Barcelona vs Arsenal thread

GunnerTino · Post by **GunnerTino** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:12 pm

Thank fuck the Premier League is so shit
otherwise we'd get turned over like that more
often.
I've said it once and I'll say it again,worst Arsenal
team for 10 years,won't win fuck all with that shite
in red and white!!!
Little bit of poetry to end the evening.

GunnerDude · Post by **GunnerDude** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:13 pm

augie wrote:
GunnerDude wrote:Stop reading my mind and posting my thoughts in such length as you do Augie

Had a couple of seconds free gunnerdude so........

From now on I will be wearing a tin foil hat everytime am online

Deise Gooner · Post by **Deise Gooner** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:27 pm

The fact is we were outclassed tonight and last week but you cant ignore the fact that we did not have anywhere near our strongest starting 11 out there tonight. If we had a fully fit Cesc, Gallas, RVP, Arshavin and Song we would hav made much more of a game of it and would not have rolled over so easy in the first leg. The club seriously has to look at what is going on behind the scenes whether it is a problem with the players themselves, the training methods or the treatment but the fact that our squad cant last the season is a joke to be quite honest. There seems to always be these niggling injuries and knocks which the players should be more resiliant to.

On another note the Ref tonight at times was inconsistent. The Denilson booking for once again a perfect tackle exactly the same as Militos on Nasri and he gets booked for it however two minutes earlier one on the barca players deliberatily tripped Theo from behind stopping a swift counter and no card is shown.

VforVictory · Post by **VforVictory** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:50 pm

Fail to see how Rosicky, Bendtner and Walcott could be expected to have good games when they were rarely passed to.

Nasri, Denilson, Diaby was a midfield that neither controlled Barcelona or created.

If only we still has Flamini.

Deise Gooner · Post by **Deise Gooner** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:51 pm

VforVictory wrote:Fail to see how Rosicky, Bendtner and Walcott could be expected to have good games when they were rarely passed to.

Nasri, Denilson, Diaby was a midfield that neither controlled Barcelona or created.

If only we still has Flamini.

if only the board had pulled their finger out of their arse and offered him deal, the same will happen with Gallas in the summer.

Kiwi Gooner · Post by **Kiwi Gooner** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:54 pm

Deise Gooner wrote:The fact is we were outclassed tonight and last week but you cant ignore the fact that we did not have anywhere near our strongest starting 11 out there tonight. If we had a fully fit Cesc, Gallas, RVP, Arshavin and Song we would hav made much more of a game of it and would not have rolled over so easy in the first leg. The club seriously has to look at what is going on behind the scenes whether it is a problem with the players themselves, the training methods or the treatment but the fact that our squad cant last the season is a joke to be quite honest. There seems to always be these niggling injuries and knocks which the players should be more resiliant to.

On another note the Ref tonight at times was inconsistent. The Denilson booking for once again a perfect tackle exactly the same as Militos on Nasri and he gets booked for it however two minutes earlier one on the barca players deliberatily tripped Theo from behind stopping a swift counter and no card is shown.

That pretty much sums it up for me.
We were undone by a team with probably the best player in the world, while we were without most of our core players.
I think Fabregas, Arshavin, Gallas and Song would have made a big difference in this match.
I also don't think we have anything to be ashamed of.

VforVictory · Post by **VforVictory** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:55 pm

Deise Gooner wrote:
VforVictory wrote:Fail to see how Rosicky, Bendtner and Walcott could be expected to have good games when they were rarely passed to.

Nasri, Denilson, Diaby was a midfield that neither controlled Barcelona or created.

If only we still has Flamini.
if only the board had pulled their finger out of their arse and offered him deal, the same will happen with Gallas in the summer.

Can't blame board on that one, Flamini priced himself out cos he wanted to leave. He knew board would not meet his demands.

I just wish we had replaced him, Diarra looked good but was mental so had to leave too.

Gallas will leave in summer and he is good but we should buy a taller replacement anyway.

Kiki · Post by **Kiki** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:57 pm

Does anyone remember last year when Bayern Munich were beat by Barca there Genaral Manager wasnt too happy with his manager and let it be known - a great team like Bayern being humbled, no matter the opposition, was not good enough.

GunnerDude · Post by **GunnerDude** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:05 pm

Kiki wrote:Does anyone remember last year when Bayern Munich were beat by Barca there Genaral Manager wasnt too happy with his manager and let it be known - a great team like Bayern being humbled, no matter the opposition, was not good enough.

Bayern had their first team out there in that game, we dint.

seamoisalegend · Post by **seamoisalegend** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:07 pm

If only Song, fabregas, Arshavin, Campbell or Gallas could have been there.

seamoisalegend · Post by **seamoisalegend** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:07 pm

Oh and Van Persie.

GunnerDude · Post by **GunnerDude** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:10 pm

seamoisalegend wrote:Oh and Van Persie.

and God to stop his son Messi

Kiwi Gooner · Post by **Kiwi Gooner** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:13 pm

Messi's the reason tasers were invented, I reckon...

seamoisalegend · Post by **seamoisalegend** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:14 pm

On a side note. Poor ref.

Kiki · Post by **Kiki** » Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:16 pm

GunnerDude wrote:
Kiki wrote:Does anyone remember last year when Bayern Munich were beat by Barca there Genaral Manager wasnt too happy with his manager and let it be known - a great team like Bayern being humbled, no matter the opposition, was not good enough.
Bayern had their first team out there in that game, we dint.

Were Barca at full-strength? Yes or No?

No Puyol, No Pique, No Ibrahimovich for a start. How fit Iniesta was, I don't know but I dont think he was 100% either.