MatchDay: Stoke Vs Arsenal

Well we need to win there again one day.

Cech; Bellerin - Mert - Kos - Nacho; Elneny - Ramsey; Campbell - Özil - Theo; Giroud

Wouldn't be surprised to see Gabs.

this fixture and Southampton away are always painful to watch.

this fixture and Southampton away are always painful to watch.

Agreed. Would be good to just smash them completely for once, bring them down to earth. 7-0 would do.

I don't have much fate that Stoke wont kick us out of the pitch.Look at Southampton, the moment they heard they play Arsenal, they transformed in brutes from hell.

Last few games Theo is awful he better wake up and give us good performance here.

They're gonna put two markers on Ozil and foul, kick and shove him over whenever he has the ball. Or sometimes when he doesn't. And mostly get away with it.

I just hope they'll think they can play football against us like they've been doing all season so far.

Legendary itk's state that Özil isn't in the squad

We'll see

Legendary itk's state that Özil isn't in the squadWe'll see

Who are these "legendary ITKs"?

Big Dean mate. Seems he was right and we put out our worst starting XI in the Prem since the banter era

".@MesutOzil1088 misses #SCFCvAFC with a slight foot injury. " https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/688741676739903488

No Sanchez too.

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesaker, Koscielny, Monreal, Ramsey, Flamini, Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott, Giroud

Subs: Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Ospina, Elneny, Iwobi, Chambers.

This is good starting XI, problem is we dont have bench if this guys dont perform.

repost.... sry

It's a shit starting XI cause there's no creativity in the team whatsoever

Would be surprised if we beat Stoke in terms of possession

Donno what you banging on. The quality is there. We have penetration from everywhere. Question is, will Arsenal players show up.

Oh, and:

Today's game pits the goalkeepers with the best save % in the PL against each other - Butland 78%, Cech 76%.

— Orbinho (@Orbinho) January 17, 2016

Predictably created nothing of note, quelle surprise

Ozil better not miss another league match this season

Decent performance from us. They were without any chances until late in the game and we had 2 very good chances to take the lead both falling to Giroud. Away at Stoke with so many of our creative players out I'm very happy with that performance.

Decent performance from us. They were without any chances until late in the game and we had 2 very good chances to take the lead both falling to Giroud. Away at Stoke with so many of our creative players out I'm very happy with that performance.

Agreed, the only thing lacking was someone to make that killer pass. We defended well, even when trying to score and pushing people up, and the attack was just lacking that link play. 4-3-3 is such a direct shape, it needs long vertical through passes and players constantly bombarding down the channels.

Also I'm quite happy that Stoke no longer employ much tougher tactics than any other team. In comparison to their "good old days" this lot was pretty timid.