As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
Nos89 wrote:This game is so huge I can't even think about work today. Any type of draw will do me. Just cos the waltzed us round the nou camp last season doesn't mean they will do the same this year. Just having cesc and rvp on the plane will give the players a confident boost.
Last season we had no central defence. This year we have reason to be optimistic we can at least hold them a bit better. Big game from Kos again tonight!
Nos89 wrote:This game is so huge I can't even think about work today. Any type of draw will do me. Just cos the waltzed us round the nou camp last season doesn't mean they will do the same this year. Just having cesc and rvp on the plane will give the players a confident boost.
Last season we had no central defence. This year we have reason to be optimistic we can at least hold them a bit better. Big game from Kos again tonight!
Your time Arsenal!!!!
We had the supposedly brilliant Vermaelen, I know he had the hapless Silvestre as his partner. The two full backs will be as was tonight, so overall not a great deal of difference in strength given that most on here would rate Vermaelen as streets ahead of kos and johan.
On the positive side I don't see Messi having another game like he did that night, at least I hope not.
foe fuck sake i'm sick of people on here giving us no chance tonight because of the result last year
we had players missing and a shit keeper in goal! if any other keeper was in goal two of them goal would never have happened! the twat was practically lying on the ground for the chip
IW8Goalmachine wrote:foe fuck sake i'm sick of people on here giving us no chance tonight because of the result last year
we had players missing and a shit keeper in goal! if any other keeper was in goal two of them goal would never have happened! the twat was practically lying on the ground for the chip
yeh i agree. I am not worried about this game. More worried about WBA and that is a fucked up thing to say after thinking were gona get past Barca
Nos89 wrote:This game is so huge I can't even think about work today. Any type of draw will do me. Just cos the waltzed us round the nou camp last season doesn't mean they will do the same this year. Just having cesc and rvp on the plane will give the players a confident boost.
Last season we had no central defence. This year we have reason to be optimistic we can at least hold them a bit better. Big game from Kos again tonight!
Your time Arsenal!!!!
I'm all for a bit of optimism, but this is still the same defence that considered four goals to Newcastle in 20 minutes less than a month ago (and I needn't say anything about the Carling Cup calamity).
Our defence HAS improved from last season, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking it's watertight by any stretch of the imagination. If they all play out of their skins then they could potentially get the job done, but anything less than 100% and Barca will have a field day.
Haven't got a scooby what the score will be tonight, we are very unpridictable at the moment, having said that we have at times played very well this season, likewise very poor.
We need to play a very pressing game, like barca themselves play, we can't give them time to pick a pass cos they certainly can.
If VP is fit and starts then we certainly will be a threat at the other end and they will have a lot more to worry about than las year especially with cesc playing as well and nasri being twice the player from last term.
Am I right that Xavi is out injured? Heard Iniesta doesn't look the same without him Just need Denilson to mark Messi out the game and we'll be fine ...oh
Stomach in knots, inability to sit still, anxiety creeping into every limb...it can only be one thing, Arsenal Barcelona in the Champions League. I am so damn excited/nervous...Last year Barca decimated our second string and revelled in it like an achievement as did our rivals at home, fair enough. Tonight i want revenge for Paris '06, a bus journey home i will never forget, urging myself never to forget how much it hurt. Tonight I'll be using that memory and the disgusting pursuit of Cesc over the summer to fuel me. Tonight i'll be in the middle of the 12 pins in finsbury park waiting for the sheer bliss of getting soaked in warm beer knowing that it means we've scored that crucial away goal. I'll be singing we all follow The Arsenal and somehow thinking the louder i sing it in London, the better they'll play in Spain...10 hours to go...you all know that if we win, there isnt an opiate based drug in the world that is going to rival that feeling, if we lose, i want to do it with our heads held high knowing we made them work harder than they have done this whole season. Last season Guardiola said it was the best they had ever played in the first leg at the emirates and Messi had one of his best in the 2nd leg meaning they had nothing left in the tank for the rest of the comp and that was against our second string, this year we ARE even better. Too close to call but come on gooners, even when all logic is telling you otherwise, BELIEVE!!!
piresistible wrote:Stomach in knots, inability to sit still, anxiety creeping into every limb...it can only be one thing, Arsenal Barcelona in the Champions League. I am so damn excited/nervous...Last year Barca decimated our second string and revelled in it like an achievement as did our rivals at home, fair enough. Tonight i want revenge for Paris '06, a bus journey home i will never forget, urging myself never to forget how much it hurt. Tonight I'll be using that memory and the disgusting pursuit of Cesc over the summer to fuel me. Tonight i'll be in the middle of the 12 pins in finsbury park waiting for the sheer bliss of getting soaked in warm beer knowing that it means we've scored that crucial away goal. I'll be singing we all follow The Arsenal and somehow thinking the louder i sing it in London, the better they'll play in Spain...10 hours to go...you all know that if we win, there isnt an opiate based drug in the world that is going to rival that feeling, if we lose, i want to do it with our heads held high knowing we made them work harder than they have done this whole season. Last season Guardiola said it was the best they had ever played in the first leg at the emirates and Messi had one of his best in the 2nd leg meaning they had nothing left in the tank for the rest of the comp and that was against our second string, this year we ARE even better. Too close to call but come on gooners, even when all logic is telling you otherwise, BELIEVE!!!
