 goals this season, which is unheard of for a Chelsea team in recent memory. I believe their collective options in midfield and attack is better than ours though.

We’re underdogs but we’ve been here before, we can turn up for a one off if we need to. Likewise we could just shit the bed like we did last year in Baku.

Fuck knows.

[Letters]

Fuck knows.

Pretty much. Can't call it. We've definitely got a decent chance, but we are certainly perfectly capable of embarrassing ourselves too.

[Penguin]

The good news is that Mustafi is out of the picture. Giroud would dominate him physically, and I wouldn't bet against him giving away a penalty. The bad news is that the rest of our defenders aren't much better.

I do feel more confident about this game than against Liverpool or City. Bring the cup home lads :pray:

[GP]

3-0

[Mac76]

3-0

So Chelsea are the 'home' side then? ;)

[Mac76]

The good news is that Mustafi is out of the picture. Giroud would dominate him physically, and I wouldn't bet against him giving away a penalty. The bad news is that the rest of our defenders aren't much better.

I do feel more confident about this game than against Liverpool or City. Bring the cup home lads :pray:

Yeah, Mustafi out is a bonus though if Holding plays i hope he has a better game than against Watford, he let himself down a bit there although playing alongside Luiz can't be easy

[The Wengerbabies]

Win this and the season will be up there with 92/93

[I am invisible]

Any chance we can pass Saliba off as Mustafi?

[Mac76]

Any chance we can pass Saliba off as Mustafi?

From what I've heard, Saliba's a good player, so no chance i'm afraid...

[AFC Leveller]

After the City game, I felt confident going into the final. But seeing us produce that shit show against Watford, I am seriously worried now. Chelsea have a very good attack/midfield and with Giroud, you know he loves a goal in these kind of games.

Holding has mare against Watford and will need to sort himself out on Saturday.

Head says 2-0 loss. Heart says 1-2 win.

[Mac76]

i'm just hoping our players were focussing on not getting injured ahead of the final and took their foot off the pedal once we were 3-0 up.

hopefully Lumplard's been put into a false sense of security anyway :lol:

there's no doubt Giroud will score though, it's written in ancient texts somewhere ...

[I am invisible]

From what I've heard, Saliba's a good player, so no chance i'm afraid...

But what if we cut that yellow / orangey hair of his off and stuck it on his face like a beard?

[I am invisible]

After the City game, I felt confident going into the final. But seeing us produce that shit show against Watford, I am seriously worried now. Chelsea have a very good attack/midfield and with Giroud, you know he loves a goal in these kind of games.

Holding has mare against Watford and will need to sort himself out on Saturday.

Head says 2-0 loss. Heart says 1-2 win.

I fancy us to concentrate / fight harder against Chelsea than I did against Watford or Villa, but even at our (current) best there's still a chance that any one of 4 or 5 players could self-destruct at any moment.

That's just what we have to work with right now, though, so not much point in fretting over getting the selection right - there's going to be at least one or two land mines in there.

[Mac76]

But what if we cut that yellow / orangey hair of his off and stuck it on his face like a beard?

We'll he'd also have to practice making suicide tackles, giving away pelanties and then blaming the goalie afterwards....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC build-up on iPlayer (Football Focus will be on BBC1 I am sure too though):

https://i.imgur.com/zYNga6L.png

[Marc Overmars]

Got a bad feeling we're going to get turned over.

[Letters]

I honestly can't call it.
City I thought we were in for a pasting. Play like that we did that day again though and we have a real chance. But will we?

[Marc Overmars]

That was such a random performance. A total anomaly to what we’ve seen all season. Pray we can replicate that again.

Usually I’m nervous as fuck ahead of finals but I just don’t expect much anymore from Arsenal, so I’m fairly chilled about this.

