Are you kidding me the game is 4 days away and I cant ******* wait ESPN2 is showing it and I think that my Chelsea will finally beat Arsenal (H), it will be 1-0 Duff to score in the 13th minute (H), I think that Arsenal will dominate but they will have one of those days when you just can't score you know like goals disallowed and hitting the post, amazing saves etc...

Shoot........:mrpimp:

2-1 Arsenal.

Watch of for Reyes again, hehe. :rolleyes:

I hope Arsenal does it again, for the 4th time in about a month.
Edu is in great form right now.

Hope my local station carries it, otherwise, i'd be real pissed :f***:

1-0 Chelsea.

Lampard.(H)

I work on Wednesday, won't be able to watch the match. :|(Y)

Anyway, 2-2.

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
I work on Wednesday, won't be able to watch the match. :|(Y)

Anyway, 2-2.

I wouln't go and then just look for another job :crazyboy:

3-2 Chelsea

Lampard, Gudjohnsen 2
Henry, Cole

2 - 0 Chelsea

i dint want to see this fixture at all

should of been better

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
3-2 Chelsea

Lampard, Gudjohnsen 2
Henry, Cole

Who stole Bobby's account?:o

lol.:crazyboy: :ewan:

heh, we'll lose away. Then win 1-0 at THOF.

2-1 Arsenal. Again.
Reyes x2. Again.
Gudjohnsen. Again.

1-0 Chelsea

Terry.

Oh man Chelsea - Arsenal then Arsenal- Man U. This must be soccer heaven.

Arsenal 3- Chelsea 1.

Henry
Henry
Henry
Hasselbaink

2-1 Arsenal as usual
Chelsea gets first goal from Lampard
Arsenal comes back through Henry and Pires

My lineup:

Lehmann, Stack, Taylor, Shaaban
Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cole
Ljungberg, Edu, Vieira, Pires
Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu, Reyes

4 banks of 4.

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
3-2 Chelsea

Lampard, Gudjohnsen 2
Henry, Cole
that'd actually be a good result for Arsenal.

Im seeing that since it's on national tv in Finland too, it will be boring and we will see one goal at the max. :mrpimp:

lets go blues! :D

Will this be EPL or CL style? Bigger things are on the line here so CL I think. Scrappy.

Yea Ranieri will play defensive like he did against suttgart. But this aint stuttgart so I think Arsenal will pull off a 2-0. Henry and Pires to score.

I dont think Ranieri will be that defensive. He knows Arsenal can cut open defenses a lot better than stuttgart.

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
My lineup:

Lehmann, Stack, Taylor, Shaaban
Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cole
Ljungberg, Edu, Vieira, Pires
Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu, Reyes

4 banks of 4.

unbeatable:rockman:

3-1 arsenal

lauren henry pires

duff

Duff is the main threat, Freddie and Ralph need to be on the top of their games.

I wonder if Arsene Wenger has given any thoughts to playing both wingbacks in midfield and using Pires upfront with Henry, especially as both Chelsea wingers are on form.

Therefore a team like this, just for the away match.

---------------------Henry--------------------------
-------------------Pires-----------------------------
Cole--------Edu-----------Vieira-------------Lauren
Clichy-------Cygan-------Campbell-----------Toure.



Don't know what you guys think, but I think that team would be solid defensively, and Arsenal have to take this game as a typical away CL game tactically and keep the opposition from scoring.

He'd never make such a drastic, untried change before such a big game.

Barring injuries, I'd expect:

--------------------Lehmann---------------------
-Lauren------Campbell-----Toure------Cole-
-Ljungberg---Gilberto--Vieira--------Pires--
-----------------Henry-Bergkamp--------------

Edu for Gilberto and Reyes for Bergkamp for the second leg.

I agree, but I don't think many people think Ljungberg can cope with Duff, and Jesper has burned Cole on many occasions.

What's his plan to counteract that?

Wenger may not be personally arrogant, but his tactics are, he tends to believe that teams should be concerned about Arsenal's attack rather than vice versa.

i think we'll draw or lose this leg and hit them back on the 2nd leg.
but i want to be optimistic.

2-0 to us.
Le Bob and Paddy.

we own these

i cant predict this game as arsenal have won the 3 past ones this season and these games might go either way now

Originally posted by renege
I agree, but I don't think many people think Ljungberg can cope with Duff, and Jesper has burned Cole on many occasions.

What's his plan to counteract that?

Wenger may not be personally arrogant, but his tactics are, he tends to believe that teams should be concerned about Arsenal's attack rather than vice versa.

