Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

flyingoutside

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/9065721/thierry-henry-watch-his-best-goals-and-vote-for-your-favourite

good times

Alfred Borden

watching that keane vieira documentary tonight makes me wish we had someone like him or adams leading us now, that drive to just grab the game by the scruff of the neck if we were struggling, someone to protect the more technical players.

jonneymendoza

Raf32 wrote: »

watching that keane vieira documentary tonight makes me wish we had someone like him or adams leading us now, that drive to just grab the game by the scruff of the neck if we were struggling, someone to protect the more technical players.

flamini

Spanish Johnny

Galvasean wrote: »

City's comeback - good or bad news for us?

On one hand coming from 2 down to beat the Champions of Europe could drive them on.

On the other hand, the effort involved in such an undertaking could tire them more?

Disaster. I think I am level enough and try not to get too optimistic or pessimistic most of the time regarding Arsenal but I think irrelevant of who lined out for them tonight this is a massive result for City. I am fearful that this win will have as good as affect on them as the Munich win as it had on us. Not for Saturday but for the year ahead itself...

Always felt they doubted themselves because of the European results, etc. Think tonight kills that unfortunately.

Spanish Johnny

batistuta9 wrote: »

teams arsenal could face as

Winners
Leverkusen
Juve/Gala
Olympiakos
Basel/Schalke
Zenit/Porto
Barca/Milan/Ajax

Runners up
Real Madrid
PSG
Bayern
Basel/Schalke - Chelsea will likely win this group though & can't be drawn against them
Atletico Madrid
Barca/Milan/Ajax(?)

I think that outline puts to bed any posts that claim it's ok to finish 2nd.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Some of ye (I'm looking at you galvasean) might appreciate bill burr taking about his trip to the Emirates last weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctmEdP_atDY

batistuta9

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

I think that outline puts to bed any posts that claim it's ok to finish 2nd.

i don't think it will, their viewpoint is that you've to face them sometime anyway.
that's true but i think you're better going as far as possible as easily as possible, especially as they'll be a league game 3/4 day either side.

there's a chance the second round first leg will be midweek before stoke away & the second leg sandwiched between tottenham away & chelsea away - you hardly want one of the seeded teams for that

TheGunns

Raf32 wrote: »

watching that keane vieira documentary tonight makes me wish we had someone like him or adams leading us now, that drive to just grab the game by the scruff of the neck if we were struggling, someone to protect the more technical players.

Was a great watch, made you miss those games when you compare to what we have today. Can't believe that it's close to only than 10 years ago, feels like light years away

Spanish Johnny

batistuta9 wrote: »

i don't think it will, their viewpoint is that you've to face them sometime anyway.
that's true but i think you're better going as far as possible as easily as possible, especially as they'll be a league game 3/4 day either side.

there's a chance the second round first leg will be midweek before stoke away & the second leg sandwiched between tottenham away & chelsea away - you hardly want one of the seeded teams for that

Agreed. I just think mentally it would be best to win Second Round tie given our last couple of experiences and could be a great mental release. Also I know you have to play the top teams sometime but surely it might give us a better chance of doing so in a QF after overcoming a knockout tie in Europe for the first time in a while rather than face the usual tough opposition straight away?

Al Capwned

Absolutely loved the rivalry between you guys and us for ten years or so around the turn of the century - It's a pity that sort of rivalry has gone out of the game.

Wright v Schmeichel, Keane v Vieira, RVN v everyone :pac:

Just don't get that in football any more, and it's a crying shame!

Shane St.

Any idea of lineup for 2mrw? Strongest XI or tempting to rest a few for City?

gnfnrhead

Shane St. wrote: »

Any idea of lineup for 2mrw? Strongest XI or tempting to rest a few for City?

I'd rest a few. Giroud for sure. We cant afford to lose him with the games we have coming up.

