Either way at home this season we do well so I'm expecting close game. The problem is away and I'm sure we'll lose we just can't handle it
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UEL SF 1st Leg: Arsenal v Atletico Madrid | April 26, 2018 20:05 BST | BT Sport
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Vinci
The Sultan of Unai
Country: Netherlands
Drakensburg, great name for a town.
Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
It isn't a town. It makes the majority of our escarpment and is one of the most well known mountain ranges in the world.
It basically translates to Dragon Mountain, below why.
On the right side of the mountain range in the distance there is what looks like a reptile/lizard/dragon's back...
ANyway, enough derailing. Happy i can watch this.
Hoping for two goals and none conceded.
Gooner n Proud
a.k.a. nasri_8 and Voice of Flamini
Ospina
Koscielny Holding Monreal
Bellerin Xhaka Ramsey Kola
Özil
Welbeck Lacazette
Koscielny Holding Monreal
Bellerin Xhaka Ramsey Kola
Özil
Welbeck Lacazette
Ricardinho
La Liga Correspondent
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
Especially now that the daylight savings garbage is back to normal. Good time indeed.Your time zone is pretty similar too, good time to be in the pub
Mkhi not available tomorrow, and ElNenny out till the end of the season.
SHIIIIIIIIIITE.
SHIIIIIIIIIITE.
Aussie_gunner123
Established Member
Country: Australia
Özil available yet though?
Wenger: "Atletico's strength is they have no weakness".
Well i'm not an expert, lads, but this don't sound too good.
Well i'm not an expert, lads, but this don't sound too good.
The closest thing they have to a weakness is lack of a long term progressive possession game plan. Give them a lot of the ball and they suffer a little bit. We might actually fare better in the away leg, depending on how this game goes.
mavelous
Tinfoil hat aficionado
that's why i'd be all for us keeping a clean sheet and hoping to get a goal, no need to go all out and expose ourselves to a deadly counter attack.
probably means welbeck needs to start, we'll need to knock the ball long a lot to him, and hope ramsey/laca latch onto a couple and maybe get an opening or two. can't risk building from the back with xhaka who's scared to receive the ball in front of our 18. after all, we're a team who's easily pressed out of the match by EPL relegation fodder.
probably means welbeck needs to start, we'll need to knock the ball long a lot to him, and hope ramsey/laca latch onto a couple and maybe get an opening or two. can't risk building from the back with xhaka who's scared to receive the ball in front of our 18. after all, we're a team who's easily pressed out of the match by EPL relegation fodder.
Country: England
Player:Saliba
Would say 'Wenger luck' but apparently all these people getting ill and injured is all his fault.
I really hope our lazy and useless **** show up tomorrow and perform to an acceptable level. If we fail to win this, by a bigger margin of course, we'll struggle to reach the final as the away game will be tough to say the least.
IslingtonBornandbred
Active Member
Would say 'Wenger luck' but apparently all these people getting ill and injured is all his fault.
It's football you silly sausage. Elneny is basic, Özil wasn't ill and Mkhi is injured. That's why every team has a physio and medical team my dawg, generally players pick up injuries and little knocks. It's not Wengar luck, it's real life.
Pat Rice
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Cech
Chambers Kos Monreal
Bellerin Xhaka Rambo Kolasinac
Oil Welbeck
Laca
Chambers Kos Monreal
Bellerin Xhaka Rambo Kolasinac
Oil Welbeck
Laca
Tight 1-1 first half with a struggling Arsenal performance, 3-1 by the whistle with a strong second half. Imposing performances by Özil and Xhaka. Ramsey and Welbeck on the scoresheet. Mustafi and Cech dodgy as ever.
Back three might not be such a stupid idea against two strikers and with Özil drifting centrally it's still basically three down the middle. The wingbacks could be used to expose their usual narrow 4-4-2 shape. Welbeck and Lacazette in tandem attack and stretch the backline, wingbacks provide width to overstretch their narrow setup and create space between the lines, which is exactly where Özil and Ramsey love to pop up.
Edit: Just watched Simeone's presser in the other thread. Two things I take from it. One is that he sees about Özil what a lot of user on here can't, which is that he controls our game very much in that he dictates the speed of attacks based on how he wants to build them: fast, counter attacking mostly through the middle, or does he "linger" on the ball to get more teammates up the field to create more options, especially out on the wing or to provoke movement when we already crowded the opposition half.
And second: Simeone knows this and will target Özil. It's imperative Wele and Laca work their arses off to keep Atleticos backline busy and to get the fullbacks/wingbacks involved to free up space in the centre for Özil. If Arsenal set up to tight, the CBs can target Laca, the RB Welbeck, and so on and they will always have someone spare to attack Mesut. Also, against such an organized team one of the most precious weapons is Ramsey attacking their box from deep.
I actually think our attack can deal with them, it's more about the flukey defense and the clownish keeper. Though, how they perform also hinges on Xhaka, if he can pull off controlling our passing and resisting their press, it'll be an easier game for the backline.
Back three might not be such a stupid idea against two strikers and with Özil drifting centrally it's still basically three down the middle. The wingbacks could be used to expose their usual narrow 4-4-2 shape. Welbeck and Lacazette in tandem attack and stretch the backline, wingbacks provide width to overstretch their narrow setup and create space between the lines, which is exactly where Özil and Ramsey love to pop up.
Edit: Just watched Simeone's presser in the other thread. Two things I take from it. One is that he sees about Özil what a lot of user on here can't, which is that he controls our game very much in that he dictates the speed of attacks based on how he wants to build them: fast, counter attacking mostly through the middle, or does he "linger" on the ball to get more teammates up the field to create more options, especially out on the wing or to provoke movement when we already crowded the opposition half.
And second: Simeone knows this and will target Özil. It's imperative Wele and Laca work their arses off to keep Atleticos backline busy and to get the fullbacks/wingbacks involved to free up space in the centre for Özil. If Arsenal set up to tight, the CBs can target Laca, the RB Welbeck, and so on and they will always have someone spare to attack Mesut. Also, against such an organized team one of the most precious weapons is Ramsey attacking their box from deep.
I actually think our attack can deal with them, it's more about the flukey defense and the clownish keeper. Though, how they perform also hinges on Xhaka, if he can pull off controlling our passing and resisting their press, it'll be an easier game for the backline.
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Tir Na Nog
Changes Opinion Every 5 Minutes
Country: Ireland
People seriously listing Kolasinac in their starting XI, this is an EL semi-final not a pre-season friendly vs Barnet ffs.
I too hope it's 3 at the back though.
I too hope it's 3 at the back though.
Cech
Chambers Mustafi Koscielny
Bellerin Xhaka Ramsey Monreal
Özil Welbeck
Lacazette
Chambers Mustafi Koscielny
Bellerin Xhaka Ramsey Monreal
Özil Welbeck
Lacazette
Ashybashy86
Well-Known Member
Eleventh place Real Sociedad beat them 3-0 last week, so of course he knows that's false. I'd like to think it's just mind games, but...
Gooner1967
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Hi
Anyone know where I can get 2 x sameday return flights for Atletico?
Thx
Anyone know where I can get 2 x sameday return flights for Atletico?
Thx
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