Thats pretty dumb considering that chelsea havent beaten arsenal for ages, should we play a 9 - 1 formation just to deal with jesper who has actually played on the left side for chelsea in recent games against arsenal so what games was he burning cole?. Duff is obviously so good that no one can cope with him, so who do we put in then,and btw isnt it lauren a defender that'll be dealing with him mostly? Just have another pop at arsenal for having a pop sake, and move on.

You can disagree without the insults dude. I am not fighting you.
Make your points, it's not Oxford vs Cambridge.

Gronkjaer never crosses though. According to Rob he might be the only winger who doesn't cross.

Of course with Duff back it makes it very much more interesting, but I have to disagree with you about Freddie - he's the best out of the front four when it comes to defence and commitment. And he's got the pace to keep up with Duff. Lauren doesn't.

Arsenal will win both matches :rolleyes: and win the whole CL (H)

Originally posted by $teauA
Are you kidding me the game is 4 days away and I cant ******* wait ESPN2 is showing it and I think that my Chelsea will finally beat Arsenal (H), it will be 1-0 Duff to score in the 13th minute (H), I think that Arsenal will dominate but they will have one of those days when you just can't score you know like goals disallowed and hitting the post, amazing saves etc...

Shoot........:mrpimp:


i thought chelsea was owned by roman?
anyways chelsea to finally win 2-0
crespo
ranieri(60 meter blinder)

Originally posted by VanTheMan

ranieri(60 meter blinder)

:rofl:

I've noticed during the season that Arsenal's biggest weakness is Jens Lehmann. He has a tendancy to punch and rush out for corners and crosses, etc. Bolton took advantage of this, thus feeding plenty of crosses into the Arsenal box. Most teams have noticed this weakness but haven't been very lucky in exploiting it.

Basically Chelsea need to get as many crosses into the box as possible.

The Arsenal forwards are very reliant on threw balls and neat passes from the mid-field. If Chelsea can stop the Arsenal mid-field from playing then i think they have a decent chance of winning.

Originally posted by VanTheMan

ranieri(60 meter blinder)
:o

Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal
Duff

Originally posted by Frostwolf
Gronkjaer never crosses though. According to Rob he might be the only winger who doesn't cross.

Of course with Duff back it makes it very much more interesting, but I have to disagree with you about Freddie - he's the best out of the front four when it comes to defence and commitment. And he's got the pace to keep up with Duff. Lauren doesn't. Gronkjaer, oh man.

He is a left winger I swear. :crazyboy:

Only time he has ever crossed is on his left foot playing on the left. No joke.

Originally posted by Frostwolf
Gronkjaer never crosses though. According to Rob he might be the only winger who doesn't cross.

Of course with Duff back it makes it very much more interesting, but I have to disagree with you about Freddie - he's the best out of the front four when it comes to defence and commitment. And he's got the pace to keep up with Duff. Lauren doesn't. Gronkjaer, oh man.

He is a left winger I swear. :crazyboy:

Only time he has ever crossed is on his left foot playing on the left. No joke.

Claudio Ranieri has confirmed that Marco Ambrosio will continue in goal for Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final first leg clash with Arsenal.

The Italian goalkeeper, who arrived at Stamford Bridge from Chievo last summer, has played in the Blues' last two Premiership matches and retains his place against the Gunners.

Compatriot Carlo Cudicini (broken hand) and Scottish stopper Neil Sullivan (bruised leg) are both injured.

Dutch striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Meanwhile Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp is poised to make his first start in a Champions League away game for 13 months at Stamford Bridge.

Bergkamp, who does not fly, is expected to partner Thierry Henry up front, with Jose Reyes on the bench against Chelsea.

Otherwise, manager Arsene Wenger is still without Sylvain Wiltord and Ray Parlour, while Jeremie Aliadiere is not yet quite back in contention after a thigh injury, but Martin Keown is back in the squad.

Chelsea (from): Ambrosio, Melchiot, Terry, Gallas, Desailly, Huth, Bridge, Babayaro, Lampard, Makelele, Parker, Geremi, Cole, Gronkjaer, Duff, Crespo, Gudjohnsen, Mutu, Sullivan.

Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Stack, Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cygan, Keown, Cole, Clichy, Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Edu, Pires, Ljungberg, Reyes, Bentley, Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3563427.stm

Wenger's plea to referee

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has pleaded with referee Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez not to ruin their Champions League game against Chelsea.

Wenger thinks the Spaniard will over-react to the physical nature of the contest and book several players.

"For people to enjoy watching, it must be fluent as that is what they are used to in England," said Wenger.

"Should 40,000 fans and 22 players have to adapt to the referee or the reverse? But it may take him a while to adapt."

