Arsenal fans are the absolute worst. Come on PSG in the final.
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PSG v Bayern
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Bayern pretty average at the moment. Don't lo like scoring. PSG have been excellent out of possession and very dangerous on the break.
They'll be known as Arsenalarse after that game... because they're gonna tear them a new one
Excellent game of football this evening. The technical skill of the players was fantastic. Will Arsenal be able to smother PSG in the final?. Don't rule it out I say!.
Another great game last night. The only disappointment was Bayern's finishing, poor I thought (except for Harry's only chance). Olise had an off night, which was a shame. But both sides have some amazing players!
PSG well disciplined and, hopefully, they will be far too good for the arse.
As X'y said "Vive la football"
PSG well disciplined and, hopefully, they will be far too good for the arse.
As X'y said "Vive la football"
Those occasional continental goal fests are fab an' all but, as Barney Ronay pointed out in last week's Grauniad following that 5-4 game:
PSG and Bayern’s box-fresh talents or Premier League title tussle: you can only have one
The gist is this:
The reason the PL is often described as the best in the world is not just down to the standard of play across the board, week in and week out (although it is phenomenally high if you step back and think about it) but that any team can beat any other on any given day. That's just not true for most European leagues, which tend to be duopolies at best. Teams like Bayern and PSG usually walk their leagues, and so are box-fresh, as Ronay puts it, at the sharp end of the Champions League while English clubs are still slogging it out in their domestic league.
On top of that, of course, teams like PSG and Bayern are often shown up to be shockingly bad at defending against top strikers, because they rarely come across any in their own league.
Unfortunately another giga-funded club, Man City, have made a very good job of turning the PL into just another one of those leagues in the last few years, and that's why I'm praying that Arsenal beat them to it this time - and also win the Champions League while they're about it. Then I hope that it will be ABC - Anyone But City - for years to come.
PSG and Bayern’s box-fresh talents or Premier League title tussle: you can only have one
The gist is this:
The reason the PL is often described as the best in the world is not just down to the standard of play across the board, week in and week out (although it is phenomenally high if you step back and think about it) but that any team can beat any other on any given day. That's just not true for most European leagues, which tend to be duopolies at best. Teams like Bayern and PSG usually walk their leagues, and so are box-fresh, as Ronay puts it, at the sharp end of the Champions League while English clubs are still slogging it out in their domestic league.
On top of that, of course, teams like PSG and Bayern are often shown up to be shockingly bad at defending against top strikers, because they rarely come across any in their own league.
Unfortunately another giga-funded club, Man City, have made a very good job of turning the PL into just another one of those leagues in the last few years, and that's why I'm praying that Arsenal beat them to it this time - and also win the Champions League while they're about it. Then I hope that it will be ABC - Anyone But City - for years to come.
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Some disappointing performances from Bayern players last night, especially Olise. I do think they were unlucky on the big calls from the ref though.
PSG showed how rounded they can be. Excellent attack at home, excellent defence away.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Arteta stacks his full-backs. So maybe Timber and White one side and Calafiori and Lewis-Skelley on the other.
PSG showed how rounded they can be. Excellent attack at home, excellent defence away.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Arteta stacks his full-backs. So maybe Timber and White one side and Calafiori and Lewis-Skelley on the other.
Rumour is George Graham is being wheeled out to do a few sessions to prepare them.
The first is entitled '1-0 to the Arsenal' , the second 'Boring, Boring isn't bad' and the third 'I might have averaged under 50 premier league goals for years but it didn't stop me winning a league and a European trophy'
It's in their DNA as they say.
Their supporters are utterly insufferable.Ordinarily I'd agree. But there's something that actively repulses me about Arsenal these days.
Likely it's the boring football, could be the boring and sour manager, could be the fans, unfathomably entitled for a club that's won nothing important for years, could be the amount of time 'celebrity fans' give 'em a mention
But probably a combination of all of 'em with the significant added factor that whichever of Bayern or PSG goes through they'll play high tempo sexy attacking football.
Not even national pride can overcome that list of reasons
A couple of ropy handball calls aside, both I think were pretty 50/50 that was a pretty perfect away performance from PSG, I can't recall a team counter attacking with that speed and aggression. Equally of note was how hard they worked to shut down the passing lanes and it was noticeable how few genuine chances Bayern got away.