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Gotze is going to rip our defence apart

blackskar wrote:

Steadman wrote:

blackskar wrote:Should be some good games in there. Still think we'll come top with Dortmund second, even without additions.

No way we would progress without any additions.

Yeah we will.

With our lack of depth and injury record there's no way we would progress with our current squad.

Do we still get the £26m if we don't qualify?

Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

We don't have Men though.. that's the problem.

And it matters.

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

no

Errr Steadman:

After The Fighting Spirit Yesterday we should Win This Group If we Stay Focused

Frimpong has spoken!

/end

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

And that's before you take into account the fact Gibbs will be injured for most of the group stage and possibly van Persie as well as a number of other key players.

You know you're in trouble when you're relying on Walcott in our attack.

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

I can't spell some of there players, and cba looking them up but i'll just do it position wise.

GK - Arsenal > Dortmund (I think Szczsney will boss it this year)
RB - Arsenal > Dortmund
CB - Dortmund > Arsenal
CB - Arsenal > Dortmund
LB - Dortmund > Arsenal
DM - Arsenal > Dortmund
DM/CM - Arsenal > Dortmund
RW - Dortmund > Arsenal
AM - Dortmund > Arsenal
LW - Arsenal > Dortmund
ST - Arsenal > Dortmund

I'd say we have the advantage on paper. They have a better squad atm though depth wise.

blackskar wrote:Errr Steadman:

After The Fighting Spirit Yesterday we should Win This Group If we Stay Focused

Frimpong has spoken!

/end

I cannot argue with Frimppers.

DEEEENCH!

Steadman wrote:

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

And that's before you take into account the fact Gibbs will be injured for most of the group stage and possibly van Persie as well as a number of other key players.

You know you're in trouble when you're relying on Walcott in our attack.

Why do people keep saying this? He's got us through the qualifier, and he did well last season yet he gets constant criticism. Granted, i'd rather we had someone else, but he's not a bad player at all.

arsenalap11 wrote:

Steadman wrote:

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

And that's before you take into account the fact Gibbs will be injured for most of the group stage and possibly van Persie as well as a number of other key players.

You know you're in trouble when you're relying on Walcott in our attack.

Why do people keep saying this? He's got us through the qualifier, and he did well last season yet he gets constant criticism. Granted, i'd rather we had someone else, but he's not a bad player at all.

He's not a good one either.

Arsenal will win the group, 9 points at home definitely, probably get 5 points away from home at least.

Unless that's not needed and you field a weak team, because you're already through.

Steadman wrote:

arsenalap11 wrote:

Steadman wrote:

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

And that's before you take into account the fact Gibbs will be injured for most of the group stage and possibly van Persie as well as a number of other key players.

You know you're in trouble when you're relying on Walcott in our attack.

Why do people keep saying this? He's got us through the qualifier, and he did well last season yet he gets constant criticism. Granted, i'd rather we had someone else, but he's not a bad player at all.

He's not a good one either.

Yeah he is. He's just not a great player.

kyro7 wrote:Arsenal will win the group, 9 points at home definitely, probably get 5 points away from home at least.

Unless that's not needed and you field a weak team, because you're already through.

We should be able to win akk our games at home and win away in Greece although a defeat at Marseille probably and a draw at Dortmund. If we play our best in all the matches we'll have 18 points

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

Is this some sort of wind up ? Dortmund fans are even saying they are under-dogs and rightly so. Their players haven't really played a team like us before and I'm confident a fully fit Arsenal side will beat them and I'm usually not confident with Arsenal.

We are forgetting Olympiacos, they did beat us a few seasons back

I wouldn't go as far to say it's a joke. I just think we have the advantage on paper, although as you said on paper it doesn't matter.

ClarkY wrote:We are forgetting Olympiacos, they did beat us a few seasons back

Didn't we play a load of youth and reserve players?

kyro7 wrote:Arsenal will win the group, 9 points at home definitely, probably get 5 points away from home at least.

Unless that's not needed and you field a weak team, because you're already through.

Not this shit again

blackskar wrote:

ClarkY wrote:We are forgetting Olympiacos, they did beat us a few seasons back

Didn't we play a load of youth and reserve players?

21 Fabianski
18 Silvestre
34 Bartley
36 Cruise
42 Gilbert
14 Walcott
16 Ramsey
17 Song Billong
19 Wilshere (Sunu 77)
32 Merida
12 Vela

arsenalap11 wrote:

Steadman wrote:

arsenalap11 wrote:

Steadman wrote:

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

And that's before you take into account the fact Gibbs will be injured for most of the group stage and possibly van Persie as well as a number of other key players.

You know you're in trouble when you're relying on Walcott in our attack.

Why do people keep saying this? He's got us through the qualifier, and he did well last season yet he gets constant criticism. Granted, i'd rather we had someone else, but he's not a bad player at all.

He's not a good one either.

Yeah he is. He's just not a great player.

He's decent, nothing more.

We will probably get a bad injury spell and play

Sczesny
Jenkinson Djorou Koscielny Sagna
Frimpong Wilshere
Rosicky
OXO Chamakh Arshavin
Or a similar team against these teams. With a fully fit squad we should be favorites to beat any of the teams in the group.

We wont have a fully fit squad though, that is the point.

grenade187 wrote:

Marvin wrote:Man for man, I would have to give Dortmund the edge to be honest.

inb4games arent won on paper, etc.

Is this some sort of wind up ? Dortmund fans are even saying they are under-dogs and rightly so. Their players haven't really played a team like us before and I'm confident a fully fit Arsenal side will beat them and I'm usually not confident with Arsenal.

Of course they will say that, this is new grounds for them.

And that might be, but we all know there's no such thing as a fully fit Arsenal side.

Our new youngsters like Chamberlain and Ryo can't flourish if the team around them is just as young and inexperienced.

We need that balance and mixture.. that backbone and MAN MUSCLE

justaddfinesse wrote:Our new youngsters like Chamberlain and Ryo can't flourish if the team around them is just as young and inexperienced.

We need that balance and mixture.. that backbone and MAN MUSCLE

Bring in Sol Campbell

I think he's training with us

ClarkY wrote:We are forgetting Olympiacos, they did beat us a few seasons back

We were playing Tom Cruise, Eastmond, Bartley and Watt that game if I recall correctly.

Good group that is, no long trips, we can beat Marseille and Olympiacos and this Dortmund squad is new to the CL so we can do them when we get them at home.

Up the Arse!

We will give you a hard game in Greece.

But you will win easily in england.

Bare in mind though that we have improved a lot from when we faced each other,2 years ago.