Rennes v Arsenal. 7th March. 17:55

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully a better showing than the first leg of the previous round. :doh:

Interesting to see what he does with the team with United game to follow.

1-2.

[SMatthews]

Another favourable draw, so let’s make the most of it.

[GP]

Kylo Rennes

Rennes & Stimpy

[Mac76]

Hopefully a better showing than the first leg of the previous round. :doh:

Interesting to see what he does with the team with United game to follow.

1-2.

Agree the Utd game is a big factor - we have to win that IMO, so if i was Emery i'd play mostly second string players and if we have to rescue the tie in the second leg so be it. At least it's not far to travel.

[Letters]

Kylo Rennes

Rennes & Stimpy

You eeeeediot!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ben Afri to destroy us.

[SMatthews]

Cech; Mustafi, Koscielny, Sokratis, Monreal; Torreira, Xhaka; Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi; Aubameyang.
Subs: Leno, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Suarez, Ramsey, Nketiah.

[GP]

Strong side. Need to be up for this one.

[Marc Overmars]

Auba hattrick please to make up for that bottle job last weekend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Missed my train. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Kylo Rennes

Rennes & Stimpy

Rennes and Rennesato.

[SMatthews]

Iwobi!

Perfect start.

[AFC Leveller]

0-1 iWobi with a cross shot

[Master Splinter]

IWOBI!!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Loving these early goals we’ve been getting of late!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Too good this GOAT.

[SMatthews]

Torreira’s shot saved.

[Master Splinter]

Iwobi destroying them.

[AFC Leveller]

Iwobi over Mbappe, any day of the week.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rennes: Koubek, Zeffane, Da Silva, Mexer, Bensebaini, Grenier, Andre, Hunou, Bourigeaud, Sarr, Ben Arfa

Subs: Badiashile, Doumbia, Johansson, Lea-Siliki, Lauriente, Del Castillo, Gelin.

Violet Bourigeaud. :bow:

[Gooner23]

Just get Mustafi off the pitch, such a liability.

Also Auba and Ozil need to wake up, been awful so far.

[AFC Leveller]

Aubameyang is so timid with his passing in the final third it’s so frustrating to watch. He needs to sort himself out.

[fakeyank]

Auba playing worse than Aliadiere at his worst.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is Mustafi dead?

[AFC Leveller]

As a lone striker and link up man, Laca is much better than Aubameyang, works harder, makes better passes and links up really well with the attacking midfielders.

[SMatthews]

Just get Mustafi off the pitch, such a liability.

I’d still take him over the other two options.

[AFC Leveller]

Mustafi runs half of the pitch to pass to the Rennes goalie

[AFC Leveller]

I love the fact that Sokratis is a proper scrote.

[AFC Leveller]

Mustafi goes for it but it’s inches wide.

[SMatthews]

Close from Mustafi.

[Master Splinter]

Should be 0-3 now.

[AFC Leveller]

Bent ref says Aubameyang is offside but he was on. He was clear on goal as well ffs. Now they have a free kick in a dangerous area.

[SMatthews]

Auba clearly onside. Should be 0-2.

[AFC Leveller]

Starting to fall asleep and Rennes can sense it. We can’t afford to concede.

[AFC Leveller]

Sokratis is off, second yellow.

[SMatthews]

Sokratis sent off. Second yellow.

Stupid. Mustafi had it covered.

[Gooner23]

Sokratis red

[AFC Leveller]

Soft second yellow.

[SMatthews]

1-1

[AFC Leveller]

1-1. I could see this from a mile away. Fully deserved.

[AFC Leveller]

Same old Arsenal failings. We should have been comfortably 2 or 3 ahead but instead we are level with a man down.

[Gooner23]

Cant complain, two clear cut yellows for me. He'd already had a warning before his first yellow.

Our own sloppiness allowed them to build some momentum when we should have been controlling it to quieten down the crowd.

[SMatthews]

1-1. I could see this from a mile away. Fully deserved.

Pretty sure that was their first chance - if you could even call it that.

[Gooner23]

Ps is Auba drunk? Looking like Sanogo out there tonight.

[Gooner23]

Pretty sure that was their first chance - if you could even call it that.

Exactly, it's what we do :haha:

[SMatthews]

Ramsey for Ozil please.

[SMatthews]

Exactly, it's what we do

The point being, it’s not a deserved equaliser. A wonder shot you can do little about.

Sokratis was a bloody idiot though.

[Marc Overmars]

Arsenal :rolleyes:

[Master Splinter]

Turning a comfortable victory into trench warfare again. :doh:

Auba has been complete pub so far.

