Galatasaray vs Arsenal, Tuesday Dec 9th, KO 19:45

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal (4-3-3): Szczesny; Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Bellerin; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Flamini, Ramsey; Campbell, Sanogo, Podolski.
Subs: Martinez, Akpom, Zelalem, Kamara, O'Connor, Iwobi, Maitland-Niles.


Good to see Debuchy is back. But sad to see Wenger up to his old tricks again. Dortmund are on such a poor run of form they could lose vs Anderlecht. Which would leave us needing the win to top the group. Unlikely but not impossible. It'll be a harsh atmosphere in Turkey as always, we're coming off a bad defeat. Gambling with this squad selection shows that Wenger values qualification more than progression. We're through already so rest everyone and bring kids into the mix. Announcing the team early and give the opposition a boost. Is he assuming the Turks won't turn up because they can't progress? If Dortmund end up losing what will it feel like if we only manage a draw or worse still, lose? It will be another opportunity thrown away. He has always devalued these types of game, he doesn't seem to grasp the concept of momentum at all. He doesn't seem to get that winning breeds winners.

Disappointing. I know people will say players need to be rested, but they'll get plenty of rest if we fail to finish top and end up facing Madrid in the next round. I hate it when we don't even try to compete.

[Marc Overmars]

Debuchy to pick up a strain in the first 5 mins.

Not sure Mertesacker should be playing. He has been rancid.

[Dein-machine]

Can Debuchy become the 1st Arsenal player to return from injury after "not rushing him back" & last a game without putting himself out for another few months?

[ARightTouch]

Nice to see Wenger is continuing his trend of easing Bellerin in gently. So far the poor lad has played away at Dortmund, away at Stoke and now away at Galatasary. Wenger has mentally ruined him already.....

Only saving grace for Wenger is that Galatasary are playing for sweet fa.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

RAMSEY AGAIN!!!!!

Why does Wenger hate Rosicky?

[ARightTouch]

RAMSEY AGAIN!!!!!

Why does Wenger hate Rosicky?

Why did he give Rosicky a new deal if hes never going to play him???

The same reason that Diaby will get a new deal im guessing

[Marc Overmars]

Rosicky. :lol:

I remember him.

Another one Wenget has buried.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Wenger must be hoping Ramsey plays himself into form.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger must be hoping Ramsey plays himself into form.

Or into the ground.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Why did he give Rosicky a new deal if hes never going to play him???

The same reason that Diaby will get a new deal im guessing

Because you can never have enough AMs.

:Wenger Logic:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Or into the ground.

Either works for me

[Alpha]

Typical Arsenal fans . They always predict a defeat or an injury to their own player before a game . When that happen they look for someone to blame . They seem to ignore that dreams always come true .

[Syn]

HIT THE FULL-STOP KEY BEFORE SPACE!!!

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

2-0

[Marc Overmars]

Typical Arsenal fans . They always predict a defeat or an injury to their own player before a game . When that happen they look for someone to blame . They seem to ignore that dreams always come true .

lol wut?

[Alpha]

lol wut?


I am not surprised at all .<_<

[Xhaka Can’t]

Or into the ground.

Isn't he there already?

[Xhaka Can’t]

RAMSEY AGAIN!!!!!

Why does Wenger hate Rosicky?

Some poor bastard is going to come into this thread during the match, land on that page and think he must have scored at least a brace.

[Marc Overmars]

Isn't he there already?

He is but don't forget dreams always come true.

[Power n Glory]

Merson talking some sense.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Galatasary: Bolat, Camdal, Semih, Hakan, Telles, Melo, Colak, Bruma, Sneijder, Bulut, Yilmaz
Subs: Iscan, Altıntop, Ozcal, Oztekin, Olcan Adin, Kurtulus, Sar.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Bellerin, Flamini, Ox, Ramsey, Campbell, Podolski, Sanogo.
Subs: Martinez, O'Connor, Kamara, Maitland-Niles, Zelalem, Iwobi, Akpom.

Wenger talked about Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid in his interview. Redknapp and Merse retort by mentioning Chelsea, Man City, Atletico Madrid and PSG for some reason.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Joel Campbell may play well or he may not.

Cheers Jamie.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Champions League music.

:bow:

[Munchies]

http://sportzhd.tv/index.html

stream

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Munchies]

Tempted to watch the Liverpool game tbf

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PODOLSKI!!!! WHAT A STRIKE!!!

[Master Splinter]

PODOLSKI!!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Somebody sub Davie Provan FFS.

[Munchies]

PODOLSKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Master Splinter]

He'd been threatening to murder someone with his left foot.

[Ernesto]

This is why Podolski should start ahead of Giroud.

