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

Cassidy

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Thanks - a similar system though no? Would like to see Arse go 4-3-3 and drop the 10. Would make them better in midfield at least.
Agree, definitely needed 3 in there today, and one of them not to be Ozil.

4-5-1 would have been good today.
 

roonster09

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Bayern are shit aren't they? Scored 3 goals in 10 mins but not a goal in 15 mins.

Hopefully they score at least 2 more.
 

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I wish i was Wenger. I would probably better at fielding a good team.
The amount of times that Fergie used the likes of Park against him to great effect you'd think he'd have caught on by now. It's inevitable that he has to leave before you guys can progress any further.
 

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I'm surprised by some of the earlier comments in this thread. Did anyone seriously expect the Arsenal Football Club to beat Bayern in Germany?
I've expected a draw because I was told here that nobody can compete with an EPL club :D
 

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Does Wenger ever play a different system than 4-2-3-1 these days?
No,his head is still stuck with the Invicibles, somehow Xhaka is the new Vieira and Coquelin the new Petit,football never changes, poetry in motion.

How their fans cannot see there is no evolution in the way they play since that era is sclerotic, to say the least.
 

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Lewandowski is quite a snide player, isn't he?
 

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If any player chooses Arsenal over the 5/6th placed teams next season because they're in the CL they need their head examined
 

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Treble too, albeit in a smaller role ;-)
Yeah, I meant he was played consistently at rb in a team that had one of the best defences around. I doubt Koscielny will reach that in Arsenal
 

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TBF to Ospina, hes made some really good saves. Hes keeping it down to 4 lol
 

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Bayern could wheel out a 45yo Xabi Alonso and still run rings around Arsenals MF. No nous whatsoever by wenger, the coaching from a tactical defensive standpoint is non-existent, a perpetual cycle of naivety, en repeat en masse, it transcends the playing squad.