https://preview.redd.it/gazkwm4xhc2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c28d4e8bda21d4c2d65765c4dcc3b4560c1735a Oh lord

The vibes are immaculate

Teyah Goldie!!!!!!

Fucking hell, Katie Reid I can’t wait to see you properly play for us

She's legit, looks a quality player already

I keep thinking all of the birds flying in front of the screen are an animation

I mean everyone knows Australia isn’t real…

if I speak I am in big trouble

I would neverrrrr abuse my powers!! https://preview.redd.it/b1qt7nx0pc2d1.jpeg?width=479&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=500bef8d40bbde6c94b6959ea68c5278aed692b1

Shelby pls don't let this sub descended into the toxicity of gunners on matchday

I love when a car delivers the ball!

Really starts out the shits and giggles of a game

Boooo the car should’ve delivered it again

Lydia one of us, thank you and all the best!

Sarah Bouhaddi, still our cleansheet queen

arsenal legend

sure she's won the champions league, but can anyone keep a clean sheet against the a-league all stars? 

Only (currently) 2 goalkeepers can boast that achievement and I think that’s pretty special! Way less than champions league winning keepers

https://preview.redd.it/wmi0e1gs5d2d1.png?width=1542&format=png&auto=webp&s=017ab6738b90adce6715fe1d54b5d99bebdf63fa And I’ll tell you what.. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

This is hilarious the game is just pure vibes

Katie is not fucking around with Vine

The fucking seagulls. Gotta love Melbourne docklands 😂

KCC’s tackles have GREAT timing

She's a graduate of the Katrina Gorry School of Electric Midfielding

the birds and the aussie rules (i assume) lines on the pitch fucking me up

Reid is massively impressing me, and it looks like the loan has done Kühl well as she’s playing great too

Aw, that’s nice to honor Lydia. She’s great.

@Brighton take notes. **This** is how you seagull!

😂

she's one of our own, Sarah bouhhadi

Wait she didn’t get a yellow? McCabe didn’t get a yellow for a dead on bookable foul???? I apologise for everything I’ve ever said and all of my ancestors sins Australia. Please I beg, send your refs to the WSL!

Aussie rules country. Katie needed to punch her afterwards in order to get a yellow lol

Vivianne lia with the ✨assist ✨ Russo goal !! Love to see it

U17, U19, and Senior England squad captains all play for Arsenal - hell yeah

It’s nice to have Kuhl on the pitch with us again.

What a cross from Viv Lia!!

Quite feisty for a friendly match. Our attack still quite dull if I'm being honest.

I’m hoping the pitch is just stunting both the passing and dribbling ability of a tired frontline

I swear to God if any more Matildas get injured before the Olympics......

Kyra is really feeling it isn't she? all smiles

the active support is going off. there's a women on her bachelorette behind me

Katie Reid showing some baller moves already 🔥🔥

Just noticed the “Competition: Jetlag” and it made me laugh, nice details Shelby

Okay who got bored and released **all** of the gulls at once?!

https://preview.redd.it/k6ov6bs11d2d1.png?width=892&format=png&auto=webp&s=4abd8be9df9dfb583010592ba460eaa411ab6aa4

Thank god they’re not British gulls bc otherwise we’d be in real trouble

We played those last week 5-0 👍

Baby keeper!!!

[Oh my god this is art!](https://x.com/ejburke_/status/1793963920618902007?s=46&t=_nY5j4lDWQaAN05OwU771w)

didn’t realise we were playing brighton?!

I wish that handle, "Art but make it sports" would cover this one.

Up early as I'm being toxic on fifa, lemme know if I've got anything wrong!

You can be more positive. Instead of saying youre toxic on fifa, just say youre part of the fifa community... everyone knows its toxic anyway haha

I dunno something about these friendly cups brings out the failed league of legends player in me

I have not touched the game in like a month or something, so I missed the cup. Everything just broke. All my cards turned into "image not found" versions and I cba to reinstall the game to fix it. Could also be that I've not packed any of the good Arsenal TOTS that I wanted (besides the cheap ones).

I love the jetlaged location lol

Lydia Williams is a treasure.

