...and won 8-2?
Let's hope Wenger doesn't on Sunday. Gulp.
Let's hope Wenger doesn't on Sunday. Gulp.
Remember that time we played an injury-depleted Arsenal team...
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We'll be fine, we'll have DDG, Smalling, Rojo and potentially Valencia back.
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Arsenal still had their nr 1 goalie plus Koscielny, Rosicky, Ramsey, van Persie, Walcott, Arshavin. Their backups were Djourou, Jenkinson and Traore and their now starter Coquelin. Their attack wasn't really much worse than ours on paper.
We're certainly going to need him
hope he's back.That's it, we're winning 5-0.
I was confident about that game, because in the bigger games we are usually not that bad and rather embarass ourselves against the small ones. But with our current injuries we could get smashed again.
I remember watching it in a pub in Spain with the missus. Needless to say, I ended up getting quite drunk indeed.
Surely he'll bring Wilson back from loan.Bloody hell we've had our share of injuries in past seasons but this is nuts.
Arsenal had a shit load of injuries that day as well.
Those weren't backups too. Wenger bought Mertesacker and Arteta straight after that result. So not sure how OP thinks they were injury hit. Can't recall anybody injured for them.
Not even close then.
We also played them when we had loads of injuries and the twins started on the flanks and iirc we beat them 2-0.
i think we'll do ok tbh, we might scrape a 3-0 loss
Yea, twins on the flanks and Anderson and Cleverley in central midfield vs Coquelin, Ramsey, Rosicky and Walcott and Arshavin on the flanks. Even with that team tonight we should never lose as big as 8-2 like Arsenal did that day.
We also beat them convincingly with a team that included four fullbacks and a John O'Shea/Darren Gibson midfield, so there's that.
Erhm, that's kind of OP's point.
Meh, I misread the thread title.
Arsenal created quite a few chances and RVP missed a penalty. Everything for us went in. 2 Rooney free kicks and Young. The Nani seal dribble and the Da Silva twins on the wings were more impressive.
Anderson era, the good old days.... 
Were they anywhere near as injury-struck that day as we are now? They had about the same number of first-choice players unavailable, but for the most part they were playing the next best thing instead. We're using the third or fourth in line for a number of positions. In terms of seniority Riley comes behind Shaw, Rojo, Blind and Borthwick-Jackson. Rashford comes behind Rooney, Martial, Keane and probably Wilson if he wasn't on loan. Any more injuries and we'll have exhausted the academy as well as the senior squad. Herrera's only getting into CM (although thank christ for that) because Carrick, Schweinsteiger and Fellaini were all unavailable to play there.
So yeah, I feel like we've legitimately got our excuses in early. Especially because the worst of the injuries are defensive, which prevents us from playing the conservative approach which is always the best way to beat Arsenal.
So yeah, I feel like we've legitimately got our excuses in early. Especially because the worst of the injuries are defensive, which prevents us from playing the conservative approach which is always the best way to beat Arsenal.
Has Valencia played for the Reserve's yet?
True.
Anyone who believes Arsenal will get a huge win on Sunday is delusional. We haven't scored in something like five of our last eight games. In spite of creating innumerable chances, none of our forwards seem to be able to put the ball into the back of the net. I think you guys will grab a couple of goals early in the second half and we might nick a consolation goal and moan about fluffed chances.
I think we're better than this, sort of.
Hahahahaha I was actually thinking that this would be good time for them to get there revenge, I really pray that doesn't happen. To lose 8-2 to Arsenal would be a huge embarrassment. I still haven't gotten over that 6-1 humiliation by Manchester City.
That side shouldn't have been beaten 8-2. I think e score line would have been similar regardless of who played for them. The atmosphere around the club that period was very toxic.
United were more dominant in the 2-1 win the following season than the 8-2.
You're mixing up matches. The one he's talking about was in the FA Cup in the 2010-2011 season. We played the twins on the wings, Gibson and O'Shea in midfield. And won 2-0
The 8-2, our midfield was Anderson and Cleverley, with Young and possibly Valencia on the flanks. It was the same year but the following season, but in the league
Didn't Young score some cracking goals in that match?
Fun fact: we had a younger starting XI than Arsenal that day.
You're a miserable bastard, krovv.Yup - our results against the top-sides and expected top-sides really have been quite decent this year.
Chelsea 2 draws
Spurs 1 win
Everton 1 win
Leicester 1 draw
Liverpool 2 wins
Arsenal 1 defeat
City 1 draw
16 Points from these 9 games is not what has ruined our season - to put it that way
Became a gunner in 05/06. I blame all the heartbreaks over the years.
They had quite a lot - but nowhere near what we had. As I remember and from the team I saw Arsenal used that day - Song, Diaby, Frimpong, Vermaelen, Gervinho and Sagna at least were out
Oi vey.Became a gunner in 05/06. I blame all the heartbreaks over the years.
We'll be fine, we'll have DDG, Smalling, Rojo and potentially Valencia back. (Ballbag, 2016)