How exciting to welcome the reigning Italian Champions and current leaders of Serie A.
AC Milan arrive fresh from another 4-0 victory, away to Palermo. They sit 3 points ahead of Juventus who have a game in hand. Is this important? I would say Yes, because apart from the over-confidence rising from the first leg, Milan will not want to expend too much energy prior to facing their next League game (home to Lecce). Clutching at straws? Probably …
We were rubbish in Milan. Apparently it was the worst CL performance in Arsenal history. The Milan pitch was much to blame but so too were the players who just went missing, even Mr Wenger publicly criticizing his team which to my knowledge is a first.
Were we over-confident? Were we tired after a long trip? Did the players have an argument prior to going out onto the San Siro pitch? Were they overawed by the occasion? Were AW’s tactics ignored or did he get it totally wrong? Whatever it was, we were pants and got just desserts for our performance.
However, since then we have beaten two rivals for the CL places and done so in an encouraging manner. We have scored 12 goals in our last two home games and should we keep up the average can advance into the last 8 of the CL. But and this is a huge BUT – we need to keep a clean sheet. With the Famous Five at the back I would bet DanDan’s house that we would do it, but with this current defence the chances are slim. Nonetheless, we have to hope and stay positive.
I expect the atmosphere to be great tonight, few will expect us to go through, and the fans will get the opportunity to see some superb players in the Milan side. The mood from the blogs indicates we are favourites to win but not by much. I tend to go along with this view. Arsenal are a damned good team, capable of beating anyone when on-form (including Barca and RM),
Mr Wenger has stated that he will play a full team which is exciting. We do not play again until Monday evening, so the players can go flat out from the first whistle.
My Team:
Milan will look to play on the break and as such we will have the opportunity to keep possession and play tippy-tappy. If he were fit, I would play Ramsey instead of Rosicky. He is better at beating a player and is more likely to score but the latest news sadly is that he will not make the squad and Arteta is ruled out for a week following the mild concussion he suffered against pool. We can expect Milan to double up on the flanks but both our wingers will do much better playing on the Emirates Bowling Green.
Today’s Gooner: Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks are confirmed Arsenal fans, both having had season tickets at Highbury. Born in Muswell Hill, they went to Fortismere School and onto Hornsey College. Forming the Kinks in 1963 they had their first Number One in 1964. The Kinks have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Ray was made a CBE in 2005.
The Lads anxiously watching the !971 Cup Final in the Top of the Pops studio
It is rare to see Arsenal in this situation, one where attack is the only policy. It should be fun.
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Big Raddy,
Great read and I absolutely love the caption of the lads watching the Cup Final.
Ox in midfield eh? I like your thinking most very much.
Great pre-match report BRandy 🙂
You are right: attack is the only policy and it suits us well. Let’s go for it tonight and see where it all ends.
6-1 to the mighty Arsenal!
Great write up Randy, You Dedicated follower of Fashion. 🙂
Will it be Living on a Thin line., Shangri La or Waterloo Sunset.I hope it’s not a Dead End Street for Theo, but with our Destroyer RvP it should be a Sunny Afternoon (evening)
Arsenal, You Have really Got Me, All of the Day and All of the Night .See My Friends at the Tavern and hopefully GM won’t be late as We Are Tired OF Waiting For You. 😉
Better Things tonight with a Picture Book Ending.:)
kelsey 🙂
Splendid Post, Raddy, 🙂
TA, I am a bit worried about you.
Why? Well we have never met, but after your exhortations to look into your eyes and then chanting 6 : 1; 6 : 1; I have this image of a fly like visage with multiple eyes (well–6–I suppose) trying to look into 1 of mine.
Very scary! — do say it is not so — you have always sounded such a nice guy, and now it seems you want to suck my brains out. eeeek!
I am in the minority of one as I would play 2nd X1, however, so that I can join in, I will go with the flow.
As for team selection, I think its safe to say that Milan may not come at us all guns blazing, and will sit tight and take the sting out of us. So on this basis, I don’t think Theo will be given more than an inch in which to operate, so not the game for him I feel.
Kelsey, 🙂
What are you on? First it’s TA, then you, muttering dark incantations and strange imprecations to Big Randy!! What is the world — or at least Spain — coming too? 🙂
Great stuff Raddy. After leaving Stepney i also went to Fortismere, the Kinks were before my time, but one of my best mates was another kid who went east to north in the same year, a certain Martin Hayes. Great lad, i used to call him Chin, for obvious reasons. Funny thing was, for an east end boy he was a Man City fan as a kid, but that all changed when he started playing for us.
Its mission impossible tonight, but crazier things have happened.
Gordon Brown became PM, Bernie Ecclestone got a fit bird etc. If we get an early goal and keep it tight at the back you never know. it will be tough but my prediction is 5-0 Arsenal.
Hey! Raddy didn’t forget it’s the Match Day! Good man Raddy! thank you
If I was the manager, I would rest key players, sit them on the bench and let the youngsters have a go. Just as well I am not a manager though 🙂
RA – agree, eye gazing TA and poetic Kelsey, what’s going on today??? Sheer madness! Perhaps we will have a mad result as well? ooooogghhhh – 5:2 ain’t good enough tonight
Very wise decision, Micky, 🙂
Going with the flow of all out attack is backed up by many adages in the English language.
—Nothing ventured, nothing gained; he who hesitates is lost; to the brave and the bold go the spoils; monkeys chew their nuts………….
Very uplifting stuff! 🙂
Apart from the pitch with the relaid strips,mILAN WOULD HAVE TORN ANY TEAM APART ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT.
wE CAN WIN TONIGHT AND imo WE SHOULD PLAY OUR STRONGEST SIDE.hOW MANY WILL WE SCORE / wHO KNOWS.iT’S CONCEDING THAT WORRIES ME.
iF IT CAME TO PENALTIES i WOULD TURN OFF 🙂
oops, sorry about the cap locks on.
This isn’t Hartlepol in the CC, it’s Milan.Play all the youngsters and let them get destroyed, no thanks.
Wenger on team selection (Micky we might get our wish with the Ox in the middle!!!!!):
“I am tempted,” said the Frenchman. “At the moment, basically I have only two midfielders, [Alex] Song and [Tomas] Rosicky. That means we have to play with four strikers.
“We can play any system you can imagine until tomorrow night. But I will not tell you that now.
