Chelsea's Stiffs - Arsenal 20.15 KO

I reckon it'll be a decent team to try and secure third spot

Gunna rest a few with Saturday in mind Aspro surely? Not bargelike yet but they are on the drift....a difficult balancing act for Herr Tuthel.

Willian may have bagged himself a start after his goal on Sunday so thats one player he can forget about

He'll rest a few but the players coming in will be fresh and will want to get a run in the finals so it might actually make them just as strong if not stronger than playing full strength after two big games on Weds/Sat

Fair point lurka. I don't think he'll throw the game away though. One or two absent perhaps.

Second place is not out of the question

Good point Lurka. I imagine he'll swap his keeper , give Gilmour another run out,start with Zouma and maybe Giroud

Second place is not important!

Champions League football is. A win against Arsenal will almost certainly secure it or take them close. Losing tonight or even a draw will put them under unnecessary pressure. A win tonight with his best team gives them confidence and the players are on a roll. They can rest players after the Cup Final. Anything else would be madness.

I would though love Arsenal to do what they do best confound us. Show us they are not completely useless! I fear that might be too much to ask even against Chelsea seconds  as we have Chelsea thirds in our team! Willian looked good with Sake overlapping. I had never seen him pass the ball forward before the last game!

Chelsea's defence is playing very well as a unit atm. Arsenal seem to struggle to create chances with the first choice eleven. Really does depend on who Tuchel & Arteta choose to play. Draw good enough for Chelsea?

The FA cup in reality means very little, it is these days a nice to win bauble, to add a bit of gloss onto a successful season.

Tuchel is a good and perceptive manager, clearly understanding that qualifying for next seasons CL is far more important. He may make changes, but I really can't forsee wholesale changes and playing the stiffs as United did last nite.

Yeah, the FA Cup is just a novelty these days and Tuchel will play a strong team. A confident Chelsea side should easily maulicate this Arsenal rabble.

1
Arrizabalaga K. (G)
28
Azpilicueta C. (C)
21
Chilwell B.
23
Gilmour B.
29
Havertz K.
24
James R.
5
Jorginho
19
Mount M.
10
Pulisic C.
6
Silva T.
15
Zouma K.
14
Aubameyang P. (C)
25
Elneny M.
6
Gabriel
16
Holding R.
1
Leno B. (G)
22
Mari P.
11
Odegaard M.
7
Saka B.
32
Smith Rowe E.
18
Thomas
3

Tierney K

Chelsea 1.95 atm.

Free moneys.

Head says Chelsea
Gut says no bet

Will take a watching brief and see how it starts

The Arse have been so poor this season - even worse than us and that is saying someting - that this is the kind of game they somehow spring a surprise.

FWIW, I laid Chelsea earlier at 1.72 for a few pennies and will let it ride at this stage.

Mount
Pulisic
Aubameyang
Elneny

1+ shot each @ 2.54

Havertz.

sitter

Werneresque miss

0-1

0-1

Epic backpass by Jorginho

What the actual f$$k. Embarrassing from Chelsea.

Lose this Tuchel and all your credit in the bank will quickly evaporate.

comically bad

Come on the Arse. Lets see a little bit of intrigue into CL qualification, even if it does not last.

offside init

Goal needed here at the bridge

1-1

0-1

Offside??

aye

disallowed

Bolocks

htf does the lino not just give that, wtf are they there for ?

Just when you think Tuchel is the messiah he goes and has an absolute skinter like being thrashed at home to WBA and losing to Arse.

stinker*

It's not over yet

Giroud = GOALS (I hope)

Schadenfreude

Arsenal are utterly cr*p and I'd be shocked if Chelsea didn't at least draw this

One of those nights a think for Chelsea

Had a small bet on a card for Bellerin

Arteta is a joke

Bit more breathing space for Arteta now.....he's a lucky boy

May 12, 2021 -- 9:53PM, scaredmoney wrote:

Bit more breathing space for Arteta now.....he's a lucky boy

Good news for all the other teams in the league. Arteta will be Arsenal manager next season.

He is still clueless just like Scott Parker

Yeah, he's probably the worst manager in the league and he got extremely lucky with that freak goal. But Chelsea aib't scoring here.

C'mon Giroud

May 12, 2021 -- 9:56PM, sofaking wrote:

Yeah, he's probably the worst manager in the league and he got extremely lucky with that freak goal. But Chelsea aib't scoring here.

Arteta has won more trophies in one full season at Arsenal than Spuds have won in over a quarter of a century.

Eat that Spud.....

