12pm KO? Damn that’s an early one. Must be a lot of games scheduled that day. We are well overdue beating these fuckers. Would be great to win and end their unbeaten start to the season.
The key to the match is making sure we keep things tight at the back. If we can manage that, then we won’t need to rely on scoring as much, as they have the tighest defense in the League with just 5 goals conceded.
Really hope the likes of Walcott and Santi are back for this. Theo in particular will make a big difference for this one with his pace.
Our best team not only at the moment but probably in fucking years. Xhaka in for Coq is probably the only offset for purists but Coq is in fine fighting form so I don’t even see it as a huge loss with him suspended.
I’m not convinced by Alexis at CF as an undisputed option. This should be a good test for him against some quality well drilled and organised opposition.
There is literally no game that goes by that I don’t read or hear someone say we have to win this type of game if we want to be in the mix for the title.
They are the only undefeteaded team in the PL, with the best defensive record, and have only let in one goal, from open play this season, so we have to beat them.
The pressure is on us more than them so whoever plays upfront is going to have to be at the top of their game.
If they have Kane back I can see this being a draw.
Why not? Accumulating most of the point against the numbers 7-20 only gets you so far. 13-14 is probably a good example of that. At some point we need to get more points against top six teams. I think we have been consistent against top six in the past three years ('13 - '16), 11 or 12 out of 30 possible points every year, but to get to the next level we need to get more.