Arsenal -v- Barça, Champions league Last 16 1st leg

Mister men

Smokin_Aces wrote: »

And you support who as a matter of interest?

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

SDTimeout

Eboué should not be allowed past the half way line. His diving is getting on my nerves now also.

I would say whip Song off stick Wilshere in the hole . IF only Jack hasn't looked so good when he's gone forward on the counter tonight.

RVP has had two good chances from areas he usually slots them away from.

Good game so far however.

the_monkey

eagle eye wrote: »

They have every right to laud them, they are the greatest football team ever.

They always go on about them tho, even 10 years ago when Madrid dominated, now it's ten times worse, which is a shame cos they are the best, but for me I can't see it , I'm not allowed to.

Its like Nazi germany here all the propaganda the CONSTANT bombardment
of this f*cking team on my senses ..... I mean in Madrid at least there is a lot of Athletico fans to balance it ... here NO ONE follows RCD Espanyol...

tony1kenobi

Smokin_Aces wrote: »

And you support who as a matter of interest?

She's not into football.So probably Blackburn.

mike65

That_Guy wrote: »

How many Barcelona cliches are going to be used on RTE tonight?

Nearly as many as ITV use possibly.

I think Arsenal can feel a little dissapointed they are not on terms, a couple of lovely sweeping attacks ending just short of a goal, the defence is another matter.

karma_

the_monkey wrote: »

They always go on about them tho, even 10 years ago when Madrid dominated, now it's ten times worse, which is a shame cos they are the best, but for me I can't see it , I'm not allowed to.

Its like Nazi germany here all the propaganda the CONSTANT bombardment
of this f*cking team on my senses ..... I mean in Madrid at least there is a lot of Athletico fans to balance it ... here NO ONE follows RCD Espanyol...

/passes soapbox

Frisbee

Lads everyone cut it out. I'd rather enjoy this than spend the second half infracting people.

Mister Men I'm looking at you and your low level trolling in particular.

Johner

Mister men = BERBA but 100 times worse. :rolleyes:

Arsenal doing okay, they need to take there chances! RVP should have buried that one.

eagle eye

tony1kenobi wrote: »

She's not into football.So probably Blackburn.

WTF?:mad:

amacachi

Frisbee wrote: »

Whip Song off Wenger. We won't finish with 11 otherwise.

I wish Wenger was the kind of person who'd be sensible like that.

greendom wrote: »

He did fall very slowly but he was pushed to be fair.

He still dived and dived earlier and the ref saw it and waved play on. I'm really sick of his crap.

Renn

First time seeing Arsenal play this season. People were saying beforehand that they're a much better side than the one that faced Barca last year but tbh I still think they all look a bit clueless out there. Can't believe that Song guy still gets a game for them (or maybe he doesn't and this is a rare appearance).

Can see this finishing 0-3 if Barcelona are bothered.

tony1kenobi

eagle eye wrote: »

WTF?:mad:

Sorry dude!!!!!!!!!! I was thinking of Big Sam!!!!

Frisbee

Renn wrote: »

First time seeing Arsenal play this season. People were saying beforehand that they're a much better side than the one that faced Barca last year but tbh I still think they all look a bit clueless out there. Can't believe that Song guy still gets a game for them (or maybe he doesn't and this is a rare appearance).

Can see this finishing 0-3 if Barcelona are bothered.

tbf Song has been one of our best performers this season. He's just having a mare because of that early yellow so he has to be ultra cautious now.

Mister men

Frisbee wrote: »

Lads everyone cut it out. I'd rather enjoy this than spend the second half infracting people.

Mister Men I'm looking at you and your low level trolling in particular.

Low level trolling? One example in this match thread please.

speedboatchase

Renn wrote: »

First time seeing Arsenal play this season. People were saying beforehand that they're a much better side than the one that faced Barca last year but tbh I still think they all look a bit clueless out there. Can't believe that Song guy still gets a game for them (or maybe he doesn't and this is a rare appearance).

Can see this finishing 0-3 if Barcelona are bothered.

