Board 8 > Football/Soccer Stats and Discussion - Alright, let's all laugh at Arsenal now.

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Embarrassing 4-0 demolition at the hands of AC Milan.

Time to wake up and smell your own obliviousness AW. 4th place has never seemed so important. We need to be able to sign players like Hazard/Goetze in the summer as well as holding on to Van Persie.

Anyway hopefully this topic has the same effect on Arsenal as it did on Utd.

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you're not getting Hazard and Goetze with your current boardroom configuration. Hell given the state of your affairs you'd have to sell RVP for Goetze.

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Mario Götze? Trollololol

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Arsenal team next season (or it SHOULD BE WENGER RRR)

Sczeszceny
Sagna - Vertonghen - Vermaelen - Tremoulinas
Fellaini - Wilshere
Hazard - Gotze - Oxlade-Chamberlain
van Persie

indeed

lol

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Yeah if you were RVP you would probably leave, you lanky piece of crap. That's because you've never stuck with a team to earn yourself a reputable identity. You're nothing but a mercenary. You will not be remembered by anyone in world football because you are a selfish piece of garbage that hasn't been the focal point of A SINGLE ONE of the winning sides you've been a part of. You are a joke, and RVP will always be superior to you and known that way when he sticks with Arsenal.

F*** Ibra.

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Sorry Extha

Robin will probably leave, only reason other teams wouldn't want him is because of his injury record. I mean, if an offer comes in I think Robin will definitely consider it, unfortunately. and Ibra is the best of the current Milan side. I also think that he was pretty important at Inter, although I can't really remember.

I reckon Arsenal needs to clear out deadwood soon so that they can sign new players. Andrey, Denilson, Marouane, Sebastien and Nicklas should all go. They're taking up precious wage money that can pay better people.

Hard to argue with a man who has won the domestic title with practically every club he's in, but Ibra is known to be a trash talker. Even Pleasant Pep at Nou Camp couldn't take him.

More like Barca fans kicked him out once they thought he was gay with Pique.

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From: voltch | #010
More like Barca fans kicked him out once they thought he was gay with Pique.

-thought
+found out

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jesus christ we can't catch a break with injuries.

just can't ever.

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this team

is so bad

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Ugh. Verm's form is so bad recently. DIdn't help Djourou cover that guy who won the free kick. Then he tried to pull a Diaby.

season starts next Sunday.

The future of this club rests on fourth place.

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I suppose you can take the fact that Chelsea have lumbered themselves with a needless replay at St. Andrews as a positive from today. They also have (meaningful) CL football to deal with, and a manager who has (I think?) openly admitted to losing the belief of the players, so, though Arsenal have had a bad week, I'd still favour them over Chelsea. Newcastle are a bit like Levante in La Liga - they're running on empty and unlikely to hang around that area of the table for too long. Liverpool are probably the the team I could see finishing strong, but you have four points on them, and they can't score. Having said that, their next league match is Arsenal (H).

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From: do_ob_tpkillr | #015
Ugh. Verm's form is so bad recently. DIdn't help Djourou cover that guy who won the free kick. Then he tried to pull a Diaby.

he was already at left back by that point

Well sir, time to focus on fourth spot. With Chelsea in wretched form themselves, this should not be a problem.

Yep, laughing

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3 own goals LMAO

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Kinda bored. So all time European Team Vs. All time South American team.

At first glance it feels like europe would kinda dominate.

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Messi ._.

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http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/7532193/Wenger-Criticism-is-harsh

I'm not an Arsenal fan so maybe I can't truely judge but does it not get annoying with the manager deflecting criticism saying that they've finished top 4 for the past 15 years?

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He's got a point. And honestly I feel like the only ones allowed to b**** about AW are Arsenal fans. The rest of you can leave him alone. We've earned the right to question everything he does, you haven't.

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From: gAnonGE007 | #027
Messi ._.

he's still behind Ronaldo!

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it pisses me off to see alexander doni wasting away on the bench like that. why buy him if you ain't gonna play him in even one game liverpool? i've seen him in roma before and he ain't half bad. he deserves better than this.

Arsenal should buy Demba Ba in the summer IMO.

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voltch posted...
Kinda bored. So all time European Team Vs. All time South American team.

At first glance it feels like europe would kinda dominate.

How would Europe dominate?

What would your european team be?

In attack , south America has europe dominated. Pele/Maradona/Ronaldo frontline, with great mids like Garrincha.


However, in defense, Europe easily is better. Yashin, and then Baresi/Maldini/Beckenbauer. Not sure who would play right back though.

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do_ob_tpkillr posted...
it pisses me off to see alexander doni wasting away on the bench like that. why buy him if you ain't gonna play him in even one game liverpool? i've seen him in roma before and he ain't half bad. he deserves better than this.