“I am tempted [to play Oxlade-Chamberlain down the middle], we will see. I have 24 hours and I have to see if Rosicky is available or not. If he is not available then I will be in a very difficult situation, because I don’t know what I can do then.
“I hope he will make it. He told me yesterday [Sunday] that he will. But the medical staff are not sure.
“I can play six strikers if I want, I have enough. I have Chamakh, Park, Van Persie, Gervinho, Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain. I can take a risk, because I have no choice, basically.”
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Great pre match as ever Raddy. Thanks. We have the coolest fans don’t we? the mancs have mick (small ginger penis) hucknall and the scum have chas and dave. Says it all really.
I’m actually excited by tonights game.
Congrats on finding a way to lift our spirits BR, no easy task, this really has to be a sit back and enjoy game, nothing to lose and all that.
6 strikers? I’d love to see that. It’s basically a no lose situation for us if we keep it injury free. I don’t think they will embarrass us. Although it looked a 4 nil game last time they were very lucky to score 4. 2nd offside, 3rd TV fell over and 4th was a pen that webb would have been proud to give the mancs.
RA 🙂
This one is for you:
‘Right, condoms’ 😆
I would play Yennaris or Ozyakop next to Song in midfield, rather than a partly-fit Tomas, and The Ox behind RvP with Gerv and Theo on the wings.
6-1 – 6-1 – 6-1 6-1 6 -1 6 -1 6 -1
TA, 🙂
You are such a smooth operator!! Leave our American girls alone!! 🙂
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2110640/Why-Robin-van-Persie-leave-Arsenal-David-Deins-son.html
doesn’t make a good read, sabotage.
TA,
Now what? At 10:51 You start off 6:1 and then switch to 1:6, before ending up with 1 — you are secretly a Meelanista spy aren’t you????? 🙂
Kelsey, 🙂
So it is all Darren Dein’s fault? Would never have happened with any other agent, of course.
More hocus pokus from the meedja!! 🙄
I imagine dein is a millionaire but he looks like a dosser in the first picture. There are loads of stories like that Kelsey.
I hope guardiola goes to the chavs.
@TMHT: Unless you’re a lot younger than I’ve always assumed you are, you went to Creighton, not Fortismere (created from a merger in the 1990s)! My sister and lots of my mates went there too.
Nice prematch Sir Big of Raddy. It’d be stunning if we were to go through but I think all of us (perhaps with the exception of TA!) know we’ll go out tonight – but assuming we do, let’s do so having fun and with dignity.
Milan are much better than they were under Ancelotti, and have some good younger players now. That said, they’ve chucked big leads away before (Deportivo knocked them out despite losing the first leg 4-1), and you never know. But I think we’ll play such an open game (well, we have to) that Milan will get 1 or 2 goals.
Whatever happens, I damn well want to enjoy the game tonight!
Super stuff, Big Randy.
We can dream the impossible dream…..
I just put a tenner on us going through. I only got 20-1. Milan are 150-1 on!
Yeah, it was Creighton at the time 26. I was there in the 4th and 5th year 1981 & 82. Hated the place, mind you i hated all my schooling. hahaha
Another (infamous) gooner that went there, also in my year went on to become the top man in Arsenals firm. hahahaha
Great pre match Radster and I am really looking forward to this game this evening. We, the fans must stay positive and really get behind the team and give them our uequivocal support all night.
In all honesty, we are in win win situation as not many folk are expecting us to get a result. It is almost like Anfield 26 May 1987 all over again!
COYRRG
Excellent pre-match as always BR. Gotta love the Kinks.
I am delighted with AW’s pre-game statements about going all out for goals. No-one expects us to do anything so we can go out and enjoy ourselves.
Provided there are no injuries it could be a fun night.
Injuries, that’s the underlying issue isn’t it Rocky? The slagging that will follow if RvP, Song or Sz picks up an injury tonight would be immense.
But am still staying positive, it’ll be fun tonight, I’m sure of it! (Discreetly crosses fingers….)
Right ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK
That is all
Great post Raddy, summed up my very own musings.
We can do this. The chances are slim but I’d take us making a good fist of it and winning 3:0 or something, just something to give us back a bit of pride.
WG
Oh and for a more detailed team talk from Mr Wenger for his players:
“Tonight you can become legends”
Top pre match Raddy
6-1! 26 – stop trying to downplay our chances!
1. The Gerv and the The Ox are fresh and hungry – boy will they be up for it tonight – one goal each, one assists each
2. Theo – he has had his below par game against Pool, so now it’s an above par game again – one goal, one assists
3. RvP – he scores when he wants, one goal, one assist
4. Ozykop – fearless/nothing to lose, classy performance, one assist
5. TV – it’s been a while since he scored and he is ready for it – first goal of the game – a total net-ripper!!
6. Song has a superb game and produces another Songinho assist
6. Szczesny – last minute, free-kick, a diving header in the back of the net!!!!!
Believe! six-one!
2% or 98%
This is strange…can you figure it out?
Are you the 2% or 98% of the population?
Follow the instructions! NO PEEKING AHEAD!
Do the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
There’s no trick or surprise.
Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can!
Again, as quickly as you can but don’t advance until you’ve done each of them … really.
scroll down (but not too fast, you might miss something).
think of a number from 1 to 10
Multiply that number by 9
If the number is a 2-digit number, add the digits together
Now subtract 5
Determine which letter in the alphabet corresponds to the number you ended up with
(example: 1=a, 2=B, 3=c,etc.)
Think of a country that starts with that letter
Remember the last letter of the name of that country
Think of the name of an animal that starts with that letter
Remember the last letter in the name of that animal
Think of the name of a fruit that starts with that letter
Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in Denmark eating an Orange ?
I told you this was FREAKY!! If not, you’re among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in Denmark when given this exercise. Keep this message going. This one is actually worth sending on to others.. Forward it to people you know so they can find out if they are usual or unusual.
I thought of a Koala Bear in Dagastan eating Omatoes 🙂
Hahahah….I didnt get Kangaroo, I got Monkey, in Belgium with a Yellow Watermelon
I got a Doberman in Kazahkstan eating his Plums.
Up the Arsenal
Super Stuff Randy.
If you want a mad result tonight, you`d better put my co-presenters from yesterday in charge !.
Love the Kinks, I think the song Lola was written for Terry about his first love ! 🙂
Talking of which, I would send our boy`s out tonight dressed up like Trannies anything that gives us that edge, maybe Thai lady boy`s, just my opinion .
