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That video

Carlos Vela's bicycle kick goal at 0:41
Malaga conceding 2 goals in the last 4 minutes

Ben wrote:Bring it beeeetches!

You're going out against us for the second year running.

http://football-talk.co.uk/40908/ten-robin-van-persies-finest-century-strikesvideo-robin-van-persies-top-10-strikes-in-an-arsenal-shirt/

My video is number 9.

Mal wrote:

Ben wrote:Bring it beeeetches!

You're going out against us for the second year running.

Hopefully without a replay this time

Stupid Football League. And a staggering £7,500 a week.

Mal wrote:

Stupid Football League. And a staggering £7,500 a week.

Average weekly wage in the UK for top flight footballers was about 1200 though

Eighteen players have been selected for Tuesday night's Champions League tie against Olympiacos.

Squad (in alphabetical order):
Andrey Arshavin
Yossi Benayoun
Marouane Chamakh
Francis Coquelin
Johan Djourou
Craig Eastmond
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Vito Mannone
Ignasi Miquel
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Oguzhan Ozyakup
Ju Young Park
Tomas Rosicky
Andre Santos
Sebastien Squillaci
Thomas Vermaelen
Nico Yennaris

Does that mean Squillaci is going to start tomorrow? Oh, god.

Isn't Eastmond the CDM who is being converted to a RB? Perhaps we could see him play.

Yennaris can play at right back, maybe...

Santos - Vermaelen - Djourou/Miquel - Yennaris/Djourou

No Emirates Cup next year because of the Olympics.

You wont have it easy today,we have some key players absent but we are a very good team.

I think olympiakos will win 1-0.

We will probably lose. Olympiakos need a win for any chance of qualification, plus the fact our squad is significantly weakened doesn't help.

We'll win.

Chamberlain is gona fuck em up.

Team for tonight?:

Think Vermaelen will start, he needs the games.

Steadman wrote:Think Vermaelen will start, he needs the games.

I was thinking that but I'm not sure if Wenger will risk him playing him in a game like this, Also I would rather have him fully fit for the league.

Also:
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Arsenal-transfer-gossip-Yoann-Gourcuff-fancies-move-from-Lyon-to-help-make-France-Euro-2012-squad-article839441.html

http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/12m-france-star-keen-on-arsenal-switch---reports

Yoann Gourcuff is reportedly keen to join Arsenal in January, having missed out on the opportunity to move to the Emirates Stadium during the summer.

I wouldn't mind seeing Gourcuff in an Arsenal shirt, I have been a fan of him for ages.

I'd play..

Benayoun----------Park--------Chamberlain
-----------------Rosicky
-----------Coquelin---Frimpong
Santos----Squillaci---Djourou--Yennaris
------------------Fabianski

Wenger will start Chamakh and Arshavin.

Splashy wrote:

Steadman wrote:Think Vermaelen will start, he needs the games.

I was thinking that but I'm not sure if Wenger will risk him playing him in a game like this, Also I would rather have him fully fit for the league.

Also:
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Arsenal-transfer-gossip-Yoann-Gourcuff-fancies-move-from-Lyon-to-help-make-France-Euro-2012-squad-article839441.html

http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/12m-france-star-keen-on-arsenal-switch---reports

Yoann Gourcuff is reportedly keen to join Arsenal in January, having missed out on the opportunity to move to the Emirates Stadium during the summer.

I wouldn't mind seeing Gourcuff in an Arsenal shirt, I have been a fan of him for ages.

He's not fully match fit though that's the point. Today is a perfect game for him to sharpen up.

Chris wrote:I'd play..

Benayoun----------Park--------Chamberlain
-----------------Rosicky
-----------Coquelin---Frimpong
Santos----Squillaci---Djourou--Yennaris
------------------Fabianski

Wenger will start Chamakh and Arshavin.

I would also play this.

Well apart from Squillaci.

grenade187 wrote:

Chris wrote:I'd play..

Benayoun----------Park--------Chamberlain
-----------------Rosicky
-----------Coquelin---Frimpong
Santos----Squillaci---Djourou--Yennaris
------------------Fabianski

Wenger will start Chamakh and Arshavin.

I would also play this.

Well apart from Squillaci.

Squillaci played well in his last game and also fuck risking Vermaelen getting injured when we have a league game the weekend where he wouldn't be playing with either Squillaci or Djourou anyway.

I was thinking that maybe Miquel should start over him.

Random stats for the Arsenal website:

* Arsenal's next goal will be their 250th in the European Cup/Champions League.
* In this season's competition, Arsenal have had only eight shots wide, the joint lowest.
* Tomas Rosicky will be suspended if he picks up a booking.
*There will be approximately 31,000 in the stadium, including 650 Arsenal supporters.
* Olympiacos will be wearing red and white striped shirts, red shorts and red socks.
* Arsenal will be wearing their blue change strip.

Chris wrote:We'll win.

Chamberlain is gona fuck em up.

He is the only player of those playing that I am really afraid off.I dont think marcano can handle him.

Splashy wrote:Random stats for the Arsenal website:

* Arsenal's next goal will be their 250th in the European Cup/Champions League.
* In this season's competition, Arsenal have had only eight shots wide, the joint lowest.
* Tomas Rosicky will be suspended if he picks up a booking.
*There will be approximately 31,000 in the stadium, including 650 Arsenal supporters.
* Olympiacos will be wearing red and white striped shirts, red shorts and red socks.
* Arsenal will be wearing their blue change strip.

I think that's probably a consequence of our lack of shooting, as opposed to our shooting accuracy. Hopefully Arteta will throw that statistic out the window with a couple of free-kicks soon.

Odd to see Wenger talk about signing Neymar. I got a good laugh at that one.

Mal wrote:No Emirates Cup next year because of the Olympics.

Good. Embarrassing tournament.

AriseForLife wrote:Odd to see Wenger talk about signing Neymar. I got a good laugh at that one.

Shock horror.
Arise doesn't flip out about Arshavin being racist

Going to the launch of this tomorrow.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Djourou, Vermaelen, Squillaci, Santos, Frimpong, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh.


Substitutes: Mannone, Miquel, Yennaris, Eastmond, Ozyakup, Rosicky, Park.

Would have played Miquel over Squillaci and Park over that big oaf but whatever.