For us to go out, Dortmund have to win AND we have to lose by at least three. Anything else and we go through. I personally dont think Napoli are good enough to beat us by three or more.

wonski

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I'd rest a few. Giroud for sure. We cant afford to lose him with the games we have coming up.

For us to go out, Dortmund have to win AND we have to lose by at least three. Anything else and we go through. I personally dont think Napoli are good enough to beat us by three or more.

Napoli scored a lot of goals recently. I would be very careful...
We cannot risk it.

Oranage2

With the money involved in qualifying there's no way we're gonna put anything else out other than the full team.

I'd guess at

……Back 5
… arteta flamini
Ramsey ozil Santi
…………giroud

emergingstar

I'd personally take the gamble we have a good cushion and I think the city game is the bigger game

I'd rotate as much as I can

bad2dabone

He'll go with a full team tonight, missing out on the last 16 would be a disaster and we've a good long rest before Chelsea.
The city game is daunting.
But if we lose it we still have lots of league games to make the points back

greendom

bad2dabone wrote: »

He'll go with a full team tonight, missing out on the last 16 would be a disaster and we've a good long rest before Chelsea.
The city game is daunting.
But if we lose it we still have lots of league games to make the points back

No Ramsey or Ozil tonight for me. Rosicky and Walcott to replace them.

bad2dabone

greendom wrote: »

No Ramsey or Ozil tonight for me. Rosicky and Walcott to replace them.

I wouldn't have any issues with that selection, but I'd be surprised if Wenger went with it.

emergingstar

bad2dabone wrote: »

He'll go with a full team tonight, missing out on the last 16 would be a disaster and we've a good long rest before Chelsea.
The city game is daunting.
But if we lose it we still have lots of league games to make the points back

Imagine if we beat city though

bad2dabone

emergingstar wrote: »

Imagine if we beat city though

Delish.

HazDanz

emergingstar wrote: »

Imagine if we beat city though

We can beat them. If they come to play and we play as we can we will win it. Confident our mid will hurt them. Sagna back would be a major plus.

.jacksparrow.

emergingstar wrote: »

Imagine if we beat city though

You just got me so excited at the thought of that, it hadn't once came into my head, maybe its time to believe we can beat the big teams.

shano_88

I'd imagine Rosicky, Flamini and Monreal will definetly come in tonight. I'd play Walcott aswell.

Frank Garrett

Scoring the first goal would kill Napoli tonight.

Hyzepher

The City game is going to be all about attitude. We know that City can be beaten and have been by teams not necessarily up to our standard. Our defence needs to have the type of game that they have put in for the last few months and we need to be clinical up front.

Even against Everton we had 3 or 4 clear chances - we are making opportunities. Against the top teams we need to convert them. We have seen that we can cope with a team like Everton who can play football and retain the ball.

The team has a big game in them and I feel someone will be thrashed by 4 or 5 - here's hoping it's this weekend.

For me it's important that we dont lose either of the next 2 games. Do that and we'll be in a great position - especially if Liverpool, Everton etc dont winboth of theirs

Spanish Johnny

I think Wengers comments clears up the side he is going to play tonight.

He says this is the defining game not the next two league ones. Don't necessarily agree but Im not managing. 2 changes max I would say.

jonneymendoza

i cant believe the match is on BT sport! shocking.

anyways i am goiing to miss it anyway as i am going to do a photo shoot with a female model...

Ed Winchester

jonneymendoza wrote: »

i cant believe the match is on BT sport! shocking.

anyways i am goiing to miss it anyway as i am going to do a photo shoot with a female model...

Is it on any terrestrial channel?

Kerry Gooner

jonneymendoza wrote: »

i cant believe the match is on BT sport! shocking.

anyways i am goiing to miss it anyway as i am going to do a photo shoot with a female model...

Need to sort out your priorities !!

Mickeroo

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Is it on any terrestrial channel?

The photo shoot or the match?

jamescd

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Is it on any terrestrial channel?

lol nvm. thought you were on about tonight's game

jonneymendoza

Kerry Gooner wrote: »

Need to sort out your priorities !!

