Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 ( Mod Note linked in OP 29/12)

Bobby Baccala · 23-02-2016 07:39PM

FixitFelix wrote: »

Are we playing tonight??

Turned on Bt Europe and can only see a Barca w*nk fest

Exact same over on Tv3

omega man · 23-02-2016 07:40PM

3 all. Sanchez x3

wandatowell · 23-02-2016 08:14PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Those stats are for home and away fixtures. You should really be concentrating on away fixtures as that is what Barcelona have tonight. They have a +10 goal nett haul over 12 away games in La Liga, that is winning by just under 1 goal per game on average. In the Champion's league they are +2 goals over 3 games so far this season.

It's the second leg in two weeks time that you need to worry about. Tonight's game is against a team who have only one win against Bate Borisov through three away games this season in the Champion's league. Tonight's game is against a team who have 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses away from home in La Liga.

Roma and Bayer Leverkusen both held Barcelona to draws at home this season in the Champion's league. I think Arsenal are a little bit ahead of both those teams.

Great call

Gringo180 · 23-02-2016 08:14PM

Ref is ruining this game

omega man · 23-02-2016 08:35PM

Gary Lineker not sure what manager the happier? Sure I thought we were getting a tonking tonight......

In fact the match thread is fairly quiet. Expected a Barca w@nk fest

KaiserGunner · 23-02-2016 08:39PM

Happy enough with that first half. We have looked dangerous anytime we have got near their box, obviously that will be rare with the amount of possession they are having. We have been defensively solid apart from right at the end with the two chances. Same again for the second half I hope, but with us taking our rare chance!

23-02-2016 08:41PM

FixitFelix wrote: »

Are we playing tonight??

Turned on Bt Europe and can only see a Barca w*nk fest

Martin o'neill has given us a bit of credit to be fair but i suppose as an underdog manager he'll readily have sympathy for the job we have at hand. Souey will find any excuse to get a dig in.

We've done well so far imo. They've had a very very close chance but then they were always going to and its only one.

We've had a good chance with Ox ourselves

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 08:45PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Martin o'neill has given us a bit of credit to be fair but i suppose as an underdog manager he'll readily have sympathy for the job we have at hand. Souey will find any excuse to get a dig in.

We've done well so far imo. They've had a very very close chance but then they were always going to and its only one.

We've had a good chance with Ox ourselves

Ox should have buried his chance and should have squared the ball to Ozil before Mascherano done him, hope we dont live to rue them.
Get out of this match without barca scoring would be a great result heading over there

cson · 23-02-2016 08:46PM

Slightly worried what this will take out of the players (if we lose) looking forward to the weekend.

They're putting in a massive shift.

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 09:24PM

Oh mathieu

JustTheOne · 23-02-2016 09:25PM

I'm furious with Wenger.

Flamini should never be near our team ever let alone tonight.

Quazzie · 23-02-2016 09:25PM

FixitFelix wrote: »

Oh mathieu

Should've never been near the pitch. Poor sub.

Mr Blobby · 23-02-2016 09:26PM

What was Wenger thinking... I shouted out "wtf!" when i heard the change.

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 09:27PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Should've never been near the pitch. Poor sub.

Per should have cleared the intital ball but why does he try to smash it clear? Just needed to nip it

JustTheOne · 23-02-2016 09:28PM

FixitFelix wrote: »

Per should have cleared the intital ball but why does he try to smash it clear? Just needed to nip it

Doesn't matter.

Flamini has stole a living from arsenal.

One of the worst players ever at arsenal. Dire.

23-02-2016 09:30PM

Some amount of braindead players still at the club. Welbeck has been as good as he can be since he came on, though it'd be hard to have some kind of improvement on what Giroud served up. Ramsey with his usual "nearly" stuff all game. Flamini finished. Mertesacker left the one way he shouldn't be left for the first goal, brainfart for the second. Oxlade-Chamberlain can go whenever he likes.

