Newcastle v Arsenal. 2nd November. 12:30

[Marc Overmars]

An early kick off up north, used to be the stuff of dread.

The start of a huge week, one where we could be dead and buried as far as the title goes if we don’t pick up maximum points here and at Chelsea.

Barcodes are a bit hit and miss so I fancy us to get the job done here. It won’t be pretty though, I’ll go for a pub 0-1 win.

[HCZ_Reborn]

This game is a year to the day from the controversial winner they got against us last season

That was Saturday November 4th, this will be Saturday November 2nd. Only difference is this is a lunchtime game and last year it was an evening kick off

Games at St James Park are rarely ever goal fests. We’ve scored 23 goals in our last 20 games there in the league, they’ve scored 15 against us.

An average of 1.9 goals a game in this fixture

[Mac76]

3-0 Isak hatter

[Letters]

I hope we win, tbh

[Mac76]

Assuming White and Timber are fit:

Raya
White Saliba Gabriel Timber
Rice Merino (or I could live with Partey Rice)
Saka Kai Leo Martinelli

No messing please, a positive approach and 0-2 up at HT, 0-3 on 60 and then bring on Nwaneri for the fourth

Job done

[HCZ_Reborn]

I would start Nwaneri. Trossard has been poor for a while and doesn’t deserve to be starting games, it’s not that the effort isn’t there…arguably id say he’s trying too hard


Rice at 6, Partey on at 8. Merino only to come on to give us fresh legs if we are leading

[Mac76]

He won't start Nwaneri and tbh I'm not sure I would, we know Newcastle can be pretty rough, aided and abetted by the refs ofc, so I'd rather he came on when they were tiring and couldn't keep up with him

[HCZ_Reborn]

I don’t think he will either, but I think we need to go at them from the start, get the goals and then bring on the stodgier players like Merino to shore things up, I don’t think they are going to be that ambitious going forward so the problem we will have is opening them up

[Mac76]

Sounds like White won't be fit to start, so it's either Timber at RB (where he's a bit better IMO) and MLS or Kiwior at LB, or it's Partey at RB and Timber at LB

[HCZ_Reborn]

Partey at right back?, I’d hoped that idea would have been strangled in its crib last year

It absolutely has a detrimental effect on us going forward

Because it also encourages Arteta to play Rice at 8

So I hope that this news about White is premature