Arsenal v Marseille - Tuesday 1 November - 19:45

[Master Splinter]

If we play our strongest team, we should win this. And win it well.

I have a feeling Wenger will rest some players, though. It's a good chance to get Vermaelen back to full fitness and maybe give Ju another game.

Szczesny

Jenkinson
Koscielny
Vermaelen
Santos

Song
Rosicky
Ramsey

Walcott
RVP
Ju

3-1 Arsenal.

[Marc Overmars]

We should reach the magic 10 points here.

3-0 to the Arsenal.

[Joker]

We should win this if our forwards continue to perform the way they've been doing recently and the defence shores up.

[Syn]

Narrow home win, for me. 2-1.

Hope to see Park and Vermaelen playing.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

We should win this, wheather is well or narrow remains to be seen.

[Joker]

==========================Chesney================= ============

Jenkinson========Koscielny==============Mertersack er===========Vermaelen==

========================Song====================== ==================

============Ramsey====================Rosicky===== ====================

Walcott=========================================== ==========Gervinho===

==========================van Persie==================================

[Olivier's xmas twist]

==========================Chesney================= ============

Jenkinson========Koscielny==============Mertersack er===========Vermaelen==

========================Song====================== ==================

============Ramsey====================Rosicky===== ====================

Walcott=========================================== ==========Gervinho===

==========================van Persie==================================

Swap Theo for Arshavin he may do

[Cripps_orig]

Going to this

[Cripps_orig]

Marseille have won their 2 fixtures since the first game v us so they are hitting some form as well

Should be a good game

Have to watch out for Ayew

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Marseille have won their 2 fixtures since the first game v us so they are hitting some form as well

Should be a good game

Have to watch out for Ayew

You said he was shit

[Cripps_orig]

Ive called a lot of players shit tbh

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ive called a lot of players shit tbh

True Dat

[Marc Overmars]

For the first time since the CC final, I cannot wait to see the Arsenal play.

Confidence is a funny thing.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

For the first time since the CC final, I cannot wait to see the Arsenal play.

Confidence is a funny thing.

yeah yeah

[GP]

For the first time since the CC final, I cannot wait to see the Arsenal play.

Confidence is a funny thing.

Almost as funny as your face.

[Niall_Quinn]

For the first time since the CC final, I cannot wait to see the Arsenal play.

Confidence is a funny thing.

We need a repeat performance from Kos in this game. Last time Koscielny was absolutely superb. Almost single-handedly got us that clean sheet.

[Coney]

Almost as funny as your face.

So's your confidence.

[milla]

Chakma is out, Benayoun and Diaby are back, Gibbs should be fit as well. Apart from Wheelchair and Sagna, the rest of the squad is fit. :faint:

[GP]

So's your confidence.

:( Cuts like a knife

[Letters]

For the first time since the CC final, I cannot wait to see the Arsenal play.

And unfortunately we didn't that day :(

Yes, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. The atmosphere should be good as people will still be buzzing from Saturday.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Chakma is out, Benayoun and Diaby are back, Gibbs should be fit as well. Apart from Wheelchair and Sagna, the rest of the squad is fit. :faint:

NQ will think all his Christmas's have come at once.

[Coney]

:( Cuts like a knife

:console:

[Master Splinter]

Cuts like a knife

Your face would be improved with a few cuts.

[Cripps_orig]

SirChesney, Djourou, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Santos, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Gervinho, RVP, Walcott

[Dog Toffee]

Is that the team?

[Cripps_orig]

Is that the team?Yes

I got the team at 8.27am this morning

[Syn]

Think we'll see a few changes; ghelkinson in for djourou, verm in for kos/mertesacker/santos, rosicky in for ramsey and arshavin in for gervinho.

[Cripps_orig]

Song is having a fitness test

Verm in for Santos

Thats doing the rounds atm

[Niall_Quinn]

Just played this match on PES and won 6-2. Van Persie scored 4.

Realistic tbf.

I can't see them getting 2 at our place, so definitely a bit OTT on the lack of realism.

[Syn]

Van Persie on the bench, Park starts.

Koscielny doesn't start, Vermaelen and Mertesacker at the back.

Jenkinson in for Djourou.

[Master Splinter]

Szczesny - GHELkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen(c), Santos - Song, Arteta, Ramsey - Woolen Coat, Ju, Gervinho.

Fabianski, Djourou, Koscielny, Rosicky, Benyanoon, Arshavin, RVP on the bench.

[Master Splinter]

We can see Ju in the first team at least.

