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December 17, 2010

Marseille.

Arsenal have been drawn Barcelona, purs take on AC Milan and Chelsea will play Copenhagen.

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

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Corea December 17, 2010

wayne - i get your point, mate. but still not convinced ) they haven't had competition for years and they are still successful in the CL.

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CedarsDevil December 17, 2010

Wenger after being thumped in the return leg ' I thought their pitch was too big, we needed 14 players to cover it... I thought tactically we were better but they just had 90% possession and were lucky with their 7 goals, although I thought we created more chances'

King Eric

The wank fest has started mate re the Arse vs Barca.... Game of the decade some are calling it

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wayne December 17, 2010

@corea they've only ever won it 3 times,admittedly twice in the last 4 years but nobody gave inter a chance last year either,i also think this is a very weak la liga compared to other years.not saying gunners will win just saying 0% chance is not right,someone wants to give me 10/1 on arsenal winning over 2 legs i'd take it everyday.

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willierednut December 17, 2010

CedarsDevil - Sounds like the whinger mate, the excuses will be at the ready, when they depart Europe.

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Corea December 17, 2010

wayne - arsenal ain't inter. but who knows. 10/1 how much would you put ? ;)

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wayne December 17, 2010

@corea 50 to win 500 seems like value to me

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Corea December 17, 2010

wayne - it's a risky affair mate lol. i don't bet so for me it's hard to get the whole thing but i wouldn't put 50 on Arsenal even though it's a chance to win 500. of course the bets will be different.

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CedarsDevil December 17, 2010

Willie

I believe that Wenger has a PR agency that writes the crap he spouts after a defeat BEFORE each big game................ lol

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wayne December 17, 2010

@corea if the bookies offered those odds they'd get tons of action on aresnal,i bet horses the only way to win is understanding value which means lots of the time betting against the horse you think should win because its been overbet.same principle look at the prem this year chalk players are getting killed

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Corea December 17, 2010

@wayne - yeah, but i would prefer to stay away from this dark world of betting. )) it's a little world with it's laws.

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wayne December 17, 2010

@corea lol yeah for me it was a misspent youth hard habit to break,not a mug though i have a computer program that breaks races down into feet per second and tracks energy patterns of winners so i hold my own won 8k this year finishing 1st in a handicapping contest.

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willierednut December 17, 2010

CedarsDevil - Yeah mate, Barcelona better get their pitch in perfect condition, or the whinger will be using that as an excuse. Arsenal have regressed since barca knocked them out last season, there style is suited for Barcelona.

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CedarsDevil December 17, 2010

Willie

Not sure Arsenal have a 'style' to note mate.... To me they are like a play station game being played by a 80 year old with no clue....... Great in the middle yet bloody clueless when it comes to end results!

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willierednut December 17, 2010

CedarsDevil - True that. They ain't got no plan b mate, that's for sure.

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MG December 17, 2010

My two pennies worth

Arsenal will beat Barcelona

You heard it first can pay me later - kebabs is the only currency :)

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willierednut December 17, 2010

MG - You're wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wayne December 17, 2010

@MG welcome to the club 2 of us that think barca are not going to walk over arsenal

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wayne December 17, 2010

off topic just read park is done with international football after this tourament,is it me or does alot of utd players quit earlier than most and if it has anything to do with prolonging their utd career.maybe alot of players quit relatively early and i only notice utd players

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Costas December 17, 2010

@wayne

Maybe. It's tough at United. Plus, players like Park, who give 110% in each game, find it hard to compete on so many fronts once they reach 30. Honestly, I wish he had already quit. I hate that we are losing him now.

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wayne December 17, 2010

@costas me to mate he's having his best year with us as alot of us know very underrated

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MG December 17, 2010

willierednut

We'll see then buddy ;)

wayne

Just the two of us mate - stranger things have happened :)

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willierednut December 17, 2010

MG - Can't see an argument for Arsenal winning, but as you say, we'll see in a few months time.

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JAYNANI December 17, 2010

MANCUNIAN BRODAS..ITS MARTIN ATKINSON AT D BRIDGE AGAIN ON SUNDAY..WAT DO Y'ALL TINK?