Call it knee-jerk, there's nothing I haven't said before and I'll stand over any of it.

Soups123 · 23-02-2016 09:30PM

Disappointed with the result.

Very naive performance from us tonight, they changed the tactics second half and we got sucked right in.

The substitution of Flamini was absolutely baffling.

We badly need a goal scorer

23-02-2016 09:31PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Should've never been near the pitch. Poor sub.

No choice, sure we couldnt possibly have quality on the bench.

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 09:31PM

JustTheOne wrote: »

Doesn't matter.

Flamini has stole a living from arsenal.

One of the worst players ever at arsenal. Dire.

I think deep down we all knew it was a big ask,it's hard to take because we conceded 2 terrible goals.
Smash Utd the weekend and all will be forgiven

Colonialboy · 23-02-2016 09:31PM

Basil3 wrote: »

Campbell had his purple patch, but he generally hasn't played well for a while now.

At least we have a bench that can make things happen.

It wasnt a purple patch hes a better player than either of those two.

But you got that right ... we have a bench that can make things happen.. Flamini !!

like i said Wenger got it wrong again tonight.
Wenger is out of his depth against the big boys in Europe.
Wenger ignores too many failings in his own team
Wenger doesnt react soon enough on the night.
Wenger doesn know what are the right changes to make either.

23-02-2016 09:32PM

Does a forfeit count as 3-0? Should do it for the second leg.

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 09:33PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some amount of braindead players still at the club. Welbeck has been as good as he can be since he came on, though it'd be hard to have some kind of improvement on what Giroud served up. Ramsey with his usual "nearly" stuff all game. Flamini finished. Mertesacker left the one way he shouldn't be left for the first goal, brainfart for the second. Oxlade-Chamberlain can go whenever he likes.

Call it knee-jerk, there's nothing I haven't said before and I'll stand over any of it.

Don't disagree with any of this

Soups123 · 23-02-2016 09:33PM

Colonialboy wrote: »

It wasnt a purple patch hes a better player than either of those two.

But you got that right ... we have a bench that can make things happen.. Flamini !!

like i said Wenger got it wrong again tonight.
Wenger is out of his depth against the big boys in Europe.
Wenger ignores too many failings in his own team
Wenger doesnt react soon enough on the night.
Wenger doesn know what are the right changes to make either.

So who do you think is to blame?

omega man · 23-02-2016 09:33PM

Wenger has to take serious heat for that. best team in the world or not, we blew that one.

Players will be deflated going to Old Trafford and the 2nd leg is a write off. Disaster.

Alfred Borden · 23-02-2016 09:34PM

Cant wait to qualify to get knocked out at the last 16 again next year

FixitFelix · 23-02-2016 09:35PM

omega man wrote: »

Wenger has to take serious heat for that. best team in the world or not, we blew that one.

Players will be deflated going to Old Trafford and the 2nd leg is a write off. Disaster.

Don't think they'll be deflated long enough break to regroup and get over it

salmocab · 23-02-2016 09:36PM

put your mortgage on a 2-1 win in the Nou Camp

Soups123 · 23-02-2016 09:38PM

omega man wrote: »

Wenger has to take serious heat for that. best team in the world or not, we blew that one.

Players will be deflated going to Old Trafford and the 2nd leg is a write off. Disaster.

People have to be realistic Barcelona are the best team in club football by a mile. We were capable of getting more out of the game but there forward 3 is just insane. We are a level below them and that showed tonight.

I'm not too bothered about tonight if I'm honest I felt going into it that it was a big ask.

The biggest negative for me really is how much this will impact the United game and the fact we failed to score again

Bobby Baccala · 23-02-2016 09:38PM

Flamini is a disgrace, happily never see him in an Arsenal shirt again

23-02-2016 09:39PM

That's 5/8 games without scoring.

Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 ( Mod Note linked in OP 29/12)

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