Hello and how are you?
Wednesday the 12th of March will see the Mighty Cannon in action in the return leg of the CL last 16 and that means a visit from PSV Eindhoven. Kick off at the Emirates is at 8.00pm western European time.
Well, after another blooming draw, this time against lowly Man Utd, we now face up to PSV for part 2 of our last realistic stand in any competition this season.
I did like Mr Rice’s last-second tackle, and those top saves by Mr.Raya in the game at Old Trafford but drawing sometimes feels like a loss? I think we all hoped for more and to a degree expected more, tbh when we made it 1-1 I felt like we would push on and do it, but they seemed to up their game a bit, while we cooled off slightly, and of course, both teams had chances to finish the game off at the end.
What do you think of the B.Wilson Smile-era-tent-stadium design that MU have swung out to the public? I wonder if it will mean we push forward with expanding the Emirates, which has been talked about earlier this season?
Of course this game against Eindhoven is /should be a dead rubber, however in my jellyfish-emotional world, I’ve already imagined various scenarios, and the worst is us losing 4-0 at HT and then they push on to the victory. The humiliation would be massive, and it would mean a life-time of shaming. Thanks mind for conjuring up that one! Yet how can it be, that we sit 2nd in the League, and I can still be brewing up such nightmares? Begone ye night- phantoms of fear! Begone Schrödinger-Marley-chains-Arsenal and grab us a nice! victory as we go onto play Chelsea…
Statto HQ, however wishes to sooth my nerves, and they give the Gun a 68.4% chances of winning and PSV 12.5%.
I’m sure we will see starts for Tierney, Jorginho, Kiwior and maybe White. Sterling, Martinelli and Timber! will miss a game if they get any more yellow cards, (three yellows and its a one game ban, but these aren’t wiped until the semis so this is another cloud that’s hanging over us, grrr!) so maybe cautious Arteta might be cautious with them? Not sure what I would do, and that’s why I’m a chimp writing this Crêpe and not the Arsenal manager. Phew! But its a oddball game to play, due to the result of the first leg, so how do you play it? I’d be interested in your thoughts…
Well, that’s it for now. Take care of yourselves. COYG!
Mills