He added: "It will be a Premiership-style game but with an invited referee.

"He may be surprised by some of the challenges in the game that are normal in the Premiership."

.....................

========================


This is the CL, Arsene. Think you can change the officals mindset to call it like an EPL game? :brow: :p

This is my lineup. BBC sugests Geremi instead of Parker.

I have a feeling Terry will score from a header ;)

*bump* almost time for the big game !

ahhh

can't wait for tonight :)

Don't care who wins. hoping for loads of goals and a quality European encounter.
(H)

Chelsea 0 vs 2 Arsenal

Pires, Bergkamp:rockman:

Gunnerz got nothin to loose. To be honest its an ashley-cole miracle:D we still in it.

Chelsea...
You're just a **** team in Fulham...
You're just a **** team in Fulham...
You're just a **** team in Fulham...

COME ON YOU GOONERS!!!!!!

(H)

Originally posted by Frostwolf
Gronkjaer never crosses though. According to Rob he might be the only winger who doesn't cross.

Of course with Duff back it makes it very much more interesting, but I have to disagree with you about Freddie - he's the best out of the front four when it comes to defence and commitment. And he's got the pace to keep up with Duff. Lauren doesn't.

Gronkjaer do crosses the ball or he tries to lol this guy can't pass for sh!t either, hes a annoying little bastard like that christiano ronaldo guy:mrpimp: (H)

i stayed home from school today and missed a track meet so chelsea better win for me

I'm going for a Chelsea win.

**** this, I'm going into work late just to watch this match. (H)

Here we go...C'MON YOU GUNNERS!

Don't know if this was mentioned earlier, but Roman will give a bonus prize to all Chelsea players if they knock out Arsenal out of the CL. :p

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?postid=1167007http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?postid=1167009

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
Don't know if this was mentioned earlier, but Roman will give a bonus prize to all Chelsea players if they knock out Arsenal out of the CL. :p FREE HOUSE FOR ALL!


Expect Joe Cole =D

There is just no space at all, every player that touches the ball gets closed down so quickly, not great viewing at the moment:p

Originally posted by Frostwolf
Gronkjaer never crosses though. According to Rob he might be the only winger who doesn't cross.




cough Boa Morte cough

0-0 at half time. Not the prettiest match, and no clear chances yet.

Chelsea dominated most of the half with some nice attacking but they didn't create many chances all in all the defenses were very good from both teams. CMON Chelsea :rockman:

Pretty dull game imo.:confused:

Best player so far has been Wayne Bridge.:hump:

hopefully it'll open up a bit in the 2nd half

Looks like it will...

Goal for Chelsea, where was the keeper, Gudjohnson, took it nicely

Goal Chelsea!!!

Gudjohnson with great hustle. I thought his ball was going to curl wide!

Gudjohnsen charges down Lehmann's attempted clearance and scores. Quite similar to Viduka's goal earlier this season.

Lehmann came out(out of his box) to kick it, but Eidur was too close and it ended up hitting Eidur, then Gudjohnsen chased the ball and did a nice finish on an open goal.

I personally would blaim the CB's for that, where were they?.

lmao @ Lemon.:funny:

Lehmann was just :|

Looks like Chelsea has the better chances to score again

Chelsea attacking vigorously now. The game's finally picking up.

Lehmann did a "barthez" (H) :crazyboy:

If I were Chelsea I will ******* play 10 defenders from now on.

YEEEEEEEEEES!

hmmm we will win 2-1 now

Goal Pires

I reckon Arse will in 2-0 in the second leg to make another 2-1 comeback victory.

BOB!

Pires....1-1....

**** Pires.:(

Arsenal ties.

A header from Robert Pires

1-1

Originally posted by ryan_goal
I reckon Arse will in 2-0 in the second leg to make another 2-1 comeback victory.

crap, Pires' goal ruins my fantasy prediction.


Originally posted by ryan_goal
If I were Chelsea I will ******* play 10 defenders from now on.

See what I freaking told you:kader:

damn, Arsenal does this to Chelsea every time!

LE BOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(H)

:rockman:

I suspect we'll see Jose for Dennis at about 70'. Adds fresh legs and gives the Chel$ki ****s somebody else to worry about.

Originally posted by illafied
damn, Arsenal does this to Chelsea every time!
I would of thought Chelsea learnt not to keep their hopes up!
(H)

Reyes on for Ljungberg.:)

Pires does pretty good at defending.

haha smooth move Desailly

LOL Desiale just slaped the ball out of Lehmans hand HAHAHAHAHHA he got a yellow.

Desailly's stupid play against Lehmann now costs him with his second yellow.

