Champions League Draw

RealGunner wrote:A bit different from previous years, this draw.

Im not unhappy with the group really. We will Either win it or come 2nd. At home we will probably beat most of them, away it will be hard especially with our poor away record

We need new players, unless by a miracle the team stays healthy all season.

good draw...to keep us in our toes, you don't want things to be too easy like last year then you get complacent.

when you have good teams like marseille and Dortmund...you know you going to have to raise your game.

cant imagine what Olympiakos coach would be thinking

MD1:DORTMUND(AWAY)
MD2:OLYMPIACOS(HOME)
MD3:MARSEILLE(AWAY)
MD4:MARSEILLE(HOME)
MD5:DORTMUND(HOME)
MD6:OLYMPIACOS(AWAY)
should have done job before MD6

1st game at Dourtmond away !! Thats Awesome !!!!!!!

Keep your fingers crossed for me boys, I might be at the Westfalenstadion come Sept 13 night.. and will be hoping that we steal a win there.. 80k stadium.. HUGE!

Out of interest, I've looked at the fixtures before and after our group games:

10th Sep: Swansea (H)
13th Sep: Dortmund (A)
17th Sep: Blackburn (A)

24th Sep: Bolton (H)
28th Sep: Olympiacos (H)
2nd Octo: Tottenham (A)

15th Oct: Sunderland (H)
19th Oct: Marseille (A)
22nd Oct: Stoke (H)

29th Oct: Chelsea (A)
1st Nov: Marseille (H)
5th Nov: West Brom (H)

19th Nov: Norwich (A)
23rd Nov: Dortmund (H)
26th Nov: Fulham (H)

3rd Dec: Wigan (A)
6th Dec: Olympiacos (A)
10th Dec: Everton (H)

All in all, not bad.

that is a bloody difficult group

srigooner wrote:Keep your fingers crossed for me boys, I might be at the Westfalenstadion come Sept 13 night.. and will be hoping that we steal a win there.. 80k stadium.. HUGE!

Good luck man!

srigooner wrote:Keep your fingers crossed for me boys, I might be at the Westfalenstadion come Sept 13 night.. and will be hoping that we steal a win there.. 80k stadium.. HUGE!

Same mate

I'm a bit of a closet Dortmund fan and would follow them regularly. I've been looking to visit the Westfalenstadion recently so this is like a perfect opportunity!

Any idea how a person from outside Germany could buy tickets to the match providing the away tickets are sold out? Thanks!

On the draw, very tough but an exciting group and it will be a big test for us to attempt to beat Marseille, Olympiakos and particularly Dortmund but I expect us to nick 1st in the group. If we pull out more Udinese performances + new signings, we could be well on our way to the last 16.

I think this group is good us.
None of these teams contain much pace or physical presence which for me is a huge bonus. I also like that the other three teams can all beat each other which means 9/10 points will be enough to get through. Dortmund will be the biggest challenge obviously but as long as we get a few players before the window closes we should make it through.

ArsenalWenger wrote:

srigooner wrote:Keep your fingers crossed for me boys, I might be at the Westfalenstadion come Sept 13 night.. and will be hoping that we steal a win there.. 80k stadium.. HUGE!

Same mate

I'm a bit of a closet Dortmund fan and would follow them regularly. I've been looking to visit the Westfalenstadion recently so this is like a perfect opportunity!

Any idea how a person from outside Germany could buy tickets to the match providing the away tickets are sold out? Thanks!

On the draw, very tough but an exciting group and it will be a big test for us to attempt to beat Marseille, Olympiakos and particularly Dortmund but I expect us to nick 1st in the group. If we pull out more Udinese performances + new signings, we could be well on our way to the last 16.

I did the mistake of buying tickets at the stadium in the Köln match and ended up in a home stand.. Had to sit tight

I want to buy the tickets from Arsenal website as a first option, to get into the away stand.. Second option will be to get tickets from Dortmund themselves, through website maybe..

if we cant win a goup with marseille, dortmund,olypiacos how then are we going to win a group with Man Utd,Liverpo,City,Spurs and Chelsea?

this is a test and i think this is the best group in terms of footballing sense

well said ^

lol are we really scared of Marseille? this group isnt that hard. It wont be as boring as last years matches , but to say that we are going to struggle is pure insanity