CL | 1/8: FC Barcelona - Arsenal 5-1 agg.

[Flavia]

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[jairzinho]

Maybe he should first try to make the very possible possible by beating the likes Swansea and Watford before he focuses on making the impossible possible.

Wonder if he still thinks its harder to play Stoke and Hull than Barcelona. Perhaps he can add Watford to that list aswell. The guy is delusional as it gets. Meanwhile, Arsenal are having their typical end of season meltdown

 

[Vlom]

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[DonAK]

When's the last time Arsenal came up big time with their back against the wall? A decade ago?

 

[Vlom]

When's the last time Arsenal came up big time with their back against the wall? A decade ago?

Last season against Monaco they were close to the come back.. but failed

 

[Truthist]

Wonder if he still thinks its harder to play Stoke and Hull than Barcelona. Perhaps he can add Watford to that list aswell. The guy is delusional as it gets. Meanwhile, Arsenal are having their typical end of season meltdown

He never said that, he simply got misquoted.

 

[ThwiX]

It's okay to respect them and all that, but when was the last time a team won at the Camp Nou by two goals? Real Madrid and Bayern in the 2012-13 season? Not to mention that it has been over year since someone beat us at home. This place is a fortress. Good luck, Arsenal!

 

[Anti-Pepe]

Pique's absence bothers me. Looked at alternatives and don't like any of them. [Mathieu Masch], [Masch Bartra], [Bartra Verm], [Verm Masch], [Verm Mathieu] [Bartra Mathieu] — all horrible combinations. Can imagine LE playing a back three, or perhaps Busquets as auxilliary sweeper. Pique holds our back four together, Masch is error prone, Mathieu smokes, Verm is a disaster and Marc is a huge talent but a dreadful CB. Dilemma for LE.

 

[Sepuldinho]

my guess it`ll be masch - mathieu for cb

 

[Anti-Pepe]

my guess it`ll be masch - mathieu for cb

Yes, that's my guess too.

 

[raskolnikov]

As it should be, matthieu is our most solid cb back up.
We still have busquets in front of it to cover so we will be fine . First result was great and we would need an Arsenal type bottlejob to lose this tie. Can anyone really see them score 3 while msn stays quiet when they miss cech and plenty defenders. Not likely, its more likely we beat them 4-1 or something like that.

 

[pacp_96]

Bob 4 centre back

 

[Topolino]

Mathieu defensively is quite sold. And he's fast enough to catch players if necessary. And he showed quite good forward passing vs Getafe, yes it's Getafe, but it's something.

It bugs me that some Sky Sports or maybe BT Sports commentators call Mathieu as Mateo... He's not Leos son

 

[Trickykid]

Pique's absence bothers me. Looked at alternatives and don't like any of them. [Mathieu Masch], [Masch Bartra], [Bartra Verm], [Verm Masch], [Verm Mathieu] [Bartra Mathieu] — all horrible combinations. Can imagine LE playing a back three, or perhaps Busquets as auxilliary sweeper. Pique holds our back four together, Masch is error prone, Mathieu smokes, Verm is a disaster and Marc is a huge talent but a dreadful CB. Dilemma for LE.

Brilliant tactical analysis right there, buddy.

 

[raki]

Pique's absence bothers me. Looked at alternatives and don't like any of them. [Mathieu Masch], [Masch Bartra], [Bartra Verm], [Verm Masch], [Verm Mathieu] [Bartra Mathieu] — all horrible combinations. Can imagine LE playing a back three, or perhaps Busquets as auxilliary sweeper. Pique holds our back four together, Masch is error prone, Mathieu smokes, Verm is a disaster and Marc is a huge talent but a dreadful CB. Dilemma for LE.