[Mac76]

i just don't want it to be as embarrassing as the EL final

[Mac76]

anyway - lineups?

mine would be


Martinez

AMN Sokratis Holding Tierney Saka

Torreira Ceballos

Pepe Laca Auba


much as I hate playing Auba on the left i think Saka should be at LWB with Tierney in the left of a back three, plus Laca's started to show some kind of decent signs lately - plus I've just given up hoping Arteta will ever not play Auba on the left

I know people will say Xhaka should play but he's just too prone to getting into trouble, especially with Taylor being the ref, and also just being too slow against the likes of people like Pulisic

I'd also have Ozil and Guendouzi on the bench but i know there's no chance of that

and I've already put £5000 on Willock coming on with twenty minutes to go...

[Marc Overmars]

Can’t see Sok playing. Think it’s obvious Arteta doesn’t fancy him.

I reckon we’ve seen enough to know who he prefers from this ramshackle lot.

[Mac76]

Sure, I know Sokratis won't play, which is a shame but as you say Arteta doesn't like him, no doubt he 'doesn't train hard enough'

So Arteta thinks Luiz is worth the risk, after all what can go wrong when's he's easily wound up, playing against his old club and got sent off at Stamford Bridge...? :rolleyes:

[LDG]

SHE WORE!!!!

[GP]

WHAT DID SHE WEAR??

[Mac76]

In the merry month of, err, August :lol:

[LDG]

And when we asked her, why she wore her facemask

[GP]

She said it’s for The Arsenal and we’re going to Wem Ber LEE!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:sick:

[Marc Overmars]

Come on you Gunners!!!

[Letters]

I hope we win.

[I am invisible]

Martinez

Holding Luiz Tierney

AMN Ceballos Xhaka Saka

Pepe Laca Auba


No way Luiz doesn’t start, unfortunately - there’s so little creativity through the middle up top that we need his ability to play line-breaking passes from deep.

Ditto for Xhaka - Torreira just doesn’t offer enough on the ball to be a starter, and I’m not sure this is the time to throw Willock in.

AMN over Bellerin or Soares is the only one I’m not sure about there, but I like Ainsley - was impressed with how he coped with Man City’s left and Traore in recent weeks, and I think he looks more motivated than the other two.

[WMUG]

:sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez

Holding Luiz Tierney

AMN Ceballos Xhaka Saka

Pepe Laca Auba


No way Luiz doesn’t start, unfortunately - there’s so little creativity through the middle up top that we need his ability to play line-breaking passes from deep.

Ditto for Xhaka - Torreira just doesn’t offer enough on the ball to be a starter, and I’m not sure this is the time to throw Willock in.

AMN over Bellerin or Soares is the only one I’m not sure about there, but I like Ainsley - was impressed with how he coped with Man City’s left and Traore in recent weeks, and I think he looks more motivated than the other two.

Soares cannot play as he is cup tied, I'd imagine just Holding instead of Mustafi but same back five as against Citeh otherwise.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

We need to do it for Drew McIntyre's cat.

:rose:

[LDG]

:sick: :sick:

Come on you rip roaring top scoring GOOOOONERS!

[Letters]

Come on you twats!
Let’s twat these twats

:scarf:

[I am invisible]

Soares cannot play as he is cup tied, I'd imagine just Holding instead of Mustafi but same back five as against Citeh otherwise.
:good:

Luiz and Holding... both occasionally immense, occasionally terrible and mostly just OK - what’s the chances we catch them both on their brilliant days?

[I am invisible]

:sick: :sick:

Come on you rip roaring top scoring GOOOOONERS!
Yeah, come on lads! Let’s get this one done so we can get on with selling half of you.

[The Wengerbabies]

LETS DO THIS!!!

COYG!

[Mac76]

Feels wierd not having plans for the day beyond sitting down in front of the TV, at 4.30 or so for me, there's only so much buildup i can deal with

Anyway, yes, COYG and let's beat Chelski

[Mac76]

Oh no, i just saw that Mark Lawrenson thinks we'll win

Arsenal :rose:

[I am invisible]

Feels wierd not having plans for the day beyond sitting down in front of the TV, at 4.30 or so for me, there's only so much buildup i can deal with

Anyway, yes, COYG and let's beat Chelski
Yeah, we’re taking the girls round their grandparents for the day, so I’ll probably stick it on iPlayer just before KO.

