Lamps knows what he's up against. Really not getting carried away by it., it's anyone's show.
In the infamous words of Clark Gable, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

Well actually I am with AG on this. There will be very few games Pool Might lose this year and we have to hope they don’t go undefeated. Quite a few of their supporters are pretty unbearable after the CL but if they win the league and go undefeated they will be terrible. They will be telling everyone that their undefeated season is a real one not like Arsenal’s and we will never hear the end of them. I don’t even know any City supporters so I still live in hope of them winning again.

I am pretty sure that Emery’s English proficiency does not affect whether our defensive midfielder Xhaka actually can stop attackers whether Socrates makes a suicidal pass to a player who was actually worst placed than anyone else to be getting it and whether for 10 years we run down the squad. There is a lot I don’t like about his management but English ability is not one of them.

However we had better see a big reaction after last weeks failure just as was expected at Man City. Aston Villa are really poor and we need to see a clear win by 4 goals to show us the players really mean business.

Time to wrest the initiative from Spurs again. They lost, so we need to put some distance, points and goals wise. Looking forward to an improved performance today. Hope to see Saka given a run as well. Emery needs to blood in more of the youngsters. The team is already looking stale after 3 winless games. Özil must not start. I feel he is no longer effective, and slows the team down. Xhaka must put out the same type of Captain's game he gave in the Frankfurt game.

I’ll just leave this here


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Wonder what the lineup is going to be. Not expecting anything different from the Watford game tbh. I hope Torreria starts and Özil doesn’t though. If Villa have come to fight hard for every inch of turf it just isn’t the game for him. If we need to unlock them later on then it could we need him, but I’m not betting on it.

Also after playing 90 minutes Thursday, surely another 90 today you’ve got to think Aubameyang will be rested against Nottingham forest Tuesday, but who plays up front?? Is John Jules out only conventional choice?

Also, beyond today sorry to get ahead of myself and for spamming posts, but I’m most excited about seeing any of Holding Bellerin or Holding (and Mavropanos for that matter) play on Tuesday. Inching closer to a competitive squad. COYG!!

It’s been widely mooted he’s going to start

It’s incredible to think he’s the nephew of the cat from red dwarf

Used to love that show

People were commenting that Tierney looked even quicker than Bellerin over 10 yards when they played for u23 other night

I hope Chelsea lose, even if it doesn't help ease American Gooner's troubled bladder. It a price I'm willing to pay.

Line up out, no Torreria but Saka starts!!

Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Ceballos, Pépé, Aubameyang, Saka.

Subs: Martinez, Özil, Torreira, Chambers, Nelson, Willock, Martinelli.

Saka plays but no Özil

You’ve got laugh at that and it’s not the wrong decision

On his medical - so when he was still injured- He had static vertical jump measurements that beat Aubameyang’s current club record. If you’re into that sort of thing... That plyometric stuff is all about explosive power so it absolutely adds up that he’s lightning out of the blocks. Good news, it’ll make a nice change from watching Kola getting turned from behind the sofa!

So Özil was ‘rested’ in midweek. Yeah, right!

He rested last weekend too, nothwithstanding a gentle stroll in the park around on Sunday afternoon.

AMN carrying on from his last game.................

Game hasn’t settled at all! Bit harem scarem, if we can work hard and match them Aubameyang will be the difference.

Jon Moss.

Not keen.

Good chasing back recovery from Kola given my damning indictment of him earlier.

Pépé much much better, looking confident at last...............

Pépé starting to have some nice touches and having some influence. Thank goodness, was starting to worry.

Shocking defending!!

Always - Same problem every time.

Midfield is rotten to its core

You can’t play Guendouzi and Xhaka together. Xhaka is so one footed it’s like playing winter burn in midfield

Defending

It’s when you try to stop the opposition from scoring.

Anyone heard of it?

Tracking your runner is day one isn’t it? It’s happened half a dozen times so far. This is why I wanted Torreira to start.

Chelsea equaliser dissallowed by VAR then Liverpool scorea second. Another Man U game for them methinks.........

Muppet Xhaka.............

Get Xhaka off now. Lack of pace Grealish just waltzes away from him and he pulls him back yellow card. So crap. Just crap. Get him off and Torreria on! What’s the point??

He's a *%^@*** idiot, always getting booked for those stupid pull backs

No pace. It’s a glaring hole, one of, in his game that nullifies us closing in midfield.

AMN off. *%^@. We’ve shot ourselves in the foot. Surely Emery should be aiming that barrel somewhere else midweek.

He clearly got that ball first it’s so hard on him. Jon Moss. What a *%^@.

Down to 10 now. Oh joy.

That should make things easier - for them ...

He sure did.

Def not a pen...............

Harsh.

How is that a yellow? He won the ball with a perfectly fair tackle

Can VAR not look at that?

Watch him take Saka off not Xhaka............

We held the gun but the referee pulled the trigger. What did he see in that that was worth a card?

Embarrassing.