Where have you been the entire rest of the season? Song has came on leaps and bounds, though he's been muck tonight

Mr.Crinklewood

To stop some crap talk and trolling, would it be an idea to disable the quote option in match threads?

redout

Barca have what they came for - the all important away goal.

Arsenal should count themselves lucky with the Messi goal.

Looked a ropey offside and looked Djourou put his hand on it also.

That said Arsenal havent been bad at all - though they seemed to drop a level after 20mins.

Game is far from over - Arsenal pressing has been better than last season.

L'prof

amacachi wrote: »

I wish Wenger was the kind of person who'd be sensible like that.

I don't think we have that luxury though. Song has to stay on because Wenger wasn't sensible enough to invest in decent cover! He better get the cash out in time for next years ACN!!!

Mister men

speedboatchase wrote: »

Where have you been the entire rest of the season? Song has came on leaps and bounds, though he's been muck tonight

+1 Song has improved 10 fold this season

Frisbee

Song still on the pitch....

/facepalm

That_Guy

Bright start from Arsenal. If they play it through the channels like that they might get a bit of joy.

Renn

speedboatchase wrote: »

Where have you been the entire rest of the season? Song has came on leaps and bounds, though he's been muck tonight

Watching other teams.

JPA

RTE commentary still ahead of play.
/switches to ITV.

plonk

Wilshere is playing brilliantly, hopefully arsenal can get one back

That_Guy

Wilshere is a great little player.

Mister men

Is the RTE sound off for anyone else?

Le King

RTE audio is at least a second ahead. That's fairly poor in this day and age.

dagdha

Commentary is about a second ahead of play.

J. Marston

Commentary is ahead of the game again.

#15

Mister men wrote: »

Low level trolling? One example in this match thread please.

I agree completely. I don't think you're trolling, you're just having a meltdown seeing other PL teams in the CL knockout stages. Must be tough, especially when your last happy memory of your team in the CL is a scrappy win over Debrecen.

tony1kenobi

Mister men wrote: »

Is the RTE sound off for anyone else?

hard to hear it over the bullsh*t?

ollie1

J. Marston wrote: »

Commentary is ahead of the game again.

It always is on RTE you think they would fix it.

Le King

J. Marston wrote: »

Commentary is ahead of the game again.

It was for the first 20 mins too.

Mr.Crinklewood

Video is behind the audio for me.

billymitchell

Gah, hangilton's connentary is ahead of the play, why cant rte sort that out? Cracking game so far, great to watch such good football.

Mister men

#15 wrote: »

I agree completely. I don't think you're trolling, you're just having a meltdown seeing other PL teams in the CL knockout stages. Must be tough, especially when your last happy memory of your team in the CL is a scrappy win over Debrecen.

Now that's trolling.:D

plonk

Fabregas needs to step it up a gear. Playing poor enough for a game like this.

Hank Scorpio

bloody commentary is way behind

That_Guy

#15 wrote: »

I agree completely. I don't think you're trolling, you're just having a meltdown seeing other PL teams in the CL knockout stages. Must be tough, especially when your last happy memory of your team in the CL is a scrappy win over Debrecen.

At least Newcastle beat Barcelona.

/runs

amacachi

Song is going to be off soon, up to Wenger as whether he'll be replaced or not.

ctrl-alt-delete

Song must forget that he is on a yellow!

Headshot

Song is just living on the edge

thewools

Mister men wrote: »

Is the RTE sound off for anyone else?

I thought I was going mad actually... Really poor quality of rte.

Ordinary man

Every time i see iniesta i can't help but think of sheldon off the big bang theory:(

Mister men

Thing of beauty to watch this game.

LuckyGent88

yeah the commentary is right again.

tony1kenobi

That_Guy wrote: »

At least Newcastle beat Barcelona.

/runs

....and took 4 points off our lot don't forget!

amacachi

Ridiculous.

Mister men

Nothing in that tackle. Poor from the ref.

dedon

Mister men wrote: »

Thing of beauty to watch this game.

Barca ya. Arsenal no. The gunners are misplacing passes all game. They think they place good football but don't have to players to do it.

Like spurs and Utd are playing more attractive attacking football by them all season