He ain't winning anymore bud

hit bar twice then

A bit of effort 6 days too late to save their season

May 12, 2021 -- 8:03PM, pushkin99 wrote:

The Arse have been so poor this season - even worse than us and that is saying someting - that this is the kind of game they somehow spring a surprise.FWIW, I laid Chelsea earlier at 1.72 for a few pennies and will let it ride at this stage.

May 12, 2021 -- 10:00PM, The Prophet wrote:

May 12, 2021 --  8:56PM, sofaking wrote:Yeah, he's probably the worst manager in the league and he got extremely lucky with that freak goal. But Chelsea aib't scoring here.Arteta has won more trophies in one full season at Arsenal than Spuds have won in over a quarter of a century.Eat that Spud.....

They're not real trophies kid.

At least Arsenal tried tonight so fair play

They can hold their heads high

never enough on pushkin

a wins a win though WD

May 12, 2021 -- 10:18PM, sofaking wrote:

May 12, 2021 --  9:00PM, The Prophet wrote:May 12, 2021 --

May 12, 2021 -- 10:26PM, The Prophet wrote:

May 12, 2021 --  9:18PM, sofaking wrote:May 12, 2021 --

If that's the case Spud....you lot haven't won anything for over half a century....60 years in fact.

Analyse that and let me know your conclusions you bitter Spud.

May 12, 2021 -- 10:28PM, The Prophet wrote:

If that's the case Spud....you lot haven't won anything for over half a century....60 years in fact.Analyse that and let me know your conclusions you bitter Spud.

Way too easy to wind this guy up.   Have a great evening, The Prophet. 

Poch can't even win the French league with PSG

and just scraped through in the cup on pens against Montpellier

Perhaps Poch is not the managerial genius he was made out to be. Could be fired from PSG real soon. They'd hardly fire him if he fails to win Ligue 1, would they....:plain:]

arsenal brought back the integrity of EPL toinigh bang average side out on feet pulled their kooon out for 90 mins when they could have been thinking of the beach,as opposed to the 30 poodles of man utd and chelski this week who imo have disgraced their clubs and EPL
LOSING 3 TIMES IN 9 MONTHS TO THIS MOB OF GOONERS WOULD HAVE BEEN A WALKING THE PLANK JOB FOR FAR BETTER MANAGERS THAN TUTE

Agree with that, strange they couldn't find the same resolve against Villarreal last week. I wish they had got the "woodwork" good luck they got last night against Villarreal last week.

Still worst season for 25+ years? and currently one point behind the Spuds who considering how good a squad they have continue to underperform. Spuds welcome to 7th place and qualification into Europa league booby prize next season.

Thomas Tuchal was a genius 3 days ago, now under pressure after losing to a mid table team last night.

If they blow top 4 and fail to win champions league, tuchal could start next season under a lot of pressure

Arsenal want to compete they will need to act with ambition and get rid of mr robotic whom is out of his depth. They only going one way, regression

If as seems likely that arteta stays in charge, then this will prove to be arsenals best season under him.

Their best players will leave, and he won't attract good players because there is zero chance of champions league (better chance of championship) football under him. All this allayed with his abysmal type of football.

It is an absolute given, but for the covid 19 influence, which prevented supporters from attending matches, he would be already gone as fans would have forced him out.

It beggers belief really that a team could show such resolve in a game that had very little meaning for them, yet a week earlier showed abject surrender in a game that would define their season.

And the man who oversaw all this will still be in charge next season

Typical Arsenal, did it for 10yrs under wenger.

Flirted with the elite until christmas, wheels start to come off towards under of Jan and then by mid march out of everything bar the FA Cup, finish the season well, fans go off into the summer looking forward to next season with an FA Cup which most of the elite dont pay attention to due to european commitment and obtain the lite comp for the next season.

Arsenal win an FA Cup, but continue to be nowhere nearer to competiting then they did 10yrs ago......repeat repeat repeat.

They will most probably finish 7th or 8th and Arteta will be given a chance to continue his work, but will full the plan of the last 15yrs,,,,,, flirt, bottle, eliminate and finish season well with maybe the new micky mouse cup the FA Cup as an trophey, a competition the fellow big boys put Team  C out to play because other priorties

rather missing the point that unlike last thurs,last night they were playing the chelski stiffs who,s team selection led them and their fans to believe their manager had either give this one away or we,d win easy anyway attitude unlike villerial team
if you believe him the sky interviewer had to tell tute how many changes he,d made and even when told doubted the interviewer,s number

as lec,spuds  etc show todays teams ,players dont need encouragement from the manager regards team selections,attitudes to say he doesnt give a fook so i/we wont

Everton avoiding 7th place
AGAIN