BARCA GAME THREAD

sycicsid · Post by **sycicsid** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:26 pm

do or DIE

Post by **g88ner** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:28 pm

Swale_Gooner1985 wrote:Song was excellent again

Eh?

I thought he was massively at fault for BOTH goals! his marking on Ibrahimovic was woeful to say the least!

Excellent??? blimey Swale

sycicsid · Post by **sycicsid** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:31 pm

it isnâ€™t over till itâ€™s over. If we put Theo next week on the pitch, it will be him that shoots us to the next round.
To many players not at their best for this game.
Cesc was not 100% fit and I think we should have kept him off the field and let him recover for the weekend.
Arshavin injured again after a few minutes. So we almost with 9,5 players in the first half hour.
Diaby was not like we know him so it was 9 on the pitch at times.
Then Gallas again outâ€¦
But in the first half Almunia played for 3 players on his own.
I donâ€™t know if the partnership Vermaelen â€“ Song was working for 100 %. Some misunderstanding by both goals I think that would not have happened with Gallas or Campbell ? But it was the first time I think they really played together and then against Barcelona. Those things can happen against such a great team.
Second half Denilson was great I found once he came in the game.
Walcott had a great game and he will kill them at Nou Camp. The were scared to death after his first runs.
Diaby was still missing and certainly in attack he was not as good as he can be. Cesc still not fit. So we played once again with some 9,5 players.
Almunia looked unlucky with the first goal, I think it was a lack of concentration with only seconds played. Not at fault with the second goal.
Bendtner was to isolated at times.
Nasri was the player who will be our main player next week at Nou Camp. He will have to do it like against Porto.

The maing thing I keep in mind is that if you can play with so many players not up to it and still get this result, we still can do it IF our players are up to it next week.
Barcelona has lost a home game in the CL this season. Like against Rubin Kazan.

And yes Barcelona was great and deserved to win but they didnâ€™t.

LeftfootlegendGooner · Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:33 pm

perry groves was a legend wrote:Almunia-first half unreal,2nd half utter shite as usual
Sagna-thought he did well
Vermaelen-caught for the goal did well otherwise
Gallas-should not have played
Clichy-did ok considering nasri didnt bother his hole dropping back all game
Cesc-should not have been on teh pitch,great attitude and bottle
Diaby-pathetic,dont show up mate if your not prepared to put in a shift
Denilson-did he do anything?
Arshavin-shouldnt have been on the pitch
Song-did well at the back,should have communicated beeter with Vermaelen for the goal
Bendtner-huffed and puffed but had no impact except for the knock down for the goal and the header that he came close with
Nasri-Did well going forward but let Danny Alves overlap him all game
Theo-made a big difference actually tried taking on a player and took the goal well
Eboue-worked for the team and played ok,made a nice few runs up the wing linking well with Theo

Just my two cents

fucked up

afc-bob · Post by **afc-bob** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:33 pm

g88ner wrote:
Swale_Gooner1985 wrote:Song was excellent again
Eh?

I thought he was massively at fault for BOTH goals! his marking on Ibrahimovic was woeful to say the least!

Excellent??? blimey Swale

He was best midfielder in the first half and was ok when he went back center back.. almunia was at fault for first and diaby for second not Song

corkbarry · Post by **corkbarry** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:34 pm

The first person i would sell in the close season is Arshavin. For 90% of the season he has looked totally disinterested including tonight. Diaby blows hot and cold and hopefully will be on form next week.

I can see Barcelona be slightly nervous next week without their two first choice centre halfs. With the right attitude we can win this.

Bendnter to get a hat trick

As a great man once said, Barca are a great team with the ball and an ordinary team without it.

storrmin571 · Post by **storrmin571** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:34 pm

Denilson and Theo have been due a good game for a while. Fair play to them both they did try. If the game had gone on any longer I think we could have won.

merse_10 · Post by **merse_10** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:35 pm

seriouly lads,give it a rest with the negative shit and try and live in the present for a while.we were playing the current holders,la liga leaders,multi million assembled squad who won 6 (yes six) trophies last season and we're 2-0 down with all 3 subs already used,so many key players out and we got an awesome draw from it!!
if you still struggle to see any good from this night then you really should thimk about doing something else on a wednesday night (try watching eastenders with the spuds)cos you dont deserve to be a fan of this club

average al;
great saves make up for goal mistake or or vice versa?benefit of doubt tonight save on messi twice were top class
sagna,
did nothing for me all night
billy,
shouldnt have played
tv5
calm on ball when all around him losing the plot
gail;
did ok 50/50
song;
utter utter class,this guy has come so far and was the only thing stopping a rout until put at cb(bad move by aw)
cesc;
borderline legend already at 22 after refusing to come off and put his whole season at risk NOT TO MENTION THE WORLD CUP(how many england players woulda cried off to save their seat for sa)he's a proper arsenal man
diaby;
pretty annonymous
nasri;
average at best
arshavin;
didnt look fit at all another backfired gamble
super nic;
held the ball up well, won more headers than combined this season
denilson;
did well for me,broke play up well and spread it about,seemed to be involved in most of last 20
eboue;
didnt look interested to me back to irritating best
THEO THEO' made the difference at last,defender couldnt cope with pace and maybe he'll finally realise he dont need the ball to beat a man

'THE ARSENAL THE ARSENAL THE ARSENAL'

GallasVoice · Post by **GallasVoice** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:36 pm

g88ner wrote:
Swale_Gooner1985 wrote:Song was excellent again
Eh?

I thought he was massively at fault for BOTH goals! his marking on Ibrahimovic was woeful to say the least!

Excellent??? blimey Swale

Song was good in the first half, very very poor second half when he moved to centre back.

Even Arsene said he was shocked how we conceded both goals so easily.

Sometimes i wonder if you should be carrying a white stick Swale.

Post by **g88ner** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:37 pm

afc-bob wrote:
g88ner wrote:
Swale_Gooner1985 wrote:Song was excellent again
Eh?

I thought he was massively at fault for BOTH goals! his marking on Ibrahimovic was woeful to say the least!

Excellent??? blimey Swale
He was best midfielder in the first half and was ok when he went back center back.. almunia was at fault for first and diaby for second not Song

Not Song then?

Odd. He lost his man (Ibrahimovic) woefully on both goals, didn't he?

he was in a great position to read the play and mark Ibrahimovic, yet on both goals he failed miserably.

I thought he could, and should, have done MUCH better.

sycicsid · Post by **sycicsid** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:37 pm

LIVE BY THIS TEAM OR DIE BY THIS TEAM

SCREAM AIM FIRE · Post by **SCREAM AIM FIRE** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:37 pm

storrmin571 wrote:Denilson and Theo have been due a good game for a while. Fair play to them both they did try. If the game had gone on any longer I think we could have won.

agree, don't think theo would be as much a threat if he started though to be honest, they were tired when he came on, can't belive the ref gave a foul against him when the barca player barged him and fell over, nice show of strength there!

sycicsid · Post by **sycicsid** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:39 pm

REF WAS A JOKE but hey he gave us a penalty haha

GallasVoice · Post by **GallasVoice** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:40 pm

G88ner He lost his man (Ibrahimovic) woefully on both goals, didn't he?

Yes he did, you are correct. That is not 'excellent' is it Swale.

Post by **g88ner** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:41 pm

GallasVoice wrote:Yes he did, you are correct. That is not 'excellent' is it Swale.

Hmm... bit of sarcasm I think, but I'll ignore it and assume you're finally agreeing with me that Song (who was amongst those at fault on both goals) was NOT excellent