johnniericoh
Member
Dream tie or not we are, according to the media, fans and general public, going to get marmalised down at the Emirates with verbiage abounding like "mis-match of the century", " Arsenal have easy ride", "Arsenal odds tumble" etc.
Blinking heavily through my Sky Blue glasses a good yardstick would be to go back to 26/09/12 when we were indeed stuffed 6-1 by Arsenal in the League Cup and compare the two City squads.
Of the 18 on show then only 6 remain (Murphy, J Clarke, Baker, Barton, Fleck and Moussa) arguably the best of that bunch at that time and probably playing even better within the current squad of today.
Stats for that match;
Gate: 58,351
Arsenal: Shots 20, 14 on target, possession 57%
CCFC: Shots 9, 2 on target, possession 43%
Positives were that we were only 1-0 down at HT (Giroud 39 mins) but collapsed during the second half (Alex Oxlade- chamberlain 57, Arshavin 63, Walcott 74 and 90 with Calum Ball scoring our only goal 78)
My only major positive today is that our current squad, playing ethos and never say die
spirit plus one or two half decent players of our own would surely not capitulate so easily as before and provide more resilience.
Will it be just a case of damage limitation or maybe a closer run thing than the perceived almighty massacre.
Score: Arsenal 3-1 City
Blinking heavily through my Sky Blue glasses a good yardstick would be to go back to 26/09/12 when we were indeed stuffed 6-1 by Arsenal in the League Cup and compare the two City squads.
Of the 18 on show then only 6 remain (Murphy, J Clarke, Baker, Barton, Fleck and Moussa) arguably the best of that bunch at that time and probably playing even better within the current squad of today.
Stats for that match;
Gate: 58,351
Arsenal: Shots 20, 14 on target, possession 57%
CCFC: Shots 9, 2 on target, possession 43%
Positives were that we were only 1-0 down at HT (Giroud 39 mins) but collapsed during the second half (Alex Oxlade- chamberlain 57, Arshavin 63, Walcott 74 and 90 with Calum Ball scoring our only goal 78)
My only major positive today is that our current squad, playing ethos and never say die
spirit plus one or two half decent players of our own would surely not capitulate so easily as before and provide more resilience.
Will it be just a case of damage limitation or maybe a closer run thing than the perceived almighty massacre.
Score: Arsenal 3-1 City