Stoke v Arsenal Preview & Live

Good work Sam as always.

I’m very worried about this match, with the amount of injuries we have. Not sure if iI would risk Koscielny tbh, I would start Chambers as CB and Bellerin as LB.

Glad Moses is out always causes us trouble. I think we are improving and I can see us winning this game.


---------------Martinez
Bellerin------mertesacker-----Chambers--------Gibbs

--------------------Flamini-----------

Oxlade-------Rosicky------Santi-------Sanches/Podolski

------------------Giroud--------------------------

Stoke away is always a tough game, tough atmosphere against a real competitive team.They haven't won their last 3 games, they lost against Liverpool and Yanited when they should have got something in both games so they are no pushovers. We have won 3 games in a row and kept 3 clean sheets so we go into this with a bit of confidence. When you look at the players we are missing and our injury problems, you take the 3 points over performance in these sort of games. I am worried that we will get outmuscled in midfield, i'd start Rosicky to add a bit of aggression in there.

We have a pretty bad record against them, I cant stand them and their fans. I would love us to win a dirty game and score few goals on them shut the fans up early.

Can't afford to rest anyone in this game, we have Galatasaray/Newcastle for that. Martinez looks strong in the air, confident with him

They are nothing special. We have dropped points due to our own stupidity rather than them being good.

It's going to be difficult. But that team is average. If we can beat southampton and Dortmund then Stoke shouldnt be a problem.

same team as against southampton but maybe Giroud upfront instead of Welbeck. Maybe all 3 as urban's team. We have options this time.

4th win in a row pls

I agree with RG, they are nothing special and we should get all 3 points.

They really are shit tbh. Nothing like the Stoke of the past.

Special or not, we will struggle like we always do.
Stoke I think are the team with the most yellow cards thus far, shouldn't come as a suprise and tomorrow they'll just play again the only way they know how and we know we struggle to handle that.

If we get some early goals, we might force them to open up a bit, at least focus more on attack rather than just trying to stop our attacks in the most thuggery way possible. But even then we just have to look at that stat which says we have been going in with the scores at 0-0 in the last 5 PL games.

So I think we're in for a tough afternoon. Any win will do in all honesty. As long as we find a way to win.

An Adam free-kick, an Assaidi tap-in and an injury time Crouch header, 3 - 0 to Stoke

Just look at that back line. Huth, Shawcross, Begovic, Pieters. Big, lumbering oafs, intent on hurting at least one player per game

Would love to see Ramsey and Alexis assist one another for a couple of goals today. Three good results in a row; let's not undo that hard work now!

Arsenal team to play Stoke: Martinez, Bellerin, Chambers, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Flamini, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis, Cazorla, Giroud

Subs: Szczesny, Koscielny, Ajayi, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Podolski, Welbeck

RealGunner wrote:Arsenal team to play Stoke: Martinez, Bellerin, Chambers, Mertesacker, Gibbs, Flamini, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexis, Cazorla, Giroud

Subs: Szczesny, Koscielny, Ajayi, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Podolski, Welbeck

Good line up, glad Wenger not risking Kos and put Chambers as CB.

Maitland-Niles to come on and knick the winner at 90 + 3'.

Surprised to see him at all

ffs

We really do make it difficult for ourselves

Chumlum wrote:

WTF?

I just started how the *bleep* are we one down

Even the NBC commentators are noting how stupid and unjustified Stoke supporters' booing of Ramsey is.

Stoke get a free kick ... for Bardsley sliding into Alexis. It's going to be one of those days.

How did Giroud miss that?

Why the fck are the Stoke fans booing Ramsey?