Comments on: Arsenal ready to make their statement

By: Gooner for 60 years

Gooner for 60 years — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:26:40 +0000

Just hope both sides play to their full potential…in which case it will be Arse 3, ManU 1 maybe 2.

By: ramugoonerforlife

ramugoonerforlife — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:48:07 +0000

My prediction is 2:1 to gunners.
If we can win this match manu will never catch us this season for sure. Van persie will be back soon and Eduardo will adapt, then we will be invincibles again.
But we missed Van persie against pools and I hope he will not tomorrow, what you think spanish fry?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:30:26 +0000

a win is on the cards for the gunners and we get to find out how wins more early as it is the early kick off

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:49:48 +0000

Things seem pretty intense in Kenya – hopefully there is no trouble this time around. Just on our lack of shooting, I think that was only apparent for the first time last weekend. Previous to that the players have tried their luck from distance regularly, it was only against Liverpool that it stopped because they played so defensively. I can’t see it happening again against Manchester United.

By: knightman

knightman — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:35:13 +0000

Arsenalkenya said it right about Kenya..the rivarly here is so intense my bro (Man U fan) won’t pick up my calls..

Adebayor will be the key to that game tommorow.If he riots upfront, he’ll create quite enough chances and maybe grab a goal. Flamini will also have a real tough test and he better be carefull coz cards may flow his way.

The idea is to kill United’s pace coz they never score when the game is slow (not enough skills for that apparently ) and that means possesing the ball – which is apparently our plate of fish. Whoever said that the midfield will decide on the fate of the game was right but we’ll know who’s gonna posses that ball, don’t we? The only thing that should change in our game is lack of long range shots.. With Rosicky and Fabregas am quite confident we can hit the net a couple of times from long range.

Teh_pwnerer: i differ with you on the first goal thing.one thing about gunners is they work well under pressure and so Man U scoring the first goal (especially in the first half) will make us rain on them..in fact if Man U gets a goal in the first 15 minutes i’ll not frown at all. i’ll be like “wamechokoza nyuki ” …that is Swahili for “They just disturbed the bees” and so expect to be stung. 3-0 to Arsenal is my prediction and don’t be surprised if it turns out a hat trick. CHEERS!

By: darragh

darragh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:50:15 +0000

They key players that will have to perform – Almunia staying solid in goal, and Adebayor being able to convert field possession into multiple shots on target. If these things happen, Arsenal will win.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:52:34 +0000

It will be a fantastic game, and if Ade is on form we will score a couple, Cesc will probably net again but tevez and Ronney are working up a partnership together! Ronaldo is going to be hard to contain but i believe we can do that. The bad thing is you don’t know what you will get with Adebayor, a good game or a bad game! Lets hope its a good game, i want eduardo to play! A solid back 4. Still some people are criticising Sagna, HOW!! 2-0 2 the arsenal!

By: teh_pwnerer

teh_pwnerer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:31:24 +0000

I can see this being an excellent game. I feel that the first goal will be the decisive one, and whoever can get it will have the game in their grasp. If Arsenal can keep it contained in the midfield and keep Ronaldo under control, it's in the bag. But if Ferguson has some crazy ass tricks, as he always does, Arsenal can never really know what to expect.
One of the things Arsenal lacks is a large amount of experience - although the hunger to win is there, and they have proved calm under pressure, this is Manchester United that they're up against. A team with balanced experience and youth. It's going to be a great battle of arguably the two best club managers in the world.
I agree Arsenal's defence is suited to the ManU attack, but is the Arsenal attack suited to the Man U defence?
If Adebayor is on form I can see this goiong Arsenal's way, if Tevez in on form it will probably go Man U.
I hope to see Eduardo in there for a bit, at least for some experience, at most for some shock factor.
My prediction for tomorrow:
2-1 win to whoever scores the first goal

Also, with the gravity of this match I can see there being some heavy tackles.

By: Frichie

Frichie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:35:11 +0000

Whose being tested! Many Say this is Arsenals big test!

So Man United have hit form, but against who, Villa, Boro, and Wigan, hardly the real test. They beat chelsea 2 nil, but what with everything going on, Chelsea would have lost to Spurs!. I wouldnt be surprised to See man united hit another blip if they lose on Sat, cos they are facing the biggest test of their season. Hargreaves will not be able to do any job against Cesc, and if anything expect to see him get carded.

By: ArsenalKenya

ArsenalKenya — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:20:45 +0000

2 – 0 to arsenal is my prediction. Nice analysis and prediction by Ron 7 but this time Professor Wenger has a remedy for them this time round. I will not be suprised if he starts with Diarra instead of Eboue in this game.Meanwhile i am very confident of the team and we will definetely win this game. Emirates is where teams are massacred and i will not be suprised if we score 3 – 1 with Adebayor pulling another cracker like in the Totenhamm game.

Im off for the weekend and ready for the big game tomorrow. In kenya there is so much rivalry between Man U and Arsenal fans and last year when Arsenal won at emirates one fan was killed in a bar brawl. I expect the same tomorrow and i wont shy off from wearing my Arsenal jersey knowing that we are the future leaders in football in Euope.