Looking forward to this one. Been wanting us to play PSG for a few seasons now.
Reckon Giroud will start, can't see Wenger experimenting up top against an opponent like this.
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Looking forward to this one. Been wanting us to play PSG for a few seasons now.
Reckon Giroud will start, can't see Wenger experimenting up top against an opponent like this.
Very tough game to predict . Arsenal hardly lose to french teams . But the team seem not to click yet . PSG is on another planete . They are different to Lyon and Marseille but they have lost some of their top players . My heart says Draw but my head says Loss .
I am going to follow my heart :
1-1
A draw would suit us and put us in a reasonable position for a top 2 slot in this group. But it is what comes after the group stage that counts so I can't feel any optimism until we overcome that hurdle.
It hasn't clicked for nearly a whole calendar year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Bless your eternal optimism.
0-4
I didn't know we were at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
#WengerOut
#NQ
On one hand we have never lost to French opposistion in France in the Champions league
On the other hand in the last twenty years or so we have tended to meet with disappointment from trips to Paris (Real Zaragossa and Barcelona).
Last time we played PSG in Paris it was a 1-1 draw (Kevin Campbell got our goal if I remember). I have a feeling will be score draw this time as well.
I never really understand these sorts of stats because when you look in to them you realise that actually it's not that many games and generally over such a long period of time it's not really relevant to how we might do tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
But that's like most statisticsQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Anyway it is still a thing, Auxerre, Marseille (x2), Montpellier, Lens, Lyon...six previous trips to France against French opposition 5 wins and 1 draw. It's never indicative of how we will do, because records are always there to be broken.
PSG only drawing with St Etienne and then previously losing to Monaco and seemingly lacking a goal outlet without Ibra are stronger indicators of the kind of team we are up against.
If we play better than we did Saturday (which wouldn't be difficult) and defend well....have a reasonable chance of winning let alone drawing.
Kos is a doubt for this one.
Damn, we need him for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
I'm going to predict a 2-2 draw tomorrow, would be a good result for us TBF.
In Europe, i am more confident of us getting a result away from home than at home....our home record is absolutely wretched especially against the big sidesQuote:
Originally Posted by selassie
7 defeats in last 17 home games at the Emirates, especially compared to only one defeat in previous 33.
Aye, I'm surprisingly confident about us in CL, especially in the group stages. I think we'll do OK tomorrow, we are going to have to play well to get a good result and I think that will work in our favour as the mentality should be right from the kick off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I'm not surprised Kos is a doubt, his head is probably still ringing and he probably can't open his right eye.
I hope Giroud doesn't start. We need to get Perez up to speed quickly.
Poor old Perez must already be perplexed. He was fairly disciplined in his role on Saturday. His loss. Any Arsenal striker that doesn't come back to get the ball from the tip, tap brigade is on a hiding to nothing and will be anonymous.
A football game is always unpredictible . When you are winning games you can't tell when you are going to lose the next one and when you are losing it is hard to see when your winning days will start.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Our records against french teams and the way PSG and ourselves are currently playing make it easier to predict a draw .
Unpredictable? Arsenal? Wow, really?
He wasn't really disciplined. He'd drift to wide positions and at one point Theo and Perez swapped roles. It may take a couple of games for people to learn how he moves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
What I mean is he tried to play a striker's role. But that's a bit of a waste of time in this set up. Arsenal strikers do better in the centre circle, receiving the ball with back to goal. Or crossing to nobody in the box. Early days, he'll still have some normal habits from his old club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Going to miss this game
:dancingman:
Yeah, fuck knows what will happen when we play Chelsea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
3 points in the bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
I know what will happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw
Well, I will be laughing when you 'll be proven wrong on that Day as I know exactly what you are thinking about .
You are just assuming following some few past results . But believe me all days are never the same .Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
We'll win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Believe you, or examine the unfaltering evidence of the last 10 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
That's one of those impossible choices.
I honestly don't care if we win because it doesn't make any difference. But it would be really fucking nice if we played well, so there's something worth watching for 90 mins. That would satisfy me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
We can beat them but we won't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Big problem is we never gave ourselves any credit .Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Why not ? We got some new players with a new spirit . Koscielny is also born again . Why not dream ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
My belief is nothing last for ever . Good or bad everything has an end . Back in the days we used to beat Chelsea at every encounter and one day our fortunes changed and they became our bogey team . That will change too and very soon .Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I agree. He can't go on for ever. But while he's here, nothing changes. I have no doubts at all that the club will take a giant leap forward once he's gone. We have good players here and with a smart guy at the helm who can use those players and motivate them I'm confident we can compete at the very top. But it won't be this season because the guy is going nowhere. Success this season will be somehow getting through it without him presenting himself with a new contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
As for the individual matches, well yes, anything is possible. But the fun comes from building one success on top of another. You know all too well that if we play brilliantly and smash PSG this week, we'll be appalling next week. We never sustain anything. All momentum drives over a cliff as soon as it gathers pace. So for these games my only requirement is to be entertained. I'd like to see a decent game of football.
Why is that?....taking your gentleman lover to the Gaultier Show?Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
All your posts deserve this video tbf..Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcjIestFVOc
At least I take the time to construct my own insults and not defer to some painfully unfunny clip from some painfully unfunny Adam Sandler movie (which I accept is something of a tortological remark)Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
You can only but cringe as this carries on and on.
To be fair this is being orchaestrated by one person onlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Kano
That person being me.
The terrible thing is I have nothing against him (why would I, I don't know him from anyone here) but he made the get the get a room comment last week and since then I have made disparaging remarks about his sexuality to amuse myself.
I felt that in the interest of fairness I should make that point, rather than claim it to be a feud which it isn't.
I don't think you need to explain yourself to the biggest hypocrite on GW.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie