I haven't felt less confident going into a derby in years. And it's not even like Arsenal are playing well at the moment!
Really?
I haven't felt less confident going into a derby in years. And it's not even like Arsenal are playing well at the moment!
if we have Dembele back, what would your feelings be?
Seeing as he won't be fully fit even if he does start, I'll still be expecting defeat, especially if Lennon, Defoe and Walker are injured. Because even if they're not, and even if Dembele is at 100%, you know full well that even if we manage to take the lead, AVB will substitute all of our attacking players for defensive ones, sit back and hope that Arsenal, the masters of late, jammy goals, don't manage to score one, only to be very disappointed.
Thorstvedt had a trial with Arsenal long before he joined us, if he had gone there I'm sure we'd be chasing David Seaman ..
What's worse is that he was an Arsenal fan as a kid, completely turned after he played for us though. He trash talk Arsenal all the time, and shine when he talk about his Spurs days.
.........................Lloris
Walker........Caulker......Vertonghen....Naughton
........................Sandro
.................Carroll.......Dembele
Lennon............................................Bale
.......................Adebayor
Forgot about Dawson
Either him and Caulker at CB - Verts out wide
or Naughton at LB and Caulker / Verts in the middle
Gallas needs to stay away from the starting 11 for now.
I've seen too little of Naughton in that position to call but we need Verts in the middle since Gallas is way off-form so BAE is in unless AVB wants to persist with Dawson which is unlikely. Not sure what happens when Kaboul returns though
I really think we should start with Ade and Defoe
So wait, you'd at this moment in time consider Naughton (lack of experience) and Vertonghen (preferred as a CB), ahead of BAE after what we have seen in the last few weeks still?? wow.