***official arsenal v champions match thread***

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

For some season R M seems to be scared of Arse and gives them far too much respect. Plenty of teams have turned them over at home over the last few years. I just hope we go out with a positive attitude and not play for the usual 0 - 0.
PS - Whatever happened to the old football chant of "Attack Attack Attack Attack Attack"?

It's been outlawed as it's now seen as incitement to murder. Given, of course, the newly discovered fact that footballs can kill.

[TheGOAT]

We would actually have a better goal difference than them if we where to gain the seven points back on them!!

[halnone]

We would actually have a better goal difference than them if we where to gain the seven points back on them!!

very true.

[Dubaimancityfan]

Rags to lose two one.

City to batter arsenel on their own pitch. Five one. Tezez 1, edin 1 and balo to come on and bag the fastest hat trick of all time!

I'll go with that RB. Arsenal are there for the taking. They couldn't beat Bradford, so why should we fear them ?

[Ted Hughes]

It's my birthday today. Needless to say, I'm hoping for a nice little present from the fellas and have a strangely positive feeling about the game. 1-3.*

*Got an email from the club this morning wishing me a 'Happy Birthday'. Nice touch.

Happy Birthday mate, let's all hope it's 'As good as it gets' ;-)

Thanks Beefy ;-)

Happy Birthday.

If we are to be champions, we will stand up & show it today imo.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

It's my birthday today. Needless to say, I'm hoping for a nice little present from the fellas and have a strangely positive feeling about the game. 1-3.*

*Got an email from the club this morning wishing me a 'Happy Birthday'. Nice touch.

Happy Birthday mate, let's all hope it's 'As good as it gets' ;-)

Thanks Beefy ;-)

Happy Birthday.

If we are to be champions, we will stand up & show it today imo.

Thanks Ted.
A win today sends everyone a message, not least ourselves.

[Swales4ever]

A WIN. whatsoever way. It's on papers and must be written.

Hope that the Ted's historical retrospective on Mancini's attitude at the Emirates will be limited to surprise us with Mario on the roaming three behind Dzeko, in order to line Jimmy Jaws alongside Bazza.

EDIT: Happy birthday, Peter Doherty (AGAIG) Mate. Apologies, I missed to notice...

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

A WIN. whatsoever way. It's on papers and must be written.

Hope that the Ted's historical retrospective on Mancini's attitude at the Emirates will be limited to surprise us with Mario on the roaming three behind Dzeko, in order to line Jimmy Jaws alongside Bazza.

EDIT: Happy birthday, Peter Doherty (AGAIG) Mate. Apologies, I missed to notice...

Grazie mille, amico.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

Ten behind before kick off. Not even Mancini can go negatively surely.
This could be a defining game for us, win there and we can believe. Lose and it is quite definitely over.
I know we can murder these cunts, but I doubt we will.
Pep by February?

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Team news?

[chips]

Team news?

Usually an hour before kick off so in 10 mins or so.

[ashton287]

Stop being a pair of soft arses. The list below is Mancini's record against the Arse. You'll note that apart from when Boyata got send off in the first 3 minutes when we lost 3-0 all the other games are very, very close. Out of the 3 games at the Emirates in the league we've drawn 2 and lost 1. We've also beaten them there in the cup.

English Premier Su 23Sep 2012 Man City 1 - 1 Arsenal
English Premier Su 08Apr 2012 Arsenal 1 - 0 Man City
English Premier Su 18Dec 2011 Man City 1 - 0 Arsenal
Carling Cup Tu 29Nov 2011 Arsenal 0 - 1 Man City
Premier League We 05 Jan 2011 Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City
Premier League Su 24 Oct 2010 Man City 0 - 3 Arsenal
Premier League Sa 24 Apr 2010 Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City

I know we have the long standing record of not winning away to Arsenal since 1975 but we are in a very different position now where we are not going there being expected to lose. It's been splashed over every media outlet that we haven't won there in the league for so long and that we haven't scored a league goal there for 5 years but what they fail to say is that Wengers team have only scored 1 goal in the last 4 attempts on their own manor. For me, it should be Wenger who is worrying, not Mancini.

As for today, I don't know what to expect. We can still put a good side out but without the likes of Yaya and Sergio it makes it just that little bit harder. Not that we don't have adequate replacements but more because these 2 are the stalwarts of the team.

It's going to be an interesting game, of late these ones always are, and it will be made more interesting with the scoreline coming through from the Swamp. Will it change our perspective or will we carry on regardless?

So 2 points out of 9 away to them and we are not exactly setting the world on fire recently so cheers for clearing that up.

0-9 today then.

[chips]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko

[Beefymcfc]

Stop being a pair of soft arses. The list below is Mancini's record against the Arse. You'll note that apart from when Boyata got send off in the first 3 minutes when we lost 3-0 all the other games are very, very close. Out of the 3 games at the Emirates in the league we've drawn 2 and lost 1. We've also beaten them there in the cup.

English Premier Su 23Sep 2012 Man City 1 - 1 Arsenal
English Premier Su 08Apr 2012 Arsenal 1 - 0 Man City
English Premier Su 18Dec 2011 Man City 1 - 0 Arsenal
Carling Cup Tu 29Nov 2011 Arsenal 0 - 1 Man City
Premier League We 05 Jan 2011 Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City
Premier League Su 24 Oct 2010 Man City 0 - 3 Arsenal
Premier League Sa 24 Apr 2010 Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City

I know we have the long standing record of not winning away to Arsenal since 1975 but we are in a very different position now where we are not going there being expected to lose. It's been splashed over every media outlet that we haven't won there in the league for so long and that we haven't scored a league goal there for 5 years but what they fail to say is that Wengers team have only scored 1 goal in the last 4 attempts on their own manor. For me, it should be Wenger who is worrying, not Mancini.

As for today, I don't know what to expect. We can still put a good side out but without the likes of Yaya and Sergio it makes it just that little bit harder. Not that we don't have adequate replacements but more because these 2 are the stalwarts of the team.

It's going to be an interesting game, of late these ones always are, and it will be made more interesting with the scoreline coming through from the Swamp. Will it change our perspective or will we carry on regardless?

So 2 points out of 9 away to them and we are not exactly setting the world on fire recently so cheers for clearing that up.

0-9 today then.

Miserable twat.

[DoomMerchant]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko #arsenalvcity #MCFC

what we all expected.

COME ON CITY!

[Nigels Tackle]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko

happy with that xi

just hope that bob sends them out with instructions to attack

[carl_feedthegoat]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko

happy with that xi

just hope that bob sends them out with instructions to attack

No Lescott then .

ARF

[Green & Blue]

Not much wrong with that considering the players that are missing at present.Nasty back in for Lescott might raise a few eyebrows.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko #arsenalvcity #MCFC

what we all expected.

COME ON CITY!

I expected Balotelli. Hope this gives Edin the confidence to rip this shower apart.

[Nigels Tackle]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Clichy, Garcia, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko

happy with that xi

just hope that bob sends them out with instructions to attack

No Lescott then .

ARF

bobby is a carl-licker