Olympiacos vs Arsenal

The group table currently reads:

Fabianksi
Yennaris-Squillacci-Djourou-Miquel
Frimpong-Coquelin
Chamberlain-Arshavin-Park
Chamakh

Great preview friend..
Another chance for Chamakh and Park.. Benayoun captained the league match.. so i think he will start.. so Arshavin can start only by benching Park.. and is Rosicky fit ? Surely will see some of these players moving soon.. too many players out of form even to make the second team..

srigooner wrote:

.... No doubt talk of this would have gone through to our board, who have been reported to have been laying the ground work for acquiring the services of Götze. There were also reports that Klopp personally requested Wenger to field a strong side....
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and... do these things really happen ?

Wilson37 wrote:

srigooner wrote:

.... No doubt talk of this would have gone through to our board, who have been reported to have been laying the ground work for acquiring the services of Götze. There were also reports that Klopp personally requested Wenger to field a strong side....

and... do these things really happen ?

Well I did read some reports that said that.. It was right after we won against Dortmund..

with such atmosphere in their stadium
you think you are going to a war
can we borrow this from ballack for our players


nah actually this a good chance for some youngesters and bench players to get playin time and plz rest every first teamer verma kos santos all need rest
i want that sri line up as well
come on all you gunners
wierd still 47 hours away from match

amazing preview!

ali8775 wrote:amazing preview!

Thanks but its incomplete

I'll try and finish it during the lunch break at work, Wenger's pre match and squad news should be out by then

Why would we need to smash Olympiacos for Dortmund to go through?
If they win, and we just beat Olympiacos, they'd have more points than them .

Okay, say we beat Olympiakos. Then they'd remain on 6 points, and we'll finish on 14 points. Their GD is currently 0, so it will dip to -2 or -3 (say).

Assuming Dortmund win against OM, they will also be on 7 points with OM. But their GD will need to move some way from -5 to get over OM, who are at +2.

So, we need to smash Olympiakos for our confidence and Dortmund need to smash OM to go through.

beatrixasdfghjk. wrote:Why would we need to smash Olympiacos for Dortmund to go through?
If they win, and we just beat Olympiacos, they'd have more points than them .

Ah okay, just realized where you read that.. By doing "enough damage to Olympiakos' GD", I meant we put a couple past them and win the match.. I see the ambiguity in what I wrote earlier Thanks

Great Preview.

But I don't think Park + Chamakh should play at the same time. Doesn't work.

Benayoun on the left for me.

Rosicky should be back too.

I reckon we use this game to negotiate with BVB for Gotze. Staying in the competition for the next round will translate into a coupla Millions of additional revenue for them. This can be worked out and used as a bargaining chip for Gotze's fee.

Hopefully they have concluded these negotiations behind the scenes already. Sounds underhanded but I would do it.

U dont give us Gotze @ a lowered fee. bye bye CLeague

They'd have to win by four goals, I can't see us doing that.

I think we'd go with a weak team, because Wenger does that.

It's certain to be a weaker squad. We're not obligated to do Dortmund any favours, and their failure to qualify is entirely their fault, not ours.

Seriously, forget Mario Götze.

Anyway, I won't be bothered if we don't win but I'd like for us to keep our unbeaten streak going. Olympiacos are a useful side and in their own backyard are difficult opposition to face.

I remember a couple of years ago when we went there and played the likes of Thomas Cruise, Fran Merida, Aaron Ramsey and Carlos Vela. That team performed really well on the night, and I think the team we'll be going with this time is stronger. We should still be able to win.

I imagine we'll see something like:


With the posibillity of Rosicky and Arshavin also starting somewhere.

En route to greece

Vermaelen, Santos + Rosicky included in #afc squad v Olympiakos

http://bit.ly/vcsm7U

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Expecting to see:

Great preview Sri.

It feels nice going in to this game and having to play our youngsters. I really think we can get a positive result and maybe even win the game.

I am going with a 2-1 win.

this game should be a good experience for some of the younger players. very hostile environment and with all the stuff going on in greece, let's see how we respond.

I dont think such a deal is practical.. Forget about Dortmund and Gotze.. We cant afford to drop points in the pl and so our starters need rest..
Rest for Kos too.. Djurou and Squillaci at cb.. Play Yennaris at rb.. And Chamberlain and Benayoun should start with Arshavin or Rosicky.. And for a change start Park.. But i dont think it will happen..

Arsenal train ahead of Olympiakos game

^^ That looks pretty much like the whole bunch Sam!! Why are some of those players there, they should be enjoying a couple of days off.

Samuelj29060 wrote:

He's back!

srigooner wrote:^^ That looks pretty much like the whole bunch Sam!! Why are some of those players there, they should be enjoying a couple of days off.

you never get days off from training.... they might have easier training than the others but they still have to do it... as they still play during the weekend... you have to always be in shape

imalegend wrote:

srigooner wrote:^^ That looks pretty much like the whole bunch Sam!! Why are some of those players there, they should be enjoying a couple of days off.

you never get days off from training.... they might have easier training than the others but they still have to do it... as they still play during the weekend... you have to always be in shape

Erm yeah.. For clarity : By day off, I meant a day when they are not travelling to/from a country halfway across the continent, OR playing a game in which the result is inconsequential.

Ofcourse they'd've training and gym, we aren't paying the bunch a few tens of thousands of pounds each week to laze around on their arses! [That brings to mind, a video of Santos enjoying fish and chips]