We've brought this on ourselves by not finishing them off and some sloppiness, but I think the referee has given all but one decision in their favour. It's like being away at Stoke and the weak ref being controlled by the baying crowd.

[KSE Comedy Club]

The ref has been on their side a bit tbf, but come on - we should be doing a million percent better than we are!

We really are shit / stupid at times.

It's like we decided to play for ten minutes, then fall asleep?

[KSE Comedy Club]

Fuck me!

Looks like it's gonna be 40 mins of damage limitation now and try and beat them in the second leg.

Pathetic.

[Gooner23]

Just real sloppiness, players giving the ball away cheaply that really should be capable of better.

I don't think Cech's dodgy kicking helps either.

[KSE Comedy Club]

It's a real problem tbh.

Could you imagine us being in Utd's shoes last night?

We would have lost 5-2 on Agg. Utd did it with youngsters :rolleyes:

[KSE Comedy Club]

Yes we might be down to ten men - but we are being out played.

[Gooner23]

It's not going to help for Sundays game either

[KSE Comedy Club]

We have no chance of winning that.

Another close shave - fuck off!

[KSE Comedy Club]

foul on Guendouzi - nothing given

[KSE Comedy Club]

I HATE this kit - it is a curse.

We play shit every time in it!!

:censored::censored::censored::censored:

[Gooner23]

Yes we might be down to ten men - but we are being out played.

We've just got to soak it up now and hope to pick them off on the counter. Think Iwobi is unlucky to be hooked though, not sure Ozil is what we need in this situation.

[SMatthews]

It's a real problem tbh.

Could you imagine us being in Utd's shoes last night?

We would have lost 5-2 on Agg. Utd did it with youngsters :rolleyes:

We wouldn’t get given a penalty that never was handed to us in the last minute. That’s the difference.

[KSE Comedy Club]

:haha: :haha: They are lining up to take pot shots at us completely unchallenged

[KSE Comedy Club]

We wouldn’t get given a penalty that never was handed to us in the last minute. That’s the difference.

Agreed, but we wouldn't be able to keep the pressure on them for the whole game to even get that opportunity :rolleyes:

[KSE Comedy Club]

:haha::haha::haha::haha:

What a fucking joke!!!!!

We look absolutely fucking amateur out there and we are getting what we deserve for playing so fucking shit

[SMatthews]

Agreed, but we wouldn't be able to keep the pressure on them for the whole game to even get that opportunity :rolleyes:

They just lumped in a free kick and got lucky.

Anyway, 2-1. That should chill you out a bit.

[Ralpheroo72]

Unwatchable, we are terrible

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck sake, I thought Emery was supposed to be decent in this shit Cup.

[Gooner23]

Mustafi and Xhaka are a disaster

[KSE Comedy Club]

They just lumped in a free kick and got lucky.

Anyway, 2-1. That should chill you out a bit.

Oh come on - we had at least four players still in the box when he took the deflection shot and it went through all of them and Cech.

And why should I chill out?!?

We should be winning this comfortably but yet again we have not bothered to turn up and now we are in the shit, embarrassing ourselves again.
It's pathetic

[KSE Comedy Club]

Unwatchable, we are terrible

Glad someone agrees with me :good:

[KSE Comedy Club]

Fuck sake, I thought Emery was supposed to be decent in this shit Cup.

He had teams that weren't full of shit players tbf

[KSE Comedy Club]

Ref is a Rennes fan

[KSE Comedy Club]

Why doesn't anyone shoot ffs?!?

[Master Splinter]

Ref is a Rennes fan

The ref has been on their side a bit tbf, but come on - we should be doing a million percent better than we are!

[SMatthews]

Oh come on - we had at least four players still in the box when he took the deflection shot and it went through all of them and Cech.

We were talking about Utd weren’t we? Or I was at least.

You’re not required to chill out. Thought it might be better too.

Just chill out about chilling out.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Mustafi barging into a player again - what a surprise :rolleyes:

[LDG]

Fucking shit bottlers

[KSE Comedy Club]

We were talking about Utd weren’t we? Or I was at least.

You’re not required to chill out. Thought it might be better too.

Just chill out about chilling out.

Oh yes, we were sorry :lol:

I should chill out, just hard to when we are such a let down

[Master Splinter]

Kola coming on to stomp on the ref.

[Master Splinter]

At least Cech's hands are still working.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Emery is out of ideas

[SMatthews]

Away goal, second leg to come, no prob.