Really, gonna have to mind my language here, and resist the urge to throw my phone at their wall!

[GP]

I would like to win this.

[GP]

https://i.imgur.com/IUHplrk.jpg

Edgar Wright with the prediction

[Mac76]

Saw seven arsenal shirts on a trip out for lunch and the shops, not bad for an area which probably has more spuds fans overall

[I am invisible]

Bored - tell them to kick off now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BT's programme starts in a minute.

BBC's in 15.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP, Joe Cole and Rio are there.

[Marc Overmars]

Ozil has gone to Turkey for a jolly up.

If he isn’t sold this summer... :haha:

[Mac76]

BBC's in 15.

I'm still watching the adverts, waiting for it to start...

[Mac76]

Ozil has gone to Turkey for a jolly up.

If he isn’t sold this summer... :haha:

Well it's logical, if he isn't in the squad, not allowed in the ground he might as well, it's quite a good way of showing two fingers to Arteta tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal: Martinez, Holding, David Luiz, Tierney, Bellerin, Xhaka, Ceballos, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Subs: Macey, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Smith, Willock, Nelson, Saka, Nketiah.

Chelsea: Willy, James, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Bif, Pulisic.
Subs Kepa, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Kante, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Pedro, Tammy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer, Wright and Cashley are there.

[Mac76]

Lampard showing he's way too hard to wear a mask - wanker

[Mac76]

Shearer, Wright and Cashley are there.

Cole counts for both and Wrighty for us, that makes it 2-1 to us...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cole counts for both and Wrighty for us, that makes it 2-1 to us...

Lineker is presenting though. :lol:

[Munchies]

COYGGGG

hope you've all been well on here

[Mac76]

And here's Bif...

[Niall_Quinn]

I suppose he'll be scoring the winner?

[Niall_Quinn]

No Saka? Why wouldn't you pick your best team for a game like this? Bizarre.

[Munchies]

Worried about Pulisic and Giroud

[Niall_Quinn]

No mask Arteta :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Thanks Balague for that sub two minute piece.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why can't they have at least a fifth size crowd, spaced out in the seats? Travel wouldn't be any worse than work day rush hour. It's completely unnecessary to be playing this behind closed doors. No science, no logic.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wonder if they can find a way to work the Giggs goal in?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Have to put in the goals and assists stat for a full back. :lol:

[Mac76]

No Saka? Why wouldn't you pick your best team for a game like this? Bizarre.

High-impact subatitute hopefully, could really add something later on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Altidore. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sack Dan Walker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Old Man Willy can't block us surely?

[Mac76]

Chelsea are vulnerable to set pieces apparently, a pity our corners and FKs are so crap then...

[Letters]

Why can't they have at least a fifth size crowd, spaced out in the seats? Travel wouldn't be any worse than work day rush hour. It's completely unnecessary to be playing this behind closed doors. No science, no logic.

Science suggests that football fans are, on average, idiots.
Zero chance people would behave themselves even if in theory you’re right.
It’s all very strange but isn’t everything this year?
:(

[Letters]

Lampard called us a “very good team”, which makes me think he’s gone senile.
We have a chance here :cool:

[Letters]

Wills :bow:
Gawd bless ‘im

[Mac76]

Was that Adams at Prince William's tea party?

[Niall_Quinn]

Went away for a few minutes, cam back and now there's a total wanker hosting the show - and it's not Shearer. Who is this awful cunt and how did he get on TV for such a big match?

Fuck off wanker!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

After all we did to help Villa stay up, William could at least sort out a fix for us today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is this Abide With me or America the Beautiful?

[Niall_Quinn]

Not kidding - what happened to the show? Who are these people?

[Mac76]

Emily sande - on the roof - wtf?! :haha:

[GP]

Emily sande - on the roof - wtf?! :haha:

Socially distancing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What the fuck was that?

