⚽️The Footy Thread: Lock Thread

[jape]

the video of the fiorentina squad visiting astori's memorial is heart wrenching

 

[Trey Bantz]

No chance Arsenal beats Milan

 

[QU!K]

No chance Arsenal beats Milan

No chance Liverpool wins any trophies this year

 

[josh4523]

I want to be positive about the match but its tough to be with the new levels of shambles we have reached compounded with the fresh injuries we have stacked up in the last month (laca, bellerin, monreal). We’ll have to field a make shift squad that has already been underperforming spectacularly while Milan are on a 13 unbeaten streak and look much better on paper right now. If we want to get a result, the midfield battle will be the key, we must start a 3 man midfield and id think it would be best that we have Elneny and Xhaka in the pivot with Ozil in front of them in a 433 or 4231. Elneny has to be on it today and match the physicality that kessie will bring in the middle of the park along with tempering biglia from controlling the tempo, a tall task in which im afraid of kessie just bullying our entire midfield himself. Also very worried for our full backs, our backline is food, where I can see suso and calhanoglu dancing all over our flanks. With bellerin out, Maitland-Niles is the best choice to deputize since he can actually defend and put in a proper cross but its another tough task to ask of a very young player right now, im sure he’s up to it though as he’s shown in all his appearances. Id like to see reiss nelson at some point in the game since I figure wenger will start iwobi, he’s our only true winger smh. This is how I think we’ll line up

Welbz
Iwobi-Ozil-Mkhi
Xhaka-Elneny
Kolasinac-Mustafi-Kos-Maitland Niles

RIP Astori and The Arsenal

 

[Kimchi Papi]

So Joachim Low is rumored to be the front runner to replace Wenger.... Although he's a WC winning manager having the balance the abundance of talent of Die Mannschaft, it wasn't until his winning the Confed cup last summer that convinced me he's a decent manager. Low was without most if not all of Germany's senior players so he had to rely on the young & up&comers. They played good ball too.

@ the brandon rodgers rumors though...

 

[QU!K]

I want to be positive about the match but its tough to be with the new levels of shambles we have reached compounded with the fresh injuries we have stacked up in the last month (laca, bellerin, monreal). We’ll have to field a make shift squad that has already been underperforming spectacularly while Milan are on a 13 unbeaten streak and look much better on paper right now. If we want to get a result, the midfield battle will be the key, we must start a 3 man midfield and id think it would be best that we have Elneny and Xhaka in the pivot with Ozil in front of them in a 433 or 4231. Elneny has to be on it today and match the physicality that kessie will bring in the middle of the park along with tempering biglia from controlling the tempo, a tall task in which im afraid of kessie just bullying our entire midfield himself. Also very worried for our full backs, our backline is food, where I can see suso and calhanoglu dancing all over our flanks. With bellerin out, Maitland-Niles is the best choice to deputize since he can actually defend and put in a proper cross but its another tough task to ask of a very young player right now, im sure he’s up to it though as he’s shown in all his appearances. Id like to see reiss nelson at some point in the game since I figure wenger will start iwobi, he’s our only true winger smh. This is how I think we’ll line up

Welbz
Iwobi-Ozil-Mkhi
Xhaka-Elneny
Kolasinac-Mustafi-Kos-Maitland Niles

RIP Astori and The Arsenal

I have absolutely no faith in Welbeck

 

[QU!K]

Joachim gotta wash his hands first. Gonna have every EPL manager giving him daps

 

[Trey Bantz]

 

[PRIME]

I have absolutely no faith in Welbeck

Haven’t seen welbeck do anything noteworthy since that game winning header on the last corner against Leicester 2 years ago

 

[mastamind89]

 

[rolaholic]

Another day,another fav to replace Emery...

 

[PRIME]

I forgot flamini had them bags


Plz plz bring Conte to PSG

 

[mastamind89]

 

[flyeed]

I'd watch a series of animated shorts of those Dybala and Higuain characters

Looks like it'd be lulz

 

[sonoftony]

I like how they made Higuain fat in the cartoon

 

[mastamind89]

 

[mastamind89]

On paper looks like a 4-3-3

Would be nice to see Nelson get some minutes, he's our only natural winger

 

[sonoftony]

I don't believe Balo got called up by Gli Azzuri until I see him in the kit. I hope I'm wrong though

 

[vtotheinay]

oh man I really hope balo gets another shot with the nat'l team. that'd be awesome

 

[QU!K]

Who is going to score for us? Ramsey?

And I ******* hate Jack Wilshere

 

[sfc415]

I don't believe Balo got called up by Gli Azzuri until I see him in the kit. I hope I'm wrong though

I wouldn't play for Italy ever again if I were him. Those same fans are the ones racially abusing him and people that look like him on a daily basis I'm Serie A matches. I'm so damn happy Italy didn't qualify

 

[rolaholic]

Welp

 

[josh4523]

forgot ramsey was available, should be taking the place of wilshere to make room for elneny but oh well, getting ran through it is. Chambers at RB? mans is about to get burned all match

 

[QU!K]

Welp

Ship us Ruben Neves

 

[sfc415]

Is it wrong that I've been looking forward to this match more than any of the CL matches? Hope we all get to see some comedy today