Auba off, Ramsey takes his position.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aubameyang off, Our entire attack in Kolasinac coming on.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Auba is pissed off but he should have been trying to make runs where he could rather than standing out on the wing.

[Master Splinter]

Ramsey up front where he belongs. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xhaka should be off. Bellend.

[Gooner23]

Auba is pissed off but he should have been trying to make runs where he could rather than standing out on the wing.

Auba can sulk all he wants but he's been dire tonight. Would have probably still kept him on though.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Away goal, second leg to come, no prob.

Auba off, Ramsey takes his position.

Yeah, we’ll be keeping a clean sheet in the second leg. :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

3-1

[SMatthews]

Yeah, we’ll be keeping a clean sheet in the second leg

Was talking about them tbf

3-1

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:doh:

[Gooner23]

Guendouzi caught jogging back, Ramsey had to sprint past him

[KSE Comedy Club]

Wow, just wow.

Oh well, that's us done boys, I reckon our season is over now. Can't see us sorting ourselves out for the return leg and we will get beat by Utd on Sunday.

Top four looking ropey as well.

[AFC Leveller]

Typical really. Such an Arsenal performance. How we lost this game is beyond me after the start we made. Silt errors, underestimating the opposition and strikers stinking the place up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fuck this.

[AFC Leveller]

If Guendouzi hadn’t turned his back, the ball would have struck him in the chest and Rennes wouldn’t have scored.

[Ralpheroo72]

Ramsey thanking his lucky stars he is leaving this sinking ship. We are fucking hopeless, and we are just barely making up the numbers now. Stan can go fuck himself.

[Xhaka Can’t]

We need to stop giving Kroenke our money. It’s the only way out of this mess.

[AFC Leveller]

Ramsey thanking his lucky stars he is leaving this sinking ship. We are fucking hopeless, and we are just barely making up the numbers now. Stan can go fuck himself.

I hate Kroenke as much as the next man but today was nothing to do with him. It was arsenal collapsing and shooting themselves in the foot again. We are much better than Rennes and started off well but then went to sleep and had a man sent off and conceded an own goal to boot. It’s 100 percent down to the playing staff and not the management.

[Globalgunner]

Exactly. We have been seeing this kind of kamikaze shift from Arsenal since the CL was first staged and long before Kroenke knew how to get to N5

[Marc Overmars]

Still doable but we’re shite FFS.

[Marc Overmars]

Also it’s so galling seeing the Prem clubs do well in the CL while we lose again to some shite in this.

[Mac76]

Only just seen the result - not remotely surprised

Emery :haha:

Sokratis :haha:

Mhiki :haha:

Arsenal :haha:

Britain is better than Europe :haha:

Us :pal:

[Marc Overmars]

Just seen that drunk freak Adams claim we’re a bigger club than Juve. :lol:

Somehow I think Ramsey will have no regrets mate.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Also it’s so galling seeing the Prem clubs do well in the CL while we lose again to some shite in this.

We’re just the comic relief now.

[Globalgunner]

What I dont understand about this team and its been the case almost in my adult memory now that once we go a man down we ALWAYS fall to pieces. It doesnt matter if we are playing Wycome Wanderers, Burton Albion, or Villareal. Its as predictable as clockwork.

[Gooner23]

I don't think Emery's decisions helped either. Mhiki at RB for the rest of the game when AMN was on the bench. Ozil kept on in the 2nd half when we should have played 4 across midfield to try and frustrate them. Instead we were completely open and allowed them chance after chance.

[Marc Overmars]

What I dont understand about this team and its been the case almost in my adult memory now that once we go a man down we ALWAYS fall to pieces. It doesnt matter if we are playing Wycome Wanderers, Burton Albion, or Villareal. Its as predictable as clockwork.

I remember that season we had a record amount of red cards but actually went on to win most of the games because we were so good. Winning 1-2 at Anfield was the highlight.

[Letters]

We’re just the comic relief now.

We did get to the semi-final last year :shrug:
And that was with the Worst Manager in Football
We are making a mess of things this year but I reckon we’ve a chance of progressing.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m pissed off about the result but there are some hints that things are a bit better this year.
We are very much in the hunt for a top 4 finish and while I think we will probably fall short, this time last year there was already no chance.

In brief, I think we are heading in the right direction, but slowly.
While Kronke is in charge I can’t see us properly competing for titles.

[Mac76]

My instinct is that in terms of getting CL football we've more chance of top 4

i know a lot of people think otherwise but i think there are better teams in the El tihis year than last year, and as our last two away results show we can't win away easily, so i think sooner or later we'll get done in the home tie as well.

