After the 2-0 defeat to Napoli, Arsenal finish 2nd in their Champions League group. It means we can draw one of 5 teams in the draw next week:
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Bayern Munich
- Atletico Madrid
- PSG
It’s a shame that we had to make it awful for the fans by ensuring we got a draw against one of the lesser lights in European football, but hey, we’ll just have to cope.
arse
Henry on who he wants Arsenal to play in the last 16:
“………………………………………………….”
The great man did state though that the year we got to the final we beat Real and Juventus on the way when no one believed we could.
Theres only one thierry if he did say that every bone in my body blossoms with optimism yet again. Bring on the Barcelona i want Barcelona we will do them!
Atletico are on fire! Pray for PSG..
Here’s a thought, Draw Athletico, buy Diego Costa in January, win the league.
Please, just don’t sign that hairy cunt!
we need a striker to share the burden the Giround
OK, if nobody is gonna do it, I will. Order of preference, from fancy-our-chances to do-not-want:
1. PSG
2. Barça
3. Atletico
4. Real Madrid
5. Bayern
I’d put Atletico 2nd and Barca 3rd but that’s about right
Wholeheartedly agree.
I thought about it. Will Messi be available for this round? If so maybe there’s a case for changing Atletico and Barcelona. I just feel we can beat the current Barça side. Atletico are on an all time high.
as bad as it looked, i think any of these teams will also pray to avoid Arsenal, otherwise; i see a CL final already b4 the actual final. cos its not gonna be easy for them also
Give us Bayern lets beat them at the allianz again
Prince Podolski will pounce!!
Because of how the draw works we actually have more chance of getting Bayern: http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/last-16-cl-draw-odds-arsenal-vs-bayern-man-united-vs-schalke-man-city-vs-dortmund-chelsea-vs-bayer-graphic/
Sod it, there are plenty of teams throughout mainland Europe, Merseyside and even North London who would love to be facing the prospect of those Midweek Clashes.
COYG
The depressing thing is that we could have so easily won tonight and been drawn against Leverkusen, Galataseray, Olympiacos, Zenit or Milan. Poor tactics by Wenger who used defensive substitutions to hold for second place while we had Walcott and Wilshere on the bench to get that goal. Not happy with Arteta either, he does this time and time again and a player of his experience should not be taking such risks. I wanted Wenger to replace him with Ramsey at around the 60th minute, seeing as he got the yellow so early on, just to be safe. But I… Read more »
Sorry for being so depressing, just really pissed off. I guess we have a chance at beating any of those 5 teams and we would have to play a big team anyway if we want to win the damn thing. Hoping we get PSG, if not then I reckon we could beat Real or Barca who look exposed at times while we have one of the best defences in Europe to stop them.
Rightly said. We were very casual in our approach. We have to be aggressive. I wish we had a fierce striker, someone like Robert Lewandowski or players like Ribery or Robben. I think we were hardly anytime in Napoli’s Box. If we want to score, we definitely need a strong striker. I wish we had Ronaldinho. Hats off to Koscheilny and Mertesacker for excellent defensive work, apart from Higuain’s goal they did their job extremely well. Jenkinson was weak link in our squad. He couldn’t even supply a decent cross. We need Sagna, Please Wenger don’t let him go. I… Read more »
I would prefer if we got…oh, wait.
Bring on Barca!
Oof.
To be fair we can hold our own against the big guns, we’ve beaten Dortmund away this year and Bayern away last year.
COYG
i Imagine Real madrid raping us but thats just me i guess.
Oh Your so controversial,Prick.
Rape isn’t a very good word to describe getting beaten in football.
Rape just isn’t a good word – full stop.
Do not use that word here in that context again. Please the comment policy – http://news.arseblog.com/comment-policy/
Not that I give a shit but the fact so many people thumbed that down is a bit sad.
Oh arseblog we love u we really really do
And we lost both ties. 🙁
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
We should have held on for a draw!
To start with we should have scored a goal you know.
And if my auntie had balls she’d be my uncle!
Technically she’d be your Nasri.
Revenge on Bayern, please.
Exactly. Fuck it, bring the toughest sons of bitches there are and if we can beat them, we can beat anyone. If we can’t, we got eliminated in the round of 16 except in the semifinal by the same team.
