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Arsenal pre-match thread

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davieG

davieG

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25 September 2015
Can Arsenal put a stop to Leicester's "Invincible" run?
 
They're undefeated. They've scored more goals than most anyone else in the Prem to date. They beat West Ham, who beat us. The maths, in fact, look bleak. Arsenal 0-2 West Ham; West Ham 1-2 Leicester. Add in another 2-1 victory over West Ham in the League Cup, and the inescapable conclusion is that our visit to King Power on Saturday will end at 4-1 to the Foxes, if not worse. Now that that's settled, let's get down to the nitty-gritty details...

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Enough of that nonsense. As with a season ago, Leicester are off to a bright start—but they've had a bit of a softer start to things, what with wins over Sunderland (20th), West Ham (3rd), and Aston Villa (17th); and with draws with Stoke (18th), Bournemouth (14th), and Tottenham (9th). They are young, feisty, and optimistic, and they seem to never give up, if their fightback from 0-2 to win 3-2 over Aston Villa proves anything. Then again, the flipside to that is that they were down 0-2 to Aston Villa in the first place. which seems to symbolize Leicester's season to date.

Between the two of them, Riyad Mahrez and James Vardy, both playing on the right of a 4-4-2, have scored nine of Leicester's 13 goals thus far, and we'd do well to negate them. Given their seemingly boundless energy, and they seem more than capable of scoring (something we at Arsenal might envy more than a little bit). However, if we can shut them down—and something tells me that Monreal, Gabriel, and Koscielny could do that, even if Coquelin isn't shielding them—we'll be more than halfway towards our goal.

At the other end of things, we should seize the opportunity that the Foxes offer. They've kept one clean sheet in any competition since January (a 1-0 win over Newcastle in the FA Cup's third round) and seem every bit as generous as they are prolific. Only Chelsea, Norwich, and Sunderland have conceded more often than have the Foxes. Fresh off of victory at White Hart Lane (and basking in the reprieve granted to Gabriel), we should go into King Power knowing that we have to and should be able to seize all three. Unlike last weekend, these are the fixtures from which we simply can't afford to drop points.

LAST THREE:
Arsenal 2-1 Leicester (10.02.2015)
Leicester 1-1 Arsenal (31.08.2014)
Arsenal 2-1 Leicester (15.05.2004)

FACTFILE:
The two clubs first clashed on 1 August 1894, a 3-1 win to Leicester.
Arsenal have not lost to Leicester in the last ten outings.
Leicester have won five of their last six matches at home.

INJURIES/BANS
Rosický, Welbeck, and Wilshere have all been ruled out; Coquelin faces a late fitness test. Cazorla returns from his one-match suspension, and Gabriel has had his three-match been lifted.

POSSIBLE STARTING XI
Čech; Monreal, Gabriel, Koscielny, Bellerín; Flamini, Cazorla; Alexis, Özil, Ramsey; Walcott.

This should be one in which Arsenal, leading the Prem in shots taken, finally starts to deliver some end-product.

PREDICTION
Leicester 1-3 Arsenal
Wymsey

Wymsey

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Suspended for 1 game for failing to leave the field of play...

Good, but it's quite a ridiculous suspension if it's just for that.

 

Many players who get sent off have a word with for ref for a few minutes before actually leaving.

Captain...

Captain...

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Good, but it's quite a ridiculous suspension if it's just for that.

Many players who get sent off have a word with for ref for a few minutes before actually leaving.

Not really he was picking a fight with Oscar and wouldn't leave, there is a difference between protesting to the ref and kicking off.

If Mertesacker is likely to play then I wouldn't play Ulloa, I would get Mahrez, Vardy and maybe Okazaki running at him. Koscielny will most likely pick up Vardy so that would leave Mahrez to target big Per, 4231 or 4411 or some such variation could work. Obviously I would go 532 because I love that formation but it doesn't seem Ranieri's formation.

leicesterseddon

leicesterseddon

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Was feeling optimistic earlier in the week, but feeling a bit more worried now. 

