Drift Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Good game :-) Couldn't have asked for more On to the league bruv we were terrible. bruv We did not conceed I repeat WE DID NOT..... Good game :-) Couldn't have asked for more On to the league bruv we were terrible. 2-0 away from home vs German champions bayern didnt show up tonight, they were there for the taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroman Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 I will stick with this defence tbh. midfield was lacking though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Infamous Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 jenkison and kosh can hold their heads up high verm shouldnt start anymore games this season tell him he is fighting for his future either he will come back on point or crumble then u tell him to fuck off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless-Guy Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Shreeves with them ivanovic bars again you know it's 8 yrs right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agony Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Arteta is a terrible DM But you have to point the finger at the guy that signed an attacking player that hasn't played as a DM in years instead of a proper DM and continues to play him out of position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Weight Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Jenskinson reacted well to the question 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O Fenomeno Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 So Gilberto was your last top quality DM Song didn't want to be a DM Flamini shithouse footballer so I am not going to class him as top quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsonist Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 We are gonna get raped so bad I ain't gonna watch the match Arsenal>>>>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i5_PRODUCER Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Arteta is not an Arsenal quality. Its clear. some any lastminute.com giftcard purchase. /////////////////////////////////////////// Jenks always shines even when his team getting thrashed(not in this case). The lad can crosss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Man Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 the scoreline flatters arsenal they were/are shit so are bayern bayern have a lot of good players arsenal team is full of so much shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN DOE Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Fucks sake robben holding onto his hairline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Somalian Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 We are gonna get raped so bad I ain't gonna watch the match Arsenal>>>>>> Fuck off Jew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN DOE Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Pmsl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 good performance obviously being 3-1 up had a big impact on their mentality plus missing their 2 best players but still no excuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly Mar Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 SMH @ walcotts weak attempt at the bottom corner finnesse shot when he got called offside I'm sure that was a pass naa i was CREASINGGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerser Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Fabianski should start against Swansea he played well didn't really do anything wrong all game and made some good saves. Schez needs the comp anyway he is getting way to complacent and he ain't even done shit in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuffir Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 So Gilberto was your last top quality DM Song didn't want to be a DM Flamini shithouse footballer so I am not going to class him as top quality call him what u want but flamini went hard for us Arteta is a terrible DM But you have to point the finger at the guy that signed an attacking player that hasn't played as a DM in years instead of a proper DM and continues to play him out of position this is a wenger classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Weight Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Fabianski played very well I don't remember of Mandzukic touched the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badman Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 If Rosicky was on it from early then I reckon we could of done something He was giving the ball away way too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsonist Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/mar/13/the-question-football-away-goals The Question: is the away-goals rule counterproductive? If it generated good football, made games more exciting, then perhaps the inherent illogicity of the rule could be tolerated Imagine that on Tuesday night, rather than playing that late free-kick short so Milan lost possession and conceded a fourth goal, Robinho had hurled it into the box. Imagine Philippe Mexès had jumped for it, the ball had taken the merest brush off his pony-tail and that had been enough to take it past Victor Valdés. That would have made it 3-1 on the night, 3-3 on aggregate and Milan would have beaten Barcelona on the away goals rule. Except they wouldn't really have beaten them, would they? They'd have gone through by an arbitrary regulation so familiar that we tend just to accept it. Or take the other game: at 0-0 Schalke were going through on away goals, at 2-2 Galatasaray were; two level scores, two different outcomes. In the end, of course, Umut Bulut's goal gave Galatasaray a 4-3 aggregate win – but his goal came about because Schalke had committed players upfield as they knew they were going out on away goals. Or take Wednesday night: if Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0, do