I'd rather be playing Real Madrid than Bayern. Madrid will always give you chances.
We are out.
I'd rather be playing Real Madrid than Bayern. Madrid will always give you chances.
We are out.
I agree, but there's been something missing with Wenger teams for a long time, it's almost like they're incapable of upsetting the odds, the belief and desire just doesn't seem to be there and that's why we never get through IMO, it's not always about being the best team as Chelsea demonstrated last season.
I also agree Chelsea had a lot of luck last season, but they also had those players in the team capable of taking advantage of those slices of luck, when you look at our team who do we have to deliver on the big occasion?
I just can't see us beating them, I reckon they'll be too organised for us and we don't cope well with organised defences, they also a few matchwinners who can take a tie away from you in the space of a few minutes.
I'll watch of course but I'm not expecting anything, I'd enjoy it much more if it wasn't so predictable.
It was the CWC but yes, for me those teams were maybe technically inferior but you went into these games thinking...you know what we could really do this and this made the games all the more enjoyable.
That's definitely missing from the recent Wenger teams, I can never picture a scenario where we perform for two legs without screwing something up.
Oh right sarcasm, nice one.
I'd rather watch the Graham team in Europe any day of the week to be honest, Wenger's teams since 2006 have been sh*t and beaten as expected everytime when they met one of the big boys, that's why the CL is so boring, the inevitability of it all.
We have two hopes of getting through, bob hope and no hope.
"I really like Arsenal. Do you really like Arsenal, or only Arsenal with trophies?" - Dennis Bergkamp.
"Which Arsenal do they want back, the one Arsene created?" - Tony Adams.
"I really like Arsenal. Do you really like Arsenal, or only Arsenal with trophies?" - Dennis Bergkamp.
"Which Arsenal do they want back, the one Arsene created?" - Tony Adams.
Yes but only organised teams with leadership and belief upset bigger teams, from what I've seen we just don't have that within the team...noone really believes we can beat them and they certainly don't play like they believe they can. Wenger teams post 2006 have basically been very predictable in a sense that you know what they can and can't achieve and they never deviate from this, that's why the same cycle repeats itself over and over again and that in itself is what takes a lot of the enjoyment out of watching the team.
In addition over two legs it's less of a lottery.
Last edited by Özim; 20-12-2012 at 06:13 PM.