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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Dortmund were brilliant but I was mostly watching Arsenal and, as good as Dortmund looked, Arsenal absolutely collapsed tonight. Their defence is an absolute joke. Not taking anything away from Dortmund but it was like the Brazil or Spain meltdown in the WC. It becomes difficult to gauge just how good the opposition are. Dortmund looked great but I'd want to see them against a fit for purpose defence before saying any more.

Ozil was appalling. Either he's the most overrated player out there or he really doesn't want to be at Arsenal. (Tend to believe the latter.) Right now, I think if Pep really does want him, Wenger would sell him in a heartbeat.

But it's the defence. Wenger's been criticised for years for not addressing it and he just won't. He's in love with midfielders, has some ideological objection towards strikers and sees defenders as a necessary evil.

i noticed arsenal's 4-1-4-1 today and wondered if wenger copies pep.

usually it's the younger one who emulates the old master but here i wonder.

maybe they are 2 persons of the same entity, like the holy trinity. don't know if there's a 3rd person somewhere (rodgers?) or if this is more like that myth aristophanes tells in plato's symposium, ha ha ha, the divided halves. anyway, enough metaphysics, the parallels are eery.

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hold on hold on!!!!

BAYERN HAS BENATIA. he just didn't play last weekend and i forgot.

wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

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