they really not even deserve extra-time? If Málaga beat Porto 2-1, do they deserve to go out? Or on Thursday, in the Europa League: Newcastle defended superbly to draw 0-0 away to Anzhi in the first leg; if a defensive slip-up costs them an early goal, why should they have to score two to avoid going out? Why does it matter whether the slip-up came in the fourth-minute of injury-time in Moscow or the first minute at St James'? This is the first problem with the away goals rule: it simply isn't fair. It makes certain goals count for more than others. When M'Baye Niang's shot hit the post at Camp Nou he was effectively denied not a goal but a goal and a half. If that generated good football, made games more exciting, then perhaps the inherent illogicity of the rule could be tolerated. But it doesn't. In fact, it achieves precisely the opposite of what it set out to do. The away goals rule first made an appearance in European football in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, primarily to eliminate the need for replays, which were costly and difficult to arrange. Given the alternative was flipping a coin, it probably seemed the lesser of two evils and, besides, back then it made a certain sense. Only 16% of all European away games then resulted in an away win. Away trips were difficult: travel was gruelling and away teams would often face unfamiliar and/or hostile conditions. As a consequence, the tendency was for the away side to bed in, look to absorb pressure and try to keep the score down. In the 1964-65 European Cup, for instance, three of the 30 ties featured leads of two goals or more being overturned. A 2-0 deficit was seen as eminently recoverable. What the away goals rule did was to try to persuade teams that a 3-1 defeat was better than a 2-0 defeat, to encourage at least an element of risk-taking. But circumstances have changed. In each of the last five years, between 30 and 35% and matches in European competition have been won by the away side: even if you wanted to make the argument that the away goals rule has worked, the original rationale for its introduction has gone. "In competitions where conditions, home and away, vary greatly — in, say, the African Champions League — away wins remain very hard to come by," Ian Hawkey wrote in Issue Zero of The Blizzard. "Poor, or fearful, refereeing would count as a factor in Africa. So would vastly distinct standards of playing surface, or the fact that a pair of matches in two-legged tie might easily take place in different seasons: winter in Tunis is scorching summer in Cape Town. In those circumstances, the away goals rule clearly has an important compensatory value. But in the European Champions League, it scarcely does. Where the European Cup of the 1960s and 1970s was exotic, with a greater range of destinations and opponents, the modern format is repetitive, cliquey." Transport is better now, there is a great homogeneity of conditions while the differences between a German side and a Spanish idea, say, or a Russian side and a French side, are far less than they were. Teams are cosmopolitan, national styles less distinct than they once were. Away trips simply aren't as frightening as they once were and so the away goal becomes a weird distorter. To see how this can spoil football, you only have to look at last season's Champions League semi-final between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Bayern led 2-1 from the first leg. Real Madrid, seeking an early equaliser at the Bernabéu started furiously and struck twice in the first 14 minutes. That forced Bayern on to the attack and they made it 3-3 on aggregate with a 27th-minute penalty. It had been a thrillingly hectic opening half hour, and then the game died. Bayern looked to protect a level position on away soil, while Real were inhibited, knowing that if they conceded one they would have to score two to stay in the tie. Bayern behaved just as any away side would; Real were forced on the defensive by the away goals rule: far from encouraging the away team to play progressively, the away goals rule encouraged the home team to play more cagily. It's a stance widely taken among coaches. "I believe the tactical weight of the away goal has become too important," Arsène Wenger said at a conference in 2008. "Teams get a 0-0 draw at home and they're happy. Instead of having a positive effect it has been pushed too far tactically in the modern game. It has the opposite effect than it was supposed to have at the start. It favours defending well when you play at home." So the regulation is unfair, it's illogical and often achieves the opposite of what it's supposed to do. Why do we still put up with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Man Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 theres nothing unfair about it both teams have a chance to score away goals both teams know what they have to do to win crying about nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Weight Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Away goals ensure that teams don't go to someone elses backyard and just defend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Man Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 gives the world a chance to watch barcelona put in a 4-0 performance in a close game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONELOVE Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Should only count during normal time...should be void if the game goes into extra time, cause the away team effectively has more time to score an away goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don.j.w Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 The rule is bollocks anyway Bayern came to the Emirates scored 3 and conceded 1 which is pretty much the same as us going to Munich scoring 2 n having a clean sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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