Why tf are we getting a Joe interview at 60 mins???? wtf is this shit

Let’s go Katie Reid, only her McCabe and Little will have started and finished the game! Big props

Katie playing for Ireland next week. Long journey, 90 minutes, and back I'm a bit torn 🇮🇪🇮🇪

Arsenal women and academy CBs

Great save by Naomi there

That was fun ⚽. Thanks Gunners. Thanks A-League

Great to see KCC corners again. Just hoping for it to work with Reid next time (or atleast at some time with our recent set piece “luck”)

This is too many changes!!! https://preview.redd.it/y980kwhdxc2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f07d54acb2615775660a6aa57b99a6f0bbd9b522

i think it is mostly so the international crowd get to see all of their faves also - maanum banger with fox assist incoming imo

Alfred Hitchcock's kids are making a new movie. The Birds 2


KCC really enjoyed that.

Can we keep Reid and not sign a new CB please

This must be so cool for the youngsters to do a walkout with a kid next to them

Katie Reid you impress me

I love our youngsters

The birds , never seen anything like it!

Nice save from Naomi!!

Are we just relying on Foord for attack lol

Lovely goal. I was about to say Alessia should be playing in a false nine position with her vision, but hey I'll shut up

Teyah Goldie is back!

Teyah!? Woohoo! I’ve *literally* never seen her play. Wonder if she’s good lol

We still have Miedema on the pitch through Frida’s gloves 🙏🙏

Ke definitely improved physically, she got stuck in a lot this game.

you are talking about Kuhl right..?

Kyra’s smirk walking off the pitch LMAO

Aussie coverage had her looking dead into the camera and cheeky smile while she was down too.

The seagulls it’s hilarious 🤣

Awesome save! I'm so happy for her

Besides arsenal legend bouhaddi, heyman is a ghost of lina hurtig?

Lol what is with these deflated balls

With the commentators bringing up Kühl: I am curious to see how they’re gonna handle the amount of players we have for midfield

What a ball from Lia!

Lmao mid match interview

They brought out the stretcher and everything lol Just a cramp, fellas!

Didn’t expect to see Harbert considering the role she played in the U17 Euros! Happy for her though!

Yay! More children

Loving this, all of our youngsters get their chances.

Ugh that was great by Foord. Think an actual striker is in the right spot

The kids are playing well together. Making good runs. Love it.

Naomi !!

Nice save!

Nice game! Glad the Aussies got to see the team! And I think the academy kids might play our system better than the seniors (only sorta joking) 🙃

COYG!! What a great addition to my WFH Friday 😁

can also confirm shit beer selection at the stadium

That was a clean goal yeah

Ke is so elegant, the talent is undeniable. Also impressed with Katie Reid & Vinvienne, not shy away from taking one on one and showboating.

That assist from Viv was EPIC

I would like Cloe to be her baller self next season. It would bring me joy.

So many of these kids have champions league pedigree 😂🤣

The SECOND time? What the hell is going on with the balls

They're gonna run out of balls by halftime

When the black birds fly by I think it’s the a league players and when a white bird flies by I think it’s the ball

Few boos when Jonas came on the big screen lol

Courtney know Katie is about

I can't watch because I'm on a train in Switzerland and this thread is giving me big FOMO lol

Great game you're missing. Jump off and get a stream 👀

I would love to but unfortunately I don't speak German and the alpine goats out the window look menacing

I keep thinking it’s Leah playing whenever they mention (Viv) Lia

Is it worse to think of Leah or Viv? Because I’m struggling without full naming her

I will have almost lost my voice by half time

Then you’re doing it right!! lol

i was quite cynical about this game beforehand and a bit grumpy re: how it fit with the scheduling etc but as it turns out i’m day four on my sickbed and it’s really nice to have some football to watch in the middle of the day

hope you feel better soon!

I hope you get better soon and start feeling better sooner! 💜

if katie can score me a banger then this is not a lost bank holiday weekend 🤞🏻

Sarah Bouhaddi " I'm helping"

Still no Russo hat trick

Lfg teyahhh

Sooo frida is our striker?

So many babies

That was Cazorla-esque from Maddy Earl.

That Godfrey ball sandwich lol

Good to see that the Arsenal app is working now when I can't watch live haha. Hopefully someone will have it on youtube later.

I’m barely awake, but COYG!