Fantastic strike.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanogo. :haha:

[Thierrymon]

Great goal that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is why Podolski should start ahead of Giroud.

Fantastic strike.

He's playing out wide though. :unsure:

[Munchies]

Ramsey tracking back

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a miss from Bulut. :haha:

[Thierrymon]

Should be 1-1. Awful miss.

[Munchies]

Lmfao what a miss

[Ernesto]

He's playing out wide though. :unsure:

True....

I don't really have an intelligent response to that! :lol:

If we can somehow incorporate Podolski and Welbeck up front in some sort of a 4-4-2 setting, with Sanchez just behind, I think we might just see us score more than 2 goals in a game. (I could be talking out of my arse, though)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RAMSEY!!!!

He's back. :bow:

[Ernesto]

Rambo! 2-0

[Thierrymon]

Ramsey! another great goal.

[Master Splinter]

RAMSEY!!!!!

He's back!

[Munchies]

Gala :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Please can we hand out a good kicking now? :pray:

[Power n Glory]

We're killing them. Pod tracking back for that goal. Nice work from Ox and Ramsey with a cool finish.

[Power n Glory]

We owe Melo a kick or two from the last game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini booked for being an absoute scrote.

[Maestro]

I'm in the A&E right now, please tell me we're playing well ...need some good news!

[Dicks and chicks]

any streams?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Don Corleone says that was good defending from Flamini.

[Dicks and chicks]

someone give me a streammmm

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/sky-sports-5-live-stream

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Melo goes for glory but hammers it wide.

[Power n Glory]

I'm in the A&E right now, please tell me we're playing well ...need some good news!

2-0 goals up, dude.

[Master Splinter]

We owe Melo a kick or two from the last game.

Or his whole filthy career.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poldi smashes the bar!

Ox is a beast.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm in the A&E right now, please tell me we're playing well ...need some good news!

Wouldn't say we are playing well, but it's 2-0 (Pods, Rambo) and the Turks are absolute shit.

[GP]

Bad miss

[Master Splinter]

Podolski kills the bar! :haha:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

You wouldn't want to be on the end of a ball kicked by Podolski

[Master Splinter]

We should get loads more opportunities like that throughout the match.

[Munchies]

Podolski goal
http://arsenalist.com/f/2014-15/galatasaray-vs-arsenal/goal-lukas-podolski-strike-1-0.html

Ramsey goal
http://arsenalist.com/f/2014-15/galatasaray-vs-arsenal/goal-aaron-ramsey-2-0.html

[Maestro]

2-0 goals up, dude.

I'll take that right now, cool

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Campbell shoots, deflects over.

[Maestro]

Wouldn't say we are playing well, but it's 2-0 (Pods, Rambo) and the Turks are absolute shit.

A win, a win please

[Master Splinter]

Gala should be pleased with nil at the moment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poldi shoots, saved by Bolat.

Really we should absolutely shit on them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Much more direct tonight. The front trio haven't played enough games to be infected. They look good, albeit against a wide open opponent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Please don't be injured Ox.

[Master Splinter]

Ox injured.

Fuck off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RAMSEY!! HOLY SHIT!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking hell. Boom!

0-3 Ramsey.

[Master Splinter]

RAMSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCKING HELL!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is technically absolutely brilliant.

[Power n Glory]

Oh shit! Whoa! Left foot as well.

[Munchies]

Wow

[fakeyank]

We've turned the corner. We will win the CL now!

[Ernesto]

Hahahaha!

Even the commentator gasped. Well done, Rambo.

So good to see Arsenal play like this, albeit against average opposition.

How many of this lot will start against Newcastle, though? I can think of at least 3 players who can stake a claim.

[RomfordPele]

Not bad Rambo. I'd have put it in the other corner myself.

:o

[Master Splinter]

Much more direct tonight. The front trio haven't played enough games to be infected. They look good, albeit against a wide open opponent.

We've failed to accept multiple open invitations this season so far, so credit to the guys playing for doing their job to the best effect so far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox looks great in the middle.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey. :bow:

Foot like a traction engine.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Melo booked. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Ramsey must be hated in Turkey.

[Master Splinter]

Gala are just going to kick us all game now.

Thankfully, this isn't the PL and refs are usually less lenient towards blatant violence.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref's an old woman.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bulut is doing a solid job of defending for us.

[Globalgunner]

Schneezy is back in goal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell. Should have scored.

[Master Splinter]

Should be 0-6 tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Camdal booked.

As cynical as it gets.

