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We're through!
FFS. We only finished 2nd in a group I didn't think we'd qualify from.
Wenger Out! :sulk:
Never in doubt.
A 'stupid' manager with 'no tactical nouse' is top of the premier league and has qualified from the so-called 'group of death'
Some people are borderline retarded, I swear to god.
I'm going for a walk.
Shit. I've got the dentist tomorrow :(
Agent Rafa :bow:
Wenger out, tactically clueless :coffee:
i want barca in the next round
this season in the champions league has been great because we've played big teams. and won. i don't want the easy games. not that there are any, remember ajax beat barca, basel beat chelsea at home etc. i want the bayerns, the barcas, the madrids. magical nights those and if you asked those sides who they don't want in the draw. they'd answer us.
Bendtner will get his chance at redemption :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
No idea why Theo didn't come on or start if the plan was to play a defensive game so we could play on the break. Strong together some nice attacks in spells but had nobody to finish the moves.
Arteta is an idiot. He really should know better.
We finish second and have to do things the hard way again. We could draw Bayern, Real, Barca, PSG or Athletico!
Also, Henry is right, we go into the City game on a serious low whilst they are on a high. Great!
All that hard work for nothing. Really poor from Wenger regarding the team selection and subs. Poor from the team in the second half. And an atrocious ref compounding it all by letting them get away with foul after foul and giving us nothing. I doubt we would have won anyway, but when a ref destroys any rhythm, it ruins the game from the first minute.
It's such a shame we threw a potentially comfortable draw away right at the end. Idiotic really.
At least we can laugh at Napoli the scrotes being out.
Only Koscielny, Flamini and Giroud played well tonight.
we went to united after beating dortmund and lost though so we've been on a serious high leading into a big game and failed before. we've bounced back well recently huge test now though. bring it
I want Schalke, Milan would be ok too.
If we had rotated and gone out people would complain we didn't go strong to get the job done.
This is the toughest group navigated very well.
Bed wetting at its finest.
Arteta is an idiot - but it would have been nice to have some consistency from the referee.
I don't mind that we finished second. It isn't as if we were/are going to win the CL.
Pick your poison,
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Paris Saint Germain
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Doesn't matter who, it will be cracking. Personally I hope we get one of the Spanish team. :coffee:
The only thing that's certain is that Wenger won't win the CL in any of our lifetimes, so 2 down 2 to go for cup opportunities
We cannot get Dortmund right?Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
We'll get PSG
Glad to be through, no point in stressing over who we're going to face next. We looked in control until their 1st goal, a piece of quality from Higuin.
Only gripe is would have liked to have seen Theo up front for last 5-10 mins, when Giroud was clearly knackered. Would have latched on to that Ozil pass and given us a chance to equalise.
Also, that Arteta 2nd yellow was ridiculously harsh. Where do they get these chumps league refs from.
We can if we go qualify further. :coffee:
I worry we are not ruthless or direct enough, and I fear that will be our undoing eventually.
Done well so far this season, but can't help but see this scenario playing out. here's hoping not.
need some top quality pacy goalscorers, real assassins. that's the missing ingredient ...but hey we can dream
bring on barca
Most are moulded out of the crap that comes out of Platinis arseQuote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
:lol: Love Henry! He's not having it with these pundits.
Incredibly disappointing to finish 2nd after being in the driving seat but I guess this was always going to be a tight group.
Can't help but feel we're heading for another 2nd round exit but I'll worry about that in February. Meh.
I get it with Theo, but the ball was sticking to Giroud most of the game, and I guess him retaining the ball was seen as more important.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
I thought Theo for cazorla when ramsey came on was the one, just to give the fullbacks something to worry about.
Meh.
We're through.
Bring em on.
I'd love to win every match, but I also want to see the top teams. I remenber the buzz going to see Real at Highbury and Barca at the Emirates. There is nothing like it.
have to admit, I'm not fussed about the champions league this season, i want the league and do believe we should focus on that but look at what effect the dortmund and munich wins had on this team. if we can another win like that going into the business part of the season who knows what we could do?
Everyone knew we had a nightmare last fixture as soon as the draw was made. What cost us first place in the group was the result against Dortmund at the Emirates.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOëL
I'm thinking more of the game on Saturday. Not a lot of rest, City have all their main players refreshed and raring to go and all our big hitters are knackered!
I don't fancy our chances much for that game.
I don't fancy our chances either, but we'll see.
We have put ourselves in a position where if we win the matches we're supposed to, we'll be thereor thereabouts.
It just means we make life a little more difficult for ourselves. I suppose if we go out of the CL early we can focus on the league. But I'm worried about the City game now. Also, we were in control of that group and on top. Doesn't bode well that we dropped to second and cut it mighty fine for qualification. The team need to learn how to handle such pressure. Wenger's team selection really didn't help. Way too negative. I'm just thinking about the league and how we'll handle even more pressure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
tonight proves that it doesn't really matter who we get - tactically he is out his depth.
Poor, poor second half sitting back when we should have pushed on - and wenger set the tone with his substitutions. Jenkinson was being overloaded by their left back bombing forward time and time again. It was set up for Walcott to come on and push them back, or run through on the counter attack.
Glad we got through, but worried about impact on morale ahead of weekend. Mertesacker looked crestfallen after the game. So we go into it having suffered a depressing defeat, city go into having beaten bayern on their own patch. But hey, we're top of the league at the moment, so Wenger's a genius and totally beyond criticism right?
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Originally Posted by Dein-machine
:haha:
no
Yeah the margins were very fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
Just feel like banging my head against the wall, normally I'm not overly bothered about 1st or 2nd, but we haven't won a CL knockout tie in years, I just wanted us to have a potentially favourable draw to stand a better chance of getting that monkey off our backs.
Gah.
I've always regarded anything gained against City as an unlikely plus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
But I've said it elsewhere - everyone reckoned the last tie in this group wasgoing to be a bitch of a game. When you look back on this campaign, what cost us first place was the result at the Emirates.
I'm happy with the qualification - yeah, I'd love the win, but until the 73rd minute (I opened my mouth in the 72nd) we were comfortable.
We really need some pace from midfield. I thought we going to see a lot Gnabry his year but it looks like Wenger doesn't trust him yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
You can bet your money we will not see Feo on the weekends, it will be Cazorla and Jack on the wings and we will be fucked. I will dread to watch Jack tracking Jesus Navas run from wide area. :coffee:
Well at least we don't face Drogba.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOëL
Yeah I don't think its bed wetting to be frustrated by the outcome. We should really have been good enough for at least a draw against an off-colour Napoli tonight.