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Champions League 16/17

Mirth

I'm so glad Cavani was shit against us.

General

Stegen is no Ospina.

SimplyThePest

Qwiss! wrote:
SimplyThePest wrote:
We'd have shit the bed against Barcelona, no way we'd have done what PSG have done.

On the other hand we didn't do what Barca did against PSG either 😆

What an absolute humiliation. 😆

Touche!

MistaT

Mirth wrote:
I'm so glad Cavani was shit against us.

Seems to have turned around his form after that tie against us. His class is showing again albeit not at the heights he showed with Napoli

SimplyThePest

Enrique to be punted, you'd have to think.

General

Messi has lot a yard of pace and burst.

MistaT

General wrote:
Messi has lot a yard of pace and burst.

Possibly, but he looked fine this weekend vs some La Liga bums

Bryant

should've signed draxler....

dreamlord

Seeing PSG pass the ball from keeper to the front is absolutely beautiful to watch. The difference between us and them in dealing with pressure is staggering, and IMO stems from the fact that we have cloggers like Coquelin and Xhaka in midfield. Cazorla plays like Verrati, but we're still lacking 2 other midfielders.

Also, we need to learn to press together, not through Sanchez.

Klaus

Can't stop thinking about Verratti's performance tonight. I'm genuinely struggling to think of a more complete central midfielder I've seen in my years watching football. The little shit runs like Kanté and passes like Pirlo. As a player type the closest I can think of is Edgar Davids, but Davids never had anywhere near this kind of vision (pun unintended). Every pass against Barca was a throughball.

Jed

We could only dream of that PSG performance under Wenger.

dreamlord

Klaus wrote:
Can't stop thinking about Verratti's performance tonight. I'm genuinely struggling to think of a more complete central midfielder I've seen in my years watching football. The little shit runs like Kanté and passes like Pirlo. As a player type the closest I can think of is Edgar Davids, but Davids never had anywhere near this kind of vision (pun unintended). Every pass against Barca was a throughball.

I thought Wilshere would turn into what Verratti is now after that performance again Barca. Shame he's stagnated, or even gone downhill.

Claudius

Verratti, Kroos, Modric. I want that quality of central midfielder dictating the midfield for us. Barca looked like a team shocked to be facing such positive opposition, and they never recovered.

The things that really stood out for me were the the speed with which PSG went from defense to attack, how menacing the combination of Cavani, Di Maria and the German kid was up front, and the two-way dominance of Verratti and Rabiot. Verratti was special last night. Hope he's okay for 2nd leg.

Claudius

Also, watching this game left me very sad. We do NOT do confident European performances like that on both ends of the field. We really are a notch below.

dreamlord

Qwiss! wrote:
SimplyThePest wrote:
We'd have shit the bed against Barcelona, no way we'd have done what PSG have done.

On the other hand we didn't do what Barca did against PSG either 😆

What an absolute humiliation. 😆

Only because Cavani was having a mare though. We were awful defensively. Should have lost both legs.

Klaus

dreamlord wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Can't stop thinking about Verratti's performance tonight. I'm genuinely struggling to think of a more complete central midfielder I've seen in my years watching football. The little shit runs like Kanté and passes like Pirlo. As a player type the closest I can think of is Edgar Davids, but Davids never had anywhere near this kind of vision (pun unintended). Every pass against Barca was a throughball.

I thought Wilshere would turn into what Verratti is now after that performance again Barca. Shame he's stagnated, or even gone downhill.

Yeah, I think Wilshere was really unfortunate to emerge at Arsenal under this particular coaching setup. They took what potentially looked like a once in a generation player and crumbled him to dust. He should have been the centrepiece of the new generation. Instead he's the embodiment of the injury-filled era that has robbed us of almost every good talent we've unearthed. There's still time for him, but you get the feeling that even if he gets back on track he'll be ruined again by our staff.

Claudius

dreamlord wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:
On the other hand we didn't do what Barca did against PSG either 😆

What an absolute humiliation. 😆

Only because Cavani was having a mare though. We were awful defensively. Should have lost both legs.

I've watched a fair amount of PSG this season. I can really only think of two games where Cavani was pants. Against us and Marseilles a few weeks later. Otherwise, he's been one of the best marksmen in Europe this season. We'd be lucky to have him.
Yeah, we should've lost both legs though. Wenger!

dreamlord

I haven't been to either, but Parc des Princes and the Emirates seem similar in the sense that they have a large space between the fans and the field, yet the former sounds so much louder on TV whenever I compare PSG's CL matches to ours. I know we're supposed to have a lot of tourists in the stands, but surely no more than the only team in PARIS.

I think Wenger has sucked the soul and passion out of the fans.

Rex

Arsenal fans were never vocal to begin with. Highbury the library wasn't coined after the fact.

Clrnc

I have been to Parc des Princes and it genuinely has one of the best atmosphere in europe. The fans are incredibly loud and it gives a lift to the players.

The performance was so Unai Emery. That guy is a master of European competitions. It's not a coincidence the entire team looked good. It's not just some individual performance, Rabiot Meunier Kempembe etc all had excellent performances too.

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