[Niall_Quinn]

Cynical by the turks.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chambers. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Chambers :doh:

Ramsey's twin is back :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Galatasaray 0-3 The Arsenal, HT. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 0-3

Should really be 0-336

Much more energy in this performance. The turks are a joke though, we think we have it bad with Wenger, how has their manager sat there and done nothing about the huge space in behind their defence?

[Letters]

Wenger :bow:

Clearly booing him and calling hima c*** has galvanised him.
Those guys are such heroes.

[RomfordPele]

Great first half. Same again in second half please, no fucking about this time.

[Marc Overmars]

Mental Ramsey. :bow:

He has been missed.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just can't get enough of Ray Winstone. His voice is superb. I could listen to it all day, and fortunately because I'm watching a Sky feed I get that chance.

[Alpha]

PODOLSKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought you were supposed to watch the Liverpool game instead :unsure:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Anyone got a gif of that Ramsey goal?


Also a couple more goals and we may still be able to nick top spot even if Anderlecht don't win.

[Niall_Quinn]

Anyone got a gif of that Ramsey goal?

GIFs are no good, limited to 30 frames per second. All you see is him hitting it and then celebrating.

[Master Splinter]

Ramsey and Oxlade have absolutely shat on them.

It really should be 0-7 though, because we'll start our sloppy period soon and we'll find a way to squander the momentum and goodwill.

I know Gala are awlful, but Bellerin has impressed in an unfamiliar role. Poor guy's been treated poorly by WUMger but I don't think he's done much wrong. He's one of our most exciting players too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Flamini off, Zelalem on. :bow:



Camda off, Altintop on.

Yilmaz off, Oztekin on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Niles and Zelelem on. Can't complain when we're up 3-0 but can't help feeling :doh: Wenger is tempting fate.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey and Flamini off.

I really wouldn't have fucked with the Ramsey/ Ox partnership.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey off for Niles. :(

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey off for Niles. :(

That'll learn him.

[GP]

Frasier will be jealous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oztekin smashes it miles over.

[Maestro]

So Wenger is not even trying to win the group?

[Niall_Quinn]

This ref is appalling.

Obviously.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sanogo tries but he doesn't really know what he is doing.

[Niall_Quinn]

So Wenger is not even trying to win the group?

He just doesn't take these kind of games seriously. Still, 3-0. The lads might thwart him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sanogo tries but he doesn't really know what he is doing.

He's big, strong and can run.

Plus he has fur, four legs and is shit hot giving rides on the beach.

[Maestro]

He just doesn't take these kind of games seriously. Still, 3-0. The lads might thwart him.

There's a chance, considering the score in the other group match

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sneijder. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tight hamstring for Ramsey. :rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ramsey - tight hamstring.

Flamini - withdrawn because he had been booked.

[RomfordPele]

Ffs, have we had a single game this season where we haven't had a player pick up an injury?

[Niall_Quinn]

You have to assume Rosicky is also injured, otherwise why the hell wasn't he on the bench?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ox. :bow:

Semih booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Turks are such scrotes. They are sharing out the cynical stuff.

[Niall_Quinn]

:haha:

Clear foul on Campbell. After all the pansy stuff the ref has given, this time he waves play on. Incompetent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No foul from Semih?

[Maestro]

Okay can't win the group anymore, meh

[Niall_Quinn]

No foul from Semih?

Course it was, and a second yellow. But that would mean the ref doing what he's paid to do.

[Niall_Quinn]

We've slowed it right down. Shame. No way was Wenger giving us two halves of football.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ffs, have we had a single game this season where we haven't had a player pick up an injury?

We have but if we don't get an injury, we get a red card.

[Niall_Quinn]

We have but if we don't get an injury, we get a red card.

Is that an official rule now?

Debuchy looking leggy, apparently.

Sanogo is a hopelessly poor player.

[Marc Overmars]

Okay can't win the group anymore, meh

At least there's a reasonable chance we might play someone we can compete against. Porto, Atleti. Possibly Leverkusen/Monaco too.

Of course there's also the prospect of Bayern or Real Madrid...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a block from BFG.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref's okay with booking Debuchy though.

Merts with a great block, otherwise it was a certain goal.

Fuck sake - we've stepped right off the gas now. So frustrating.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Absolute bollocks from Sanogo.

[Niall_Quinn]

Get the pointless Sanogo off and give Akpom a go.

[RomfordPele]

Starting to look shaky here. Only arsenal can make you nervous when you're three up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Back to tippy tappy, nothing else to see provided we're not planning a collapse.

[Master Splinter]

The ref's not even hiding it now.

Why not just hand them three free goals?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Campbell hasn't had a good one.

