BvB v Arsenal RTE 2 from 7.30 pm

mike65

The teams are in

Dortmund XI: Weidenfeller, Großkreutz, Subotic, Sokratis, Schmelzer, Bender, Sahin, Reus, Mkhitaryan, Kuba, Lewandowski

SUBS: Langerak, Kirch, Durm, Kehl, J. Hofmann, Aubameyang, Schieber.

XI Arsenal | Sczcesny; Sagna, Koscienly, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Arteta, Ramsey, Rosicky, Cazorla, Ozil; Giroud

Subs" Fabianksi, Vermaelen, Monreal, Gnabry, Jenkinson, Hayden, Bendtner

Obviously the first 14 minutes will be about O'Neill and Keane

Nuri Sahin

Mike, do you comment in the Guardian's site at all?

Awesomeness

COYG. Gonna be a good game

Kerrydude1981

Looking forward to this game,could be a cracker.

mike65

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Mike, do you comment in the Guardian's site at all?

Thatsnotmehonest

Professey Chin

ICH WILL!!! \m/ >_< \m/

tayto lover

Please do not concede early Arsenal.

Marty McFly

Home from work feet up game on now just hoping for a favorable result, glad to see Gnabry on the bench can provide something a bit different if things aren't going to plan.

Hard one to call this.

Nuri Sahin

Streaming Sky Sports here since I have no access to a TV for an hour. Fair play to Sky for playing POD. Haven't heard that in years

Awesomeness

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Streaming Sky Sports here since I have no access to a TV for an hour. Fair play to Sky for playing POD. Haven't heard that in years

Woman watching the soaps eh?:P

Lawrence1895

It will be no walkover, but still...

HEJA BVB :cool:

tayto lover

Feckin Ronnie Whelan :mad:.
Now over to Sky.

Draw would be a decent result for Arsenal here.

Pepe LeFrits

If only Rosicky had a final ball.

tayto lover

FFS wake up Gibbs. Gave the ball away a few times already.

Nuri Sahin

Marseille leading in Napoli!

Corner 1/2 a cm outside the area, no chance. Free-kick 15 yards from the offence, perfectly fine. :pac:

bad2dabone

everyone needs to be on top of their game here. Cracker so far, high intensity.

tayto lover

Marseilles 1 up

quarryman

Every time I watch Arsenal I find Sagna seems be such a weak link. Very negative and over cautious.

Is this a fair assumption on the player?

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Marseille leading in Napoli!

Rafa out?

quarryman

quarryman wrote: »

Is this a fair assumption on the player?

Nah.

tayto lover

quarryman wrote: »

Every time I watch Arsenal I find Sagna seems be such a weak link. Very negative and over cautious.

Is this a fair assumption on the player?

Usually good when defending but has to take a touch before every cross and gets caught out.

EuropeanSon

Sagna is excellent, one of our best and most consistent players.

Moneymaker

Would be quite happy with this so far if I was an Arsenal fan. Dortmund not really got going yet.

bad2dabone

Sven Bender's got an engine on him. gets through some amount of work

quarryman

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Sagna is excellent, one of our best and most consistent players.

You'd take him over Mertesacker?

Nuri Sahin

Damn, close from Subotic

EuropeanSon

quarryman wrote: »

You'd take him over Mertesacker?

No. Over Koscielny or Gibbs, though, yes.

tayto lover

Needless foul by Arteta nearly cost us there. Player posing no danger at the time. "The little things will win this game" - Wenger.

Marty McFly

Good game so far, both teams really cancelling each other out been very tight in the middle.

I think this is a game that would suit Walcott down to the ground.

EuropeanSon

Not much life in this yet. They are very good without the ball, which I worry is what will win this game.

Sugarlumps

Ozil hasn't had a kick.

Nuri Sahin

Napoli equalise, Inler makes it 1-1.

.jacksparrow.

Artetas discipline is very poor at times.

FearDark

Happy to see us hassle BVB when we loose possession.

FearDark

FFS Napoli just scored again. 2-1 now. Marseilles are a ****ing embarrasment

Sugarlumps

Dortmund keeper is a liability.

Lawrence1895

FearDark wrote: »

FFS Napoli just scored again. 2-1 now. Marseilles are a ****ing embarrasment

I don't care about them, I'm very much focused on Borussia Dortmund. We have to win our matches, that's all that matters

Napoli winning tonight leaves it so there's little material difference between a loss or a draw for Arsenal tonight assuming Dortmund and Arsenal both beat Marseilles, Arsenal would need a result against Napoli either way.

FearDark

Sloppy

EuropeanSon

Should be a yellow for that.

Pepe LeFrits

Ref's a home blower

tayto lover

Arteta got a card for less than that. FFS ref :mad:

bad2dabone

That's some stadium. I must visit it at some stage.

FearDark

Surely a yellow card.

quarryman

tayto lover wrote: »

Usually good when defending but has to take a touch before every cross and gets caught out.

That's it. 'twas bugging me. He seems to lack confidence and always needs 2 touches. I guess a full back needs to be more safe than sorry but gimme an Alves or Lahm attacking right back any day.

Marty McFly

Merts calm as ya like.

tayto lover

Ozil playing poorly so far.

bad2dabone

Mert's the boss

EuropeanSon

Good old BFG.