Barcelona Second Leg Football Thread

1989 · Post by **1989** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:48 pm

Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.

Man Utd, Inter and Chelsea all managed to keep them out at the Nou Camp so it's not impossible. The difference is we have a muppet for a manger and all these 3 teams have/had proper managers.

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:54 pm

Almunia is a wanker that disgraced the goalkeeping jersey for years on end.

It will be a long fucking time before I give that *word censored* any bit of credit. The slimeball always seems to sly back in, manage to somehow stay at the club in the summer, then January.

Now even as 3rd choice the 2 other keepers get serious injury.....

JUST FUCK OFF OUT OF THE CLUB YOU *word censored*

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:56 pm

donaldo wrote:
Bring Back Pires wrote:
Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.
Didn't Inter Milan do exactly that in last year's semi-finals?
Mourinho knows tactics Wenger doesnt.And Inter had a man sent off like we did

And what happened to Mourinho on his last visit to Barca ?

Big_G · Post by **Big_G** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:56 pm

the ref had a shocker, esp with red card decision, but to be fair, so did we, we had approx 60 mins with 11 men on field and we didnt get one shot on or off target? Cesc handed them opportunity for their 1st (TWAT) but what skill from Messi for that goal... just also to add...SHOOT NICK YOU FUCKING DICKHEAD

3-2 were thru and you fucking take a touch worse than adecuntingbayor????

LDB · Post by **LDB** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:58 pm

1989 wrote:
Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.
Man Utd, Inter and Chelsea all managed to keep them out at the Nou Camp so it's not impossible. The difference is we have a muppet for a manger and all these 3 teams have/had proper managers.

Inter milan didn't.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:01 am

Irish Gooner wrote:Almunia is a wanker that disgraced the goalkeeping jersey for years on end.

It will be a long fucking time before I give that c**t any bit of credit. The slimeball always seems to sly back in, manage to somehow stay at the club in the summer, then January.

Now even as 3rd choice the 2 other keepers get serious injury.....

He was a reserve keeper in the back waters of Spanish football when he was plucked from obscurity by Wenger and thrust into first team football with one of the biggest clubs in Europe.

He has always played as well as his ability has allowed him, but it is not his fault he is not good enough on a consistent basis, he should never have been made a first choice keeper.

1989 · Post by **1989** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:02 am

LDB wrote:
1989 wrote:
Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.
Man Utd, Inter and Chelsea all managed to keep them out at the Nou Camp so it's not impossible. The difference is we have a muppet for a manger and all these 3 teams have/had proper managers.
Inter milan didn't.

They let them score only when it was very late while being 3-1 up, not to mention that the goal was actually offside.

n7gooner · Post by **n7gooner** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:06 am

1989 wrote:
LDB wrote:
1989 wrote:
Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.
Man Utd, Inter and Chelsea all managed to keep them out at the Nou Camp so it's not impossible. The difference is we have a muppet for a manger and all these 3 teams have/had proper managers.
Inter milan didn't.
They let them score only when it was very late while being 3-1 up, not to mention that the goal was actually offside.

They let them score

Barcelona are the best attacking team in the world. They beat real madrid 5 - 0 this season must mean Mourinho is a shit manager and needs to go or hes not a proper manager.

1989 · Post by **1989** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:10 am

n7gooner wrote:
1989 wrote:
LDB wrote:
1989 wrote:
Ted Baker wrote:You can't defend against this lot for 90mins, have no shots on goal, and expect to go through. I'm sorry but you just cant.
Man Utd, Inter and Chelsea all managed to keep them out at the Nou Camp so it's not impossible. The difference is we have a muppet for a manger and all these 3 teams have/had proper managers.
Inter milan didn't.
They let them score only when it was very late while being 3-1 up, not to mention that the goal was actually offside.
They let them score Barcelona are the best attacking team in the world. They beat real madrid 5 - 0 this season must mean Mourinho is a shit manager and needs to go or hes not a proper manager.

They are but they're not unstoppable. If you defend extremely well you can keep them out.

