Jase

Since the start of 2016/17, our record against Arsenal in all competitions: L 0-3 W 3-1 L 1-2 D 1-1 D 0-0 D 2-2 D 0-0 L 1-2 W 3-2 L 0-2 W 2-1 D 2-2 L 1-2 L 1-3 L 0-1 THREE wins in 15 games!

After watching that, will say 2 things... 1. THANK FUCK WE WON AT CITY! 2. THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A BLOODY WAKE UP CALL AFTER ALL THE RECENT PRAISE AND WINS!

Ho ho. You should see the stats...

Lazy from CHO......

What is the fucking point of playing with wingers if they are not going take players on and get to the byline!?!?!?!?!

In our last two home games against Arsenal, including today's, they have had 4 shots and scored 3 goals from them...

Lazy from Pulisic.....

Seriously, are people really thinking that this team isn't good enough to beat Arsenal? Barring 4 players, this is close to our best XI. And as important as a Top 4 finish is, we aren't Arsenal. We don't pride ourselves based on Top 4 finishes. To say that winning a major cup isn't important when we have an owner that likes winning things seems daft.

CHO on for Gilmour...

Still looked slow. lol

Are we running on empty? Or have the players taken their eyes off the ball due to the upcoming finals and/or after all the recent praise?

Havertz looked so slow when he was running through on goal for THAT chance miss. And looking at the goal again, Zouma really shouldn't be playing at all...

This should serve as a warning ahead of our final after all the recent praise...

Are you saying that this team isn't good enough to beat Arsenal? Barring 4 players, this is pretty close to our best XI. We have had chances but never took them while Arsenal have created zilch and we gave them a goal.

JFC!

We're just playing everything in front of Arsenal...

He has hardly started in any of the recent games. What makes you think CHO will suddenly start in a major cup final? Tuchel rates him but doesn't seem to be 100% convinced by him just yet judging by his comments yesterday.

Kepa starts! Werner on the bench while Kante and Rudiger are completely rested, I assume.

We might also wear it in the Champions League final. If history is anything to go by, we'll lose both finals...

All the talk about the Top 4 and no one has mentioned that this win will help give Leicester confidence and ease their Top 4 worry a little before the cup final...

LOL That actually turned out to be true...

I brought up their goals conceded stat because you mentioned Howe's attacking football style, which was non-existent. As I said, there's no point in a team playing pretty football if they keep conceding goals. It's also like with Lampard, who tried to make us play attacking football but had no care for defensive solidity.

Sacking Lampard last summer would have been harsh, I think, and had we done so, the signings might have turned out to be different signings.

Howe did not have any help? He was basically the Sir Alex Ferguson, the Arsene Wenger of Bournemouth because of what he achieved with them. He made the calls on the signings and a lot of them were not great. That's on him. Did I downplay what Howe achieved at Bournemouth? All I basically questioned is his playing style. His attacking football is a myth and there's no point in playing nice attacking football if the team are conceding goals at an alarming rate. Bournemouth conceded at least 60 goals in each of their Premier League season. He was able to spend more than the likes of Sean Dyche and only managed a Top 10 finish once. And not to mention, Dyche even got Burnley finish in one of the Europa League places not too long ago. And no one said what Lampard did at Derby is better than what Howe did at Bournemouth. The point was Lampard at least maintained the same finish as his predecessor at Derby, considering they went into freefall after he left.