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Crap - what channel is this match on? Can't find it on Sky. BBC has gone mental and turned into some sort of pub event. Is this BT only?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A choir can come in at least.

:rolleyes:

[Mac76]

Her we go - COYG - cone on you fuckers

[Letters]

Her we go - COYG - cone on you fuckers

Agreed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just a couple of minutes until N_Q goes apoplectic I would wager.

[Letters]

What the hell is this?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What the hell is this?

Prince William's influence.

[Letters]

Prince William's influence.

Ah. I approve then.

[Niall_Quinn]

Me :doh:

I was watching the wrong fucking channel.

Now I've found the right channel and it's some fuck awful rapper that sounds like a retard.

Might be some football in a minute.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Danny Murphy? Fuck sake.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck off Laca - twat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They somehow easily forget Chelsea conceded more goals than us in the league and by quite a few.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great work from AMN, Auba fucked it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez saves from Mount, Xhaka completely overwhelmed.

[Mac76]

Xhaka dwelling on the ball again

[Niall_Quinn]

Auba should have scored that, or at least got it on target.

[Mac76]

Great by martinez

[Niall_Quinn]

Real schoolboy error from Xhaka. Simple, basic stuff.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Pulisic. Oh dear.

[Mac76]

Shit

Fucking yank

[Penguin]

Midfield nowhere. Defense nowhere. Twats.

[Letters]

:doh:

2020 continues to go from strength to strength

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe shot, Willy saves.

[Niall_Quinn]

FFS

[Niall_Quinn]

No midfield, no defence, Tierney actually stepped away. All the old faults in one move.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Woeful from Holding.

[Marc Overmars]

:lol:

Over before it’s even started.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just dreadful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Martinez saves from Pulisic.

Getting battered.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN has turned in to Garrincha. :bow:

[Penguin]

Holding is having a mare. He needs to take a deep breath and move on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good corner Pepe. Chelsea are weak at set pieces supposedly but with delivery like that we'll never fucking find out.

[Mac76]

Pepe :rolleyes:

[LDG]

Control in the middle really lacking.

Xhaka is all over the place. Cabellos non-existent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That's a red!!!!

[Mac76]

That should be a yellow for kovacix

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kovacic booked, how that isn't endangering an opponent I really don't understand.

[Niall_Quinn]

Murphy sees the studs up and then says, studs not up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Control in the middle really lacking.

Xhaka is all over the place. Cabellos non-existent.

Xhaka dreadful. Several times he could have released the ball but took the easy option.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos just over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :haha:

Sexy legs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Laca's doing the legwork. Pepe is a lazy bastard.

[Niall_Quinn]

Time for tea. :doh:

[Letters]

We are doing ok. Holding our own.
Maitland-Niles has been excellent.
Need to stop messing around at the back.

Come on boys, we can do this :scarf:

[Mac76]

Dani and AMN doing well so far, Xhaka useless, Holding still not looking his best either

[Niall_Quinn]

This is so obviously the slow introduction of the halfway ad break. Transparent as hell.

As long as we get cheerleaders in skimpy knickers. And not male ones either.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe hammers it in but disallowed.

[Letters]

Pepe puts the ball in the net.
Offside. Correct decision.

PEL!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PELANTY!!!

Azpi only a yellow? Fuck off.

[Mac76]

Pelanty!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Typical. Pepe does something right, but only once the flag has gone up.

Do it again please!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If it's outside the box it has to be a red.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is it yellow?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!! COME ON!!!!

[Penguin]

Auba! Smashed it in.

[RomfordPele]

Get in!!

Stonewall red though.

[Mac76]

Yes - great pel

Caballero :haha:

[Letters]

Great Pel.
1-1

COME ON BOYS!!

[LDG]

Got it wrong. That wasn’t a peno, bit it was a sending off.

Fuck it.

COME ON YOU GUNNERS!