Desailly sent off, definite second yellow card for tackle on Vieira

Desiale 2nd yellow and for a bad tackle his out. Thats his red.

Arsenal 1 man up now.

hahahahaha
for MORON!!!!
fvking asshole.....
there you have..., youre so smart?

at this point i have to highlight Toure as the best player on the field

big time bottlers:kader:

???
:confused:
What are you on about?

Chelsea should start all of their big money signings for the next leg and make them prove their worth.

They did?

finished
:D

1-1. Second half was better than the first

1-1 FT

Arsenal to win at home in 2nd leg.:)

I'll take this result. An away scoring draw, with Henry a near non-factor. (Y)

Lehmann doesn't look on-form, his performance vs Bolton and Chelsea werent up to his standard.

Many individual mistakes by him in both matches, I hope Manchester United can take advantage of that on Sunday.

It's not the end of the world for Chelsea. They just have to try and shut out Arsenal and score at least one goal at Highbury, which will be very difficult.

I feel sorry for Ranieri.:(

Chelsea are royally screwed now they have to get a 2-2 or 3-3 or something like that or win @ Arsenal which just seems impossible for them I think that it will be 2-2 and Chelsea will go through without beating Arsenal :D.

Good 2nd half from both teams, although I thought Chelsea would get more then 1 with the way they started in the half. :crazyboy:

Originally posted by shokz
Lehmann doesn't look on-form, his performance vs Bolton and Chelsea werent up to his standard.

Many individual mistakes by him in both matches, I hope Manchester United can take advantage of that on Sunday.

I agree, his not been that good.:kader:

Beating Arsenal at their home is almost imposible, and i still think Arsenal will go through.

not the most entertaining match by any means. but a decent result, we need to score two goals at home to really feel secure, i think.
the chelsea goal wasn't lehmann's fault, it was gudjohnsen's bravery.
nice header by bob, never expected anything to happen there.

Stack for goalkeeper this weekend.

Thank God for Pires (H)

Lemon and complacency are the only Arsenal weaknesses. In every other way they are damn unstoppable.

Arsenal is so much more creative and effecient on attack. I don't think Chelsea is good enough to beat them. Not this season anyway.

PIRES IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockman: :rockman:

Toure and Bridge were mos def the best players in that match

i thought Edu and Vieira played superb today, winning most of the tackles they put in.
Bridge and Duff were good as well.

i should say: Toure had a great match
Pires having a normal match according to him played almost as well as Toure...

No one can beat the gunners:rockman:

sounds like it was a good match

It will set up another great game at Highbury:mrpimp:

I dont think its impossible for them,cos we'll concede at home, im pretty certain of that,but we are at home so.......but we definately shouldnt take anything for granted

Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal - 7mb - Windows Media Player 9 Needed (http://www.shokz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chelsea-arsenal.zip)

Hahahaha!! I'm watching Arsene talking to Sky Sports, he's literally nearly lost his voice from all that shouting. :rofl:

ditched a test to watch the 2nd half... it was quite something...
thanks shokz u are the man

Next leg:

1-0 Arsenal

Pascal Cygan in stoppage

Backheel assist from Keown.

good game that was.

Cheers Shokz for the videos !!

I was very unlucky this evening ... flucking from SkySports 2 to Xtra, I only saw 2 goals like (out of 8). :(

any chance of the Real Monaco goals aswell ? :p

Backheel from Keown to Parlour, Parlour to shoot and get it on-target, Cygan to get rebound. :mrpimp:

Lemon was a bit unlucky when Arsenal conceded the goal. The CBs should've cleared the ball, they didn't and then he came out of his box too late. :S

I just think Lemon get's "flustered" too easy. He acts like he has ants in his pants when a striker gets in his face

Not all Lemons fualt tho...was complacency on the CB's part too. Arsenals back line can do a bit of ball watching and lazy back passes from time to time.

Originally posted by ShearerM4
good game that was.

Cheers Shokz for the videos !!

I was very unlucky this evening ... flucking from SkySports 2 to Xtra, I only saw 2 goals like (out of 8). :(

any chance of the Real Monaco goals aswell ? :p

Uploading them now actually. :ewan:

Link will be up in the Madrid/Monaco thread in about 5 minutes.

I always watch the game which is on either Sky Sports 1 or 2, because the goals from Sky Sports Xtra are always shown after at around 10:00pm GMT so i dont miss anything since the scum at ITV don't do highlights on Wednesdays.

Thanks for the highlights Shockz....

Wonder why Lehmann ventured so far out of his box, he definately paid for that though luckily Pires can also score with his head...

