re: Arsenal's "Things Are Gonna Change, I Can Feel It! (lol, nope)" Summer Thread

Man U is really good at home. At least we have the game in hand with them coming to the Grove in the league, but I'm never confident about any trip to Old Trafford.

yeah I suppose they are hurting too. I think Vidic will be back for them, so it helps that RvP will there to match up with him. As always, the least I can hope for is Patrice Evra being embarrassed in some way (even if he doesnt play... maybe SAFs gum will fly out and smack him in the eye or something)

eta: do yall feel strangely calm about Almunia being in goal? some how the seeds of doubt have disappeared in my instinctual evaluation of him. he fared pretty well against Barca, at least

I don't feel that calm. He did well against Barca, but he's had matches like that before. He's solid, just too many errors to be a full time #1 at Arsenal. Glad we didn't sell him in Jan. or we'd be screwed. Really sucks because Szcz was having a nice run outside of the B'ham debacle. His distribution was much improved.

I hope Nasri plays in the CAM role against ManU. I doubt Ramsey plays. He probably should have stayed at Cardiff.

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look a little too english

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It's dat English jaw or sumthin.

Also, I am ready for us to crush ManU. We need a confidence boosting win. COYG!

#AFC team to play #mufc: almunia - sagna, djourou, koscielny, gibbs - denilson, diaby, wilshere - nasri, van persie, arshavin

I like the lineup aside from doubt about how well Diaby and Denilson will do in terms of making smart passes going forward. Other than that I have a good gut feeling going into this one.

Seven (!) defenders in #MUFC team v #AFC: VDS, Rafael, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Brown, O'Shea, Gibson, Rooney, Hernandez

Lulz. SAF has caught the Mancini bug

I'm reading on twitter that o'shea and fabio will both play in the midfield

I just hope this isn't a repeat of our earlier matchup this year where they got a goal against the run of play then camped out. Sure looks like it could be though.

I can't believe he's started 7 defenders...in a home match. We have to win this one.

Clichy isn't elite, Wilshere isn't experienced enough though his upside is staggering, chesney is also still green and walcott still needs to match his game with his speed.

I still think we're a 'almost made it' team with our best available.