Watson · Post by **Watson** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:34 am

I thought our defence was great tonight. Especially considering they were being sieged as our midfield could not keep the ball. Red card no doubt changed the game, as we lost our outlet and believe Van Persie would have scored the chance that Bendtner missed. Fabregas I can only think of as completing one pass and gifting them a goal. The worst performance I've seen from him for Arsenal. Same with Rosicky, he wasn't good enough tonight. As badly as we were outplayed, I can honestly say, I believe we would have won it if Van Persie had been on. Horrendous refereeing, Van Persie booked for a push yet Abidal was totally let off the hook for grabbing VP's throat. As for Dani Alves and co the divers, even we aren't that dishonest and we do have some divers in our side. Messi actually stayed on his feet a few times today when he could of gone down so fair play.

HendrixFreire · Post by **HendrixFreire** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:51 am

I'm too depressed to have any analysis.

What a waste of time trying to beat the team that every fucking bitch in this world love and the media ... well, you all know the rest.

When the day we beat that Barcelona come, maybe my grandsons will watch that.

fuck, real fucking modern football system.

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:12 am

I thought our defence was great tonight.

Sorry, can't agree. Full backs were caught out of position too often. Koscielny is so frustrating as he can be great at times but looks like he can get red carded at any time too - he should have been sent off (booked for a 2nd time) on the challenge for the penalty, no doubt about it. Wenger will overlook that one though.
It's a time for reflection and admission.

We are an ok team but we are a LONG way from being one of Europes elite. The personnel are wrong and we have a manager who isn't capable of being tactically astute enough to turn inferiority into victory when required.

This weekend is now huge. Defeat will in effect end our season because three big defeats on the trot will fuck our mentally WEAK team badly. Can't people see the pattern under Wenger? There or there about's until there are 'big' games and then we crumble......it tells a story and it's one that keeps getting repeated.

aussiegoon · Post by **aussiegoon** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:31 am

We all acknowledge that they're an excellent side but that doesn't take away the fact that, like the rest, i'm absolutely gutted.

I am no AKB, however, i'm not sure that he got it all that wrong tonight. Clearly, despite his comments prior to the game, the intention/tactic was to let them have possession and close the spaces. For the best part of the first half this worked until Cesc's fucking ridiculous back heel in our defensive third.

Most of their clear cut chances came when we only had 10 on the pitch. Sure, they had some good attacks before this, as expected, but they only started to really penetrate with some consistency after the sending off.

Had the game remained at 1-1 or had even been 1-0 with 20 to go, things would have opened up at both ends and AA23 could have made a difference.

Many are saying we shouldn't slate Barry for the miss because we didn't have a shot on goal all night, but that's what he's there for. All he needed was a decent first touch and pass it past the keeper. Sounds easier said than done, but had he, or any other striker for that matter, scored the goal, nobody would have said that it was a great goal, everyone would have just said that it was a chance you'd expect a striker to bury.

I'm still going... need to vent.

The Abidal choke on RVP - surely a straight red, WTF?

The poor tackle on Jack and the choke on RVP are what started the trouble and neither player was cautioned. Surely this was seen by one of the 4 officials, but I expect that they simply chose to ignore it because to ignore it was a much easier call than to give the red.

ArsenalSooner · Post by **ArsenalSooner** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:21 am

There's been a lot of blaming here tonight but the only real problem was that barcelona are a much better side than us. That's not what many of us want to hear but its the truth. Well played by almunia for keeping it respectable. They could have had 6 or 7.

USMartin · Post by **USMartin** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:27 am

aussiegoon wrote: Many are saying we shouldn't slate Barry for the miss because we didn't have a shot on goal all night, but that's what he's there for. All he needed was a decent first touch and pass it past the keeper. Sounds easier said than done, but had he, or any other striker for that matter, scored the goal, nobody would have said that it was a great goal, everyone would have just said that it was a chance you'd expect a striker to bury.

I think right here you just about summed up what a waste of money Nik has really been or become to perfection. This would nave been a huge goal no doubt but still a fairly simple goal for any quality striker to put away. That he didn't even get off a shot in that circumstance is inexcusable for a top-flight level striker - period.