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Match Day Thread Besiktas vs. Arsenal: UEFA Champions League Qualifier 1st Leg

Discussion in 'Arsenal' started by TheOXOCube:5pur2, Aug 18, 2014.

  1. SpursDisciple

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    Really stupid yellows all day, of course it will cost us.
     
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    Oh dear..

    I'll take the 0-0 now I think.
     
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    stupid boy
     
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    Where is the confidence coming from given they've played far better football than us on a poor pitch? And given we will now have an appalling central midfield.
     
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    **** performance, coupled with Wenger's **** managing, makes for a nice total **** up.
     
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    We've been playing with 9 men already so not a big deal being down to 10, what the **** has Wilshere-Cazorla done? Can we even count them as 2 players?
     
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    If anyone can explain why Wilshere-Cazorla were kept on and Sanchez taken off, I would love to know, anyone with any enlightenment please, I really do want to try and understand Wenger's thinking.
     
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    I'd take giroud off for rosicky

    Edit: I meant to say Campbell... Lol
     
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  10. Murray

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    Huh. That's odd. I thought we had the likes of Rosicky, Oxo and Cazorla to play in the central midfield. Not to mention a returning Ozil. Guess I was wrong, our central midfield will be ****.

    And the fact that they play far better football on a crap pitch is not overly surprising. They're used to playing the kind of hoofball you need to use on this surface, and it shows. We haven't been able to put together the slick passing we used against City and Palace all night, the ball just bobbles about hopelessly. Let's see how they stack up at the Emirates, when we have a proper pitch to play on and can pass the ball around.
     
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    Still time to put that right but it requires a quality DM and a quality CF,we'll see.
     
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  12. Murray

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    I'd take Giroud off for Ospina.
     
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    You and I both know he'll play Wilshere and either Flamini or Arteta = pretty **** midfield.

    They haven't played hoofball. They've put some good moves together. Good passing. Good touches.

    We've had Giroud... holding nothing up.
     
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    We will get anally violated again I think by Everton if we play Wilshere-Cazorla, especially if they're as useless as they have been in this and our previous game.
     
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  15. Murray

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    Oh Oxo. So close.
     
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    Wow oxo. Nice one.
     
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  17. Murray

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    Why would we do that when we have Ozil?
     
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    And that's why OXO should have been starting, but nah, WENGER KNOWS BEST.
     
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    Ooooh oxo, so close
     
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    Wenger might feel it's still too 'short' to bring Ozil back. We still wouldn't have to play Ozil, we could put in Rosicky-OXO.
     
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