Re: Monaco v Arsenal Preview

by Hapless_Hans Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:14 pm

srigooner wrote:Don't get your hopes high lads.. I am going to keep saying this to maintain some sanity..

I feel like a nervous wreck though. :/

Good. What you could do to maintain sanity and help your team is to bet against me in the betting thread.

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:32 pm

Lord has spoken

Red army #Arsenal
— Nicklas Bendtner (@bendtnerb52) March 17, 2015

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:46 pm

Arsenal FC ‏@Arsenal 40s40 seconds ago
#Arsenal team to play Monaco: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Welbeck, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud #MONvAFC

Arsenal FC ‏@Arsenal 11s11 seconds ago View translation
#Arsenal subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Chambers, Ramsey, Flamini, Walcott #MONvAFC

by Jay29 Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:46 pm

Team:

Ospina; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Welbeck, Ozil, Alexis; Giroud

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:47 pm

AS MONACO @AS_Monaco · 2m 2 minutes ago
H-1 ! Compo : Subasic, Fabinho, Wallace, Abdennour, Kurzawa, Toulalan, Moutinho, Kondogbia, Dirar, Martial, Berbatov

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:48 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:
srigooner wrote:Don't get your hopes high lads.. I am going to keep saying this to maintain some sanity..

I feel like a nervous wreck though. :/

Good. What you could do to maintain sanity and help your team is to bet against me in the betting thread.

I don't make bets :coffee:

by REWB Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:51 pm

not too sure about cazorla in midfield, would have preferred ramsey, and move cazorla to ozil position. leave ozil out for this one imo.

by El Gunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:55 pm

Only Ramsey and Walcott on bench as offensive options. Neutral

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:58 pm

We got this.

by sportsczy Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:02 pm

So again, there isn't a real CM lined up by Arsenal... and that's against Toulalan/Kondogbia/Moutinho.

I just don't understand Wenger.

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:04 pm

He can't drop anyone else for another CM though. Team is lined up to be attacking and balanced. Cazorla out wide would make it really narrow.

Ramsey will come on for Coquelin when/if we need a goal.

by Raptorgunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:08 pm

sportsczy wrote:So again, there isn't a real CM lined up by Arsenal... and that's against Toulalan/Kondogbia/Moutinho.

I just don't understand Wenger.

You know Wenger, he would never admit to his mistakes.

by sportsczy Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:10 pm

no wide threat by Arsenal and no CMs... only AMs and strikers Laughing

I mean Wenger can't be serious.

I'm not saying that Arsenal can't win. But Wenger is making things easier for Monaco by making his team predictable and narrow.

by Raptorgunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:15 pm

sportsczy wrote:no wide threat by Arsenal and no CMs... only AMs and strikers I mean Wenger can't be serious.

I'm not saying that Arsenal can't win. But Wenger is making things easier for Monaco by making his team predictable and narrow.

Coquelin VS Monaco midfield it is then. Clubber

by sportsczy Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:17 pm

Wenger is basically saying that Monaco's performance was a fluke in the first leg and that his tactics were correct but not properly executed... That is very surprising for me given how the game looked in that first leg.

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:35 pm

I am inclined to agree with Sports on this.

I was expecting Ramsey to start instead of Welbeck.

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:37 pm

Tbf though, we did create chances which Giroud didn't finish. If 1-2 of those had gone in, we'd be talking of a very different result today.

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:32 pm

Facking has 2-0 plastered all over it.

Should have been 4-0 up at HT. Blindh facking shithead cantmothafacka ref §!%!%$%$§"!&$&§$&

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:41 pm

Lads pls

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:46 pm

You know its gonna happen.. Dangle a bloody carrot in front of us all game to keep our hearts in mouth about a miracle happening and we'll end up even scoring a 2nd and then it will all get scrappy and we'll get more unlucky (I am pretty convinced that it is possible) and the ref will blow the final whistle after 20 seconds of extra time because he needs to pee or something.

fts.

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:05 pm

RG had it spot on reg Ramsey for Coquelin.. AW makes a change before the 88' ffs.

by Twoism Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:39 pm

Great effort but bitter just like Munich game, the team did well and should be praised. FA and League to go on

by Sri Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:40 pm

2-0. Just as we had predicted. Not surprised either. Gnite lads.

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:43 pm

by Sina Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:45 pm

ONE of the biggest myth in European football...Monaco's defensive record

argh

by MJ Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:47 pm

Wow Monaco are sosososo bad.

Whatever, I completely expected this so, while I'm your standard devastated, I tried (and mostly failed) to remove my emotional attachment to our Champions League hopes before the game.

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