If we're not winning 5-0, RVP can come on and score 4 I suppose.

[Syn]

Hope Arteta gets an injury and Benayoun comes on early.

Haha, just kidding. But not really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Park. :bow:

I hope.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky's programme starts now.

[Master Splinter]

Hope Arteta gets an injury and Benayoun comes on early.

Haha, just kidding. But not really.

Is there a reason why you love Benyanoon so?

Although I agree Arteta probably doesn't deserve to have started the last 87 matches in a row.


Also, Rod Fanni :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gullit, Souness and Seaman are in the studio.

[Marc Overmars]

Park eh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great analysis. Well worth paying for. :lol:

[Syn]

Is there a reason why you love Benyanoon so?

He's a quality player and plays like Hleb. Massively underrated.

Anyway, Park and Gervinho should be clued up on their opponents...unless their old managers never used to do their homework either.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And the fact we played them a couple of weeks ago.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gullit complaining about people's hairstyles. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jeff Stelling thinks Park used to play for Marseille. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey has a massive tattoo on his leg. What a GHEL. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Szczesny - GHELkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen(c), Santos - Song, Arteta, Ramsey - Woolen Coat, Ju, Gervinho.

Fabianski, Djourou, Koscielny, Rosicky, Benyanoon, Arshavin, RVP on the bench.

Marseille: Mandanda, Fanni, Diarra, N'Koulou, Morel, Diawara, Andre Ayew, Valbuena, Cheyrou, Jordan Ayew, Remy.
Subs: Bracigliano, Azpilicueta, Gonzalez, Gignac, Kabore, Traore, Amalfitano.

Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wenger is talking to Comolli. Cheeky bid for Liverpool players?

[Master Splinter]

Wenger is talking to Comolli. Cheeky bid for Liverpool players?

Suarez and Spearing :pray:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Champions League music.

:bow:

[Thierrymon]

Suarez and Spearing :pray:.

Isn't that the guy with the runty arms?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Come on Arsenal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Arsenal. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Isn't that the guy with the runty arms?

Face.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great chance for one of the Ayew's.

[Thierrymon]

Marseille looking dangerous.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Poor ball from Theo.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Walcott's back

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Santos isn't a first half kind of player.

[Master Splinter]

One guy on the posts again :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo shot, tipped around the far post by Mandanda.

[Master Splinter]

Theo to destroy Fanni tonight.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo to destroy Fanni tonight.

Smash it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great tekkers from Szshgheney. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gervinho shoots, straight at Mandanda.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Theo to destroy Fanni tonight.

I would too if i had his missus tbh.

[WilshereourGHEL]

chesney>messi

[Syn]

It's stupid - as it so often is with Szczesny - but you have to admire the confidence. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Weird header from Mertesacker, Valbuena shoots but easily saved by Sahnenenegyedy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great cross from Santos, Ramsey belts it high.

[Syn]

Santos handballs it :haha:

[gunsofashburtongrove]

brilliant fluid passing and movement, not finishing well

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Remy shoots, just wide. Good move.

[Master Splinter]

Ju looks quite inventive with his passing.

Intelligent player.

[WilshereourGHEL]

Szczesny on his own has enough confidence to fill a team with more then enough.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo's pace. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good effort from Gervinho.

[Master Splinter]

Ju :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Ramsey thought he was offside hence the hesitancy.

Gervinho. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Mertesacker's reading of the game :bow:.

Rambo :doh:.

[Syn]

FFS why has Walcott moved back to the right? He was looking very threatening on the left. Ramsey/Park have twice missed opportunities to play him in.

[GunnerFan4Life]

They all look tired :unsure:

[Master Splinter]

Ju looks a bit rusty.

Good footy though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey header, easy for Mandanda.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to us, dangerous area.

Diarra booked.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Someone should kill Paul Merson

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Someone should kill Paul Merson

Whats he done now

[Xhaka Can’t]

"hit a 25 yarder against the beans and toast".

Seriously Paul, shut the fuck up and die.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vermaelen. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Stay on your feet :bow:.

Vermaelen :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 half time.

[gunsofashburtongrove]

Ju nervous, Song poor passing in the final third, poor finishing the rest have been brilliant. oh and we have a genuine Brazilian finally

[Marc Overmars]

Better game than 2 weeks ago.

Fairly even so far. Need more of Gervinho's direct running, if only it was him running through and not Ramsey for that chance.

[Niall_Quinn]

Evens. We're sloppy in the final 1/3rd. Wenger magic mushrooms required at half time, or whatever he used on the weekend. Jenks playing well. Gervinho sometimes great, rest of the time awful with nothing in between.