Doing a photo shoot with a nice Female Model vs watching city spank us?

ummm

Ardennes1944

All Mums are nice

jonneymendoza

lol i shall post the results of the shoot once im done. Well may need to contain a spoiler on it with a NFTW tag

We'll see how it goes though. Should be fun.

Back on topic, will sky show extended highlights? if yes then i will lock off my phone so i dont know the score till i watch it!

Frank Garrett

jonneymendoza wrote: »

i cant believe the match is on BT sport! shocking.

anyways i am goiing to miss it anyway as i am going to do a photo shoot with a female model...

Which match?

The Napoli one is on RTE.

maximoose

Man City - it's on Bt Sport on sat (Yus!)

Frank Garrett

maximoose wrote: »

Man City - it's on Bt Sport on sat (Yus!)

Yeah, I subscribed to this month for €1.

maximoose

I got it free for 2 months with UPC, but it's only €16p/m after that so I'll be keeping it

Despite their crap commentators, I like their coverage. And the Serie A/Ligue 1 matches are great

jonneymendoza

Frank Garrett wrote: »

Which match?

The Napoli one is on RTE.

city game

Fuzzy_Dunlop

maximoose wrote: »

I got it free for 2 months with UPC, but it's only €16p/m after that so I'll be keeping it

Despite their crap commentators, I like their coverage. And the Serie A/Ligue 1 matches are great

How'd you get it for free for the two months?

maximoose

Just a promotion at the end of Oct, appears to be over though!

Drexel

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Doing a photo shoot with a nice Female Model vs watching city spank us?

ummm

What type of fan are you saying city are goina 'spank' us? wtf

Spanish Johnny

Will be incredibly pi**ed off if we don't top the group. Looking at those 2nd seeds we would have a great chance.

This may be the silliest thing Il ever post but I have a weird inkling Marseille might grab a draw tonight. Dortmund missing a few and Marseille sacked the manager. If the PL is anything to go by they'll perform to some extent.

Ps. Feel free to quote this later when Dortmund win 6-0.

greendom

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

Will be incredibly pi**ed off if we don't top the group. Looking at those 2nd seeds we would have a great chance.

This may be the silliest thing Il ever post but I have a weird inkling Marseille might grab a draw tonight Dortmund missing a few and Marseille sacked the manager. If the PL is anything to go by they'll perform to some extent.

Ps. Feel free to quote this later when Dortmund win 6-0.

Marseille will be smarting that they have no points in the CL so far and will be desperate to put it right in front of their own fans. Throw in the new manager factor as you mention and anything can happen.

Come on L'OM!

jonneymendoza

jonny666 wrote: »

What type of fan are you saying city are goina 'spank' us? wtf

calm down

wonski

Anything can happen tonight. Who would expect Mcity to go back from 2-0???
I wouldn't take any risk tonight - fully fit squad, and adjust if the score is right (2-0 would do)...
No need to mess things up just because we go to City this weekend.

tayto lover

Don't think we will see many changes tonight at all. Might see Monreal on for Gibbs and maybe Rosicky for Cazorla.

Nemeses2050

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

Will be incredibly pi**ed off if we don't top the group. Looking at those 2nd seeds we would have a great chance.

This may be the silliest thing Il ever post but I have a weird inkling Marseille might grab a draw tonight. Dortmund missing a few and Marseille sacked the manager. If the PL is anything to go by they'll perform to some extent.

Ps. Feel free to quote this later when Dortmund win 6-0.

Dortmund U 19's lost 0-3 to Marseille , Arsenal U19's lost 1-2 to Napoli,
but gunners still topped the group, I would take that score line for the seniors too.

but we should have enough to beat them if not atleast a draw

Marty McFly

Anyone know if I'll be able to view the game on RTE player? In work tonight and since it's not on sky my sky go will be of no use to me .

Moneymaker

http://www.aertv.ie/#rte-two

Much better then RTE player imo. No HD but oh well.