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Come on Arsenal!!!
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I know it aint till Wednesday but i can't wait!! Big night planned!!
Hehe this will get you in the mood
Were on our way!
Hehe this will get you in the mood
Were on our way!
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Whilst it's always nice to see an English team win a European Trophy, I really don't want to see the smug git of an Arsenal manager getting his hands on it.
I'm expecting an excellent final from 2 excellent attacking teams. Hopefully have a final as entertaining as last years.
English team?
Barcelona, yes. Arsenal have played some of the most defensive Liverpoolesque football I've seen in the Champions League. It did work for the dippers I suppose though. Hopefully Barca score first and force Arsenal to play.
Well yeah .. we generally call teams that play in England ... English
Wahey this should cause an argument or two ... :rolleyes:
Did you not say Wenger was your first choice for England boss? How would that have worked then?
What's wrong with that?
For instance I hate Mourinho but I wouldn't have to think twice about taking him for the Northern Ireland job, haha.
I don't like the guy but I respect him as a coach.
I'd hate to work for Fergie, but the guy is a genius.
It's about separating the individual from the job they do.
I'd like to see Arsenal win to be honest, I think when you actually look back to what Arsenal were 10 years ago and what they are now then it'd be fitting reward for what Wenger did. I think if anything they've had amazingly bad luck when it came to the crunch (could and should have won the double in 99 and then the UEFA final in 2000), so fingers crossed IMO.
This is a 1 leg Final, I doubt Arsenal will be going out looking to win on penalties from the start. If they do not only will they lose they will get pumped and it would be as crap as watching the FA cup final last year (but I think Barcelona will manage to score). I'm expecting 2 VERY attacking teams come out looking for the win and hopefully an early goal for either side will set the tempo, then I'm hoping Henry lifts the trophy.
Ideal result... Barca to win, Henry to walk past Wenger and sign his new Barcalona contract in front of all the Arsenal fans! OOOOO that would make me laugh!!!
COME ON BARCA!!!
Going 1-0 to a second leg with Villareal, Barca wouldn't play a 4-6-0 formation. They wouldn't want to just hold out and let their goal get pummeled for 90 minutes. I can respect them for that, and that's why I want them to lift the trophy, plus the fact Ronaldinho deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest players of all time, and this would go some way to cementing that.
However, lucky, lucky Arsenal shows it's face too many times....
Barcelona are the stronger attacking side but they've got a problem with Valdes, that keeper is just dodgy!!
Eto'o and Ronaldinho up front, Deco behind them, awesome....
Campbell won't be able to handle the speed of Eto'o.
Arsenal's only chance is to score first!!
Good luck to them both.
one of the sly bastard arsenal fans from here has bunked off work and gone paris, got his bird to ring in sick for him, but we know where he is really.
Ah yes, I distinctly remember Arsenal sitting in their own half for the whole game against Juventus at Highbury.
As for Barca always attacking, its a little bit of a myth really. They defend when they have to, which is the key to a winning team.
As keegan showed so well, you don't win matches by scoring loads of goals, you win them by not conceding loads of goals.
I'm referring more to not registering a single chance in a whole semi-final leg against Villareal.
They're the most attack minded team of all the best clubs in Europe. Of course they defend when they have to, but they won't camp in their own half and let themselves get totally battered. They're above that.
And Villarreal did the same thing at Highbury.
C'est la vie.
Two terrible decisions. First one was a goal and no sending off, the second should have been Eboue's second yellow card - talk about blatant dive...
Ooooh, good save onto the post there...
Maybe in this situation two wrongs do make a right.
Perhaps you should look at the start of this thread to see my perspective