I do agree. However, where I differ from some posters is that I really don't think it would be a terrible decision to play Leno against Spurs.

With hindsight helping us, we can put the loss to Brentford in its proper perspective. They are a good team. They have been playing together. They barely missed out on promotion before. They were more prepared as a team than we were. I'm not saying we deserve to lose or should have lost but we would have to be about where we are now at the very least to have beaten them and a draw might have been the best we could have gotten that early.

Totally agree that the GK has to make their judgment call. I am happy Ramsdale made those decisions early and came out to claim the balls assuredly. He will make some blunders in the future, no doubt. But better being proactive and blunder (on the rare occasion), than preferring to be reactive, imho.

trying to be cute eh?

Mustn’t discount the possibility that the game could be postponed. Might be a nice day now but it only takes an asteroid to hit London in the next couple of hours and they’ll have to call it off. We learned that when Tyrannosaurus Rex Albion vs Triceratops Rovers had to be cancelled 66 million years ago.

Why is this even a debate? Sol would be a better debate.

https://www.90min.com/posts/ledley-king-vs-tony-adams-arsenal-tottenham?utm_source=RSS

You mean Sol v Adams? Because Sol v King isn't a debate in my book either.

It is a strange article where they compare the players in 4 categories
1. Modern defender traits
2. tackling and aerial ability
3. ball playing ability
4. reliability

1 and 3 might as well be the same thing. And judging a player from a different era in how they would cope in today's game is illogical. If we used the articles logic then we'd declare Greame Souness an inferior player to Scott Parker because Souness would spend most of his time suspended in the modern game. But of course Souness was one of the finest central midfielders of his generation and if he was playing today wouldn't just go round two footing everyone with gay abandon.

No mention in the article or positional play, pace, strength, leadership.......trophies!?

Yes, Sol vs Adams. King, may...may get an honorable mention in some lists.

I put a low value on trophies. Trophies are very, very reliant on the other 10 men. Put Messi on Norwich in his prime and he'll score loads but wouldn't be considered one of the greatest ever, if not the greatest because his team wouldn't have won much and definitely no trophies.

Here is our predicted XI for tonight's tie: Bernd Leno, Cédric Soares, Rob Holding, Pablo Mari, Nuno Tavares, Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Charlie Patino, Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah, Alexandre Lacazette.

The big news from that would be Patino making his competitive debut for the Arsenal senior team.

This from Football London for Arsenal v Wimbledon.

Ok I’m livid

Arteta has dropped Ramsdale even though he’s currently the best keeper in the world on form. He’s an idiot

In addition to that he’s risked Partey and put the derby at risk whilst not taking this competition seriously enough by playing Tavares and Lokonga.

If we win the coin toss and choose to kick off first that’s a mistake as we should switch ends to confuse the opposition instead or if we do win the toss and choose to switch ends then we aren’t taking the initiative to impose ourselves on the game first. *%^@ you Arteta what are you playing at with these ridiculous coin toss decisions there isn’t a strategy.




.. wow I’m starting to get really good at this ..

No sign of Patino, Balogun on the bench along with Saka who i thought was carrying an injury?

Wtf?

Anyone got a link for the game?

I'm surprised Arteta is playing Partey but I'm assuming he is slowly building up his match fitness? Presumably he will be subbed mid way through the 2nd half.

Penalty 1-0

Seems like no channel is showing the game, so no streams. Lacazette jus scored from a penalty after Martinelli was brought down.

Radio Commentary on Arsenal FC website

I know we’ve scored but because I can’t get a stream I don’t know what happened for the coin toss. Can anyone let me know what happened

Radio commentary on 5 Live Extra

Says it's on Sky ?

https://firstsportz.com/football-efl-cu ... ve-stream/

Yes, evidently Old Man of Hoy and Long Time Gooner were looking forward to that game.

Nope, not televised in the uk

Oi!

ARS // AFC W 77 mins
13 Shots 2
3 Shots on target 0
65% Possession 35%
477 Passes 259
88% Pass accuracy 78%
5 Fouls 8
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 5
8 Corners 2

2-0 Emile Smith Rowe

2 Nil !!

Alexandre Lacazette 11' (P)
Emile Smith Rowe 77'

woohoo 2-0 Emile Smith Rowe

No Xhaka?
Oh No!
Bad omen for weekend game

Emile Smith Rowe !

3-0 Eddie

Eddie Eddie Eddie Eddie 3-0

3 Nil !

Alexandre Lacazette 11' (P)
Emile Smith Rowe 77'
Eddie Nketiah 80'

Eddie!!!!!!!

Worth noting Spurs have played a quite strong team tonight and they’re currently 2-2 away to Wolves. Hopefully some extra time will tire them a bit more for the weekend

MU second team still trails by a goal.
Surprised Mata is still a Utd player

No extra time Rich, straight to penalties if level.

ARS // AFC
17 Shots 3
4 Shots on target 0
62% Possession 38%
545 Passes 339
87% Pass accuracy 81%
7 Fouls 10
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
2 Offsides 5
9 Corners 2