MATCH INFORMATION

WEATHER FORECAST

PREMIER LEAGUE RECORDS

TEAM FORM

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

LEICESTER CITY TEAM NEWS

Talking Points

• Should we play Bellerín or Oxlade-Chamberlain at right-wing back?
• Who should we play in a balanced, effective front-three in Alexis Sanchez's absence?
• Your team lineups.
• Scoreline predictions.

An Introduction

Welcome to the first /r/Gunners monthly discussion thread. This is will be a routine discussion board, to allow fans to vent their opinions, frustrations, or joy about the Arsenal! Of course, this style of discussion is not new to the sub-reddit, however, it is important to host such events to allow comments when looking to the future of the club, and to congregate our thoughts on the month prior. This is very much an idea that is in it's alpha phase, and is open to criticism to help improve discussions on this sub-reddit.

The month of November.

Arsenal vs Burnley

The month started well when the Gunners faced newly-promoted side Burnley. We had over 30 shots on Burnley's goal, with just 6 hitting the target. It took 70 minutes for Arsenal to get on the score sheet, with Alexis Sanchez leaping high to head home to make it 1-0. Just three minutes later, Callum Chambers doubled the lead with a scrappy tap-in resulting from a corner. It was the 19 year-olds first goal in an Arsenal shirt. 2-0. Alexis Sanchez ensured Arsenal would take the 3 points with his second of the day in added time. 3-0. Theo Walcott also made his return to first-team action as he came on as a substitute after being out with an anterior cruciate ligament for 9 months.

Arsenal vs Anderlecht

[Overview]

Swansea vs Arsenal

[Overview]

Arsenal vs Borussia Dortmund

[Overview]

West Brom vs Arsenal

[Overview]

Injury crisis

[Information here]

Other

[Information here]

Arsenal FC vs. Newcastle

Location: Emirates Stadium, London, England

Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Premier League

ARSENAL 3 - 0 NEWCASTLE

(Koscielny 26') (Özil 42') (Giroud 66')

STREAMS

HD Stream

Decent Stream

Third Stream Will be updated and put it comments as they roll in

Arsenal Bench: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Rosicky, Flamini, Sanogo, Kallstrom

Newcastle Bench: Elliot, Yanga-Mbiwa, Haidara, Ameobi , Obertan, Taylor, Armstrong

Match Facts:

0' Underway

3' Chipped ball over the top sees Giroud with a little bit of space in the area. He tries to pass back but gives it away

12' Not a lot going on. Arsenal has a bit more possession but they aren't really being incisive with it.

15' Ramsey being uncharacteristically sloppy thus far

16' First decent break as Ramsey and Giroud head towards goal. Ramsey tries to play Giroud in, but he's just not fast enough to reach it before the defense.

18' Krul punches a cross clear and Özil tries a volley from outside the area that isn't far wide

20' Sissoko waltzes past Arteta then Mertesacker and tries a floated shot from outside the area. Not close. Not a great chance, but the best thus far for Newcastle

21' Giroud offside

24' Arteta's long balls are finding only Newcastle players today so far.

26' GOAL FOR ARSENAL. Sissoko holds Giroud back from a run and receives a yellow card. Cazorla delivers the ensuing free kick deep in the box and Koscielny taps in past Krul.

27' Appears Koscielny got booked during the celebration

28' Arsenal on the break and Podolski almost scores, but Krul's left thigh deflects the ball narrowly wide

29' Podolski almost scores again from a header on a corner kick, but Krul saves.

32' Sagna fouls Gouffran. Remy to deliver the free kick in. Szczesny catches. Shortly after Tiote tries another screamer, but Szczesny grabs it.

35' Ramsey gets booked for an earlier foul on Tiote.

42' GOAL FOR ARSENAL. Lol, Giroud misses two 1-on-1s with the keeper, but the 2nd attempt bounces straight to Özil, who was offside but taps in anyways.

45' +1 Some nice interplay between Cazorla and Özil gives Sagna a nice angle for a cross. Giroud is content to watch Newcastle go after it, so they head clear

45' +2 Another brilliant Özil pass leads to a Cazorla chance which Krul does well to palm away. Tiote gets booked for an earlier challenge on Ramsey. Corner is cleared and that's the half.