Okay ngl the blue on the shorts is growing on me (it still sucks) but the blue on the socks can f right off

Ooh, I forgot Chids was playing. The Racing Louisville legend :)

Russsooooo

if the gworlies flew 24 hours for 1 x koala and 0 x goal

i posted this so lessi would score

Thank you :)

Spoke too soon. Lol

Tayeh!!!!

Teyah ..... gulp. Go you good thing

I would like to see godfrey

Tall and smol

when they announced the lineups in the stadium was still by number so no closer to understanding the formation

3-5-2??? 😭😭😭

I hope it’s wrong, I fear it’s not

seems to be 4-2-3-1 at the game, with kuhl at rw and little or pelova at the 10

Wow didn’t expect the game this quick lmao

How many issues can they have with the ball I wonder

the active zone is not super active bcs it's a lot of young women which is good to see but I just want some chanting

What do you think of the design on the shorts? We have the same on the new Sweden kits and I think it looks weird. Reminds me of the backside of a male white tie dress coat. Looks so droopy from the back

It only looks good when they’re still and it’s lined up properly so like 1% of the time!

I like them. I think they look better on the Sweden kits tho. The overall color and style works better.

And it was all ~~yellow~~ birds

Having been at the game the birds were definitely a feature. Felt like they were gonna take our heads off at one point!

Maybe they brought balls that can only be inflated with northern hemisphere air

Viv Lia is _fantastic_, can’t wait to see her in the fulltime squad

I think she might need a loan first imo

Who do you think is gonna win if we’re realistic? I don’t watch A-League at all so no idea on how good they are. Who’s dominating who here or is it gonna be balanced?

they are good but i feel the squad selection was full of sympathy picks. the best part about the league are the young players and most of them weren't called up

There are a lot of good players throughout the league but it seems a lot of the players were picked based on being current/former Matilda’s than current form (ie the goalie hasn’t played this year due to injury but Jada the sub has been amazing.)

Damn the seats are far away from the field

it's an afl stadium sadly so circular pitch works for them

Anyone want some scrambled eggs? It’s lunch time over here

Nooo, it's 10;30 pm... 👀

Noooooo, it’s 5:30am. Too early for anything.

Yaaaayyyy!! That was a nice assist!

not sure what the temperature is in Melbourne but it sure feels chilly on my couch

Have time to watch 2nd half. What's the story with booing?

all the anti jonas stuff i assume

Goldie making a LWM 21/22 esque run, just Arsenal things

At least the press and intensity (on us) is more akin to CL qualifiers - group stages than a typical WSL match.

What a save!

missed the game sadly but happy to see a lot of praise for the youngsters!

had a small dedicated crew chanting in the active zone hope some came on the broadcast

Great ball by Little, think she’s had a pretty poor game tbh but that was nice

only had half my beer pre game and feeling like shit. don't drink Aussie beer kids unless it's craft beer, which is actually nice. worst part of the world cup last year was having some awful piss drink bcs they're the Aussie version of budweiser

Is Viv Lia RB/RWB?

Saka’s journey to the first team but different side

https://preview.redd.it/cr75564msc2d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9b1c1f4b0f39ae566f9209421860100027950b9

Yes?

Interesting, I’m here for it

Is anyone there in the stadium itself? what are the vibes?

the vibes are good, but there's only about four chants people know. Jonas is being booed. there are lots of gulls about

Glad to see awfc is popular with the seagulls too

at the open training yesterday between when arsenal left and aleague arrived the gulls descended on the seats

Jonas getting booed fc????

Sub KCC for Godfrey, pull Maanum back down, Foord CF and Godfrey on the wing. ~~Bosh.~~

That didn’t feel right I take it back

Jonas is being booed every time he comes on the stadium screen

✨vibes✨

How many subs do we have? Cause the Aussies are on 6 rn

However many we want. It's a friendly

sincere question that has only just occurred to me - didn’t bouhaddi leave

 For real though she agreed to play this game (likely before she left) as we’d be losing Sabs and Kaylan, who I don’t even think is fit yet and Manu’s partner is close to giving birth.

anyone got a pic of the all-star jersey?

https://preview.redd.it/wc03a2ni7d2d1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fd93290aae1fbb69e748d185304a5a2849b6306

I liked the training kit more than the actual shirt tbh.