CL semi final first leg at OT

aw · Post by aw » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:44 am

We could go ultra defensive

almunia
fabianski
eboue
sagna
kolo
silvestre
djourou
gallas
gibbs
clichy
song

or ultra attack

Theo
diaby
cesc
arshavin
nasri
bendtner
rvp
ade
eduardo
vela
ramsey

but it will probably be

**********ALMUNIA*********
SAGNA**TOURE**DJOUROU**GIBBS
******DENILSON******SONG*****
WALCOTT****FABREGAS***NASRI
*********ADEBAYOR***********

1-3 to us of course

augie · Post by **augie** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:48 pm

Cant believe how many of you believe that djouru will be picked ahead of silvestre

Dont get me wrong cos I would want it that way too but seriously are we really expecting it ?? I always believe that wenger shows a preference for his french players(especially in his substitutions) and that allied to djouru's lack of game time recently convinces me that the manure reject will get the nod

How many of you were disappointed yesterday when ssn anounced that there was good news for Gooners ahead of tonights game but the "good news" turned out to be that silvestre actually trained yesterday - if that is good news I really dont want to hear bad news

The midfield selection is a real puzzler for me - I know I am very much in the minority but I would rather go with denilson than diaby who is a plank that continues to lose possession in the wrong areas

In a lot of ways we are lucky that rvp is injured for tonight cos he cannot play the lone striker role and as wembley showed he cannot play the wide man in a 5 man midfield

Percy Dalton · Post by **Percy Dalton** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:09 pm

I still find it incredibly weird how Silvestre is singled out for abuse.

Sagna's form has been half what it was last season, Clichy has had more mad moments and Toure has looked anything but steady.

I would pick Silvestre everyday of the week ahead of Djourou for tonight. Djourou has little experience and is error prone himself. Sure he maybe faster than Silvestre but experience can more than make up for that.

I was quite amused how Silvestre took the majority of the blame for the bin dippes goals on here when anyone who knows about football could see he was the best defender we had.

Silvestre could have a 10/10 performance tonight and he would still get slated on here.

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:47 pm

I think eboue will start ahead of theo, to give extra protection to sagna, I would expect to see him used midway through 2nd half if things aren't going well or really late on if we are still at 0-0 to try and catch them on the break.
My biggest worry is D'iaby, after his performance in the chavs game, he definitely should not start.

Skooner · Post by **Skooner** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:36 pm

If Wenger starts Eboue ahead of Walcott we may as well just hand the final spot to United with a ribbon on. All you have to do is look at the first half of the northern scum v the scum at the weekend and watch what Lennonâ€™s pace did to Evra to realise that Walcott is a best chance of pushing United back and creating chances.

I think it is very unlikely it will happen.

nuttygoonerpaul · Post by **nuttygoonerpaul** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:05 pm

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Oh Manchester is full of sh*t! Itâ€™s full of sh*t, sh(t and more sh*t
Oh Manchester is full of sh*t! â€œOh North London! (Oh North London)
Is wonderful! (Is wonderful) Oh North London is wonderful!
Itâ€™s full of tits, fanny and Arse-nal! Oh North London is wonderful!â€

Post by **Chippy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:41 pm

Sir red nose crunt was talking about how difficult it will be to deal with Theo so we'll play Eboue????

If we do I will persoanlly start 10 Wenger must go threads tomorrow.

To be clear I mean if Eboue starts as RW instead of Theo, not if he is at right back cos we have no defenders.

123456arsenal · Post by **123456arsenal** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:32 pm

Aparently Arsenal have the highest number of offsides in the cl (adebayor) anyway i reckon we'll lose today but thats not a disaster considering 2nd leg is at home.

Post by **Chippy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:34 pm

I am so convinced we are going to get totally stuffed tonight. Somebody please come round and put me out of my misery.

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:35 pm

123456arsenal wrote:Aparently Arsenal have the highest number of offsides in the cl (adebayor) anyway i reckon we'll lose today but thats not a disaster considering 2nd leg is at home.

Hes offside once every 23 minutes acccording to a statistic in yesterdays daily mirror.

Post by **Chippy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:37 pm

mcdowell42 wrote:
123456arsenal wrote:Aparently Arsenal have the highest number of offsides in the cl (adebayor) anyway i reckon we'll lose today but thats not a disaster considering 2nd leg is at home.
Hes offside once every 23 minutes acccording to a statistic in yesterdays daily mirror.

The crunt needs to have the game of his life tonight or I will use serial killer chippy, I promise. Remember Escobar!

mcdowell42 · Post by **mcdowell42** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:49 pm

Rooney ronaldo and tevez all start for utd tonight according to rte news

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:58 pm

Silvestre plays ahead of johan, diaby ahead of deni, if this backfires we won.t need to wait til may to judge aw!!!!!!!!

Post by **Chippy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:02 pm

mcdowell42 wrote:Rooney ronaldo and tevez all start for utd tonight according to rte news

McDowell are you coming out as Slag??

If the team news is right I'm very unhappy and have soiled my pants.

Post by **g88ner** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:02 pm

Manchester United team: Van der Sar, Evra, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez.

Subs: Foster, Berbatov, Giggs, Scholes, Park, Rafael, Evans.

Arsenal team: Almunia, Sagna, Gibbs, Silvestre, Toure, Diaby, Song, Fabregas, Nasri, Walcott, Adebayor.

Subs: Fabianski, Eduardo, Denilson, Ramsey, Djourou, Bendtner, Eboue.