Next game in Highbury and I think Arsenal should be able to win that game and go through...

Decent match from both teams. Vieira vs. Makalele was awesome.
Both teams had trouble breaking through the good defenses.

Still all to play for.

all to play for? 0-0 sends Arsenal through..!

but then again 2-2 doesnt

exactly. 1 away goal is important, but its not a big advantage when its a 1-1 draw.

advantage arsenal, but they have to be careful for the return leg

Chelsea ain 't goina score 2 goals against Arsenal if Abramovich said that two goals would save Raneiri his job. Arsenal has a clear cut edge!

Originally posted by chatterbox
Chelsea ain 't goina score 2 goals against Arsenal if Abramovich said that two goals would save Raneiri his job.


Are you Miss Cleo?:confused:

no I am me !:( I knmow it sucks to be me but I am me and that is too bad for those that refuse to accept that

Well me is just sharing their opinion, and shouldnt think its the only good opinion. Other me's hate me's like that.
:p

Is reyes playing next game?? I hope he does!! ;) Wenger should think about it.
Are the rumors of Ljungberg going to madrid true..?? Thats terrible!

The reports saying he was moving used real quote of his...only that the quotes were 2 years old

Chelsea's goal
http://www.as.com/futbol/imagenes/capturas/2004/marzo/24/7.jpg http://www.as.com/futbol/imagenes/capturas/2004/marzo/24/8.jpg http://www.as.com/futbol/imagenes/capturas/2004/marzo/24/9.jpg

Arenal's goal

http://www.as.com/futbol/imagenes/capturas/2004/marzo/24/10.jpg http://www.as.com/futbol/imagenes/capturas/2004/marzo/24/11.jpg

Originally posted by shokz
Hahahaha!! I'm watching Arsene talking to Sky Sports, he's literally nearly lost his voice from all that shouting. :rofl:

Hahaha, yeah! Also, I think he was eating on some Halls (http://www.diabetesstore.com/images/products/p_halls_mntn.jpg) for his throat.

Is it just me, or is Michelle Lissel really a hottie? :rockman:

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
Is it just me, or is Michelle Lissel really a hottie? :rockman:

OH Yeah

I'd bend that over in a heartbeat :rockman:

:crazyboy:

Originally posted by manutd4eva
Are you Miss Cleo?:confused:

he might not be phsycic, but his predictions are ALOT better than urs

Originally posted by Eng4WorldCup
he might not be phsycic, but his predictions are ALOT better than urs

Well I'm not phsycic either......

Me and Rob are.

Kenny Miller (H)

Good match, definitely worth seeing, especially if you are used to Arsenal scoring 3-4 goals per game. It was fun seeing their attack shut down by Chelsea and their excellent midfielders, Lampard and Makelele, dropping back to support. Too bad there was no fighting, I guess there will be in the 2nd leg, Lampard doesn't take **** from noone.

PS - Parker is good, but far too hesitant.

I am happy with the result. Chelsea kept Henry quiet and played a high defensive, high pressure game.

Not the best home performance but I think Chelsea's superior away record in the Champions League will see Chelsea through to play Real Madrid in the Semi Finals.

The Only Thing is that you guys will have to beat us at home to go through which could be difficult for you boys in blue. It should be a good game though and hopefully SBS show it live

yeh well its Arsenal undefeated in 17 matches vs. Chelsea against Chelsea's awesome away form.

Parker was a little over his head for some reason. He looked nervous, and made some bad passes that broke up a lot of possession.

Somehow, I doubt Chelsea will be able to shut down Henry twice in a row.

Aliadiere should play

You serious, Bobby? :confused:

Originally posted by Voltaic Borusse
Is it just me, or is Michelle Lissel really a hottie? :rockman:

is that the chick on sky sports news? she's hot...

unf:hump:

Originally posted by bjmenge
You serious, Bobby? :confused:

Yes

He tires them out, and Henry comes in for the kill.

Originally posted by bjmenge
Somehow, I doubt Chelsea will be able to shut down Henry twice in a row.

hmm well its been done 3 times ina row allready....

;)

Pitty they cant do the same to Arsenals other 10 players

Keep Titi out and in steps Bobby.

chelsea had hteir chances after their goal.but arsenal are too deadly on the break and grabbed an important goal.
the pendulum swings in arsenal's way.
desailly was a dumb-a**

Originally posted by northstar
hmm well its been done 3 times ina row allready....

;)

Henry doesn't have to score to inflict damage;)

arsenal just did the job today, tiredness was definatley a factor, hopefully, pires and viera can get a rest soon, but we need parlour back for that to happen