Barcelona Second Leg Football Thread

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:31 pm

Arsenal have flew to Barcelona on a Private Plane for the first time in champions league history. for ths first time, No Press or exec fans are allowed only the players and staff.

Rumour times begin, Most of them saying one of either theo, song or RVP are included, and its strengthened byt the quotes from wenger saying nothing about songs test this morning? and slo that the official squad are not online yet?

LDB · Post by **LDB** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:33 pm

pingu wrote:Arsenal have flew to Barcelona on a Private Plane for the first time in champions league history. for ths first time, No Press or exec fans are allowed only the players and staff.

Rumour times begin, Most of them saying one of either theo, song or RVP are included, and its strengthened byt the quotes from wenger saying nothing about songs test this morning? and slo that the official squad are not online yet?

Not going to get my hopes up but please god let it be RvP

Theo to make the bench would be handy too but I doubt it

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:36 pm

pingu wrote:Arsenal have flew to Barcelona on a Private Plane for the first time in champions league history. for ths first time, No Press or exec fans are allowed only the players and staff.

This should be the norm, and I'm amazed that it isn't. With the millions and millions the club rakes in, they should at least hire a private jet in advance of matches.

mikeyb772001 · Post by **mikeyb772001** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:37 pm

I would love for a For a conspiracy theory to be in our favour. But would Wenger be that crafty and do something only a calculating, winning mentality manager would do?

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:45 pm

why show pictures of RVP training and tell us all bullshit how hes out for weeks? the man is either playing mind games with us all or robin has made a mircolous recovery like johan did.

And theo only has a sprain, i sprained my ankle last sunday morning playing footy, pi played again weds night and sunday and i was fine... crossing was better than theo aswell

i reckon there all fit

Shez

Sagna
Djourou
Kos
Clichy

song
cesc
Jack

Nasri
RVp
Theo

Gooner Chris · Post by **Gooner Chris** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:50 pm

lincs123 wrote:http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... a-pictures

Pretty confused guys....pictures show RVP training.

And is that Aliadiere i see as well!??

http://goonertalk.com/2011/02/25/ex-ars ... on-colney/

RoscommonGooner · Post by **RoscommonGooner** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:54 pm

pingu wrote:why show pictures of RVP training and tell us all bullshit how hes out for weeks? the man is either playing mind games with us all or robin has made a mircolous recovery like johan did.

And theo only has a sprain, i sprained my ankle last sunday morning playing footy, pi played again weds night and sunday and i was fine... crossing was better than theo aswell

i reckon there all fit

Shez

Sagna
Djourou
Kos
Clichy

song
cesc
Jack

Nasri
RVp
Theo

Sounds more like a twist rather than a sprain.

IW8Goalmachine · Post by **IW8Goalmachine** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:54 pm

well if this is true or not it's great that Wenger is getting them fucks second guessing until before kick off

just looked at the pictures there and he's looking ok seems top be moving well!!

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:55 pm

Van fit?

Could Wenger finally have learnt to box clever?

If not I hope the club move quickly to confirm this mix up, otherwise there will be a lot of disappointed gooners when Van doesn't appear tomorrow night.

Henry is a Gooner · Post by **Henry is a Gooner** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:03 pm

Just shown this morning's training on SSN & no sign of VP

TheCook · Post by **TheCook** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:12 pm

Well if this an elaborate ruse to fool our opponents, and it has been rumbled by pictures printed in error on the Club's own official website, that would be very embarassing for all concerned.

I'm sure there is a very simple explanation.

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:14 pm

Van Persie is in the travelling squad, confirmed by @arsenaltvonline.

Goonanana · Post by **Goonanana** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:15 pm

Simple explanation may be that his knee is ok to move but not for impact so he can train in knocking the ball around and jogging but couldn't take part in any impact training such as a mock game that would involve tackling?

Sadly no sign of Theo who I think in this particular match will be more missed than RvP

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:15 pm

Arsene's theory is to get players who are not fit to stay behind and not travel to european games.

Arsenal 1991 · Post by **Arsenal 1991** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:15 pm

Arsenal squad:
Manuel Almunia
Wojciech Szczesny
Johan Djourou
Gael Clichy
Emmanuel Eboue
Kieran Gibbs
Laurent Koscielny
Bacary Sagna
Sebastien Squillaci
Cesc Fabregas
Andrey Arshavin
Jack Wilshere
Tomas Rosicky
Samir Nasri
Abou Diaby
Denilson
Nicklas Bendtner
Marouane Chamakh
Robin van Persie