Arsenal v Chelsea, Sky Sports 2 K/O 12:45

GavRedKing

No fancy crests or what not just a good old fashioned thread.

Crann na Beatha

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jaykay74

GavRedKing wrote: »

No fancy crests or what not just a good old fashioned thread.

Aresnal v Chelsea

GavRedKing

You shoild have started one earlier :pac: thought you were busy :pac:

GavRedKing

jaykay74 wrote: »

Aresnal v Chelsea

Dont know what your talking about :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

1-1 for me.

JPA

I can see Arsenal winning this one, Chelsea have destroyed a few poor teams but failed to impress against better sides.

It'll be a decent gauge of where both teams are anyway.

GavRedKing

I think 2-2 but both teams are capable of turning over the other.

Sgt Pepper 64

GavRedKing wrote: »

I think 2-2 but both teams are capable of turning over the other.

fun fact - both teams have scored 9 goals and both have only conceded 2!

TerryTibbs!

This game will tell alot about Arsenal.

They could well be dark horses this year.

Bloc Party!

GavRedKing wrote: »

a good old fashioned thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQWiaZmNuw :rolleyes:

bad2dabone

could really go either way, I fancy Arsenal as we've been very good so far this year, but chelsea have been just smashing going forward and have real class in the squad, Oscar and Hazard are magic additions to an already good team.
I'll say 2-1 to the gunners and i'll be chewing the fingernails off myself all through the game. Looking forward to it immensely!
Especially that Drogba the Arsenal Slayer is gone! (what a striker though!)

Caveman1

It's a tough one to call, both teams have started well enough but have yet to play any of the big teams.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Chelsea do against a team that won't be just sitting back, ill go 2-1 Chelsea

KINGVictor

Caveman1 wrote: »

It's a tough one to call, both teams have started well enough but have yet to play any of the big teams.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Chelsea do against a team that won't be just sitting back, ill go 2-1 Chelsea

I thought Arsenal played against the league champions ( Man City) at home last week? I might be mistaken but I would have assumed that Man City will be regarded as a big team.

IvySlayer

You lie Gav, look to your left of your post.

Biased or what :P

Sgt Pepper 64

KINGVictor wrote: »

I thought Arsenal played against the league champions ( Man City) at home last week? I might be mistaken but I would have assumed that Man City will be regarded as a big team.

nah, city were a flash in the pan, might make top four

efb

Thought it was Sunday- Cheers OP
3-1

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Sanity_Saviour

Torres first half hattrick Chelsea up 3-0 at half-time, match ends 4-4

Frisbee

Would be delighted with a draw tbh. Preferably a high scoring one.

Rekop dog

Think the Chelsea defence will be found out by decent sides this season, Torres still quite hit and miss at the other end, tbh has more off days than on so safer to assume he won't be at it. Baring Arsenal being exceptionally wasteful I see them winning this pretty handily.

MaroonAndGreen

Would be happy with a draw today.

Alot of these players first expierience of a Premier League game like this (Cesar, Hazard, Oscar, Moses etc).

We are capable of winning but that would be a bonus really!

Blatter

Arsenal to be well on top in this one, it'll just come down to whether they'll be clinical enough imo.

Sgt Pepper 64

Arsenal will face a new Chelsea, playing short defence splitting passes.
Should be interesting to say the least

Caveman1

KINGVictor wrote: »

I thought Arsenal played against the league champions ( Man City) at home last week? I might be mistaken but I would have assumed that Man City will be regarded as a big team.

My bad, forgot all about that game.

Paully D

Cracking way to kick off this weekends football.

After this game Arsenal go on a run until the middle of January (apart from one game against Manchester United away) of games they should win so avoiding defeat here would be massive.

I'm going for a score draw.

.jacksparrow.

Bad feeling about mannone

emergingstar

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Diaby, Cazorla, Ramsey, Gervinho, Podolski.

Sgt Pepper 64

emergingstar wrote: »

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Diaby, Cazorla, Ramsey, Gervinho, Podolski.

Lol, so for all walcott's bluster, he doesnt even start!

That defence looks there for the taking!

greendom

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Lol, so for all walcott's bluster, he doesnt even start!

