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As an arsenal fan I can tell Vieira is a complete shadow of the guy that was running our midfield in the last 1990's and early 2000's. He is past it, by a quite a bit in fact. Wenger got shot of him because Arsenal never could win the champions league with him. He was OUR midfield when he...

Tacchinardi played at highbury 4 years ago. I don't remember him getting a kick.

As an arsenal fan, and watching the game again, I thought Juve played fairly well and I thought Ibrahamovic was your best attacking player. The way he peeled off to the wings was top quality. It was just at the end of these moves he couldn't quite find the final pass because Toure and co are...

Your are right, with Arsenal there can be sunshine and rain in the same half. It's a very fragile game we play but you have to admit, it's beautiful when it works. Well, I saw Inter and was impressed and also Villareal. It's a knockout competition and I wouldn't take anything for granted. Any...

What does it matter how many games we played in EPL? What's your point? We kicked your ass, obviously you are still bitter about that.

I'm not being biased but I wouldn't read too much into those away defeats. Alot of those games we played well but couldn't score and then the other teams gets goal from nowhere. Sounds like excuse but really, those games have no meaning to the next Juve game. We also played fantastic in...

If Juve get an early goal it will surely test Arsenal's newly found resolve. Arsenal like to pass the ball into the net and If you score early and we are low on confidence, our passing could evaporate and then we could be in trouble. But Arsenal of today, with the fearless Fabregas, do not...

Everything I said before the game was proved correct. Vieira and Emerson will just sit there and contain. Our midfielders could attack because there was not threat from you central midfielders. You could we were so confident before the game. Arsenal, at this moment, are at a different level to...

Don't worry, you are guaranteed one cock-up from Senderos, the man who looks like he has a permanent migraine. He gets better as the game progresses though so best to catch him early. The problem with your midfield is that it's not very fluent so I don't it will really punish us if lose the...

Also, just to say that Robert Pires is starting to purr once again. He probably won't be a great threat ala Henry but he can instigate passing moves that could slice your defence. If he does get a chance to score , 9/10 it's a goal or he makes the keeper work. Our musketeer is coming into form...

Hleb played okay against Chelsea, made a few surging runs. We actually scored a perfectly good goal in that match but it was disallowed, then chelsea scored and we lost confidence. It was always gonna be hard for Hleb to really affect things after that, especially since he was just back from...

Whatever happens, this is going to be a great game. It will be interesting to see what style of play wins over the other. It will also serve to be a great barometer of our progress in recent months. The Real Madrid win will always be viewed somewhat indifferently because no one knows how good or...

Is cheillini the blond guy with the hair? He looks pretty decent. Mutu did score against us a couple of years ago for Chelsea. Good player but he is not a player that is gonna stop us bombing forward. I remember he was just swept away in the second half of that game he scored in. Barely...

When Mutu played for Chelsea he wasn't exactly jet-heeled. He is not slow but whereas Hleb is 8/10 for speed, Mutu is more like a 7/10. Hleb's passing has also dramatically improved. Still, he will probably give away a few passes at some point. Defensively he is decent as well, I would say he...

The reason I am starting to get slightly worried now is that it's clear Juventus are treating us with the utmost respect. Back in 2001-2002 that wasn't the case. With this in mind, we might not get the space i was anticpiating. All things considered, the most important player tomorrow for...

Good points Denco. Basically, I'm thinking outside of AC Milan and maybe Inter and Roma, and Fiorentina with Toni, there isn't many teams in Italy with the quality of player to unsettle Juve and take you out of your admittedly, powerful rythm. When you get in your groove you can be relentless...

That could be your best chance. Arsenal defence tends to be a bit nervy at the start. Nearly every pundit seems to think it will be a mismatch on Tuesday, that's what really winds me up. One newspaper article describes Emerson as "outstanding". What rubbish. He is a decent defensive...

Sol Campbell is not "the man" in our defence, kolo toure is. Campbell was the man about two years ago before dreams of hollywood set in and he started playing like gash. By the way, ive been supporting arsenal since the late 1980's and know stand by my Vieira comments. He is a legend but the...

Mate, that's Patrick Vieira for you. He plays when he feels like it. The reasons you have just mentioned are the reason we sold his ass off to Juve. He thinks he only has to turn up and plays on 2nd gear half the time. Is it motivational problem or is knackered and running out of gas? He...

I'm afraid not mate. The reason Vieira left was because we sold is ass and accepted Juve's offer. How do you know he didn't like Fabregas? Suppose you read it in the The Sun gossip column. I agree Fabregas and Vieira were not a good combo, primarily because Fabregas needs space to be the...