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willierednut December 17, 2010

MG - What about Barcelona not turning up, literally?

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Doghouse December 17, 2010

I think the guys who haven't written Arsenal off have missed out on the key point. Arsenal want to be Barca. To beat Barca you have to be rock against their scissors, not another pair of scissors that is slower, blunter and made out of tin foil. Arsenal will give Barca space, they will pass the ball about, they will try to score their perfect goals, and Barcelona will do the same. But they'll do it better. I don't think Barca walk on water, but I do know you need to stop them playing to beat them. Wenger doesn't have that option, all he can do is try to outplay them. And Barca won't be outplayed by the likes of Arsenal because the gulf in class is simply so huge.

I don't blame the media for talking this one up though, if Arsenal weren't so poor compared to Barca across the board this would make for an absolutely superb game, almost perfect some might argue, but a lot of the media rate Arsenal too highly and the fact is they are going to get schooled because they are not in the same league. Real Madrid are in the same league and look what happened to them.

United and Chelsea could beat Barca. No question. They can shut teams down and create from scraps. Tottenham could too, less likely of course but they are just seat of the pants enough to be able to fluke it. Arsenal? Never. Barca have the same game as them but they do it better in every area of the pitch. It'd be like Barca playing against their own reserve team.

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willierednut December 17, 2010

I think spurs have a better chance of beating Milan, than Arsenal have of beating Barcelona. The whinger is far too stubborn and as doghouse says, he'll try and out play Barca, that will be their down fall.

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Sherif December 17, 2010

How are Chelsea lucky? They got Inter ( The Champions..) in last seasons round of 16......

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FletchTHEMAN December 17, 2010

Hope Arse beat Barcelona over 2 legs. Don't think it will happen, but I am wishing it to be so. Why you ask? Because of the wank fest that is happening over Barca in FIFA and Europe. It is just embarrassing. Not that I wish Arsenal any sustained success, but in a like for like, I hope they can pull it off.

As for us v Marseille, Bring it on. We should do them to remind heinze of his history, second choice to Evra. Should be a cracking tie over 2 legs. Both sets of fans to sing their hearts out.

F*+k off Heize (to the tune "All the gates of heaven unfold")
Gabby Heize wanted away,
Shipped him off down vermin way.
Now he mops for Marseille,
So behold, uuuuUUUnited will win the day!!!

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willierednut December 17, 2010

FletchTHEMAN - I could stick the Barca wankfest, but it would be unbearable in England if Arsenal won that game. Then again, it would be like the gooners to beat Barca and then go out in the next round.

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FletchTHEMAN December 17, 2010

Williered, Agree about the down sides on this side. But the press will have their wank fest anyway, be it Arse or Barca. As for us, we know we own Arsenal home and away. They can wank all they want. Barca in the finals will always be harder to bear. Would be very happy to dismantle Wenger yet again.

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90+Until We Score December 17, 2010

As much as I would want Arsenal to beat Barca, I would like to face this Barca team.United v/s barca. Rome 09 still makes me feel miserable, it's not that they were the best team and I would really want this victory for Fergie. Carrick may not be in the same league as Iniesta or Xavi, but on his given day you never know.

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MG December 17, 2010

willierednut

Literally then not turning up :)

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King Eric December 17, 2010

Yeah the barca wankfest is a piss take. Don't get me wrong they are a great team but pundits talk like they CANNOT be beaten. Well as we have seen and someone else mentioned they can. Hercules. Rubin kazin. Inter. Anything can happen on any given day in football. Of course they can be beaten just not by arsenal and wenger. Ot fucks me off. United had two consecutive finals and a semi in three years but got fuck all praise. These cunts couldn't break a ten men inter down. On the mail site there is a poll oif top ten teams. They reckon barca is the best ever. United had two. Sixty eight and ninety nine. Some of the abu readers comments were sickening. Saying how many of the treble team could get in the mighty barca team and how we had been lucky to win the finals. Blah blah blah. Bitter cunts. City fans on there still harping on about rome. They would rather united get beat than city actually win anything. Its pathetic.

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Wednesdayx December 18, 2010

Shipped him off down vermin way.
NOW HE MOPS FOR MARSEILLE - Am I the only one who that was hilarious??

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