That defence looks there for the taking!

yes so ropey so far this season !

emergingstar

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

emergingstar wrote: »

Arsenal: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Diaby, Cazorla, Ramsey, Gervinho, Podolski.

Lol, so for all walcott's bluster, he doesnt even start!

That defence looks there for the taking!

Think that's a strong defence yer best hope is if Jenks don't get much protection from Ramsey

dahat

Score draw,2-2,should be a decent game but i will miss it......twitter will have to be my feed for it

Sgt Pepper 64

greendom wrote: »

yes so ropey so far this season !

Theyve not met Mr Hazard, Mr Mata or Mr Oscar yet

emergingstar

Really hope Chelsea line up with frank and mikel in the middle

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Shows the size of Arsenal's squad as there's no space on the bench (through injury or otherwise) for Chamakh, Arshavin, Rosicky, Sagna, Wilshere, Frimpong and Coquelin.

emergingstar

No frank ah well least mikel is playing

Caveman1

Cech; Ivanovic,, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Torres.

Sgt Pepper 64

Caveman1 wrote: »

Cech; Ivanovic,, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Torres.

I had a feeling Oscar would start

Thats a pretty good team

GavRedKing

Ramires and Mikel will be better thrn Lamps and Mikel I hope. More pace anyway but Ramires can be rash.

Mata Oscar Hazard is a lethal trio.

Will I Amnt

I'm going for Arsenal here. Still not convinced by Chelsea, could be wrong but they have had it easy so far.

GavRedKing

1 - 3 Chelsea.

Hazard - 2

Changing my prediction from 2-2.

emergingstar

The three players behind Torres looks brilliant
But not to worried by the rest of it

greendom

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Theyve not met Mr Hazard, Mr Mata or Mr Oscar yet

All brilliant players, but how much of the ball will they see ?

killwill

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

I had a feeling Oscar would start

Thats a pretty good team

Terry and Luiz would wanna get alot of cover from the MF. I expect Arsenal to try exploit Terry's pace or lack of big time.

emergingstar

killwill wrote: »

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

I had a feeling Oscar would start

Thats a pretty good team

Terry and Luiz would wanna get alot of cover from the MF. I expect Arsenal to try exploit Terry's pace or lack of big time.

Yep why gervinho is up top

greendom

killwill wrote: »

Terry and Luiz would wanna get alot of cover from the MF. I expect Arsenal to try exploit Terry's pace or lack of big time.

Looking forward to Gervinho making a fool of Terry - even if any resultant shots end up in row Z.

GavRedKing

emergingstar wrote: »

Yep why gervinho is up top

Glad he is, thought Theo would run riot against our back line. Main threat for me will be the movememnt of Arsenal and Cazorlas ability to pick a pass. He'll have to be closed down all day early.

emergingstar

GavRedKing wrote: »

emergingstar wrote: »

Yep why gervinho is up top

Glad he is, thought Theo would run riot against our back line. Main threat for me will be the movememnt of Arsenal and Cazorlas ability to pick a pass. He'll have to be closed down all day early.

I think gervinho will cause havoc but as greendom says only god knows where the ball will end up

Mikel have a massive job on his hands with Santi am early booking could be good for us

double GG

Those 3 players- Mata, Oscar and Hazard will probably be the difference here today. Arsenal will score but I think a 1-1 draw or perhaps Chelsea nicking a 2-1.

Podolski to score and Torres to have a very good game.

GavRedKing

emergingstar wrote: »

I think gervinho will cause havoc but as greendom says only god knows where the ball will end up

Mikel have a massive job on his hands with Santi am early booking could be good for us

Id say Ramires will be on Cazorla and leave Mikela deeper and pick up any runners like Diaby. Going to be a good tactical battle anyway which gives Wenger the upper hand in that regard.

emergingstar

GavRedKing wrote: »

emergingstar wrote: »

I think gervinho will cause havoc but as greendom says only god knows where the ball will end up

Mikel have a massive job on his hands with Santi am early booking could be good for us

Id say Ramires will be on Cazorla and leave Mikela deeper and pick up any runners like Diaby. Going to be a good tactical battle anyway which gives Wenger the upper hand in that regard.

Good call I actually like Ramires hopefully he pushes on and leave space
Gonna be a very good tactical game