Reasons to be cheerful:

We will exit the cup

We will lose against Arsenal

Roy will leave at the end of the season

Arsenal are stuttering a bit. We are good at sitting back.

I reckon it will be a very respectable 0-0

If some generous soul offered me a free package of a chauffeur driven Bentley and free tickets in the best seats at the Emirates I would kindly decline their offer.
I have no intention of witnessing a dour 'Rear guard' action and inevitable defeat.

Arsenal can't hit a barn door at the minute which could be our in. Under the most pressure they've been under at any point since they spectacularly imploded in the title run in last year and they desperately need a win.

If we can keep them out until the hour mark, they're prime on the counter attack. I'm not sure what with though - no Olise or Ayew is rough. That will also require us to defend a lot better than we have done recently. Arsenal are conceding a fair bit from set pieces too but we're famously weak there at present.

If we let them score early and they get their tails up - then yes, it could get nasty.

If, however, a few step up and play to their potential - never say never.

Edited by ambrose7 (09 Jan 2024 6.12pm)

Come on, you’re a palace fan, you must know how this will pan out, teams or strikers always seem to end their Barren runs against us

Edited by monkey (10 Jan 2024 3.27pm)

Haha. They missed a hatful of chances against Liverpool. You just knew though that Liverpool would win.

Not very easy to imagine the same scenario against us.