Off for a Trannie run…….sorry Trainning run……… 😳
i got a dog in monte carlo eating his bank balance 😉
I had a koala in Denmark eating an Apple.
I’m special (needs)
noel rodgers @rodge73
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Kelsey, you rascal, 🙂
As every number between 1 and 10 multiplied by 9 (including the rule for double digits) will always come to 9 – 5 = 4.
4 = D = Denmark = K = Kangaroo = o = orange.
But;
4 = D = Deutschland = D = Dog = G = Gooseberry.
Or;
4 = D = Dominica = A = Ape = E = Elderberry
Ooooer Mrs; I seem to be in the 100%. 🙄
djabuti impala avacado 🙂
How comes I got Professor Plum, candlestick and drawing room then? 🙂
Brigham,
that sounds disgusting 🙂
Good preview BR thanks.
Haven’t read the comments yet, good afternoon all.
I agree that that will be the team judging by what has been said of availability, will it be a change of formation??? 442 anybody?
I have no expectation tonight so i am looking forward to the game without any nerves for a change.
I hope Gervinho steps it up tonight, he’s overdue a good one.
And for once we will be able to enjoy an unchanged defense.
The ref should be neutral so hopefully there will be no dodgy decisions which have been counting against us.
Tonight is a night where everychance is going to have to go in for us. On average we score about 1 every 5 chances, that makes it a 20 chance evening boys COYG.
Is any one else a bit sad about tonights game? I was realy convinced that this could be have been our year for winning the bloody thing and we go and get trounced in Italy. We are 25 to 1 to go through with the bookies, big odds considering its a 2 horse race. Ime desperate for us to win the European Cup, its the one thing missing from the trophy cabinet. It will be a joyous day when we do win it, probably next season in fact.
Cornwall, i know this swinger couple and they also go to sex clubs. The bloke tells me stories about what happens in these places. Anyway, a few years ago he told me that they visited this sex club and there happened to be a lot of trannies in there. Apparently some bloke was tied up expecting some felatio from some bird but got it from a tranny instead. He went ape shit, threatining murder of the worst kind. Upon release he tried to put his threats into action, but was decked by some tranny called Pete the Builder. He tried to continue the scrap so security threw him out, but not before they had given him a bit of a pasting to. Now, thats what i call a night out. hahahahahah
It’s down to 16-1 now Terry. That is short considering milan are 150-1 on!
Dipper Islands – Suarez-Rat – Trash-cans 😛
great stuff Big Randy, love the attacking team
As far as I’m concerned the game is very much…..
Terry ,
How come I`m not surprised by this story . 😆
With hindsight I think John Terry must have come away from that pasting thinking he was lucky the Paparazzi wasn`t there ! 😆
Oz,
He only does Impossible Missions when he wants to ! 🙂
Oz, brilliant picture – you only got the score wrong: it should be 6-1 🙂
Terry, where is your usual positivity? Believe! 6-1!
Pete the builder 🙂 On building sites they call him Pete the tranny
haha GLIC, that could take if he bangs in 5 tonight.
@ TA
i’ll take any score that involves us winning, i’ll take 28-23! I prefer Szcz getting another clean sheet though just so my heart doesn’t lose a few more years!
16 – 1 now GM, they must have heard TA’s 6-1 prediction and are running scared. TA, if your prediction comes in, when i see you in the Tavern every drink will be on me and it will be a pleasure.
enjoy the game everyone, it’s nap time before we start. Round of 8 here we come!
I’ve got a tenner on Terry. 20-1
I got England, God and Dingleberry.
Can’t do summs, dyslexic and don’t know me fruits too well neither.
Cracking write up Radders…
What a shame Diaby isn’ available tonight. He’s just what we need.
I’ll be happy with a 2-0 win and an arrivederci. I really don’t like all the travelling in the later rounds of the CL at a time of the season when squads get thinly stretched*
Lets redeem ourselves tonight then forget about CL til next season. Put all our energies into getting 3rd place I say.
* Thats almost tongue in cheek considering our injury record starting with Jack back in August!
Conspiracy theory from me:
Tonight is about appeasing corporate.
They make up 50% of match day income, and this is one of the big ‘uns. So Arsene is making noise about attacking, entertainment and we can score five.
Nice one GM. Oh what the hell, gona pop into Hills and lob a tenner on myself, course we can do it, 6-1 it is.
Terry – that might cost you! I don’t need to tell you were the expression ‘Dutch courage’ originates from 😆
Sharkey 🙂
You seem to have a real difficulty with travelling, but please don’t project it on our team. A bit of European travelling in order to bring home the CL trophy is the least we can do! 🙂
Good to read your post Big Raddy.
I would like to see us make a totally different line up and system. Here goes.
Chamackh up front with Park and the Ox playing off him for knock downs.
A tight four man midfield that includes Sagna and Benny on the flanks with Song and the Vermaelan anchoring the midfield.
Three at the back would be the Koss because of his pace with Miguel and another pacey defender? To pick up the counter attack.
Give it all guns blazing for the first half then if no injuries occur send on the big guns up front in RVP, Theo and Gervinho.
Even if we get thumped at least it would look like we tried to do something, and it might even work.
Tonight’s game is definitely fascinating.
Jenkinson can be the other defender Guys.
Looking at those odds, are there any noises coming out of Milan about them resting players and bringing a bus with them?
Terry, a very wise decision! 😆 I am going to do the same, what the heck anyway!
Right that’s it, as we approach match buid up there’ll be no more conspiracy theories from me, injury conerns or general grumpiness just because I’m not going.
Its a win on pens from here on in.
No problems TA, my winnings should cover it. hahahaha
Fuck it. 7-0 to the Arsenal.
Chamackh 2, Park, the Ox with a hatrick for Theo in the last twenty minutes.
Would you believe it if I told you I have never taken any drugs and get drunk after 1 pint?
6-1 is 200-1 🙂
apparently milan didn’t even bother to train on our pitch last night even though they were allowed to….arrogant or what.
I got : Irish, e va va vonne and peaches .
I think my Love Wand was interfering with my Abacus !
Kelsey
the milan players are big mouths too. If we don’t do it I hope they get screwed over in the next round
Now I have my biggest positive thinking cap on, lets move this on to the next level. Who do we want in the next round? 🙂
This ones for fun.
A Spud mate at work sits in the Office last night whinging about how Adethewhore should have had a goal that was disallowed for hand ball.
I mentioned to him that he called me an Arsenal whinger every time I tell him that Refs cheat us and now the tables have turned he was now doing the same thing.
He got into a usual Spud Neanderthal rage and started getting really pissed off.
I pointed out to him on how quiet he was the previous week when Bile took a dive. His anger grew stronger and He was now getting slightly abusive in trying to say it was a legitimate penalty.
He couldn’t get to pissed off as I am his Manager but He was spitting as my Son works with me too and He wouldn’t lay off winding him up.
I said that the Ref cheated and He couldn’t believe I called a Ref a cheat as in his eyes they don’t cheat.
My Son played on the fact that The Ref didn’t send off the Keeper, Spud said He didn’t send the Keeper off because Gibbs fouled Bile. my Son said why didn’t he send Gibbs off then?
It went on and on Neil I told them to shut the fuck up.
It was great winding a Spud up but pointless as they are so deluded that you ang your head on the wall with them.
In my opinion they are running scared now. Just over a week ago THEY really believed they would win the League. Suddenly they are shitting themselves thinking we could pass them in the League.
I have layer off Spuds fans for years as they have been insignificant, however after a decent season for them they are talking bollocks.
Come on the Gunners lets take em.
El Tel,
We have won titles at their gaff and beaten them in many competitions over the years, but for most of this season they have dillusionally considered themselves the top team in London and genuine title contenders.
To end below us I think will probably hurt more than all the previous.
Shame isn’t it 🙂
GM, I ‘only’ got 100-1 for 6-1 😦
Micky, I fancy Napoli next – love their style of footie!
El tel,
It`s amazing how many spuds are coming out of the woodwork because their having a “great ” couple of seasons, they were not making themselves known until recently !
El Tel, Chamakh 2 goals and a hattrick for TheOoh! Wow, that’s the spirit! 🙂
El tel, it is great winding them up. I have a spud neighbour whos a realy good guy, the kind of bloke who wouldnt say boo to a goose. He even admitted they were lucky when they turned us over 2-1 earlier this season. I however, am a horrible wretch. When they lose, i spy on his house waiting for him to get back from work, pop out and let him have it. Ime constanly telling him how shit they are as a club and team, that there fans are morons, though i do say hes only half moron. When we overtake them, i plan to sit outside his drum with a horn (in more ways than one), letting him know my feelings on the matter. The only downside is that hes a big bugger, and ime sure will lose it one day. So once we overtake them, will some one please contact my wife and let her know ime in the local A&E.
http://twitpic.com/8ssoqr
GLiC, spuds don’t come out of the woodwork but soil and it only takes a few square inches of rubber and a bit of gravity to push them back where they belong 🙂
Although your Spud-darling at work might require a little bit more effort…
Total,
She can plug a Volcano !
Terry,
Dont worry, I`ll pop around and fill her in !. What are mates for !. 🙂
Total ,
How`s the surgery ? 🙂
Terry and GliC – Chas is another keyboard hero. I warned him I will be inspecting his both tattoos and the six pack and he already warned me to keep my hands off him, pssssshhhh chicken
GLiC, you mean my lobotomy? Great, I am happier than ever 🙂
glic how do you post a tweet so it looks like a picture? Not a twitpic but a tweet.
The way you usually post them
Evonne, Chas is cleverly building up your desire – or should I say lust – for him. By the time, you finally see him you will not be able to control yourself anymore and pounce on him like syberian tiger! 🙂
Btw, a bad train accident over the weekend in Poland!
Or was it GiE?
Apologies Total…it was as much about the extra games as the travelling, but I can see now how it read that way.
Funnily enough, this is one of the first seasons in many where we are best set for a fair crack at CL glory. We are not competing for the title, we’re out of the FACup, and but for the last spate of injuries, we’d have some decent rotational ability thru MF and DEF, with several interchangeable MFs and the same at CB and FB.
Its great that we are ‘having a go’ tonight though.
Whilst I actually enjoyed my Edinburgh overnight last week, I simply could not do it regularly, or travel anywhere else in fact. Perhaps I’ve a similar DNA to Bergkamp, although with me its planes trains and automobiles.
Happy to travel for my annual holiday or a break, but other than that, any travel of more than one hour is shit !
Evonne, i know Cornwall was very disapointed you wernt in the tavern for the villa game, ime sure he will be up for inspection. hahaha
gm,
That would be GiE, I`m still a cave dweller when It comes to Techno stuff ! 🙂
Terry,
I remember that, you said, “E va va vonne was a high ranking police officer and that you`d like to Inspector Gadget ” ! 😆
Trouble Is Terry, I haven`t got any Tattoo`s, just hard lumps and bumps…….sorry muscles ! 🙂
Only joking non-travelling Sharkey,
I agree with you on having to travel for work a lot. It is so knackering and most of the time it turns out to be unnecessary!
Good point about it being a good season for having a go at the CL! Of course, it is highly unlikely that we get through this evening, but, but, but, not impossible. What have the boys to lose tonight? Expectations are low but the potential in this team, combined with a ‘let’s have a go and attack them from allover the place’ attitude, could spring a surprise. We have scored a lot of goals in our last Emirates games, and only just last year we managed a few high scoring wins in the CL as well. The Ox and the Gerv are totally rested and can really drive the rest of the team tonight. If we can crack Milan early on with a couple of goals, we should have a decent chance to go all the way!
Wenger:
“What is important is that we believe that we can be in this 5 per cent [zone],” he said. “That’s what is at stake for us – to show that we have the quality to believe we can do it, even if it is only [a] 5 per cent [chance]. But let’s make sure that we do not miss our chance because we did not believe in it.”
“I have a gut feeling they can do it,” he said, “and my job until 7.45 tomorrow night is to convince them they can do it.”
Right, I am off now till tonight. Enjoy the game – COYRRG!!!
6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 🙂
According to Arsenal .com, It has 1.3million Twitter followers, the most popular account in the Premier league. In contrast the Spuds have a 25 squad of Twits !
Hi all
Sorry I’m out of the loop at the moment. Just putting on some more warm clothes and then off to the Emirates.
Enjoy the game everyone, we’ll be at The Tavern about 6.45 I reckon, see those who’re going there. Everyone else is in my pocket xx
If anyone is ready to put their name on the match report now that’d be good otherwise you know I’ll be chasing later 🙂
Come on you rip roaring reds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are toooooo mad for words, love you lots 🙂
TA – yes, horrible. The traffic controller responsible for the collision lost his mind and is in psychiatric hospital 😦
GM in answer to your question I choose the option to Copy Link To Tweet, not sure what you are using to read twitter or on what OS.
Instructions with pictures incoming on Twitter 😀
https://twitter.com/#!/AndrArshavin23/status/177063453876424705
Check your Direct Messages GM
And there you go 😀
Thanks. That’s what I meant
All out attack for 45 minutes, and if we have made little impact on the scoreline then bring on the replacements for the likes of RvP, Song and Verm.
7-2 to the Gunners!!!!
I actually believe! I don’t know why but I do believe!
Come on Arsenal, come on Arsenal.
All those going tonight have a great time, stay safe and enjoy the game.
There is really no pressure, so lets get behind the lads.
Thanks GIE
Good Evening.
I am getting excited. As long as we put in a shift and go out to win I am happy. I have no expectations, it will enough to regain some respect. Especially as my Italian neighbors are all AC fans 😦
And I have spent a couple of hours listening to the Kinks. They were much better than I recall.
Maybe they age well Raddy.
Peaches,
“Come on you rip roaring reds” ??????
You are the only other person not to end with Gunners, and you are right. North Banker 80’s were we?
Good Girl 🙂
Have a great evening all of you who are going.
Hahahahah nice one GM
https://twitter.com/goonermichael/status/177089460310245376
GM,
That’s great!
The first time I’ve been impressed by a tweet 🙂
Do we think when the lads enter the arena tonight that they will have ever been under less pressure?
That, in itself, could make it interesting.
Nice one GM 🙂
GM. Top work …
Milan had an early meal of lasagna.
kelsey 🙂
Perhaps that’s why they didn’t train on our pitch… they were all busy in the crapper!
Anyone else kind of excited for tonight? Just to hell with it and charge … but if we go 2-0 up in the first half, less of the charging so we don’t concede 😆
Irish,
I would prefer 2-0 up in 12 minutes, then a third and fourth a minute each side of half time, then we conced the obligatory own goal and with 5 minutes left rvp strikes twice.
We say hello you say goodbye 🙂
Irish. Can you really see us keeping a clean sheet tonight?
Hello Hello 😆
Guys, it’ll be 6-1 8)
Kelsey,
Lasagna eh? The plot thickens. Top reporting. Keep it coming 🙂
I’ll be starting the night with clean sheets. Just have to see how things pan out Raddy!
Remember we shipped 4 at Ewood and gave them 7 at THOF.
A repeat would be good.
kelsey. Loved your Kinks comment.
Arsenal: Szczesny – Sagna – Koscielny – Vermaelen – Gibbs – Song – Rosicky – Walcott – Gervinho – van Persie – Oxlade-Chamberlain
Raddy,
called it right.
Good work Raddy.
Ox in the centre of midfield? Absolutely bring that on. Now I am very excited.
Oh hang on. Maybe that’s a 4-4-2 with the Gerv alongside Robin.
Oh hang on, could that be a 4-4-2 with Theo alongside Robin.
Or could Robin be in goal, with Sz up top?
Young Guns reckons Arsenal trained in a 4-1-2-3 formation on Monday – 😆
Song sits in front of the back four and the rest just CHARGE
Sound the bugles…
CHARGE!!!!!!!!!
With helicopters and horses, CHARGE!
Irish,
“the rest just CHARGE” 🙂
Off to graze. Back shortly.
2-0 half time…..4-0 full time………win on penalties.
COME ON YOU GUNNERS.
I’ve had the prayer mat out all day.
Guardate nei miei occhi: 6-1 – Guardate nei miei occhi: 6-1 – Guardate nei miei occhi: 6-1!
Love the line-up and hope Rosicky is close to 100%. Can you imagine how our attackers feel tonight, starting the match with the simple but oh so wonderful strategy of attack, attack, attack until the opponent is obliterated? What a prospect! COYRRG!!!!!!
I picture this with Meelan going over the falls at the end.
Thats Iguazu (Iguassu, Iguacu) falls at the end. Best place on earth that I’ve ever been to..not that I’m that well travelled.
If any line was ever deemed too attacking…might this just be it.
Can you imagine Song getting forward as well as our full backs…oh and both Kozzer and Verm like to push on as well.
This could be very very interesting…..
watching the lads warm up, the ox looks like he may throw up.just spoke to a player not in camera gesturing with his hands that he had a tight chest and and up to his throat.. must be nerves.
Right Irish,
I am back onboard my noble steed and I await your signal.
I may be rather slow to the front, but that’s because I’m towing a rather large cannon. Just in case.
Why would the Ox be nervous at tonight’s game? We’re hoping for a miracle not expecting one. Be hoping he’s made of better stuff than that.
MIDI89 – CHARGE
have that donkey face
Get in ….
This ref is a loonie. Sure to be a sending off if this continues
more than 1 raddy
2-0 COME ON ARSENAL
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Rosicky!!!!!
Come on —–
https://twitter.com/#!/RobbieSavage8/status/177126306557853696
at last – ref blows the foul our way. We need to start play acting like Milan if we want more of the calls
Rosicky has been pure quality
pelanty!
YEAAAAAAAH
its on.
Oh fuck me heart …. 3-0
Even if we concede we can score 3 more
wouldnt be suprised to see Milan make changes at half time…
How good are the Ox and Rosicky!!!
This is unbelievable football!!!!
I cannot not not believe what I’m seeing!
Unbeievable
it wont help em though!
What a half. Brilliant,
The Ox is fantastic and so is TR.
6-1 lads, it’ll be 6-1.
What an excellent run by Ox for the penalty
Fuck me that’s an orgasmic first half!
Rosicky has been fantastic – you know its happening if he is scoring goals 😉
I´m watching SkySports News (offshore , no other option) and Charlie Nicholas is going absolutely berserk . You got to see him if you can´t watch the match . He´s absolutely hyper . His headphones have come off with each Arsenal goal and he´s roaring with delight . Come on you Gunners .
The Milan LB is total pants . Sure to be replaced,
credit to Kozzer for getting the ball rolling – and from a corner!
Ox has been everywhere even filled in at CB when Koz went forward. Knew the full back didn’t fancy him and went for it. That is clever football.
“a header, a goal by a Czech and a penalty, remind you of anything?”
Ac Milan vs Liverpool in the CL Final, we all know what happened there
Yes BR they are, but is the Gerv on holiday, That side of the pitch is an open door. We have to get either him or Song dropping back.
SkyGo is on delay, living room TV is out of bounds as I somehow allowed Mother in Law over tonight.
We need to stay secure at the back and Song has to play deeper. But the pace we are playing is awesome. AC cannot cope with it
More of the same please!
I was sooooo wrong about playing a second string. Don’t worry my Son is not letting me get away with that lightly 😦
DD. We agree
more valium…nurse
this is unbelievable
Ok can we have a few ambulances on standby there could be a few heart attacks tonight.
I’m gonna go with an espresso for the second half charge.
https://twitter.com/official_henri/status/177131117684604928
Oh and finally booing when the other team are in possession …… I like
Oh Dear GIE!
Please don’t let this idiot ref ruin it for us.
https://twitter.com/yellowbootson/status/177132182257680385
Woof
I’m out of the dog house.
Would this be our greatest ever comeback?
Dreamland.
Just got in…have I missed owt..??
That’s ruined my bet. 2.0 half time. Lol. Gibbs has got to be careful. Stay and defend and our forwards will do the rest.
whats Jap Stam doing playing keeper for Milan?
Can’t believe the keeper saved it – twice!
Time to sub Ox.
time for heroics from Park and Chamahk, RVP can score if he wants too…
Fine performance pity Song chose tonight to have a bad game.
Fairplay to Milan they played very well in the last half hour. We didn’t get a sniff.
Outstanding performance.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant and deserved so much more.
Proud to be a Gunner
Brave attempt
Now i don’t want to sound like a sore loser but that ref was bent as a nine bob!
Every niggly tackle was a free kick to Milan but nothing to us for similar tackles, and where on earth does only 3 minutes injury time come from god only knows.
But we just tired or seized up when it got tight.
A great effort from every one on the pitch and I’m a proud gooner tonight.
Great game from the boys.
Must put my son to bed
Honour restored in buckets
Nite all.
I thought we were going through then. milan are shit. doctor the pitch, an offside goal and a dodgy pen.They won’t go far. Well done to the boys. Let’s just make sure we get third.
We’ve beaten Spuds, Liverpool and Milan in our last three games. Not bad.
Disappointed but proud tonight.
The Oxo injury took away a fair bit of our momentum.
And BR’s right – Milan played well last 20 as we tired.
Ref was utterly crap. Bought every Milan dive.
But we can really take this performance with us into the league run in.
Let’s catch those Spuds.
What a shame. We ran out of steam in the last 30 minutes. That should highlite to Wenger that park and chamahk are not good enough. Such a shame we did not have just one good player to come off the bench. Sooooooooo proud to be a GOONER
agree about the ref – Milan definately got the rub of the green, we ran out of puff in the 2nd
Really enjoyable game and we gave it everything.
If one has to be critical we got nothing from the left side of the pitch. Gerv was anonymous and Gibbs couldn’t get forward.
That said, a clean sheet was unexpected and the defence deserved their good fortune.. Koscielny in particular was good.
My MoM was Rosicky. A wonderful energetic performance and another goal.
I think the Ox made sure he wont get a summer off and its great to have Thomas back. Kos and TV just reinforced for me, my view they are our top CB pairing.
Park was on for how long? give him a break
Ibrahimovic is a massive BANNED WORD
DD. Not for me 🙂
big nosed clunge
BR you can have your Big German I will stick with these two, pace and comfortable on the ball
I thought AW should have subbed Oxo 15 mins earlier and given Chamakh a longer run.
And given we could see how tired the team was perhaps AW could have used all 3 subs to pep things up on 75 mins.
But that is being churlish. Arsenal did us proud tonight.
BR – All during the game I was missing one player, not Arteta, not Wilshere, not Ramsey, but Santos, if we had him bombing down the left like Sagna was down the right we would have had them I’d say – we did have them, just ran out of steam.
Rosicky was outstanding – not that I’m surprised 😉
Great pity we lost the ox, they really did not know what to do with him. But fine team performance and enough to worry the spuds.
GM. A Big Nosed Clunge who is a superb player. Alongside RvP he would be outstanding
DD. Thank you.
Irish. Good call.
BR that was not meant to sound churlish, sorry if it did. 🙂
When you consider how the mighty mancs went out of thier “group of death” i’d ratherf be a gooner than a dirty manc skaghead
Very proud of the effort put in tonight.
Dandan – Song worked hard but certainly wasn’t at his most disciplined and sensible, but he still put in a good shift though, and had some wonderful moments. Overall he could have done a bit better.
Its astonishing that the game is over because RVP does not score one of the easiest chances he’s seen all season. At that point I really did not believe that was likely to be our last serious chance. I’ll forgive him.
So many amazing performances all over the park tonight…but the standout has to be the Ox. What a phenomenal talent that kid is.
Gibbs is starting to make me have a rethink. Well played Kieran…
Overall I think it was a copmbination of tiredness and not being on someone like a Benayoun or Coquelin when others started to tire or got injured. Don;t let Rasp hear…but even a small tubby Russian might have just been the ticket tonight!!!
Overall..I’m actually as pleased as punch after that showing
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Did anyone notice what looked like puke down the CL sign behind the Arsenal dugout? I wondered whether that was young Ozyakup, would have been a massive game to deyboo in, and I think he would have been the best replacement for Oxlade-Chamberlain.
I think to be fair to Wenger, any subs he made was going to effect the balance he had managed to send out our starting XI in
I just upset gabrielle marcotti on twitter. Is he italian or spanish?
I know others will be worrying about the cost of the game though, Walcott & Oxlade-Chamberlain lets hope they are only minor knocks
DD. Not at all churlish. Just a point of view 🙂
Loved the pre match.
Really proud of the team tonight. Ran out of energy and our subs were poor but we knew that.
Three great wins on the spin.
The kinks were a great band and my dad ofer recalls a storey of meeting Ray Davies in the east stand.
My grandad used to love a storey about getting a kiss from lulu in the east stand as well.
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Night All.
One happy and proud Gooner
GIE – I spotted that at the time too – it was on the glass thing over the badge. I was full sure Ozzy was coming on.
I called marcotti a wanker and he got upset.
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AFC 21 MILAN 8
How?
21 Fouls 8
Amazing stats. shit ref tonight.
Right Mother in Laws still here best be sociable, see you all later.
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Good night all. Proud to be a Gooner.
night VCC
Yep will go to bed smiling. Gnite all.
If that was a one off game against anybody. Shame about the first leg. They did us proud tonight.
Night dandan. I’m proud of the team tonight.
Ah she left when I came downstairs. Charmed!
Anyway had a more worrying thought.
How much will that result affect the team? Wenger had a job picking players off the floor after losing in San Siro but I think he’ll have a bigger job tonight. They left it all on the pitch tonight, and whilst they won they didn’t get the result their effort deserved. I hope they can take a lot of positives.
they just beat the Italian champions 3 nil GIE. i think they can take a lot of positives. They’ll want another go next season. That must be incentive enough.
highlights
I hope so GM
Ibrahimovic was an ugly diving wanker. He dives from start to finish.
Great game though, and we miss Arshavin.
I think Wenger will get them going by telling them we need to finish 3rd and be sure of an automatic Champions League spot – should be enough for them.
“@chelseafc: There’s only one team in Europe by the way – Arsenal are out.”
What a shit club
Wenger said: ‘I cannot stop Mr Mertesacker sending SMSs. He is free to send SMSs to Mr Podolski.’
😆
We miss Arshavin like Corden misses Horne.
http://twitpic.com/8swwef
The part to the right on what Brendan Rodgers said about Chelsea is an excellent little read 😆
VCC
Think you’re being a bit hard on Park and Cham.
What we really needed was a midfielder to come on to help us get and keep possession, but the usual plague of injuries scuppered us on that front.
How about TR7 scoring again? If he hadn’t scored that one against the Spudders I think he’d have fluffed his goal tonight. He would have been so anxious he would have blasted the shot and missed. Instead he had the composure to pass it into the net. I reckon he’ll get 4 or 5 more before the end of the season now.
Rosicky definitely MOTM back to his absolute best.
Its an unfortunate season for us.
Our best player gone. His replacement was out for the season.
We lose all fullback at the same time, and even the replacement suffered an injury.
We were left with only two midfielders and the replacement, the Ox, was sick before the game, even Rosicky was doubtful to start.
even if we finish sixth in the premiership will be an amazing achievement for Arsene..
Its amazing that we didnt getting ran out in the middle of the park despite playing with only two midfielders.
And they say Arsene is a poor tactician..
My first reaction after the game was pure heartbreak and devastation especially after we again overcame terrible refereeing. After a long walk home I had a smile that reached my eyes and my heart was brimming with pride and joy. Nights like these remind me why I love and support The Arsenal and why no other club can do it for me despite the emotional rollercoaster. The team did themselves proud tonight and when the pain wears off they can lift their heads up and realise that they did an amazing job. They have confirmed to us, themselves and the wider world that they are much better than that terrible first leg performance. Long live Arsenal and may all fans fully appreciate our wonderful team and manager.
I hope that Theo, Song and The Ox are ok because it will be terrible for us to have lost the tie AND have more injuries on top of that. I also wish for a massive humbling defeat to AC Milan in the next round because they have been really irritating this tie. The antics with their pitch, the play acting, arrogance etc were truly infuriating and but for away goal we could have knocked them out.
Anyway I will be cheering on Everton this weekend and pulling on my top and loudly supporting the team on Monday. COYRRRs and FOYS!
Well said LG
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL FOOTBALL!
I’ve only glanced at one or two of the post-match comments here but have already seen pride mentioned more than once. And that is so right. The result was almost irrelevant tonight – the players and the fans delivered a truly immense performance tonight, one that gives us back our pride. I know we lost the tie but being there tonight was just epic, it was one of the great, great European nights. We blew away Italy’s finest, a side of top quality and one that is on the way up.
There is simply nothing to criticise in terms of the players’ performances, they all did everything they could and in doing so showed so much talent and strength of character. And after all, what do the British love more than glorious defeat?!
But there are lessons to draw as well. First, we simply do not have enough attacking quality in the squad. We know it and the manager knows it, and it needs to be corrected. Park and Chamakh didn’t hide when they came on, they did what they could, but we need better than they can offer. It’s generally true, but it was so clear tonight, when we played with such intensity in the first half, that we needed more on the bench.
Second, with this intensity, positivity and force of will, both on the pitch and in the stands, we can achieve a lot.
Third, I bloody love Arsenal!
OK, I’m going to go back and read all the other comments now.
Amazing, amazing night at the Emirates. I am so proud of the team and the supporters, they worked their socks off and we sang our hearts out. Milan are a bunch of cheating, diving scumbags and the referee bought nearly every one of their acts. I hope they get humiliated in the next round.
At half-time we were in heaven but the team tired too quickly in the second half, maybe half-time came 10 minutes too soon for us.
I hope we can get to third place because this team really deserve it for the guts they have shown and the joy they have given us in the last 10 days alone.
Thanks RL. I must comment and run I’m afraid. I truly do hope there is no resulting negativity from this and people just enjoy our team and football.
UTA 🙂
I bloody love Arsenal too 🙂
And peaches, it was great to see you, Rasp, chas, Chary, evonne, 7am Tim and others tonight – Tim’s blog is of the highest quality, so to meet the man behind the blog while he’s on a sojourn this way was excellent.
As Rob Lucci observed, excellent tactics from the Prof tonight. First in selling Milan a dummy in the days before, with his suggestion of starting with four strikers and then in starting with the Ox in central midfield. I didn’t get it at first, but seeing him bursting through, past a slack jawed van Bommel, showed me the error of my ways. Great idea, that and Rosicky’s magnificent performance, kept Milan off balance.
I just loved so many of the performances tonight: Koscielny was awesome, and Vermaelen, Song, Szczesny, Walcott and Sagna all excellent.
And yes, the referee was staggeringly bad tonight. Usually, I find the CL a relief from the standard dross refereeing we get in the PL, but the game was way beyond Slovenia’s Damir Skomina. We’re just lucky it didn’t impact the result.
Does anyone think that the empty seats had a positive effect on the atmosphere? It sounded great in there tonight from the start to finish.
To hear By Far The Greatest Team belted out in the dying embers was great.
What a great atmosphere in the stadium this evening, easily the best i’ve experienced in Ashburton Grove.
Very proud of the boys. They couldn’t have given any more.
Lost the midfield a bit in the 2nd 45 as Milan concentrated on slowly the game down and breaking it up to stop us building momentum.
Appalling referee.
Rosicky was sublime.
Exile, to be honest, I think the absentees had no effect tonight, everyone who was there was just so up for it.
https://twitter.com/#!/Persie_Official/status/177193172018020353
allezkev Robin agrees.
Some consolation for going out of the CL: no demanding fixtures in the days before Man City home, Chelsea home and Stoke away (plus QPR away). I’d have loved still to be in the CL but having that additional recovery time before our three most demanding remaining PL games could turn out to be very important for us.
26
Especially with our injuries
26, agree with you about the demanding fixtures. Like it or not, finishing in the CL spot is more important to us right now.
I’ve said it before, and I say it again, we miss Rosicky drives for 3 season in a row. Most people think we resort to tippy tappy football because of Fabregas. Its not. Its because we never replace Rosicky.
That’s why I have a very high hope for Abou Diaby, hopefully he can recover from his injury nightmare as soon as possible and we might have a direct replacement for Rosicky..
A very Happy Birthday Raddy, welcome to the club 🙂
It was a fantastic effort and a great night to be a supporter,not one to critisize individuals.
I am sure this will spur on the team.
With regards to the OX, it was noted in commentary he wasn’t moving well straight from the start of the second half,but IMO AW left him on as long as possible, purely as he thought his other options on the bench wouldn’t offer so much.
Great night regardless of the ref and we showed that the defeat in Milan was a freak, Milan just had one of those days were they excelled.
Morning Kelsey,
Be it the Raddy B Day?
So many great comments post match, and really fantastic to hear from 26, LB and Peaches about the atmosphere.
Some good points about the left side and certinly Santos would have made the difference.
What cost us was lack of midfield cover as Song, so underastandably, tired.
Then there is the Ox. How we suffered once he received a knock. Now that is very high praise for an eighteen year old.
Wow what a game!cant wait to get home and watch it again.to blow the italian champions out of the water like that was great to see.the ox is going to be some sort of player,and as for rosicky,he’s reinvented himself which is great to see.what a fluke double save by the keeper.
Great news regarding the pod…if true
@ GiE
I noticed the vomit too,much of been nerve racking out there,would of thought someone would chuck a towel over it or wash it off because the smell would of been awful
The ref was a joke,allowed them to slow it down to easy in the last 20mins
GiE – thank you, thank you, thank you for telling me to go
Monster – thank you, thank you, thank you for the best tickets in the house
Arsenal – thank you, thank you, thank you for one of the best nights of my life
Yours sincerely
Happy Gunner
xx
Morning Evonne, glad you enjoyed it 😀
Told you it was a guaranteed win.
Just thinking about the amount of injuries we are still suffering, now mounting up in the midfielders (pre game or on the bench we could have done with at least two of these):
Arteta
Ramsey
Wilshere
Diaby
Benayoun
Santos
And some fans question why we have a big squad.
So proud, Great club, Great history, Great stadium, Great colours, Great manager, Great captain, Great training ground, Great supporters, Great site, just effing Great, I`m so lucky that this is the Team I LOVE !.
Did anyone hear Gary Neville’s commentary last night? He was hilarious from start to finish! He should be the co commentator on every match!
Slim as well as being funny I thought he was on the button with most analysis. Even handed maybe even a little too pro Arsenal for sky, he was whingeing at the Milan histrionics, called Mexes’s block on TV5 before the replay, “if I know Mexes I can tell you what happened there”, and it did.
Very very good, horrible opponent but you don’t stay that long at the top of football with his limited ability without being a very good reader of the game, and he has clearly listened and learned from his manager and coaches.
As I was listening I began to ask myself “shouldn’t he be coaching”. There is no one better on Sky now.
Forgot BFG above, altho the defence were good last night.
GiE – yes, you were right, AGAIN 🙂
GLiC – just effing Great!
Slim – what did he say? Was he really funny or are you being sarky? I quite like him, just don’t tell GM
Good question on the radio yesterday – during the last 7 seasons Arsenal won nothing. At the same time Chelsea won 7 trophies. Which club in your opinion is doing better? Would you rather be a Chelsea or an Arsenal supporter? Try not to be biased 🙂
The best bit of Neville’s commentary was salivating over an Oxlade-Chamberlain pass when he half volleyed a high ball to Gervinhos feet. His words were “Ooaah”.
His words were “Ooaah” – that’s one word 🙂
‘Try not to be biased’ 🙂
Why would anyone want to support a team that has bought it’s trophies and it’s history ……… not me
I think the players should all be whisked off to a warm beach somewhere for a few days and given videos of the spud game from 39 minutes onwards and last nights first half to watch.
I hope Arsene and everyone that knows them keeps telling them how amazing they were last night.
Evonne, thats the point he was speechless basically. He commentates like a fan, and reacts like we do to sensational bits of skill.
26 My point on the empty seats was that the people staying away are ones we don’t need anyway, I know some couldn’t make for proper reasons, but lots would have stayed away because of the 1st leg result. And the tweets I have seen suggest it was fun there last night:
https://twitter.com/admiresarsenal/status/177209179092688896
https://twitter.com/admiresarsenal/status/177208885042626560
https://twitter.com/admiresarsenal/status/177207560804380672
https://twitter.com/alexfortynine/status/177193793987166208
A really good atmosphere last night and we came so close to achieving the ‘impossible’. I am so proud of the lads for their performance last night and they gave their all and we just couldn’t quite get over the line.
I noticed a lot more ‘fans’ stayed behind last night to applaud the team off the pitch and let them know we appreciated their efforts. That is how it should always be in my opinion and far too many sneak away early.
I thought the ref was appalling last night and the game was far too big for him. He fell for every MIlan trick in the book over and over again and was far too card happy early on.
Onwards and upwards and if we can keep up peformances like that one last night, we will get third, let alone fourth.
COYRRG
Where is everyone????? Why isn’t there a constant babble of excited goonerish remarks ………….
Evonne,
He was class! Kept saying the left back was awful and then laughing at his defending!
He also said the ref was dreadful and he didn’t want to see him again! Lol
Very pro Arsenal and very good analysis.
He’s the best thing on sky at the moment!
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