I assume he knew full well before he signed that this would be the situation. Being a GK can be a hard job since there's only ever one spot to compete for.

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Arsenal should buy Demba Ba in the summer IMO.

I ****ing hope not. I reckon he'll be much more tempted to stay now he has his buddy Cisse up front with him, at least one more season anyway. I think that was good work by whoever was behind that buy to make Ba stay.

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Arsenal should buy Demba Ba in the summer IMO.

hands off ba >:(

At this point, Tottenham-Chelsea and Liverpool-Everton would be an amazing FA Cup semifinal pairing.

Who thinks Napoli is beating Chelsea tomorrow? *raises hand*

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I'm honestly sort of pulling for Chelsea here. If they were to come out and smash Napoli I think it would go some way to shushing all the 'LOL XFD ENGLAND' morons who seem to forget how much we've controlled the CL for the past six years.

Also I can't believe R. Madrid choked again. Obviously they're still big favorites but jesus if they concede first in the Bernabeu things could get really nervy. They chucked away a massive advantage with 25 seconds to go. Pretty rough.

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From: Revenus | #033
voltch posted...
Kinda bored. So all time European Team Vs. All time South American team.

At first glance it feels like europe would kinda dominate.

How would Europe dominate?

What would your european team be?

In attack , south America has europe dominated. Pele/Maradona/Ronaldo frontline, with great mids like Garrincha.


However, in defense, Europe easily is better. Yashin, and then Baresi/Maldini/Beckenbauer. Not sure who would play right back though.

Eric Gerets

Definitely a power swing happening at the moment. The EPL are suffering the kind of collapse that Serie A was enduring a few seasons ago, who now in turn seem to finally be in the ascendancy again. The 2nd tier of leagues (France, Portugal, Russia) are having a strong year as well, a lot of strength in depth in Europe at the moment. Take Barca and Real out of this tournament and you've one hell of a headache picking a winner.

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God you are such f***ing failures, Chelsea. Why did I expect any different.

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If I was to make a European back 4 I would just pick the famous Milan back 4 (Maldini/Baresi/Costacurta/Tasotti). I mean if you're putting chemistry between players down as part of this team comparison I don't think there's a better choice.

Yashin or Zoff, that back 4, Beckenbauer (as a DM), Mathaus and Xavi in midfield, Van Basten up front with support from Cruyff and Zidane. Nearly put Del Piero in there but eh. Feel like I'm missing somebody else important.

South America's harder just because the attacking options are harder to work out.

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Great but saddening article to read.

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Yashin
Thuram - Beckenbauer - Moore - Maldini
Matthews - Di Stefano/Cruyff - Zidane - Gento
Puskas - Eusebio


Could also perhaps be a best European alltime. I know di Stefano played for Spain several times, but also that he's regarded more as Argentine so you could put him there or you could not.

Also @Smurf, not really agreeing there. Portugal is only two teams, Porto and Benfica, France is eh(Lyon is really not doing that great, Lille was also disappointing in the CL, Marseille is alright, PSG could be a force but that's the Man City way) and Russia..eh again. CSKA and Zenit are good sides, and Anzhi could be one, but I'm not convinced they're really on a rise up. Italy, that I can see, if you look at Napoli, Lazio(a Napoli lite I feel), Juventus back on the rise, Milan fighting for a title even though half of their team's over 30, Udinese,...

Djourou is a symbol in this article to represent the many names who are lucky to be playing for one of England's greatest clubs - Carl Jenkinson, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Andre Santos, Theo Walcott, Andrei Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh.

While in a nutshell those guys are the primary cause for Arsenals downfall, I'm sure Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea would share similar feelings about their current side not stacking up to their recent glory teams. I wonder how many players on todays team would make the 99 United side, Liverpool 2008 or Chelsea 2005?

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Marseille, Porto & Munich!
Go Go Go!!

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Real will be fine. CSKA Moscow is not going to win in Madrid.

Not completely out of it, but still a tall order for Chelsea, especially if they can't blank Napoli at home.

And Tevez has finally apologized to Manchester City. Isn't that sweet?

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Let's do a poll.

Should Roberto Mancini be the bigger man / a spineless coward (depends on how you look at it) take back Carlos Tevez now that he has apologised?
- Yes
- No

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Other than that, crisis club Inter Milan travels to France to take on Marseille while Bayern Munich travels to Switzerland to take on Basel.

Of course, there's Europa as well with City, United and Stoke all in action against the likes of Valencia, Porto and Ajax. Makes people wonder why Europa league gets much lesser coverage when their knockout rounds are actually pretty star-studded, graced by the likes of Valencia, Athletico Madrid and Twente.

wouldn't blame mancini either way. honestly, his starting lineup is pretty strong without tevez as-is, and i wouldn't mess it up. throw him in some europa league games, don't bother with him in the premier league.

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