We need to put this tie to bed in the 1st leg, win this comfortably, we don't want to go there with a narrow win as away from home we could collapse like a house of cards.
Valencia aren't anything special so we should be able to win this.
We need to put this tie to bed in the 1st leg, win this comfortably, we don't want to go there with a narrow win as away from home we could collapse like a house of cards.
Valencia aren't anything special so we should be able to win this.
We need to look for a minimum of 3-0+ imo.
Our season rests on this game, as others have said we need to put this tie to bed tonight.
I am nowhere near as confident with this game or even the Final, I was a few weeks back before the collapse but not now...
It has to be remembered that we went on a great run before a similar 'collapse' over Xmas, then put together another strong run before this recent poor run of form.
This will hopefully be the game that allows us to finish the season on a strong note.
Yes, i think so too, in particular a clean sheet is vitalOriginally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang
Neither are Arsenal.
They are either really good or bloody terrible.
They need to win comfortably tonight although they did beat Napoli away as well.
Which Arsenal will turn up ?
I think we will turn up tonight as the players seem all out focused on the EL.
I'd like us to be ruthless and not sit back once we score though.
I don’t think they are purely focussed on the EL.
Our team - like those around us - are prone to periods of consistency followed by periods where we are crap.
The further you go down the league, the more up and down the form becomes.
Yes. In Adams' biography he talks about the time in the early 90s when we won a few cups but were nowhere in the league. In the "thoroughly enjoyable" 92/93 season in which we scored fewer league goals than we played league games we actually flirted with relegation although we were never in that much danger looking back. What Adams says though is they were good enough to raise it for the odd big cup game but they weren't good enough to do it week in, week out consistently. That's kinda where we are now. The difference is we do also now expect to be challenging for the top 4, that expectation is a legacy of Wenger's early time with us.
Let's be honest, we've had some terrible defeats in this competition this year as well, by far our best result was against Napoli, other than that we haven't been that great, we've made hard work of it at times. Also you can't compare teams with the likes of Adams and co who had huge desire and focus on the pitch to this lot, you keep bringing up 92/93, but they entirely focussed on the cups then (which you repeatedly choose to ignore), we played weaker teams and didn't bother in the league, we have tried in the league this years, it's just that we've collapsed as we usually do because we don't have the right players.
We've made it this far however and now we have a chance, we just need to be focussed on the task ahead, then if we get through it'll be a one off match against Chelsea which could go either way..
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