It was gona be one of these teams at some point if we moved on.. and ya know what, as much as we would love to win UCL this year, this may very well HELP us focus on realistic trophies like the League and FA Cup this year. I think we are still a couple more signings away from a strong UCL run.
I agree, kinda. I feel that if our schedule was equally less hectic than most teams in the CL it’d be fine, but we need several of our rotations to slot in better. I think Jenko is great, but its clear that he was out of his depth yesterday, although arguably not by much. Still, I don’t think we should discount our CL running yet this year, but still, hectic times like this week will come again during the season…
We’re a better side than either PSG or Atletico, and we’ve beaten all the others in games in recent years too. They will all be hoping to avoid the Arsenal.
PSG, probably. Atletico, not sure. Think they are playing better than Real Madrid right now.
Also, I’m sure all of those teams are not happy that two of them will draw us and City in the Round of 16.
Atletico are very strong this year and PSG aint exactly easy but I reckon we could take anyone if we play our best, Bayern are the hardest of those teams and we almost put them out last year. I hope we draw Barca just because beating them would be very pleasing indeed.
Agreed. This is the best time to play Barca in years, I think we’d have a fantastic chance. Bayern would be the worst draw but this is what it’s all about.
So true mate we are the team no one will want to draw but we still shot ourselves in the foot big time
I was right down in the dumps but that picture cheered me right up. Cheers Blogger. Let’s hope we get our bloomin’ act together for City.
The one upside is that the barbaric cunts that are the Napoli fans won’t be seen around North London again for a while. Anything that upsets them is alright in my book. And as for those five shit-storms-we’d have to play them sooner or later so it might as well be sooner. If we go out, we go out, but at least we’ll have the small matter of winning the league and FA Cup to fall back on.
Well they are in the Thursday League now so who knows, there is a certain north London team still playing there.
Get me bayern, no athetico ,no wait Barcelona no PSG, no real madrid….
Get me out of here!
Very pleased to have gotten through, kind of ashamed of all the ‘fans’ slating the team for getting 12 points and getting through a tough group though. Also Arteta only had 2 fouls i believe so it was just poor refereeing rather than bad decision making that got him sent off, give him a break he has been a star player in recent weeks!
Atletico madrid please? oh what the hell, we’r gonna get Bayern…..
And wow, Paul Scholes has let himself go.
It was a terrible game, we got exposed on our weakness…We need Sagna ASAP! Now I am dreading man shitty game
On our day we can beat anyone, and Manchester City are not invincible. I agree it’ll be a test and we may well come off worse, but I think if the team go there with an imperious mindset, we have a shot.
Bingo. We got run over for the first 35-40 minutes by Everton last weekend because it looked like we were still trying to sort out how to do everything in our power to make sure Lukaku didn’t make Jenkison his bitch.
Think the kid will still come good, but he seems to have regressed. Sagna might be our most important player after Giroud right now.
We’ll have to play them eventually, so why wont we start the arsekicking right away?
Bring them on they beat us we concentrate on the league and fa cup we win well and good …bring anyone on
If we cant beat the best, then we dont deserve quarter finals. I just dont want to face bayern, and to some extent barca. But madrid and others dont have us in fear. Atletico are tricky but i am 100% sure we can make it. NO FEAR!
Barca arent that scary anymore. Aging defense, Xavi slowing. Now let’s hope Leo is just getting fit and we got um.
Why not wallcott in the last 20 minutes or sooner. Giroud is ok but limited by lack of pace. January a striker please Wenger
The greater the odds the greater the glory!!! To the hell with all you whimpering fans calling for a soft draw!
I want a glamour tie so bring on Real and Barca!
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/466/680/b0e.gif
Positive Mental Attitude.
Who ever we draw, it’ll be great viewing for us fans and a cracking game.
Here’s to the Quarter Finals and us knocking out Manure 🙂
If we finished top who were our potential opponents?
Rather play these sooner than later. We win=we’re on. We lose=we can concentrate on the league.
thin squad=have to be realistic.
