Quote Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico View Post
Oh don't get me wrong, I completely agree with you here; Barca and Bayern are streets ahead of everyone and we'll do well not to get massacred.

However that's exactly why getting drawn to Barca right now is so depressing. Avoiding them and hoping that they faced each other in the Quarters or Semi's meant that you could have potentially only had to face them in a one off game where anything could have happened (see Chelsea in 2011).
I'd rather we get the big games early so we set the standard early for ourselves. But saying that....this is Arsenal. The springboard effect just doesn't work for us. We could beat Barca but go out in the next round to Zenit. But I hope we put on a show this year. We raised our game against Bayern and we can do it against Barca as long as we have the right team selection.