Having said that we 'only' need to beat Rennes 2-0 to get through so hopefully we can turn this around - but it means he'll have to wheel out a very good side to make sure which then puts pressure on the selection for the following PL game.

We know the teams in the PL and we seem to be able to raise our game against the big teams, to the point where i'm reasonably optimistic that with a better set of officials, we've a good chance of beating Moan U

if we do it gives us a decent chance of top 4 if we can hold it together - and if we get any kind of notable points lead over Moan U and Chelsea, then if i was Emery i'd definitely prioritise the PL over the EL

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

What I dont understand about this team and its been the case almost in my adult memory now that once we go a man down we ALWAYS fall to pieces. It doesnt matter if we are playing Wycome Wanderers, Burton Albion, or Villareal. Its as predictable as clockwork.

How long have you been alive? Didn't you watch the invincibles?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Xhaka could have easily been sent off in the last 2 games......so hope he cuts out the lazy fouls he's making.

[Marc Overmars]

My instinct is that in terms of getting CL football we've more chance of top 4

i know a lot of people think otherwise but i think there are better teams in the El tihis year than last year, and as our last two away results show we can't win away easily, so i think sooner or later we'll get done in the home tie as well.

Having said that we 'only' need to beat Rennes 2-0 to get through so hopefully we can turn this around - but it means he'll have to wheel out a very good side to make sure which then puts pressure on the selection for the following PL game.

We know the teams in the PL and we seem to be able to raise our game against the big teams, to the point where i'm reasonably optimistic that with a better set of officials, we've a good chance of beating Moan U

if we do it gives us s decent chance of top 4 if we can hold it together - if we get any kind of notable points lead over Moan U and Chelsea, then if i was Emery i'd definitely prioritise the PL over the EL

I did think the EL would be our best shot but based on the knockouts so far I can't say that anymore with conviction. It's not a mountain we need to climb, more a steep hill but it's still work that could easily have been avoided had we applied ourselves correctly. This is why I wanted us to draw the best teams because our complacency knows no bounds, at least against the better sides you know we might raise our game.

Could be Emery's first taste of the boo boys if we don't turn it around next week.

[Mac76]

Xhaka could have easily been sent off in the last 2 games......so hope he cuts out the lazy fouls he's making.

i still want him out of the club - he's always got a suicide moment in every game, just like mustafi - we just can't afford it

[Mac76]

I did think the EL would be our best shot but based on the knockouts so far I can't say that anymore with conviction. It's not a mountain we need to climb, more a steep hill but it's still work that could easily have been avoided had we applied ourselves correctly. This is why I wanted us to draw the best teams because our complacency knows no bounds, at least against the better sides you know we might raise our game.

yes, good point, playing somone like Inter would have been such a bigger deal than Rennes

[selassie]

I did think the EL would be our best shot but based on the knockouts so far I can't say that anymore with conviction. It's not a mountain we need to climb, more a steep hill but it's still work that could easily have been avoided had we applied ourselves correctly. This is why I wanted us to draw the best teams because our complacency knows no bounds, at least against the better sides you know we might raise our game.

Could be Emery's first taste of the boo boys if we don't turn it around next week.

I’m not totally convinced we will turn it around next week. We will definitely score but I’m not convinced we will keep a clean sheet especially as we are chasing the game.

It would be an absolute disgrace if we go out, totally unacceptable.

[selassie]

yes, good point, playing somone like Inter would have been such a bigger deal than Rennes

We are more than capable of beating any of the teams left in the tournament. Napoli, Chelsea and Inter are amongst the contenders and in that order IMO.

Of those teams, Napoli are the only team who I believe we would have real difficulty beating over 2 legs or even a one-off. We can def beat Chelsea, though it could go either way, I think the same with Inter.

[SMatthews]

Could be Emery's first taste of the boo boys if we don't turn it around next week.

He’s already had that when Laca has been substituted :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

He’s already had that when Laca has been substituted :rolleyes:

OMG we've STILL got xmas hats on here - it's March ffs... :lol:

[KSE Comedy Club]

I think we will do it tonight, we are certainly capable of turning it around - especially as we are not wearing the cursed kit

As long as we show up.... :unsure:

[SMatthews]

Hopefully Arsenal fans will only show up on the away match threads and not the away ground too.

[Mac76]

Hopefully Arsenal fans will only show up on the away match threads and not the away ground too.

:lol:

[AFC Leveller]

Does anyone know why Miki is all of a sudden on the bench? He was our best player for a few games.

[GP]

Injured.