COYG
It does not really matter does it who we face in this : Real – Ronaldo and Chimp. But they are capable of f*cking up if required as seen by their draw to 3rd div team Barcelona – A true enemy. Messi and Neymar. Got 7uP last year and I guess Pique and co will help Bayern – Bayern 0-2 Arsenal. Enough said. PSG – A bunch of expensive individuals bought using Oil Money. Benfica beat them… so can we Atleti – Surprise package of La Liga and UCL. But they had an easy CL group and lack experience. I… Read more »
It’s the Champions League for a reason, of course we’re going to have to play great teams. I for one am thrilled at the prospect of playing football giants, the games will be so exciting (hopefully). Our squad is also getting healthy at the right time.
I wouldn’t mind any of them. Want to win the biggest prize? You got to win against one of the big boys sooner or later. So bring them on. COYG
Bring em on we ain’t scared we got guns and bullet’s we,r going on a bear hunt
sucks for the team that has to face us
Bloggs, love the use of the image of Beaker for this thread. I am sure it refers to the opposition’s sinking feeling once they learn they have to overcome The Arsenal, doesn’t it? ;•)
Of course 😉
Gotta give the guys credit for making it through that group.. Showed character, bring on barcelona.. Our best chance.. N would love to see fabregas and song back in the emirates!
Henry really fucked over Redknapp tonight on Sky Sports! Superb. We’ve beaten all these teams before in recent history….they’ll be shitting themselves if they draw The Arsenal.
Don’t forget that barca Bayern real will be hoping to avoid us as much as we are trying to avoid those three.
NO FEAR. We can hold our own against big clubs now.
http://t.co/CPmU3KdS28 odds on our next opponent. looks like a repeat.
wanna beat bale! BRING ON REAL!
League is the priority, CL is a bonus
Never keen to critique the boss but perhaps it would’ve been prudent to field the “B-squad” (e.g. Bendtner, Walcott and others not expected to start against City) and have them go out and play with the petal down in order to ensure a result. It seems though that AW thought putting out his “A-side” (minus Ramsey) and have them play at half-pace in an effort not to lose by three goals was a sensible strategy. Unfortunately this strategy was less than successful today and as a result, we’ll have more difficult potential opponents than we should’ve had; not to mention… Read more »
Not to sure about that. Wenger has a tendency to choke in big games.
When is the draw for the knockout stages?
December 16th
It isn’t going to be easy, however, to be the best you’ve got to beat the best.
Does it really matter who we draw? On our day we beat any team in the world. On an off day, we can lose to anybody. Up the arse.
Did anyone see Higuain in floods of tears after the game?. Bizarre
He wenger,wanted Napoli to qualified I think..thinking BVB can lost in France..well it didn’t happened,now we pay the price of our displayed!!
Blah, blah, bloody blah! Why whinge about what we could or couldn’t have done. Job A was to qualify, Job B was to avoid injuries and Job C was to avoid over exerting ourselves. We achieved them all. Just how far does anyone think you can go in the CL without playing the big teams? Playing small sides in europe is what the Europa is for!
You are right poldi. If we are to win the cl we meet and beat all of those 5 teams. Who won the cl with out beating those clubs? We are going to get rid of who so ever come across us.if not then let us keep quiet and forget about cl. GUNNERS 4 LIFE
Consequence of not topping the group:
March 15 Tottenham (A)
March 18/19 Bayern/Barca/Real/PSG/Atletico (A)
March 22 Chelsea (A)
3 difficult away games.
the FA surely doesn’t regarding fixture congestion, also the major continental leagues get a winter break.
when will the FA learn…..
Won’t matter as we will stuff them at home in the first leg. Chelski will probably have a new manager and the spuds will probably have another £100 million of average trash struggling to understand one another.
lol, don’t get me wrong, i am not doom and gloom. yeah would have preferred to be top of our group but hey it didn’t happen.
The narrative of us overcoming ‘obstacles’ is just being set… me feels.
here’s hoping its not just going to be a good season for the boys in red and white, but a magnificent one!
* doesn’t help….
Real, Barca great going forward but average when defending. PSG full of ego’s Bayern just lost there invincibility tag last night and Atletico could be stripped a couple of players in the transfer window. It’s not an impossible job!!!!!