[Master Splinter]

Campbell is a bit shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Campbell poor ball but Debuchy finished, no attempt to chase it. Why is Wenger leaving on a jaded player who is making a comeback after injury? Surely the only outcome here will be another injury?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Altintop. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Turks are worse than us on one of our worst days.

[RomfordPele]

Still very, very worrying the amount of chances we've given them throughout the game.

Any half decent premiership team would have punished us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Debucy off, O'Connor on.

:unsure:

Bruma off, Adin on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger fingerprints all over this second half performance. 10 men behind the ball, no pressing.

Debuchy off, O'Connor on. Can Wenger get a result with only 15 mins left? Hard to see how he can throw 3 goals, he might end up winning this if he isn't careful.

[Niall_Quinn]

Still very, very worrying the amount of chances we've given them throughout the game.

Any half decent premiership team would have punished us.

Wenger has clearly chucked the second half. Was probably pissed at the disgraceful amount of entertainment in the first 45.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chaos in our area. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Sanogo doesn't know the first thing about football. he;s just this bloke out on the pitch, wandering around. Worst player in the league by a mile.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This second half has been dreadful.

[Niall_Quinn]

Apparently Gala have had 28 attempts.

Made up stats :bow:

[RomfordPele]

Yep, bring on a raw, seventeen year old centre back for his first team debut - and make him play him at right back. Classic Wumger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yep, bring on a raw, seventeen year old centre back for his first team debut - and make him play him at right back. Classic Wumger.

It's pathetic - the guy has obviously lost his marbles.

[RomfordPele]

Comedy refereeing!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I don't think we have played any football in the second half. Impressive.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-3 Sneijder freekick.

[Niall_Quinn]

Classic Wenger. Completely dominant for 45, then the fool does his thing and completely destroys our game. Hence a cruise that could well have seen us grab the goals we need turns into a downer. You get nothing from Wenger these days. Not the steam off his piss.

[Niall_Quinn]

Comedy refereeing!!

He's been crap all match - clueless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sanogo, possibly the worst 90 minutes of football ever played. The guy has done nothing. He;s not capable of doing anything.

[RomfordPele]

He's been crap all match - clueless.

Surprised he didn't slot the ball in himself from that free kick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

PODOLSKI!!!!

[Master Splinter]

PODOLSKI!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Well done Pods. Unlucky Arsene!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Galatasaray 1-4 Arsenal, FT.

I am considering that a thrashing. As it is the best we will get.

[RomfordPele]

Nice to end on a high, but fuck me if we had a manager with balls we'd have got top slot.

Wenger has answered none of his critics tonight.

[Marc Overmars]

So that 3 goal lead we blew is the difference from winning the group. :doh:

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'm in the A&E right now, please tell me we're playing well ...need some good news!

hope you're ok mate.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 1-4

Should have been many, many more and we should have won the group. But Wenger vomited all over us again. It was there for us to finish top but Wenger was absolutely never, ever, ever going to try for something as ambitious as that.

Only Wenger can turn a 4-1 win into gloom.

[Letters]

Only GW can turn a 4-1 win into gloom.

Pretty much

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

yay

[Maestro]

hope you're ok mate.

Thanks mate, just been seen to and nothing broken apparently so on to the painkillers and a visit to the GP. Maybe an MRI scan if pain persists.

[Alpha]

Classic Wenger. Completely dominant for 45, then the fool does his thing and completely destroys our game. Hence a cruise that could well have seen us grab the goals we need turns into a downer. You get nothing from Wenger these days. Not the steam off his piss.

Wenger played well today and scored 4 good goals . Aien't you happy with that?

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger played well today and scored 4 good goals . Aien't you happy with that?

He picked a squad to fail. And he failed. No, not happy with it. I can understand how things got disrupted when Ramsey and Flamini had to go off. But to have a bench full of kids in a match where we could have got those 6 goals? That's chucking the game before it kicks off. He just doesn't take these games seriously, he views them as a chance to rest players instead of push on and try to achieve something, gain momentum. It's incredibly frustrating. We had a slim chance of finishing top, but that chance got a whole lot more realistic with such a poor Gala performance. But Wenger hadn't brought the weapons to capitalise. This is what gets then fans going. Never having anything bar the same predictable outcome. Not taking the chances when they come along. Not even being in the position to take the chances. No, not happy.

[Letters]

Some poor bastard is going to come into this thread during the match, land on that page and think he must have scored at least a brace.
You and your pngesque prescience.

[Xhaka Can’t]

:lol:

[GP]

HIT THE FULL-STOP KEY BEFORE SPACE!!!

LOL .

[Xhaka Can’t]

HIT THE FULL-STOP KEY BEFORE SPACE!!!

:lol: