Arsenal v Palace: Last Opportunity to Watch a Giant in Action

32 thoughts on “Arsenal v Palace: Last Opportunity to Watch a Giant in Action”

• A respectful post about a nice man and special manager. Well done, GN5.

• Here’s my three-pennies worth,
  Leno
  Chambers
  Holding
  Mari
  Tierney

  Partey
  Ceballos

  Saka
  Odegaard
  Pepe

  Aubameyang

• We’ve checked-in with our medical team ahead of Wednesday’s Premier League match against Crystal Palace.

  Hector Bellerin
  Left lower leg. Hector sustained bruising to the bone in the lower leg during last week’s match at Chelsea and continues to be reviewed. Hector is unavailable for Wednesday’s match, but is working hard with the medical team ahead of Sunday’s match against Brighton.

  David Luiz
  Left hamstring. David continues to make progress since sustaining the injury at Newcastle on May 2. David is unavailable for Wednesday’s match, but is working hard with the medical team ahead of Sunday’s match against Brighton.

  Granit Xhaka
  Left groin. Granit has returned to full training and is being assessed regarding his availability for Wednesday’s match.

  As part of Premier League protocol, all members of our first team squad and support staff continue to be regularly tested for COVID-19.

  Copyright 2021 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to http://www.arsenal.com as the source.

• Kev,

  I like your choices but if Xhaka proves to be fit enough I would use him in mid field and not Ceba.

• GN5, I was gonna put Elneny alongside Partey but I wonder how Palace will approach the game, will they sit back and look to hit on the break? Ceballos can maybe get in among them more than Mo.

  But yeah, if Granit is fit he has to play.

• I’d be really pleased if Balogun and Azzez make the bench, we need to be looking towards next season.

  Leeds winning could mean Arsenal finishing 10th this season, although whether it’s 8th or 10th it irrelevant to our season at this point.

  I really don’t want the Conference and it’s looking likely that we won’t make it and I’m happy with that.

• Thank you all for posting your final EPL predictions of the season.

  Yesterday I completed the full audit of the season, I found a few errors in my data input – they were not major, but could make a difference in the final score depending on this weeks choices.

• I like the lineup, Kev

• https://www.football365.com/news/bergkamp-joins-lampard-in-premier-league-hall-of-fame

• A nice touch, GN5. Roy Hodgson is a giant of the game in many respects and is one manager (along with Bobby Robson) who has flown the English flag in Europe, going outside the comforts of the domestic game. He also has a great personality, evidently and leaves his mark on teams he’s coached.

  At 73, I imagine it is a good time to retire and leave the scene of football management. Hopefully, he has a stint as a Director at Palace or some other club.

• Kev, I like your line up too, but think we may just go with the same front four we started with vs Chelsea – Odegaard, ESR, Saka and Auba. In midfield, every chance Xhaka starts, if he is fit but I would not do so at this stage of the season when he may have his head at the beaches already, or some other holiday destination.

  Pepe, may start only as a counter-effect to Zaha being on their left. We would see. If Pepe starts, I expect it to be ESR starting over Odegaard.

  My expected line up will be…..

  Leno, Chambers, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka/Ceballos, Saka, Odegaard, ESR, Auba.
  Subs: Ryan, Mari, Cedric, Xhaka/Ceballos, Pepe, Laca, Balogun.

• Bergkamp joining premier league hall of fame now after Lampard?? What a shame he should have been inducted in the fi at batch. He was a class above the rest in pure footballing technique and artistry. You have to wonder who sits in judgement on this nominations and what’s thier footballing pedigree. Rediculous.

• A great day for DB10. May write something about it in the next few days. 😊

• Leno
  21
  Chambers
  16
  Holding
  6
  Gabriel
  3
  Tierney
  18
  Partey
  25
  Elneny
  7
  Saka
  32
  E. Smith Rowe
  19
  Pepe
  14
  Aubameyang (c)

  Substitutes
  33
  Ryan
  17
  Cédric Soares
  22
  Mari
  34
  Xhaka
  8
  Ceballos
  11
  Odegaard
  12
  Willian
  9
  Lacazette
  35
  Martinelli

• Leno
  21
  Chambers
  16
  Holding
  6
  Gabriel
  3
  Tierney
  18
  Partey
  25
  Elneny
  7
  Saka
  32
  E. Smith Rowe
  19
  Pepe
  14
  Aubameyang (c)

  Substitutes
  33
  Ryan
  17
  Cédric Soares
  22
  Mari
  34
  Xhaka
  8
  Ceballos
  11
  Odegaard
  12
  Willian
  9
  Lacazette
  35
  Martinelli

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• I think we could have had Balogun on the bench, but safety first I suppose although why we need four midfielders on he bench I’m not really sure?

  Benteke with an elbow to the face of Elneny and Elneny gets a yellow card, it’s all very confusing to me and Peter Walton the referee expert on BT Sport is as biased as we’ve come to expect so no clarity from those quarters, the holding and obstruction in the box at corners is endemic but referees are cowards these days. Maybe they don’t want to offend anyone?

• A hard and well worked win for the boys tonight. Three goals and all good ones. Ooh to be..

• The refereeing was a farce tonight, Kev. Shit on a stick.

• Joe has done it again! The boy is on fire.

• Good win, even if a bit against the overall run of play (read chances created, attempted shots and goal opportunities). But, a win is a win is a win. We would take that.

  We gave ourselves a chance to vie for 6th place till West Ham scored their second goal and went on to win it. Now, the only chance for Europe we have is 7th place. And that may not be if results don’t go for us. We left our surge a bit too late. Hopefully, the next season will see us a better team.

• Agree, the reffing was turdish in quality. The three goals a joy. Saka’s sublime back heel, Tierney’s pin point cross and Pepe’s Auba/Cruyff type volley. Martin’s Ozilesque cross and Gabriel’s boundless enthusiasm. Pepe’s waltz. And don’t you just love Callum Chambers? His and Tierney’s crossing was a high point of the game. Everton and Spuds have tough last games. Let’s hope St Totteringham’s Day looms this weekend.
  Thanks GN5 for honouring Roy H. What an astonishing career.

• I missed the opening few minutes and I think that Schlupp was lucky to stay on the pitch, over the top stamp on Chambers was a red card in my book. I reckon the officials didn’t want to spoil Hodgson’s last home match with a red card, it’s all I can think other than being dishonest or plain incompetent.

  A mixed bag but a well earned win.

• Well that was hard to watch but well taken goals. We still.dont have enough shots on goal and too much of prancing around the final third. We could if we win the final game are more closer to top 6 and 4 han we thought. It’s again a learning that league mentality is that you play every game as a cup final and a chance tk accumulate points and move up the table. I dont think we had that mentality. It’s clearly down to Arteta and I have always said Arteta has failed in the #1 principle of management which is to get the best out of the squad and make them greater than sum of parts. This squad is better than 60 points. Next season we have to have a target of 35 points for each half of league games. Unless you strive to get it with a target in mind then we will again fall short. Looks like from Dec 26th we would be close to getting 45+ points which means the first half was so bad. It’s lal down to Arteta and no excuses next time. If we are not at 35 points next season by Christmas Arteta has to go.

• Some fine comments, guys.

  I like your poetic descriptions, Stuart, including the word Turdish 😁

  Kev, the referees were bottling it big style. Maybe having a crowd there and yes RH’s departure played a role.

• Madhu,

  I like to think it is a positive that Arsenal have done so well since Christmas and that Arteta deserves a lot of credit for it. We are a work in progress and profession is being made.

  CP were set up to beat us on the counter and made it hard to attack them. But I thought the boys did well to create openings and not succumb to the counter threat, so for me only positives today.

• Did you guys check the comments from Bergkamp on Takeover bid. He is insisting that the take over should happen. Seems like more pressure is piled on publicly by ex players on Kroenkes to sell. Interesting times.

• I didn’t see the comments Madhu but it was always going to be a long drawn out thing with stuff going on behind the scenes, it’s not wise to discuss takeovers in the public domain.

• Yes Total, it’ll be interesting to watch the referee dynamics with the crowd now as they grow in numbers.

  My son told me that Arsenal are offering season ticket holders the option of another one year holiday but he wants to renew for next season, the mad emotional fool. 😁

  Do you reckon that you’ll get over to Easter Road for the visit of the Gunners this July?

• I think we all want that takeover ↗️ Madhu… But it is out of our hands roa large extent.

• Kevinlinski, next season will be a great one I reckon. I am with your son 😁

  I will try for sure to watch them here.

• It would be wonderful to have a billionaire Arsenal supporter with the backing of some of our great players to become the owner of our famous club – but all we can do is wish and hope.That is “Wish and Hope’ for the new management team can become overwhelming with the use of the internet, on the streets, and around the stadium.

  Expressed supporter dissatisfaction with the Kronke’s can go a long way to persuaded them to sell – but it must be remembered that ONLY the almighty dollar means anything to them. In my opinion the the love they express for Arsenal is nothing more than a sham to get more money out of the sale..

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