re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

Alexis would have fit right in to the 70s/80s NBA

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Is there any doubt at this point that Welbeck is better than Giroud? I'm kind of glad Giroud got injured now because I wonder if we would have gotten Welbeck if he hadn't.

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Yeah, Welbeck hasn't shown me Giroud's flicks and brilliant take downs yet, but he's such a threat to get in behind that he gets so much more space to bring the ball down, control it, and make a play. I'm very excited about Welbeck.

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Santi looked good centrally. I've never really liked him out wide.

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I thought one of the reasons we played so well was because of how well he kept the ball. Gala would press hard on him when he took the ball, and he would do his Santi wizard shite, absorb pressure, beat it, and play into space. He was huge there. Ramsey has been taking so many chances and been untidy with the ball, and it's stifled our attack. I wonder how we can incorporate Santi more in that deep role.

Watching Welbeck get that hat trick yesterday was awesome! If he can sort out his finishing and be consistent like he was yesterday, he's going to be great. He always gets chances from pace, power and work ethic.

against certain teams, i think santi in the deep role works. *really* don't think it'd work for chelsea though. if he's fit enough to give us 60 mins, I'd start diaby over flamini and charge he and wilshere with playing very defensive and allow ozil and welbeck, aided by the pace of alexis and ox, to hit on the counter.

i know diaby probably isn't optimally ready for a match of this intensity, but i just really hate flamini and this is one of those matches where he'll get a yellow in the first 30 minutes. he's not mobile and not great with positioning and is liable to do something dumb. we need a bit more passing acumen for their pressing too.

it's imperative that we score the first goal sunday. if we can do that, they'll have to take more risks and we are set up to be a super counter-attacking side. if not, we could be in for a real struggle.

My favorite thing is how young and oddly enough experienced our youngsters are.

Chambers: 19
Bellerin: 19
Ox: 21
Jack: 22
Jenkinson: 22
Ramsey: 23
Welbeck: 23
Sczcesney: 24
Ozil: 25
Walcott: 25
Gibbs: 25
Alexis: 25

That's a decent XI of guys all under 25.

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Bellerin/Jenks- Chambers - CB? - Gibbs
Jack-Ramsey
Walcott-Ozil-Alexis
Welbz

Ox off the bench or plugged in anywhere in the midfield.

That's a core that should only get better over the next three years, if we keep it together and healthy. Really want Jack and Ramsey to learn to play together in the midfield.

Arsenal getting fined for Gala fans throwing flares onto the pitch yesterday.

Next time we play a game against a team with notorious ultras ... we should cavity search every away fan

more youth GIFs! i am trying to break your office's bandwidth.

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Well I guess it is up the Gunners to turn this sports weekend around

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I'm not under any delusion that Arsenal can get anything from this game. There is no chance of it. Wenger will set up to play the same way like we always do, and we will get ripped apart for it.

But I can hope, and will still watch every single minute of it. Come on you Gunners!