piresistible wrote:Stomach in knots, inability to sit still, anxiety creeping into every limb...it can only be one thing, Arsenal Barcelona in the Champions League. I am so damn excited/nervous...Last year Barca decimated our second string and revelled in it like an achievement as did our rivals at home, fair enough. Tonight i want revenge for Paris '06, a bus journey home i will never forget, urging myself never to forget how much it hurt. Tonight I'll be using that memory and the disgusting pursuit of Cesc over the summer to fuel me. Tonight i'll be in the middle of the 12 pins in finsbury park waiting for the sheer bliss of getting soaked in warm beer knowing that it means we've scored that crucial away goal. I'll be singing we all follow The Arsenal and somehow thinking the louder i sing it in London, the better they'll play in Spain...10 hours to go...you all know that if we win, there isnt an opiate based drug in the world that is going to rival that feeling, if we lose, i want to do it with our heads held high knowing we made them work harder than they have done this whole season. Last season Guardiola said it was the best they had ever played in the first leg at the emirates and Messi had one of his best in the 2nd leg meaning they had nothing left in the tank for the rest of the comp and that was against our second string, this year we ARE even better. Too close to call but come on gooners, even when all logic is telling you otherwise, BELIEVE!!!
piresistible wrote:Stomach in knots, inability to sit still, anxiety creeping into every limb...it can only be one thing, Arsenal Barcelona in the Champions League. I am so damn excited/nervous...Last year Barca decimated our second string and revelled in it like an achievement as did our rivals at home, fair enough. Tonight i want revenge for Paris '06, a bus journey home i will never forget, urging myself never to forget how much it hurt. Tonight I'll be using that memory and the disgusting pursuit of Cesc over the summer to fuel me. Tonight i'll be in the middle of the 12 pins in finsbury park waiting for the sheer bliss of getting soaked in warm beer knowing that it means we've scored that crucial away goal. I'll be singing we all follow The Arsenal and somehow thinking the louder i sing it in London, the better they'll play in Spain...10 hours to go...you all know that if we win, there isnt an opiate based drug in the world that is going to rival that feeling, if we lose, i want to do it with our heads held high knowing we made them work harder than they have done this whole season. Last season Guardiola said it was the best they had ever played in the first leg at the emirates and Messi had one of his best in the 2nd leg meaning they had nothing left in the tank for the rest of the comp and that was against our second string, this year we ARE even better. Too close to call but come on gooners, even when all logic is telling you otherwise, BELIEVE!!!
I DUNNO U TELL ME SPUNK HEAD
Where is this copied and pasted from? :awnker:
these internet warriors are witty as they are clever
piresistible wrote:Stomach in knots, inability to sit still, anxiety creeping into every limb...it can only be one thing, Arsenal Barcelona in the Champions League. I am so damn excited/nervous...Last year Barca decimated our second string and revelled in it like an achievement as did our rivals at home, fair enough. Tonight i want revenge for Paris '06, a bus journey home i will never forget, urging myself never to forget how much it hurt. Tonight I'll be using that memory and the disgusting pursuit of Cesc over the summer to fuel me. Tonight i'll be in the middle of the 12 pins in finsbury park waiting for the sheer bliss of getting soaked in warm beer knowing that it means we've scored that crucial away goal. I'll be singing we all follow The Arsenal and somehow thinking the louder i sing it in London, the better they'll play in Spain...10 hours to go...you all know that if we win, there isnt an opiate based drug in the world that is going to rival that feeling, if we lose, i want to do it with our heads held high knowing we made them work harder than they have done this whole season. Last season Guardiola said it was the best they had ever played in the first leg at the emirates and Messi had one of his best in the 2nd leg meaning they had nothing left in the tank for the rest of the comp and that was against our second string, this year we ARE even better. Too close to call but come on gooners, even when all logic is telling you otherwise, BELIEVE!!!
I DUNNO U TELL ME SPUNK HEAD
Where is this copied and pasted from? :awnker:
these internet warriors are witty as they are clever
Wel i was going to say "you mum" but thought i'd allow that
Just need Denilson to mark Messi out the game and we'll be fine ...oh 