The Arsenal Thread XI

I just said that I bet that we tried to play for a draw today. I'm not passing judgement. We played our reserves team too, that's obvious since 3 out of the 11 played against barca on wednesday so in what way am I being an idiot?

Sorry you couldn't beat our second team today. Well done if you finish above us this year too. Hasn't happened in a while.

I'm not even wumming, just saying it how it is. No need to get angry. I didn't say we dominated you this match. I just said you couldn't beat our second team with your best team you could put out.

this is what happens to chelsea fans why they beat barcelona by one goal.

I hope Barcelona spank you hard at the Nou camp.

Think everyone said that above wednesday too. I think it was more dani alves getting raped by ramires, giving it to the drog and him scuffing his shot and slotting it home with our one shot on target. Your former captain was quality that game too, you would have thought he was a chelsea player in disguise.

I almost forgot

RVP couldn't do anything on his right foot and that was really stunting his ability to get the goal. He seems a little jaded at the moment. He shouldn't be as we have ample time to rest in between fixtures.

I'm not going to dwell on the penalty shout, because it's probably already been done to death.

You do understand that Barcelona are a completely different team at the Nou Camp?

Last year's Arsenal was better than this year's Chelsea and we got dominated. There is no hope for you.

You do understand that Barcelona are a completely different team at the Nou Camp?

Last year's Arsenal was better than this year's Chelsea and we got dominated. There is no hope for you.

Aren't you the one that thinks Ramires is world-class?

The Cahill RVP one? Nothing in it for me, has barely been mentioned afaik.

Might be mental fatigue as much as physical...being that important to a side for an entire season must take a lot out of you. Rooney's form dropped for a short time earlier in the season, Aguero and Silva haven't been able to maintain their bright starts, Mata hasn't for Chelsea, Bale for Spurs, even Ba for Newcastle. While there are obviously other factors, physical fatigue being an obvious one, with Ba it's a change in role more than anything, the point still stands that to perform with consistent excellence over an entire 38 game season requires phenomenal mental strength (sorry Arsene). Ronaldo and Messi have proven they can do it, that's why they're considered miles ahead of anyone else as the best 2 players in the world.




The Cahill RVP one? Nothing in it for me, has barely been mentioned afaik.

Meh, we'll see.
I think ramires is class and is severely underrated. He just lacks passing ability and finishing for a midfielder, but our record without him this season shows how vital he is to the team. Probably just as vital as mata is.

You played to try and outplay barca at the nou camp , hence that is what happens, you play with the ball, and panic without it. You were unlucky though that match anyway and could have gone through to be entirely fair. We won't outplay barca, as we don't need to. We also kept a clean sheet.

Anyway, lets see on tuesday. They have an el classico today and will use their key players while our key players have all had a rest. Barca won't give up the league either, so they will be more fatigued on tuesday.

I think Mike Dean was a bit quick to suggest Robin was 'backing in' - undoubtedly seen them given.

Definitely agree, another possibility is having played so many games over a whole season will slowly take away your edge, I've heard a few players mention this, i.e, they are "fresh" at the beginning of the season but they can't get back to that level even if they rest for 10 or 14 days by the end if they played every game inbetween.

RVP might be great but he is nowhere near Ronaldo or Messi, he has to pass the greats at Arsenal first and he still has a lot to go to be honest if he's ever going to do it.

I don't think that was a pen either, even RVP didn't. I think we got very lucky with Sagna's challenge on Bertrand, would have been easier to give that pen than to deny it.

Ramires lacks passing ability and finishing? Something that is considerably important to a midfielder?

We didn't try to outplay Barca. We defended with only 10 players which is considerably harder against a normal team, let alone Barca.

I'm pretty sure they'll prioritise the CL over La Liga.