Tony Montana said:dublingunner said:Lol. One bad game come on man!Tony Montana said:slump
3 draws. We should have won at least one of those. I take it as a slump because we've stepped up a lot this season.
celtic is totally different from slavia. i dont know what you want from slavia, let us score 7 goals again? yes, theyre a smaller club, so what? why mock them for it?gunnerGH said:Celtic v MilanTony Montana said:Against Arsenal for them?gunnerGH said:How sad are Slavia's fans. 0-0 and loving it.
Play for a draw at home....BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING
Complete contrast
sevilla will beat slavia and we will beat steaua. that means we have to not lose in seville. thats far from a sure thing, especially when you consider the match congestion in the winter period. i do think finishing first will be important given the teams that look likely to finish top and those finishing 2nd - plus, we get the 2nd leg at home, which i think is an advantage.TheThoss said:We will destroy.gunnerGH said:They will mate. a win against us and their laughing.Gurgen said:They won't. We still play them no? And have those other amateurs at home.Tony Montana said:It's not a meaningless game because we want to finish top of our group. I don't want Sevilla to overtake us.
kamikaze80 said:sevilla will beat slavia and we will beat steaua. that means we have to not lose in seville.
MDGoonah41 said:Fergie is in everyone's head. Wenger already trying to scramble and buy more English players. OH MAN
Arsène Wenger said:"The young players could play in Seville. To finish first is important. You play a team that is second and the second game is at home, so it is a double advantage. I have not looked at the groups; it is a bit early to speculate who we might play."
Thommybhoy said:AW comments on the game
Arsène Wenger said:"The young players could play in Seville. To finish first is important. You play a team that is second and the second game is at home, so it is a double advantage. I have not looked at the groups; it is a bit early to speculate who we might play."
Big Poppa said:Thommybhoy said:AW comments on the game
Arsène Wenger said:"The young players could play in Seville. To finish first is important. You play a team that is second and the second game is at home, so it is a double advantage. I have not looked at the groups; it is a bit early to speculate who we might play."
I fear that the boss is thinking with his heart over his head on this one. Undoubtedly missed a trick last night. 'Rotating' per se is fine, but the balance of the team should not be affected as a consequence.
Yesterday's line-up was terribly lop-sided. I honestly think he would have been better off giving Merida a go in the role he played Diaby. We lacked creative isntinct but then again it's not really the fault of those who played - it's just that we were not playing a poor Sheffield United here and I think it would have made more sense resting 1 of Cesc or Hleb, not both.
Winning the group is a must. Fergie tried to be clever and did the same sort of thing a couple of years ago. Job not done yet in my book - qualification from the group we had was surely the minimum to be expected.
Alfonso said:Tony Montana said:dublingunner said:Lol. One bad game come on man!Tony Montana said:slump
3 draws. We should have won at least one of those. I take it as a slump because we've stepped up a lot this season.
It is actually 2 draws in a row, but we have drawn 3 out of 4 of our last games. But of course we played Liverpool away and Man Utd at home, so you look at it relatively. Just because we did not win 6-0 today doesnt mean we are suddenly in decline.
You cant play pretty football and score 3 every week, nor will we get the headlines every week. Which can be good in a way, allows us to not get too carried away and focus on the tasks and challenges ahead.
Also, this a Champions League match away from home in parts of Europe where we struggle to win traditionally, plus the fact we played practically a second team. Its one thing beating Sheifled Utd away 3-0 with your second team and its another doing to same when your in the CL away from home.
And lets give Slavia some creidt. No, they are not the best team in the world, but they showed they had some pride, and all their players gave 100%. Today was one of the hardest matches we have faced all season, and we were lucky to get a point. They played a very astute game and did their homework. They kept doing sublte fouls so our attack never built up moves, they had two players on our players at most times, and they played with a high tempo and intensity. They never allowed us into the game. The weather conditions did not help as well. But the Arsenal of last year would have lost this one.
Them loosing 7-0 to us was their greatest motivation.
However, we must not play the same team against Sevilla. It is vitally important we finish 1st in this group.
To conclude, we were severley tested tonight, but got the job done and are through, which is the main thing. Im sure most people would have taken guranteed qualification into the last 16 with two games to go. And this game has also proved then even though we have improved this season, we still have to earn the right to play, and not everyone will be walkovers.
Almunia, man of the match. Showed good bottle after the 'incidents' of Sat. Walcott was the most disapointing out of all our players. The guy's delivery is so poor, from crosses, from corners. So contray to what Ricky1985 has to say, he still has a long way to go. And its games like this you are tested in, not Sunderland or Bolton at home.