[Niall_Quinn]

1-1

Now start again and do it properly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif. :haha:

This usually happens.

He dies once every match.

[Letters]

PELANTY!!!

Azpi only a yellow? Fuck off.

Case for a red but I never like that rule.
We got the pel and the goal. That’s enough imo

[Niall_Quinn]

What the fuck is wrong with Bif? A little tap and he's dead? And they actually check that shit with VAR?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dave is dead.

[Mac76]

Azpilacueta :rose:

[RomfordPele]

Case for a red but I never like that rule.
We got the pel and the goal. That’s enough imo

I agree but that logic didn’t apply to Luiz earlier in the season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I have to say Arsenal are very, very fortunate about the penalty award. I thought Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dived. Did Aubameyang have to go down? There was not enough contact for him to fall like that.

Chris Sutton. :haha:

[Gooner23]

Case for a red but I never like that rule.
We got the pel and the goal. That’s enough imo

Except Luiz got sent off not that long ago for a deliberate foul in the box. We always seem to be the wrong side of these rule nuances.

[Globalgunner]

Azpilacueta :rose:

Sneakily trying to avoid the inevitable 2nd yellow?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Azpisomething off, Christensen on.

[Gooner23]

Except Luiz got sent off not that long ago for a deliberate foul in the box. We always seem to be the wrong side of these rule nuances.

Xhaka still the only player I know to have been sent off for a deliberate but not dangerous foul outside the box.

[Niall_Quinn]

Get him off the fucking pitch and if the chavs want to take a week to make the sub they can do it on their own time.

[Letters]

Except Luiz got sent off not that long ago for a deliberate foul in the box. We always seem to be the wrong side of these rule nuances.

Well sure. Consistency would be nice.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chris Sutton. :haha:

tbf, Sutton knows his stuff when it comes to diving.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jorginho hits Sande.

[LDG]

Disappointed Apazauletttatsbdn went off. He’s as slow as an old cart horse

[Mac76]

Jorgimho :haha:

[Mac76]

Jorginho hits Sande.

:lol:

[Globalgunner]

Chris Sutton. :haha:

These biased morons always show their bias while our people like Smith bend over backwards to pretend being neutral

[Penguin]

Chelsea are getting a lot of joy on our right hand side. Holding and Bellerin are leaving some pretty big gaps for them to run into.

[Globalgunner]

Xhaka still the only player I know to have been sent off for a deliberate but not dangerous foul outside the box.

Eddie too

[Niall_Quinn]

WTF Pepe? What a mess.

[Mac76]

We so overpaid for Pepe

[Niall_Quinn]

Sick of Xhaka's negative play when we have the ball upfield.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good pressure. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stupid corner routine.

[Globalgunner]

Sick of Xhaka's negative play when we have the ball upfield.

He cant help himself. He will even tell others around him to play the ball backwards every time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, just outside the box.

[Letters]

Got them on the ropes now.
Come on boys!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette, miles wide. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Pepe's a joke. Shoot FFS!

[Letters]

Miles wide from Laca :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

Terrible FK from Laca

[Penguin]

What the fuck is wrong with Bif? A little tap and he's dead? And they actually check that shit with VAR?
Why do pundits always want Luiz to take free kicks? 9/10 of them end up in row Z!

[Niall_Quinn]

Laca misses the target from an unopposed kick. Desperate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Think we're relying on hoofing it up to the left side a bit too much to maintain a threat there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mount booked.

:lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Why do pundits always want Luiz to take free kicks? 9/10 of them end up in row Z!

He could also pass to his teammates rather than the opposition. That might help.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 HT.

Did well getting back in to it with us getting done in on the first 10 minutes.

Don't slack off now you stupid turds.

[Letters]

1-1 HT

Arsenal :bow:

After the goal and a bit of jitters after that we’ve been good.
Great game, this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Who is this Michelle Arteta?

[Mac76]

Poor start but recovered well, this is going better than i thought so far

Need to be ready for Chelski to come back at ua though

Would swap Pepe for Nelson soon

[Master Splinter]

We were the better team after the first ten minutes.

