Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Notes in OP 24/08

Roddy23

Arsenal, Dortmund and Galatasary, homecoming for Eboue.

brianregan09

Back to Turkey again

Mr Blobby

brianregan09 wrote: »

I wouldn't be too worried about Monaco or Roma either to be honest , Monaco ave Falcao and thats it , Roma......well there from Serie A and unless you're Juventus you're **** lol

Yeah... Roma have a scary team this year!!

Ken Shamrock

Is it just me or do we play the same fecking teams EVERY year in the champions league?

salmocab

group of……..

Soups123

I'm happy with that so far

AdamD

AdamD wrote: »

I'd rather we played Olympiakos etc. on a Wednesday night in between two PL games than Dortmund..

We've won in Dortmund but never in Olympiakos from what i recall. Galatasaray will be a stern test though especially with the vocal Turkish fans.

Irish Aris

Soups123 wrote: »

I'm happy with that so far

I am not really.
I don't fancy trips in Turkey. . .

gandalf

Why do we always get the Turkish teams. Poor old Ozil going to have two more games of abuse!!!

Alfred Borden

Need a nice one here from this pot.

Irish Aris

Deleted User wrote: »

We've won in Dortmund but never in Olympiakos from what i recall. Galatasaray will be a stern test though especially with the vocal Turkish fans.

we used to play Olympiacos in the last gameweek, having qualified already first.

Soups123

Irish Aris wrote: »

I am not really.
I don't fancy trips in Turkey. . .

I'll watch it on Sky myself, maybe in the local so suits me

Manzoor14

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Is it just me or do we play the same fecking teams EVERY year in the champions league?

Definitely a lot of overlap, off the top of my head, Olympiakos, Marseilles and Bayern twice in last 3 years and now Dortmund 3 times I think!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Yeah get a nice one from the 4th pot and it's not a bad draw. Mad that we got Dortmund again though.

Irish Aris

Irish Aris wrote: »

we used to play Olympiacos in the last gameweek, having qualified already first.

I reckon either way though that its a really tough away trip regardless of when you play them. They could have knocked United out last season.

The third strip will definitely get an outing against Galatasaray.

Alfred Borden

Its gonna be Roma isnt it

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Anderlecht, grand

Roddy23

Anderlecht

Soups123

Thats a fine group, we'll top that

tayto lover

Handy enough group.

.jacksparrow.

How did Liverpool end up with an easier group?

Soups123

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

How did Liverpool end up with an easier group?

Luck of the draw, the rating system is flawed but it keeps the really big teams away from each other, but Pot 2 down is Pot luck

Mickeroo

Happy days, happy enough with that. I think all English clubs apart from City will be happy enough, real group of death that.

salmocab

Last pot was kind to us decent group tough but very winnable certainly should get out at the least

Ajfunky

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

How did Liverpool end up with an easier group?

A pounding by Real Madrid can do a lot of damage to your confidence!

Paj

grand draw, not easy, not impossible.

Ajfunky

Citys group is definitely the group of death. Glad its not us!

HazDanz

City have a terrible group.

Alfred Borden

Chelsea always get it easy

omega man

Ajfunky wrote: »

A pounding by Real Madrid can do a lot of damage to your confidence!

They'll still qualify handy enough and with them in knock out football, well you know the rest.

Happy with our group so that's all that really matters.

Pudders

omega man wrote: »

They'll still qualify handy enough and with them in knock out football, well you know the rest.

Happy with our group so that's all that really matters.

What like the FA cup last year?:pac:

shano_88

Tough group. Dortmund and Galatasary away will be very difficult. We should progress and hopefully we can top the group this time.

Liverpool and Chelsea got very good groups, especially Chelsea. City have a tough one.

tayto lover

Turkey is not that hard a place to go to these days.
Besiktas are better than Gala.

Skylinehead

Moxi is going to murder Liverpool :cool:

shano_88

When do the fixtures get released?

efb

could be better, could be worse. Will qualify

.jacksparrow.

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

How did Liverpool end up with an easier group?

Not sure is it that easy. Reigning European Champions for one. Are Basel really not as good as Galatasaray? They won at Stamford Bridge last season. Ludogorets though they should dispose of easily although i think they would prefer they didnt have the long haul to Eastern Europe.

Alfred Borden

Dortmund away first game would be a nice one to get rid of.

Raf32

Raf32 wrote: »

Dortmund away first game would be a nice one to get rid of.

I think a nice home game to start with and put whoever our opponents are to the sword (hopefully)

.jacksparrow.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Not sure is it that easy. Reigning European Champions for one. Are Basel really not as good as Galatasaray? They won at Stamford Bridge last season. Ludogorets though they should dispose of easily although i think they would prefer they didnt have the long haul to Eastern Europe.

Personally I think Basel and that other team are easier than galatasary and Anderlecht.

Anyway still happy with it.

Marty McFly

Not too bad not great either but a group we should qualify from.

jester77

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Personally I think Basel and that other team are easier than galatasary and Anderlecht.

Anyway still happy with it.

True, but the that group is a 3 way battle, I see all 4 teams in our group getting points from each other. This could be more advantageous to us. If Anderlecht and the the Turks take points from each other then we could qualify earlier and take the pressure off.

brianregan09

I think Galatasary will beat Dortmund at home and I think they could be the team to take 2nd and not Dortmund can't see us not qualifying

Godge

Will Dortmund sell us that Greek defender now we are in their group?

Alfred Borden

Dortmund away is the first game with the trip to Turkey coming last. Anderlecht is the two games back to back. Couldnt ask for a better set of fixtures. Hopefully its wrapped up before we go to turkey

UnknownSpecies

Just saw this. Did someone say that this guy is half reliable?

https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/505051586327224320

Mickeroo

dorgasm wrote: »

Just saw this. Did someone say that this guy is half reliable?

https://twitter.com/indykaila/status/505051586327224320

No I asked was he reliable and was told he is the exact opposite of reliable.

Irish Aris

Raf32 wrote: »

Dortmund away is the first game with the trip to Turkey coming last. Anderlecht is the two games back to back. Couldnt ask for a better set of fixtures. Hopefully its wrapped up before we go to turkey

I think you'd be right.
Fifth game home vs Dortmund, a victory there would probably seal the deal.

Ajfunky

marno21 wrote: »

Handy list here