I know we are capable of beating
Stoke City handsomely but just listen to the arse's excuses if they beat us!
Yet another clean sheet for Arsenal away to
Stoke City kept up our very impressive defensive record in the Premier League this season and extended the record breaking figures of our new number one.
Our other five Premier League matches are against Bournemouth, West Ham,
Stoke City, Everton and West Brom.
GOALKEEPERS (3): Cody Cropper (Southampton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton) DEFENDERS (7): John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (
Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Michael Orozco Fiscal (Puebla), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers) MIDFIELDERS (8): Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (AS Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Danny Williams (Reading) FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)
«if» Jack Wilsere's Burnemouth help «us» to hold Chelsea and
Stoke city beat United.....
The biggest problem with N'zonzi is the fact that he was
a Stoke City player.
On Tuesday Portsmouth had their best result of the season when their depleted side beat a second - string
Stoke City side 4 - 0 to reach the quarter - finals of the League Cup.
Always ignored because he played for
Stoke City, and thus was labled a rugby footballer.
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With Alexis Sanchez due back in action either this weekend against
Stoke City or the next game after and with our England international forward Danny Welbeck finally back in training after his long injury lay - off, the boss feels that the Gunners have plenty of options up front, and as reported by The Mirror he feels that he will not find any better options than what he has in the January transfer window.
Arsenal face an away trip to Southampton on New Year's Day, which is followed by home and away fixtures against
Stoke City and Manchester City respectively.
Just like his assists last season, however, those numbers have dried up and Ozil has added just one more strike for Arsenal since then, in the comfortable home win over
Stoke City.
The 25 - year - old was left out of the Reds» 1 - 0 win over
Stoke City last weekend, with Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel preferred in the centre of defence.
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He has plenty of international experience, To think that he hasn't been roughed up before is ridiculous,
Stoke City have always been known for their Rugby style of play, especially against Us, But that doesn't mean that all their player's are all built like Rugby players?
With the all - important third spot on offer as they continue to battle Manchester City, Arsene Wenger will know the importance of securing all three points this weekend following on from City's 4 - 0 win over
Stoke City.
Burnley drew their final home game of the season against
Stoke City, perhaps summing up their campaign with lots of hard graft but little cutting edge.
Sherwood's first game in charge will be against
Stoke City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Romelu Lukaku was also on the mark, and he joins Salah and Everton forward Cenk Tosun who scored twice in the win over
Stoke City, having had just three shots on target in the game.
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side were the 3 - 0 victors in today's tie over Paul Lambert's relegation - threatened
Stoke City who did little to trouble David Ospina's Arsenal goal.
Final 11 games: Aston Villa (H), Norwich City (A), Manchester United (H), Bournemouth (A), West Brom (H), Chelsea (A),
Stoke City (H), Southampton (A), Arsenal (H), Swansea City (A) and Newcastle (A) at some point
Stoke City have signed some decent player's, So don't disrespect them without looking at their squad.
However without seeing the player for real, I think I would still prefer for Arsenal to look no further than
Stoke City's Jack Butland as the next potential Arsenal number one.
Aaron Ramsey clearly has a very good relationship with Arsene Wenger, as the Arsenal boss has played a huge part in the Welshman's development and especially helped him on the long road to recovery after that potentially career ending challenge from
the Stoke City player Ryan Shawcross.
Can anyone convince me that watching
Stoke City under Tony Pulis, for example, was entertaining?
The pair enjoyed great success together at City between 2009 - 2013 as the FA Cup and a League title were both delivered during that spell, with Toure scoring the winner in the 2011 final against
Stoke City to clinch the club's first major piece of silverware in 35 years.
Sunderland have made two changes from their last Premier League game as Gus Poyet searches desperately for a win at home to
Stoke City in the Premier League this afternoon.
This is despite manager Jose Mourinho asking for referees to protect his players more before the Blues» match against
Stoke City.
He had been known to be interested in
Stoke City enforcer Wilson Palacios, who had looked to be on his way out of the Britannia Stadium, only to be brought in from the cold by new boss Mark Hughes.
Hull and
Stoke City are both keen on Lennon, but Everton are the favourites to gain his signature, according to Sky Sports News.
The winger managed three goals and three assists in 19 appearances in the Premier League on loan at
Stoke City, making the price tag seem slightly expensive.
Liverpool's injury crisis plummeted to new depths last night as Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren were casualties of their Capital One Cup first leg victory over
Stoke City.
Final 10 games: Arsenal (H), Aston Villa (A), Bournemouth (H), Liverpool (A), Manchester United (H),
Stoke City (A), West Brom (H), Chelsea (A), Southampton (H), Newcastle (A)
Arsenal comfortably swept aside
Stoke City at the Emirates this afternoon and Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang saw a plethora of praise heaped upon his shoulders for a number of reasons.
The Toffees celebrated what was poised to be their first win in four, but, just like they were against Bournemouth and
Stoke City prior to the New Year, they were caught napping at the death.
Just two minutes later Mesut Ozil was judged to have been bundled over in
the Stoke City box on the 88th minute with Arsenal being awarded their second penalty in just two minutes.
But that game, along with the weekend just gone which saw Lukaku devour Arsenal while Torres went scoreless against
Stoke City, has breathed new life into a debate that has been rumbling along for most of the season.
Wolves grabbed another crucial point from this Molineux fixture against
Stoke City.
But Newcastle United have a shocking record against the Gunners, just like we have against last weekend's tormentors
Stoke City, so hopefully that will not change.
We are THE ARSENAL and we are losing at
Stoke City, then Le Fraud tells us our defence were «too soft».
The England striker was dropped for the 2 - 0 loss to
Stoke City in December following a poor run of form, but the resurgence continues as Rooney scored his seventh goal in as many games on Tuesday night to help them secure a 3 - 0 win over the Potters at Old Trafford.
Another exciting English youngster, Ruben Loftus - Cheek could get more game time for Chelsea this term, or could go on loan to
Stoke City, and either way looks very reasonable at just # 5m.
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Even though Olivier Giroud is out of form and lacking in confidence after his slow start to the season with Arsenal and the France national team, whose friendly fans helpfully booed the big striker this week, I did not expect Arsene Wenger to drop him for the clash with
Stoke City today, but that is what the Frenchman has done.
Even if we do manage to win the next two Premier League games, at home to West Brom on Boxing Day and then Crystal Palace on new years day, I do not expect us to make up any ground on the league leaders, as Chelsea also have two very winnable home games against Bournemouth and
Stoke City.
Cyrill Cliff, fierce supporter of Britain's
Stoke City team, resented it very much when his team lost to the Blackburn Rovers on a disputed penalty kick.
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The Arsenal squad are due to arrive in Asia next Monday, ready to participate in the Barclays Asian trophy with a game against the Singapore select XI team on the Wednesday followed by another game against either
Stoke City of Everton to determine the winner, assuming that the Gunners win our first game of course.