[Syn]

Fucking hell, Ramsey needs to man up. Ever since he fucked up the first time (of many), his head has dropped and he has kept moaning to himself.

Gervinho has been our best bet - has done very well to create a couple of clear openings. I have no idea why Walcott and Gervinho have switched back when Walcott was doing very well on the left.

Song and Arteta solid. Vermaelen's important tackle towards the end was a superb bit of defending. Defensively we have been good (apart from Santos obviously) after the first 10 mins. Ghelkinson - very good.

Give Ramsey 10 mins to correct his holocaust or just get him off for Benayoun straight away. Otherwise just let Van Persie come on and blitz them.

[Globalgunner]

All the good chances falling to Ramsey, who looks like he is determined to have another of his off days. hope he improves next half.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yep, Ramsey having a Cascarino but he was playing like a Tony in the first leg and still popped up with a goal, so we'll see.

[Syn]

"hit a 25 yarder against the beans and toast".


:lol:

He always says that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diarra should be off. Mertesacker necks it towards goal, Vermaelen heads it over. Shame.

[gunsofashburtongrove]

great defending by Verm

[Niall_Quinn]

Should be a second yellow for Diarrhoea. We have to listen to the letter of the law BS when RvP is getting sent off for not hearing a whistle, so what happened to the fucking letter here then?

[Master Splinter]

WTF Jenkinson?

[Niall_Quinn]

Dam, Theo, like a backpass that "cross".

[Niall_Quinn]

TV is significantly better than any of our other defenders.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible shot from A.Ayew.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Should be a second yellow for Diarrhoea. We have to listen to the letter of the law BS when RvP is getting sent off for not hearing a whistle, so what happened to the fucking letter here then?

We don't Bum Uefa thats why

[Niall_Quinn]

Gervinho needs to sort himself out tonight. Very sloppy play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valbuena. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Valbuena. :lol:

He might have been better off diving there and rolling around like an idiot trying to get someone booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Park off, RVP on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Here comes RvP, for Park. Disappointing night for Park. He didn't get much service though.

[Master Splinter]

Song GHELling Valbuena all over the place :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramsey off, Rosicky on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Remy off, Amalfitano on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valbuena off, Lucho on.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Mikel giving away another silly FK

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP's header. :lol: Cleared away eventually though.

Gervinho off, Arshavin on.

[Syn]

Arteta FFS - stop giving away stupid free kicks. Muppet.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP went for the chip rather than blast it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

J.Ayew off, Gignac on.

[Niall_Quinn]

That ball out by Theo was just so careless. Stuff like this is why we can't get a grip of the game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosicky booked.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref let's everything go, including a clear second yellow for Diarra, and then books Rosicky. Totally inconsistent.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three added minutes.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Mars have the point they came for

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jenkinson. :doh:

0-0 half time, bit shite but it's a better result here than on Saturday.

[Niall_Quinn]

Marseilles didn't really want to play. They had a lot of the ball but created nothing. A bit more care in the final third and we could have won it. Trouble is this lets Dortmund back into the hunt so we can't fuck up in the next game.

[Master Splinter]

That was a bit shit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Gary Lineker is the anchor for Al Jazeera sports.

[gunsofashburtongrove]

Defense impressive as was the two midfielders who ran their socks off. Created a lot of chances early on and looked impressive but failed to finish any. Most of the players looked really tired

[Niall_Quinn]

Bird in the Star Trek outfit doing the scores is the highlight tonight.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Marseilles didn't really want to play. They had a lot of the ball but created nothing. A bit more care in the final third and we could have won it. Trouble is this lets Dortmund back into the hunt so we can't fuck up in the next game.


Yep they came for a point and got it.

[Xhaka Can’t]

They made their point and they had a point to prove and that was the point.

[Marc Overmars]

They made their point and they had a point to prove and that was the point.

You make a good point.

[Xhaka Can’t]

You make a good point.

Point taken.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pointless

[Xhaka Can’t]

Not from my point of view.

[Cripps_orig]

What an awful match

[Xhaka Can’t]

Fair point.

[Coney]

Well, oim off for a point then. :beer:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

What an awful match

One thing about Ach is he does get straight down to the Point

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Well, oim off for a point then. :beer:
Mines a point

[LDG]

:pal:

[Coney]

:pal:

I think he got the point.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think he got the point.

Stop trying to score points.

[Coney]

I'm off to point percy at the porcelain

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm off to point percy at the porcelain

No need to make a point of it.