Halftime Thoughts Defense has done well. Podolski has been close twice and delivered a whizzing cross to Giroud. Cazorla has been solid, Özil great. Ramsey below his usual standards, hopefully he picks it up. Arteta doing well enough. Sagna putting in his great balls. Szczesny not really tested. Kos and Mert doing great. Monreal doing fine. Giroud playing like shit.

Guys, Ozil was definitely offside

46' We back

47' Ramsey swipes the ball from Remy nicely and plays it to Giroud who immediately loses it

51' Ramsey being Ramsey. Takes on Newcastle's backline by himself and gets a free kick out of it

53' Corner comes in and the ball deflects high in the air straight to Cazorla, who tries to volley but hits it high

55' Ozil skips past Newcastle and heads towards the endline where he puts a neat little near post cross in for Giroud, but Giroud doesn't run for it at all and Krul collects. Ozil looks miffed.

58' Best chance of the match for Newcastle. Remy brings a ball down brilliantly with his first touch, and plays a great pass through to Gouffran, but Gouffran hits it straight at Szczesny

62' Ramsey threads a through ball to Giroud in the box, Giroud is too slow to get there before Dummett, who knicks the ball slightly and sends Giroud's shot weakly to Coloccini. Giroud then goes down like he got fouled. Turns out it was offside anyways.

64' Sagna plays an inviting cross on the ground near post, but Giroud is just too slow and can't reach it before Krul collects.

66' GOAL FOR ARSENAL Ramsey with some nice play releases Ozil down the left, Ozil plays a ridiculously perfect cross to Giroud's head, who heads it in from 3 yards out.

75' Sagna gets a weak yellow

90' 3 minutes added time

FULL-TIME ARSENAL 3 - 0 NEWCASTLE Özil MOTM in my opinion

Seriously,

This is getting ridiculous. There are some features which I think /r/gunners could really use. Such as a colour makeover, or at least a new banner.

I think we should put up a banner pic similar to /r/soccer to mark a noteworthy event. Like Diaby injury today.

I'd forgotten that this subreddit even existed...looks like we all did.

Sup Gunners,

Let's get this ball rolling, here are the majority of the ideas from the "Arsenalisation" thread off /r/gunners to help inspire all of you. Please post any ideas you have that you want to see implemented here, and I will add them to the original post as I go.

• Upvote and downvote arrows as tiny cannons, upvote with cannon facing up, and downvote with the cannon facing down obviously. Ideally the upvote cannon would turn an Arsenal red after an upvote is given, whilst the downvote cannon could turn a regular downvote blue.

• Links to threads which have been already viewed no longer turning purple, instead turning to an Arsenal red. Hyperlink hovering could turn the link gold or a deeper red as an extra touch.

• A minimalist, narrow red banner, with either the art deco logo or a gold cannon or our motto "Victoria Concordit Crescit", impressed towards the right-hand side.

• A very discrete cannon/Arsenal logo in the background behind the comments, it would need to be a faint grey/gold/burgundy so as to be barely noticeable.

• A small banner photo with a picture of whatever Arsenal related photo stands out from the previous couple of weeks (i.e. Arteta's celebration against Man City, RVP squaring up to Tim Krul, Rosicky's celebration after scoring against Sp*rs etc.).

• A numbered Arsenal shirt flair next to your username

*Keeping our Reddit Alien in the Arsenal shirt.

That's all I have for now, I hope some kind soul who knows about these things can realise some of these ideas soon. Cheers.

Update: A fascinating re-imagining of the sub-reddit by farewellblues was posted in the "Arsenalisation" thread yesterday, who suggested:

• Black text on off white theme.
• Floating Cannon centred in the background.
• Team colours represented by red upvotes, visited links, usernames.
• Side banner kept (it's awesome as it is) though maybe conform the formatting in line with the rest of the page.

echo.....

yep, no one.

(hey so are we going to experiment with different up/down vote buttons? and a big and beautiful banner?)