 

The one thing I'm really worried about is the fact that Arsenal are obviously going to dominate possession. We've struggled to get more than 35% of the ball against sides like West Ham or Tottenham, and I'd say there's a real possibility that we might be seeing even less of it tomorrow. 

 

For me, this means we've got to get a grip of the midfield. Realistically, it probably means playing three in the middle, but I'm not sure we'll stretch to that. In any case, Ranieri has shown a fondness for 4-4-2. 

 

However, Fuchs should be brought in to shore us up on the left, and Mahrez moved off the wing (where his defensive failings leave us exposed).

 

Like the bloke in the video, I'd be tempted to play Mahrez in the centre again. Clearly, he offers us penetration rather than crossing. 

 

I'm tempted to play:

 

                                             

 

                                                                          Vardy

 

                                                 

                                              Mahrez

 

Schlupp                                 Kante                   Inler                   Albrighton

 

 

Fuchs                                    Huth                    Morgan               De Laet

 

 

                                              Schmeichel 

KP Fox

KP Fox

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They had Paul Dickov in their team.:)

Also noticed we had 11 English players and they had 9 with a Scot and Swede making up the 11. A bit different now.

Yeah, very different! Twice this season we finished the match with 11 different nationalities.

biggs

biggs

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Who'd you swap him with?

 

No one......he's never there anyways......you'll will find him jogging back after a run up the wing. Play 3 at the back as essentially with RDL that's what we have anyways except for the odd cameo appearance during the game.

KP Fox

KP Fox

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Big headache now for Ranieri. I think he will pick,

Kasper

De Laet Huth Morgan Fuchs

Dyer/Albrighton Kante Drinkwater Schluup

Mahrez

Vardy

More of a 4-5-1 with Mahrez given a free role. King will be shattered after the shift he put in last night. Have him on the bench. This is really hard to pick a team as alot of players deserve to play.

My team

Kasper

Huth Morgan Benny

Albrighton Kante Drinkwater Schluup

Mahrez

Ulloa Vardy

King and Fuchs are pushing for a start so will look to bring them on at some point. Its the sort of game that Dodoo could come on and grab the headlines with the winning goal. Ulloa needs to play and support Vardy imo.

I like the personnel in both formations. I think we'd give the gunners a run for their money with either system. One thing that interested me, why no Fuchs in your back 3? Don't you think he can play there?

AKCJ

AKCJ

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****ing hell... Ian Stringer on EMT..

 

They were talking about our unbeaten run and he pipes up with "It's got to end against Arsenal, hasn't it?".

 

 

Could he be any more of a bellend?

Great Boos Up

Great Boos Up

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I'm tempted to play:

 

                                             

 

                                                                          Vardy

 

                                                 

                                              Mahrez

 

Schlupp                                 Kante                   Inler                   Albrighton

 

 

Fuchs                                    Huth                    Morgan               De Laet

 

 

                                              Schmeichel 

Your team is upside down or the Australian version and my OCD is going nuts.

Sorry for deleting your insightful comments before your proposed formation this but your team is UPSIDE DOWN!

Swiper

Swiper

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Your team is upside down or the Australian version and my OCD is going nuts.

Sorry for deleting your insightful comments before your proposed formation this but your team is UPSIDE DOWN!

 

Surely not. Vardy in goal and Kasper as the lone striker is a stroke of genius. Keep our opponents guessing!

:schmike:

jammie82uk

jammie82uk

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I'm tempted to play:

 

                                             

 

                                                                          Vardy

 

                                                 

                                              Mahrez

 

Schlupp                                 Kante                   Inler                   Albrighton

 

 

Fuchs                                    Huth                    Morgan               De Laet

 

 

                                              Schmeichel 

 

 

Your team is upside down or the Australian version and my OCD is going nuts.

Sorry for deleting your insightful comments before your proposed formation this but your team is UPSIDE DOWN!

 

or he is taking claudio's comments about Arsene playing sanchez in goal and cech upfront literally and applying it to our team

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