Champions League Round of 16 (14th Feb - 15th Mar)

[Fully Fledged]

I thought Arsenal were playing tonight.

 

[Florida Man]

Arsenal are fatigued from EPL and are fighting for the fourth spot in EPL which is way more important than UCL, while Bayern have bought every player in Bundesliga and so can concentrate on second tier competitions like UCL.

That's a horrible excuse for a display like that.

 

[Revan]

I don't know if you are serious or not, but hey we live in a Democracy and everyone is entitled to their opinion, chill out.

I am totally serious. The only reason that Arsenal lost today is that they are not prioritizing UCL but they are prioritizing getting that fourth place in EPL that sends them to UCL next season.

 

[barros]

Bayern had 500 more passes than arsenal

 

[Irrational.]

The ref and Ospina were Arsenal's best players tonight. Hats off.

 

[SuperiorXI]

Went to do some work while it was 1-1. Can someone explain what the F happened in the second half?

Arsenal happened. Bottlers of the highest possible order.

 

[Sly]

I don't know if you are serious or not, but hey we live in a Democracy and everyone is entitled to their opinion, chill out.

He's joking man. Only Wumminator thinks seriously like that

 

[EyeInTheSky]

Trying very hard to think of a way to spin an argument.

His posts are almost always gash. I haven't seen the one that everyone is referencing, care to save me the trouble and tell us what his latest embarrassment is?

 

[AlecHDR]

I can just imagine Ty jumping up and down shrieking "away goals rule!" over and over again whilst Claude and Troops are going apeshit in the background.

He usually starts repeating the same sentence over and over when they interrupt him, louder and louder.

"Is it better than the Barca result or not?
Is it better than the Barca result or not?
IS IT BETTER THAN THE BARCA RESULT OR NOT?
....
I always stand by the manager!"

Love the little guy.

 

[BocaJuniors]

I think so.

Troopz was in Germany today.

youtube.com/watch?v=t45eU7_-Zcs

Are they doing it on away games?

 

[Florida Man]

Arsenal need to win 4rseNIL to progress.

It's amazing how prominent the number 4 is within that club.

Supposedly, the number four can be bad luck in Japan.

 

[AndyJ1985]

I'm actually bored of commenting about how predictable Arsenal are. Every single season the same thing happens. You can bet they will put in a heroes performance in the second leg and valiantly get knocked out. But hey they'll finish top 4 so it's all good.

 

[Piratesoup]

His posts are almost always gash. I haven't seen the one that everyone is referencing, care to save me the trouble and tell us what his latest embarrassment is?

I would love to see Bayern play in the epl for One year

 

[UweBein]

He usually starts repeating the same sentence over and over when they interrupt him, louder and louder.

"Is it better than the Barca result or not?
Is it better than the Barca result or not?
IS IT BETTER THAN THE BARCA RESULT OR NOT?
....
I always stand by the manager!"

Love the little guy.

 

[Tincanalley]

The ref and Ospina were Arsenal's best players tonight. Hats off.

 

[GhastlyHun]

I thought Arsenal were playing tonight.

For 15 minutes, after that gift of a pen.

 

[Ban]

Arsenal mania must be a fun place tonight.

 

[Sultan]

"The Gunners, who have been eliminated in the first knockout round of the competition in each of the last six seasons"

BBC

 

[Theafonis]

 

[SCP]

He was excellent in that tourney then but fell flat afterwards

Yes but after he went from Sao Paulo to Real Madrid if I am not wrong he went to Porto for an season with Lopetegui and Real bought him back, and it was Zidane who recovered him, to be fair I never was an big fan of him, but I must say around Kroos and Modric is easy to get better.

 

[barros]

Passes
Bayern = 693
Arsenal = 193

 

[Irrational.]

He usually starts repeating the same sentence over and over when they interrupt him, louder and louder.

"Is it better than the Barca result or not?
Is it better than the Barca result or not?
IS IT BETTER THAN THE BARCA RESULT OR NOT?
....
I always stand by the manager!"

Love the little guy.

Brilliant. You've gotta love him.

 

[sunama]

Arsenal definitely brought their A-GAME.
They even to an away goal, so that's something to be positive about.
The main thing is that they finish in the top 4, so they can qualify for the CL.

 

[Florida Man]

His posts are almost always gash. I haven't seen the one that everyone is referencing, care to save me the trouble and tell us what his latest embarrassment is?

I honestly don't know the specific post(s) either. I just know what everyone is laughing at when they are all of sudden tagging Wum's name.

 

[GhastlyHun]

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Oh dear.

 

[Synco]

 

[UweBein]

Total twat

 

[SCP]

I am totally serious. The only reason that Arsenal lost today is that they are not prioritizing UCL but they are prioritizing getting that fourth place in EPL that sends them to UCL next season.

Ah, ok I see, i will not say anything like that because it might be controversial to EPL fans around the world.

 

[Moonred]

His posts are almost always gash. I haven't seen the one that everyone is referencing, care to save me the trouble and tell us what his latest embarrassment is?

Said he would love to see Bayern in the EPL when arse equalised and were playing a bit better.

 

[Florida Man]

Surely can't be true.

 

[Ecstatic]

The problems go a lot deeper than just team selection. The last 12 years allowed Wenger to grow complacent. He was already an idealist. He wants to remain loyal to "his" development players and win with them showing that loyalty breeds success. Noble idea but not realistic in todays footballing world.

He won't change tactics. He believes just letting the players express themselves yields the best results. That never matches well against more organized teams or teams with equal or better players. He has always made these mistakes though. they have just gone unnoticed because he had a great blend of players for a number of years. 1999 vs. Galatasaray and 2011 league cup vs. Birmingham are the two real examples of lack of big game tactics and mentality from two completely different Wenger sides.

Its why I really have had no expectations to get past R16 for years now. Some Arsenal fans love to use "squad cost" as an excuse but the reality is, Atletico, Juventus and Dortmund all got to CL finals in last 4 years with lower squad cost, but Wenger's sides have been nowhere near that level of quality or form. Jardim outfoxed Wenger a few years ago and I thought then it was extremely obvious Arsenal should hire a new manager, like Emery. Not surprising result today for me at all.

Wenger should be replaced IMO. The last good player acquired was Alexis Sanchez.

For example, Coquelin and Khakha are mysterious players for me.

Ozil is a very unlucky acquisition: he was fantastic with Madrid.

Well, Arsenal is very strong financially and the recruitment is very disappointing.

 

[Lay]

Need footage of this

 

[Irrational.]

 

[SCP]

He's joking man. Only Wumminator thinks seriously like that

Yes I know, but I don't want to be more trapped about the endless discussions why I still think some EPL teams are tactically behind the Continental Teams, like Jesus said about Redknapp Portsmouth when he was at Braga, they don't know what they are doing on the pitch.

 

[worcesterred]

Even Moyes only lost 3-1 to this lot

 

[Revan]

Wumminater has become a Glaston copycat. Talk shit, and then disappear when things go bad.

Then the next time he comes, he just doesn't reply to people who mention his previous posts.

 

[ChaddyP]

Even Moyes did better away to Bayern in the CL....

even moyes went to the quarter finals

 

[AltiUn]

Arsenal got an away goal, could be massive in the return leg.

 

[Skills]