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Favoredchic:
Hello house. Your sincere advice is needed please. What is a lady to do when mr. Right hasn't showed up. How does she hold on. Realistic advice would be appreciated. What should she do till he shows up.

fredoooooo:
Read somewhere that barca have scored 300 goals under Luis Enrique and 217 is from MSN ... can someone please confirm this .

usbcable:
you may be in for a surprise. even if we are paired against you guys. we can pull the "stunt" on your team home and away.

usbcable:
@krasid,

I hope we pull a "stunt" in ucl as I honestly dont believe we will win it.

nyabinghi:
Thunder fire who tries to put ronaldo on the same level as messi, when madrid needs that goal, ronaldo won't be there na to dey score when the goals don't really matter, up barcelona. La liga seems a one team league like epl during fergie's time at the helm of affairs.

nyabinghi:
Thunder fire who tries to put ronaldo on the same level as messi, when madrid needs that goal, ronaldo won't be there na to dey score when the goals don't really matter, up barcelona. La liga seems a one team league like epl during fergie's time at the helm of affairs.

Spy360:
I buy your 3-4-3 idea, but that is not the only way to beat Barcelona. Other methods like the one Wenger applied are equally effective.

He had two speedy wingers in Sanchez and Ox, to play quick counters and keep Barca's overlapping fullbacks in check. That way they lack the necessary width to breakdown the defence.

Also it gives you a room to attack because you want to win too. You have to score.

Again as a team which can also keep the ball the 4-5-1 was perfect. Any team that can hold the ball in midfield for 30secs can do Barca serious harm.

That said, it was obvious that the team created clear scoring chances but their finishing was very poor, infact a disgrace. This summarises Arsenal this season- create tonnes of chances but very poor finishing.

Having said so, it does not mean that any team can then beat Barca. They have so much quality that whatever tactics you come up with, you can ONLY PRAY.

sebod:
Thumbs up bro!
As regards Messi's goal, a certain Giroud would have hurriedly kicked the ball which would either hit the on-rushing cech on his hands, legs or chest. Baba na baba any time any day.

dearpreye:
My people, we're indeed witnessing another golden era in the proud history of our great team, FCBARCELONA.

The last night game was one in which we even played poorly and yet we came out victorious. Arsenal plated their very best- just like Malaga, Las Palmas, etc did - but we still came out smiling. I thought I has seen re best barca during the Pep years but here is another huge improvement on that team. This is really a wonderful football arrangements. All barca fans must really savour these moments; it might be long before we see such again.

Once again, we proved to those EPL folks that football is no longer mere brawn; it's now pure game of brain and superior intelligence. There's a limit to what physic and pace could do, but there's no limit to what imagination could do.

All through the game, not even minding we were playing against one of the best of England, I wasn't disturbed in the least: I had implicit faith in the ability and intelligence of my guys and they were true to it. That was an average performance form our monster and it was still enough to break the spirit of the Gunners.

Where do I start from? Messi. We've exhausted all superlatives. Neymar. Selfless. Suarez. Selfless. Don Andres. Oh Busquets. What a player. We appreciate you. Rakitic . We appreciate you. Ter Stegen. Many thanks. Alves and Pique. Great leaders. Overall a great team of football.

How did Messi score his first goal? Cech was expecting a first time smash shot that most average strikers would have taken but Messi isn't an average player. His deliberate delay allowed Cech to obey the law of gravity, thereby allowing the Mercurial Messi to lobby the ball into the net, to the chagrin of the already floored keeper. His penalty. Arrogant. Yet humble.

Oh the glamour of the MSN. The chemistry of these humble strikers. Let me stop here.

Brethren, let's forget all those mundane arguments on the talent of Busquets and ENJOY this team. We might never be lucky again- not to soon.

Arsenal can kiss goodbye to this season's UCL

Chelseafan1:
Anxiety disorder and fear killed them, they could have finished the game from the first half, if nothing, @ least 2 goals.

dmcdad:
Calma calma bruv. We need to wear them out then do the damage especially as they are sitting dip.

eyoniggar:
Eyin temi, una don ready for tonight? Lets gao there!!

sebod:
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Funny enough, you would never hear anything of such from either the Barca coach or the players. Why do coaches and players in opposition always boast against us even when it's clare they stand no chance? I just hope they live up to expectation tomorrow.

bykebyke:

dmcdad:
A draw would suffice anywayz. Well, for the sake of next weekend clash against Madrid, I will like them to lose or draw, so that if they can win next week at the Bernabéu, it will help them to still remain atop Madrid albeit with a point or tied on points.

dmcdad:
I will like Atletico to be on our tail. That will help in making us not relax.

Debroslink:
Please, stop giving credence to Arsenal. They are not better than AS Roma whom we destroyed 6-0

Spy360:
Your strength is in your first 11;

Ter Stegen;Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba;Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta;Messi, Suarez, Neymar.

Besides which you have a very poor bench.

We've got...

Cech;Bellerin, Per, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Ramsey, Ozil; Welbeck, Giroud, Sanchez.

Our bench...

Walcott, Campbell, Chamberlain,...

The thing that Arsenal or any other team lack in the world is mig toc.
Half touch passing.
Mig toc, mig toc.
People talk about one touch passes. Barça is a step ahead.
Busquets for example. Our control, passing accuracy, positioning...No other team has it. It's evident when you watch Barça and then go watch a PL team. Forget the goals or the attacks, just the respect and affection a Barça player has for the ball, it's evident in every touch, every pass.
As Cruijff said, it's more important what a player does for his teammates than what he does himself.
Where he moves to create passing lanes, making runs through lines, how he gives his teammates support..
Barça wins there all day long.

In La Masia young players do not do physical training until they reach the age of sixteen. It is all about the ball and how you can use it. Make it a part of yourself, love it. If you lose it, get it back within seconds, the famous five second rule of Pep, still and forever in use for success. We are a special club.