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Arsenal 0:0 Manchester United

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Sat, 30 January 2021 @ 5:30pm GMT
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    Machine Elements said:
    Don't worry; some on here will find the most ridiculous ones if we somehow manage to lose this game. It was Glazers' & Ed's fault when we lost against Sheffield United at home 3 days ago.
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    Look at that Arsenal squad and then look at ours.. Anybody blaming our squad as not good enough is mad.
     
    Robindinho said:
    Obviously you two don’t watch.

    6 big games, not won one and the only goal we've scored has been a penalty.

    They don’t even help defensively, wide open at times and they don’t sense danger and close down quick enough.
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    Ok you are right.
     
    Machine Elements said:
    Don't worry; some on here will find the most ridiculous ones if we somehow manage to lose this game. It was Glazers' & Ed's fault when we lost against Sheffield United at home 3 days ago.
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    'Somehow manage to lose this game'? It's far from a dead cert.
     
    Hope we really go at these bastards. Think it’ll be the usual tetchy lacklustre game vs ‘big 6’ as we’ve seen all season, though.
     
    Saka, Tierney, Auba & Gabriel missing is 4 of our 5 best players out
    It was always going to be hard against United but it just got a lot harder. Hoping to steal a draw...
     
    dove said:
    It partly is down to them, they are simply too weak to control the midfield. McT cannot pass the ball and Fred is extremely inconsistent. We cannot string a few passes together in the opposition half.
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    The majority of our attacking threat in these games comes from rapid breakaways, which kinda renders McFred's passing ability somewhat redundant. They are essentially a shield for the defence first and foremost.
     
    Arsenal in good form and will have alot of possession. This will be a rough game.. Im happy martial has been dropped though.
     
    laughtersassassin said:
    Anyone else getting tired of sacrificing an attacker in big games?

    McFred has not been working this season in the big games

    It hasn't worked once this season.

    Just play Paul in the middle and Greenwood.
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    Greenwood is usually anonymous in games where we don’t have a lot of the ball.

    I feel like our counter attacking has been worked out a bit this season though, our record against the top sides is much worse than last season.
     
    Robindinho said:
    Obviously you two don’t watch.

    6 big games, not won one and the only goal we've scored has been a penalty.

    They don’t even help defensively, wide open at times and they don’t sense danger and close down quick enough.
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    If we have another stinker today, it genuinely might be worth a thread making. It’s been a long time since that PSG away game that they’re still riding the wave from.
     
    Very happy with that lineup. Hopefully the players get the result needed. Owe us a performance after that embarrassing shambles on Wednesday night
     
    Nervy for this one. Not sure if it's the crap performance in the last game or our awful recent record against Arsenal.
     
    Shiva87 said:
    We've gone with our lopsided attacking structure where Pogba will play off the left and Marcus will go to the right.

    Sometimes Ole just needs to play players where they are good. Why not move to a proper diamond if he wants to play with a compact center, with VDB instead of Scott or Fred. We will at least have more balance, instead of taking our best players away from their natural positions.
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    What, like last time we played Arsenal? Did you think that looked like something to repeat?
     
    Thank god hes dropped Martial. We might get a goal from a forward now. I think we will draw this 1-1.
     
    Random Task said:
    The majority of our attacking threat in these games comes from rapid breakaways, which kinda renders McFred's passing ability somewhat redundant. They are essentially a shield for the defence first and foremost.
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    Let's hope this time is different but that lineup just doesn't work for us because good teams usually don't leave much gaps for rapid breakaways. Our build up play is bad as it is and playing McT and Fred in midfield makes it a lot worse hence why we are absolutely toothless against better sides.
     
    Time for McTominay to perform against a “top” team
     
    I basically don't give a shit who's been selected it was a typical 11 most got at least 10 right. We just need a win with city going 4 pts clear, it also will give us a bit of wriggle room from the others. I could care less tonight how we play . We just need to win .
     
    dove said:
    It partly is down to them, they are simply too weak to control the midfield. McT cannot pass the ball and Fred is extremely inconsistent. We cannot string a few passes together in the opposition half.
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    He's been one of, if not the most consistent player. Absolute nonsense.
     
    justsomebloke said:
    What, like last time we played Arsenal? Did you think that looked like something to repeat?
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    No, even last time we played McFred. Pogba and Bruno were more central. It was more like a 4-2-2-2, which didn't work.

    My problem is that we are making too many changes to sort for the weak central defensive pairing. Maybe he can play Pogba on the right - that way, only 1 player is playing out of position.

    In any event, I hope we win and not play out a bore draw.
     
    dove said:
    Let's hope this time is different but that lineup just doesn't work for us because good teams usually don't leave much gaps for rapid breakaways. Our build up play is bad as it is and playing McT and Fred in midfield makes it a lot worse hence why we are absolutely toothless against better sides.
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    Aye, it's not great how reliant we are on Bruno to provide and not sustainable either. God knows where we'll be should he pick up an injury at some point.
     
    Nervous tension but that's a good thing. I was feeling a bit meh for the SU game and we lost.
    Whenever I've felt this way, we've been Ok
     
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43% 57%
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17 14
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3 3
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4 7
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9 16

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