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Mike. said:
This has been the exact opposite of comfortable for the Greeks.

Worryingly, Bayern werent even pushing it. They have been pulling them all over the place with the shifting passing.
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It's why Guardiola sides are always so deadly. They seem passive on the ball but in reality they're waiting for you to slip up, for someone to get pulled enough out of position that they can strike and then you're done for. As exciting as the new Barca are, I think they were probably at their best when they were that phenomenally patient team with Xavi at its heart.
 
Subtle said:
It's why Guardiola sides are always so deadly. They seem passive on the ball but in reality they're waiting for you to slip up, for someone to get pulled enough out of position that they can strike and then you're done for. As exciting as the new Barca are, I think they were probably at their best when they were that phenomenally patient team with Xavi at its heart.
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Indeed, it's designed to make the opposition concentrate the full 90, knowing one error can be a goal.
 
Olympiakos will have to be MUCH better against Arsenal if they want to go through
 
Mike. said:
Olympiakos will have to be MUCH better against Arsenal if they want to go through
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They always are a different proposition at home.

Greeks and Turks rarely travel well (which made the result earlier at the Emirates so ridiculous), but it's a different story at home.

Be a toss up which to watch that night with Kiev taking the Chelsea group down to the wire.
 
Bayern scored 4, could have scored 4 more, and 3 of those chances came after they were down to 10 men...
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
They always are a different proposition at home.

Greeks and Turks rarely travel well (which made the result earlier at the Emirates so ridiculous), but it's a different story at home.

Be a toss up which to watch that night with Kiev taking the Chelsea group down to the wire.
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Doesn't change the fact that Arsenal will probably want revenge from Olympiakos and need the win. As a result, you would be hard pressed to stick them as favourites. Yes, they play better at home but there is a big gap in quality. Should Arsenal turn up like yesterday, we'll score as many as we like.
 
damola3 said:
Doesn't change the fact that Arsenal will probably want revenge from Olympiakos and need the win. As a result, you would be hard pressed to stick them as favourites. Yes, they play better at home but there is a big gap in quality. Should Arsenal turn up like yesterday, we'll score as many as we like.
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That's good considering you need a 2 goal victory in Athens. (Presuming it's not another 3-2. Or it's 4-3/5-4 etc.).
 
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epic terrorist said:
Arsenal 1 up stays like this and its in their hands, good stuff like to see all the british teams go through and so ahould everyone else with the state of the co-efficient,
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First time I've really sat down and looked at that.

Unless Italy goes and wins the Europa and Champions League to close the gap, we're really in no imminent danger at all of losing that 4th place. The media need to do their research better.

So I wouldn't be worrying about that happening anytime soon.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
First time I've really sat down and looked at that.

Unless Italy goes and wins the Europa and Champions League to close the gap, we're really in no imminent danger at all of losing that 4th place. The media need to do their research better.

So I wouldn't be worrying about that happening anytime soon.
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Media have done their research correctly and you haven't.
 
No wins in the premier league in November, 2 more key players out, BACK TO BACK draws and the title keeps slipping away game by game...
 
Sanchez injury was coming for a long time. He has been hovering in the red zone for months apparently
 
sunilvk7 said:
Marcus Christenson
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More bad news for Wenger. Santi Cazorla to miss at least three months with knee injury http://gu.com/p/4em8h/stw #afc
10:37 PM - 2 Dec 2015
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Great news! Our injury total stays at 10! How can you win a league title with 10 first team players injured at once? It's gone way past the bounds of just unfortunate. We've lost our first choice central midfield pairing because they both happened to get ligament damage within a game of each other.

Injury list:
Gibbs
Koscielny
Cazorla
Coquelin
Wilshere
Rosicky
Arteta
Walcott
Alexis
Welbeck
 
damola3 said:
Great news! Our injury total stays at 10! How can you win a league title with 10 first team players injured at once? It's gone way past the bounds of just unfortunate. We've lost our first choice central midfield pairing because they both happened to get ligament damage within a game of each other.

Injury list:
Gibbs
Koscielny
Cazorla
Coquelin
Wilshere
Rosicky
Arteta
Walcott
Alexis
Welbeck
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Yeah was looking at Arsenals squad on FPL earlier they really have been hit hard in the midfield
 
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