We need Pepe and Laca to be sharper because so far we're a threat without both of them contributing much. Pepe, as usual, just needs to be decisive rather than dithering and killing momentum. Laca needs to press better, as he has done recently.

AMN has been brilliant again.

Holding and Luiz ended up playing attacking midfield roles by the end of the half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tierney and AMN played well. The rest were ragged, random and wasteful. Higher tempo as the half went on though, which gives us a chance.

[Letters]

Cashley’s face when the pel when it :lol:
Ian Wright, Wright, Wright :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

I wish more pundits were as impartial as Wrighty.

[Niall_Quinn]

"I definitely never thought." Lineker's best quote ever.

[GP]

Stay on target!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Let's just give ourselves the trophy no matter the result. :bow:

[Letters]

Wait. It wasn’t a red because it started outside the box (fine).
And because there was a genuine attempt to play the ball?! :lol:
Not really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pulisic does his hamstring. :lol:

Was worth letting the attack happen in the end.

[Mac76]

Pulisic injured - pity...

[Letters]

Ooh! Pulisic might have done his hammy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Two players going down with hamstrings suggest they had not warmed up properly tbf.

[Letters]

Feel a bit sorry for him but he was a real danger so...good

[GP]

Cheerio

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pulisic off, Old Man Pedro on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding just isn't there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pika Pika!

[LDG]

Xhaka has been fucking woeful in possession

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bif was holding on to David Luiz's shirt. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Why has Luiz spent the whole match so far passing to the opposition?

[Niall_Quinn]

Bif fouls Luiz. Chav FK.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Auba.

Woeful shot from Xhaka.

[Master Splinter]

Laca and Auba :doh:.

[Mac76]

Good attack but xhaka...

[LDG]

Fuck off Xhaka

[Letters]

Laca and Auba :doh:.

They both did fine, was just good defence.

[Globalgunner]

Fuck off Xhaka

Amen and Amen

[Niall_Quinn]

Murphy got all excited there. Thought his team was going to score. Then down the other end and Laca and Xhaka combine to produce the biggest turd of the game so far.

[Penguin]

Bring Saka on please. Give him enough time to affect the game ffs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe is doing well for once keeping the ball near him if not necessarily under control.

[Niall_Quinn]

Mount collapses for no reason. FK chavs.

[Master Splinter]

They both did fine, was just good defence.

Laca should have passed earlier and Auba's touch was pub.

[Niall_Quinn]

But no FK for Pepe. Ref is getting into the match now. Quiet start from him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

James. :lol:

[Mac76]

James :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

This is daylight pubbery, so far.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lacazette looks fucked.

[Mac76]

We should bring Nelson and/or Saka soon for some more energy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AUBAMEYANG!!!! COME ON!!!!!!

[Master Splinter]

AUBAAAAAAA!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref caught out by Tierney being a man.

[Letters]

AUBA!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just hope it won't be brought back for a foul.

[Letters]

Belerin :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Such a good striker. :bow:

[Mac76]

Brillaint from Auba

[Niall_Quinn]

iPlayer :bow:

Quarantining coverage for 2 weeks!

Auba. Lovely individual play. Probably need to sign him or something.

[Globalgunner]

Such a good striker. :bow:

I was just about to crap on him for taking too long

[Niall_Quinn]

Such a difference between Auba and the typical pubber you'll find in the PL these days. Proper talent.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tea time :bow:

Free biscuits with cream for any fags that fancy it.

[Niall_Quinn]

Probably don't give them an easy equaliser now. Try something different.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ceballos booked.

Why isn't Kovacic sent off? Fuck off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kovacic sent off! :haha:

Murphy and Mowbray. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

:haha:

[Letters]

Kovacic :wave: :lol:

[Mac76]

Kovacic :haha:

Doesn't even look like a yellow :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL. Taylor making it up as he goes. Was that a VAR call?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rudiger booked. :lol: