We’ve had two courses of vegan sausage rolls (Champions League), tonight, the meats are coming out.
The MIGHTY Rennes, a rack of well-seasoned BEEF ribs, take on the mighty Arsenal, an aggressively bloody slab of NEW YORK STRIP.
This is why people tune into football. So pull out a bottle of Tesco’s own brand ketchup, forget the cutlery, let’s wade into a messy evening of ELITE football.
The most important thing we need this evening:
A WIN.
Yeah, pretty straight-forward analysis today. Unai Emery needs to bring ultimate destruction to Rennes. He needs to put Ben Arfa back in his place. He needs to restore Arsenal pride after a very embarrassing away loss last week.
The French minnows won their match on Sunday. Great news for them, but the story there is they played 4 days out from an away game with us. No HUGE rest for them this time. No fresh legs. No time to plan. That’s advantage us.
The game is interesting because they are counter-attacking specialists. Arsenal has to go for 3 goals (come on, we’re not keeping a clean sheet). Absolutely possible.
It’s an international break after this. That means Emery can go wild and field anyone he deems fit to play. I’d imagine that he’ll go with something similar to the United game. All guns blazing. Play the role of the protagonists. Mix up our attacking combinations. Take advantage of having better players and two unreal finishers to finish them off early.
Should be exciting. Let’s hope we have a full house and an excited crowd. This is a big one.
Short post today. Just want to say, kudos to the comments yesterday. I pen a post about outrageous views polluting the internet and a slew of people attack Simeone as a bad tactician. You couldn’t make it up. Never change Le Grove, never change. x
Lol 2nd offside on Aubameyang.
Great celebration
1 more to shut these fuckers up.
Ozil was killing us softly tonight.
Poisonous.
Bame hat trick needed to seal this
COYG
Nope Thomas your 0-2 wrong again onside .. clearly
Ramsey and Xhaka have quietly went about their business in CM again tonight
AMN has had a stellar night though, good stuff from the lad
And Monreal still cant use his right leg for shit
Are Inter getting knocked out as we speak?
Must say I’m very impressed with the recent form from Xhaka, Niles, Ramsey and Mhiki!!!
Disappointed we haven’t seen anything from Suarez yet though! Surely we can’t be buying him for 20M+ in the summer?
Kay
Yea, Inter 0-1 at home after 0-0 fist leg. 7 mins left there, squeaky bum time
There had been more rolling around the floor tonight then a yoga workout.. Fuck Sake.
I would bring in Torr for Ramsey or Xhaka
@Charlie
Would really help us if they get knocked out.
These miserable suits just want to kill the game
Why give a player a card for making a unique celebration?
Ozil was killing us softly tonight.Poisonous.
Totally agree. He was particularly anonymous tonight. To the point of actually being a man down
Auba jeez…….
Maybe Hartem Ben Arfa can sue Emery for the second time.
I wonder what the charge will be this time
If we had the Rennes ref tonight it’d be 7 a side now
If your gonna pull out a fucking mask big shot you better fucking put these away. Fucking knob.
Fuck me that fella just can’t score unless it’s an open goal
He is 0-2 post mask… might want to rethink that celebration anyways.
WTF Auba
holy shit pea
Auba scores two and still annoys by missing further sitters
I’d actually be more worried about Frankfurt than Inter these days. Jovic, Heller and Rebic are having fine season’s
mask has fucked up auba
2 sitters in a minute omg.
Not watching but thankfully we’re not choking….Always maintained this is one competition we can easily win if we keep our concentration… Salzburg gave Napoli a scare today and should have gone through if not for wasteful finishing, Chelsea don’t have that fear factor about them so wouldn’t shit my pants of we got them….Asides those two, we should be able to turn over all the teams left
I dont know why he went with his left foot there. was the wrong foot and his weak foot. makes no sense
lost his superpowers without the mask
@MidwestGun
Nope Thomas your 0-2 wrong again onside .. clearly
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He was clearly offside before the cross to Maitland Niles 2-0.
Chelsea, Napoli and Us as favourites now I think.
Marko
They’re good but not a team we shouldn’t be able to get past, don’t actually fear any teams left in the competition
Lol Thomas.. you are a sad sad individual … but sure root against us all you want.. we seem to do better..
why does Mustafi limp after every time he kicks the ball? Its football – the idea is you kick the ball. jeez
doesn’t matter – if 2-0 arsenal still going through
Kola was day dreaming. He is a bad defender
Respect Ramsey there. He has been really good after the contract saga. Imagine if it was Ozil in Ramsey s place?
5 minutes lads
@MidwestGun
So where exactly was I wrong then? “0-2 your wrong again” lololol. At least get it right if you are to correct someone.
Oh look Thomas there was a legit offside.. for your team..
Save by the linesman
Squeaky bum time for us now.
Could play for another three hours. Rennes still wouldn’t score. They’re clueless.
that lino has had a keen eye this half
It is a dirty french team. Just plays dirty tricks
Iwobi should’ve had a red card there.
Through! Well done boys
As long as we don’t get fuckin’ Chelsea!
Yes!!
Well done boys. Better win than we’ll get credit for.
Cool… moving on.. I know this will ruin Thomas’s day… so a 2 for 1 special..
Clean sheet!
that was a hard night. very professional jobs from the boys there. Awesome!!
yaaaas bring on the draw tomorrow!!
Danny
We will piss all over the chavs
They are useless now
Nothing without drogba and terry
Can’t wait to see Ben Arfa’s comments after the game. Wonder if he’ll be humbled after tonight. Who am I kidding a cunt never changes his spots
Professional performance. Rarely seen at ashburton.
Job done
Being on the quarters
We have a better chance than last year: no elite teams in the QFs.
Aubameyang needs to be putting these chances away though. He’s still too wasteful
Un battle angel
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I’m not scared of them, I’d just rather we didn’t have to play them.
Every player who played tonight was a wenger signing too. Meaning that emery is having an effect on the wenger players
Meaning that the squad is good enough with coaching and a tactical frame work
Chelsea v Napoli would be my ask for tomorrow
Job well done boys! On to the QF
Job done..
Onwards and upwards chaps, onwards and upwards. Good performance today and the clean sheet was just a joy. Beginning to actually enjoy watching the team again.
nervy win- but happy… auba will be up all night thinking of those missed sitters
Actually I hope we get Villarreal, it would be nice to see Santi again.
seville look like going thru
Clean sheet with Mustafi at CB?
Emery out
Unai Emery destroying thatt cunt Ben arfa’s career again lol…what a man
Aubemayang could be on 30 goals this season had he taken most of those chances.
Ben Arfa was probably spot on on his comments on Emery. Got ran out of PSG. Couldn’t handle the dressing room. How did he even manage to go out after a 4-0 aggregate lead anyway? Lol.
i wouldnt be too over confident
Napoli
Chelsea
Sevilla
Valencia
all in it still….
We have a good chance of winning the Europa league and coming 3rd/4th.
I disagree with Elmo though; Chelsea are the team to beat.
Hopefully the get drawn with Inter who may knock them out.
auba will be up all night thinking of those missed sitters
Or he could be looking for his marvel costume.
Inter is out
Serious question Thomas .. when is the last time you enjoyed an Arsenal win? or was even remotely happy about it..? Oh that’s right …never, you would have to be an Arsenal fan first.
Napoli , Chelsea and Valencia
Isnt santi at Valencia?
Intresting all round tho
I cant believe a poster was blaming Emery for treating Ben Arfa badly while at Psg…he deserves it because he is shit and a cunt.At best,a poor man’s Luis Nani
Midwest
He’s a chelsea fan
Villareal
Stupid clubs sounding so similar
😡
Danny
“Actually I hope we get Villarreal, it would be nice to see Santi again.”
Yep – also would be interesting going back there 13 years after that nail-biting SF and the last second Riquelme penalty saved by Mad Jens!
Receding hairline
A grown man wearing a mask to represent a fictional fanstasy country like wakanda? A grown man???
Auba could be a wc player of he didnt drop so many shocking misses a match.
I have come to the conclusion he isnt a very good finisher in fact he is a poor finisher he just has amazing positional sense and timing and intelligence henxe why he scores so much despite poor finishing.
Good substitutions from Emery , just what we needed at the time.
Ramsey did well in the middle again , defence looked solid ,AMN is looking the part.
The wenger boys did Very well .
Ozil wasn’t even watching for the second goal
Had his back to aubameyang
Get rid of that earth worm Jim bug eyed cunt
This french team is so unsportsmanlike. Keeps faking fault. They try to get Laca the second yellow. Give the referee credit. He gave them a yellow for complaining too much. It is no fun watching a dirty team like that.
Midwest… I dont get it, bringing up Emery’s past? Why? Arsenal just won a game 3-0 and are through to the next round of a competition… What has PSG and the 4-0 loss got to Barca got to do with anything that happened today?
@UN
Auba was upside for the second goal. He started from an upside position. You should thank the linesman.
Thomas/Steve is a weirdo. Likely dealing with a grown man who regularly comes onto a blog for a team he doesn’t support and makes snidy comments. Get a job, get a girlfriend or something.
they should just play this starting 11 to the end of the season – minus mustafi ofc
Inter are out
Valencia– Very inconsistent
Villarreal– Been poor all season but doing well in Europe
Napoli— Probably best we play them in a final but asides Koulibaly, not enough pace in their defence
Chelsea—- We seem to be up to the task of playing them recently
Benefica—Another we should be able to get past
The wenger boys did Very well .
Except Ozil he was garbage tonight
Nelson
Yes he was
But why should I thank the linesman? I don’t score
Thomas forgets I’ve been on here as long as he has… so I was here when he admitted he was Jose Mourniho’s love child. and a Chelscum supporter.. so I just like to bust his chops .. occasionally.. no idea why a man who loves another team would troll .. Le Grove for so long.. but to each his own..
Good substitutions from Emery , just what we needed at the time.
Be careful Pierre, you might just be an Emery ultra.
Leftsidesanch
What do you expect from a Chav? You can’t get your hopes up on someone who inherently hates us. Forget him. Not worth your breath.
London gunner
Yes I’d agree with that summary entirely
He doesn’t have a very good touch either. Very poor technique
All about pace and positional instinct for him. But. It gets the job done