JerusalemMan
Chris Perry
Ayew like an over-excited child. Why couldn't he have been like that against us in the cup?
Yeah, still time for them to throw it away thoughLooks like they have decided to have another cup final this year
It's a battle for 6th place. Neutrals are rightly not interested.Every nauseating promo on Sky is about the Manchester derby today, the scouse one is 400% taking a back seat today
The game won’t go ahead IMO and will cause a fixture problem will suits us tooSo obviously we want Everton and Southampton wins today, but what about the Manchester derby? A City win would mean we gain three points on Manure, with a seven point gap up to second place, which realistically is the best we can hope for this season. Even with a Manure win, we will still be a massive 15 points behind the northern lottery winners - and I don't really see them throwing away that advantage (plus there are other teams above us as well).
Team news
Southampton v Arsenal (12:00 GMT)
Southampton make four changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Bournemouth last time out.
Jack Stephens is in for Jeremy Pied, Maya Yoshida returns for Wesley Hoedt, Nathan Redmond starts in place of Sofiane Boufal and Pierre Emile-Hojbjerg replaces Steven Davis.
Southampton XI: Forster, Yoshida, Stephens, Van Dijk, Redmond, Bertrand, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Austin.
Subs: McCarthy, Hoedt, Davis, Lemina, Boufal, Gabbiadini, Pied.
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BBC Sport
Arsenal make just one change to the side that lost 3-1 to Manchester United last weekend, as Per Mertesacker comes in for the injured Shkodran Mustafi.
The bigger news perhaps is that Theo Walcott doesn't make the bench against his former club and Jack Wheelchair doesn't break into the starting XI after both impressed in the Europa League this week.
Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette,
Subs: Ospina, Wheelchair, Giroud, Iwobi, Welbeck, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin.
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mental we didnt seriously go in for Austin.
So obviously we want Everton and Southampton wins today, but what about the Manchester derby? A City win would mean we gain three points on Manure, with a seven point gap up to second place, which realistically is the best we can hope for this season. Even with a Manure win, we will still be a massive 15 points behind the northern lottery winners - and I don't really see them throwing away that advantage (plus there are other teams above us as well).