Arsenal -v- Barca, Champions league Q/Final 1st leg

Sútalún

Frisbee wrote: »

Of all the ways for Song to get a yellow that was retarded.

Was always gonna get one before half time..

IvySlayer

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Everyone panning Campbell, he'll probably come on now and play a blinder.

He has scored against Barcelona before :pac:

amacachi

Frisbee wrote: »

Of all the ways for Song to get a yellow that was retarded.

Had to be getting one for the next foul anyway.
Now Song heading to centre back? If he doesn't tidy up a lot it ain't ending well.

patrickc

IvySlayer wrote: »

He has scored against Barcelona before :pac:

how can we forget, but he was fitter then, alot fitter

OPENROAD

We won't be this bad in the second half imo

Stevecw

Looks like Denilson to come in & Song to go CB. Probably right choice if true

IvySlayer

Yellow for Fabregas, he's out for Nou Camp.

ctrl-alt-delete

ahh fook, i thought that was a great tackle! never a yellow!

Frisbee

Fabregas out of the next game. Tie over

patrickc

No Fab next week.. Barca to win the CL

Raskolnikov

Falling apart for Arsenal now.

OPENROAD

FFS never a yellow

Redzer7

Ah what a load of *****.

yom 1

maybe slightly harsh yellow but that's a huge blow to Arsenal

Spiritoftheseventies

bit harsh there by ref on Cesc

redout

Disaster for Cesc!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big problem for Arsenal now.

Sútalún

HE WON THE BALL. FOR FORK'S SAKE.

Headshot

nothing wrong with that tackle bloody sergio rolling around got fab the yellow

:rolleyes:


lol @ ibra

IvySlayer

Nice one Ibra.

Raskolnikov

LOL @ Ibra!

redout

patrickc wrote: »

No Fab next week.. Barca to win the CL

LoL

kenon

That is one AWFUL free kick from Ibra.

Stevecw

He won the ball, thats harsh. Looking bad for next week now

amacachi

Definite yellow as far as I'm concerned, stupid from Fabregas. Shouldn't have been on the pitch at all.

Frisbee

Busquets did his best to get him booked tbf.

eZe^

kenon wrote: »

That is one AWFUL free kick from Ibra.

Rofl, it might be the worst one I've ever seen. :P He'll score though, mark my words.

OPENROAD

amacachi wrote: »

Definite yellow as far as I'm concerned, stupid from Fabregas. Shouldn't have been on the pitch at all.

Are you serious???

yom 1

Ibra wouldn't get his game with Luton Town playing like he is. Awful stuff from a seriously overrated footballer

monkey9

Cesc came through the player from behind. You just can't do that. Stupid tackle.


Ibra:rolleyes: What the f*ck is he??

token56

This is just crumbling below Arsenals feet

OPENROAD

oh shut up george hamilton

Stevecw

eZe^ wrote: »

Rofl, it might be the worst one I've ever seen. :P He'll score though, mark my words.

He is brutal, what a jammy bastard to somehow end up playing at a club like that. Last time I saw him being any good was on Championship Manager a few years ago!

Frisbee

yom 1 wrote: »

Ibra wouldn't get his game with Luton Town playing like he is. Awful stuff from a seriously overrated footballer

He's not though is he

OPENROAD

token56 wrote: »

This is just crumbling below Arsenals feet

Still 0-0 , hardly crumbling

amacachi

OPENROAD wrote: »

Are you serious???

Deadly, he won the ball but took yer man's leg as well. Contact from behind with a sliding tackle is always a yellow I thought.

gandalf

If Cesc is carrying an injury and he doesn't look his best at the moment that could be a blessing. I would prefer a fully mobile player against this bunch next week than one thats carrying an injury.

How Arsenal have made it to half time at 0-0 is a mystery to me!

patrickc

well 45mins and 0-0 who would of thought that after that start.

I'm off to the offie....

Headshot

Frisbee wrote: »

He's not though is he

kinda is

i cant believe this match has gone in at 0-0

daithijjj

Feel sorry for fabregas. Clearly not fit and played out of desperation to play v barca. Yellow picked up and out of return game. Arsenals and any neutral observers loss.

PDN

How can we be so comprehensively thrashed for 45 minutes and still go in at half time 0-0?

token56

OPENROAD wrote: »

Still 0-0 , hardly crumbling

The tie as a whole is not looking good, fair enough its still scoreless, maybe I should have said the potential is crumbling

monkey9

eZe^ wrote: »

Rofl, it might be the worst one I've ever seen. :P He'll score though, mark my words.

I actually he will as well. Aand Bendnter probably will as well! :pac:


I tell you what though, Messi is like that Chinese guy who wears the white suit in the Simpsons. You just know he's gonna do something really cool any minute!

Pepe LeFrits

Positives: haven't conceded
Negatives: everything else

Barca have been sensational on the ball which is to be expected but Arsenal just haven't coped with their pressing at all. 45 minutes of deer-in-headlights, though it got a bit better as the half went on... offset by 3 players being out of the 2nd leg already.

tony1kenobi

Well that was a lesson.

Only silver lining from that half is that Fab is available for the semis.

OPENROAD

Cesc and Gallas both obviously not fit.

On the bright side it is still 0-0, Arsenal can't play as bad as that in the 2ndd half, also feel Nasri has looked good.

James Forde

Great game for the neutrals in fairness all we're missing is a goal

yom 1

Frisbee wrote: »

He's not though is he

IMO yes he is.........honestly how Barca thought he was worth Eto'o plus a Nama sized payment is just mind boggling

IvySlayer

PDN wrote: »

How can we be so comprehensively thrashed for 45 minutes and still go in at half time 0-0?

Barr

Barca to win on paddy power is evens - its a good bet considering how the game is going.

Raskolnikov

So far, Barcelona have simply wanted this much more. They're the first to every 50:50 ball, they're much more tenacious in the tackle, they're tracking back; they might be playing some great football, but they're controlling the game because of their workrate.

However, they do look vulnerable at crosses. With Maxwell and Alves playing so far forward, Wenger should be urging his team to use the width of the pitch and capitalise on the aerial threat of Bendtner.