Arsenal v Partizan, 19:45 RTE 2 (The race for Barca)

OPENROAD

JPA wrote: »

They would not.

oh yes they would

cson

Galvasean wrote: »

Nobody gave Arsenal much hope against Real Madrid the last time they me in the Champions League either...

That was a pretty disjointed Madrid at the time though. We'd be definite underdogs if we drew them. You'd never know what might have happened by February though.

L'prof

Galvasean wrote: »

Nobody gave Arsenal much hope against Real Madrid the last time they me in the Champions League either...

I dunno, here's the teams from the second leg. It seems like a much closer match-up than what it'd be now!

KeithAFC

L'prof wrote: »

We'll never keep them out though and if they went a couple of goals ahead we'd be gone. Whereas if we went a couple of goals ahead, you'd always feel we're going to give them plenty of opportunities to get back into the tie!

Who knows what our defense could be like by the time the last 16 kicks off. We could be better in that area.

KeithAFC

I don't know what Real Madrid team people watch in La Liga. La Liga is a poor league. They hardly meet any real challenges, yet in the Premier league, there is always a challenge to meet.

I would not fear Madrid at all.

BERBA

Galvasean wrote: »

Nobody gave Arsenal much hope against Real Madrid the last time they me in the Champions League either...

nobody would have given w brom , newcastle and spurs much hope of beating arsenal at the emirates this season either

L'prof

KeithAFC wrote: »

Who knows what our defense could be like by the time the last 16 kicks off. We could be better in that area.

I don't hold out much hope to be honest!

Frisbee

KeithAFC wrote: »

I don't know what Real Madrid team people watch in La Liga. La Liga is a poor league. They hardly meet any real challenges, yet in the Premier league, there is always a challenge to meet.

:eek:

Royale with Cheese

BERBA wrote: »

nobody would have given w brom , newcastle and spurs much hope of beating arsenal at the emirates this season either

Ha, attempted dig proves his point. Nice one.

Frisbee

L'prof wrote: »

I don't hold out much hope to be honest!

Well if we signed Essien and Pique we'd do it imo. Get the checkbook out Arsene!

KeithAFC

Frisbee wrote: »

:eek:

Its true though.

La Liga is utter pish. So many ****e teams, no real challenges either. Yet in the Premier league, you always have some sort of challenge to over come. Madrid and Barcelona ease past all of those teams.

cson

KeithAFC wrote: »

I don't know what Real Madrid team people watch in La Liga. La Liga is a poor league. They hardly meet any real challenges, yet in the Premier league, there is always a challenge to meet.

I would not fear Madrid at all.

I'm embarrassed for you calling La Liga a poor league.

It's technically far far superior than the Premiership or anywhere else. Best League in the world imo notwithstanding the disparity between the top 2 and everyone else.

cson

KeithAFC wrote: »

Its true though.

La Liga is utter pish. So many ****e teams, no real challenges either. Yet in the Premier league, you always have some sort of challenge to over come. Madrid and Barcelona ease past all of those teams.

Step back from the keyboard.

cson

Frisbee wrote: »

Well if we signed Essien and Pique we'd do it imo. Get the checkbook out Arsene!

Cup tied!

KeithAFC

cson wrote: »

I'm embarrassed for you calling La Liga a poor league.

It's technically far far superior than the Premiership or anywhere else. Best League in the world imo notwithstanding the disparity between the top 2 and everyone else.

Best league in the world? Don't make me laugh.

Seriously, its utter rubbish. So what if its technically better, the teams in general are rubbish, lack any sort of defensive cohesion. The vast majority of those teams don't give either Madrid or Barcelona a challenge. Make the games competitive.

cson

KeithAFC wrote: »

Best league in the world? Don't make me laugh.

Seriously, its utter rubbish. So what if its technically better, the teams in general are rubbish, lack any sort of defensive cohesion. The vast majority of those teams don't give either Madrid or Barcelona a challenge. Make the games competitive.

Have you watched any games outside of Real or Barca?

KeithAFC

cson wrote: »

Have you watched any games outside of Real or Barca?

Plenty. Just not impressed by the vast majority of them. Real Madrid and Barcelona just breeze past them. You can't say that for the Premier league which has many more competitive games.

KeithAFC

Another comment about Real Madrid. We aren't great at the back but Real Madrid, the moment they came up against a side with some geniune threat, they conceded 5 goals. There seems to be this myth around at the moment they are the 2nd best team in the world.

I know they aren't. Any side which will face them (of some quality) will more than likely score one or two goals. Regardless of the manager they have. People kind of forget what players Inter Milan had last season. Some world class defenders, top midfielders and top strikers. I don't think Real Madrid have a world class striker like Eto'o and i don't think they have CBs like Lucio or Samuel.

Just Contribute

KeithAFC wrote: »

I don't think Real Madrid have a world class striker like Eto'o

Ronaldo more than compensates for a world-class striker with all the goals he bangs in.

Arsenal don't exactly have a world-class striker either.

Frisbee

KeithAFC wrote: »

I don't think Real Madrid have a world class

Higuain.

KeithAFC

Just Contribute wrote: »

Ronaldo more than compensates for a world-class striker with all the goals he bangs in.

Arsenal don't exactly have a world-class striker either.

Your right, we don't have a world class striker in that mold like Eto'o.

But we have players like Nasri, Arshavin, Fabregas, Van Persie, Chamakh. Arsenal could give any of the teams in the CL a serious game and could trouble many of them in a big way.