UEFA Europa League Final: Chelsea v Arsenal | May 29, 2019 20:00 BST | BT Sport

[Beany]

I'll still be checking out the Azerbaijan carpet museum. Mind you, they could probably fit the entire travelling fan base on the club jetb and get us back in time..

 

[Kingslayer]

 

[GDeep™]

We’ve missed Danny. Top player.

 

[Makingtrax]

This is the standard of squad player we need. One that can come on and make an impact. Not ones that you’d only use if you were plagued with injuries or desperate.

 

[<<reed>>]

The reason I want Arsenal to beat Chelsea:
Expectations: winning a european trophy & getting CL football;
Reality: more memes about Emery bossing the EL yet again.

 

[Football Manager]

Cech in blue

 

[freeglennhelder2]

In 2006 Arsenal played Barcelona in the Champions League final.

Thierry Henry, a man who performed miracles on the pitch with such regularity that they became the norm, missed a sitter (by his standards) that would have put us 2-0 up.

Henry had been heavily linked to Barcelona at the time - up to the point that a pitch invader draped him in a Barcelona shirt in the previous fixture against Villarreal(*). He joined Barcelona the following summer.

Taking all of the the above into account, Petr Cech must be dropped for the Europa League final.

( * - People bleating about unattractive football under Emery need to sit down and watch this game. Hell they should watch every game in this CL campaign, Wenger threw his philosophy out of the window and played a cautious defensive based game with counter attacks, reaping glorious rewards. He completely abandoned the approach the next season)

 

[dashsnow17]

Bullsh*t. Just wear the t-shirts, they should be grateful we're even there in the first place. I'd be embarrassed by this club if it went there and did nothing to support Mkhi, that would just be pathetic. So far most of the players are just saying "oh yeah it's really sad for him, we want to win it for him", instead of "this is a disgrace, we're really angry about this".

 

[Beany]

I read that people are taking Mikhi masks to wear at the game - which sounds about as advisable as turning up with a “Gay Gooners” flag.

Incidentally, I met the bloke who plays Gunnersaurus at a club event the other week (sorry, guys, he’s not actually a dinosaur) - he wasn’t even sure if he was going to the game - perhaps Azerbaijanis are Dinasauric...

Bottom line though - this remains a game of football albeit one played in somewhat absurd and bizarre circumstances, arranged by a monopoly, which has arguably mislaid its moral compass - albeit Football is a business as well as a sport - this is the dichotomy which will always leave the genuine fans at odds with the administrators.

 

[Mo Britain]

In 2006 Arsenal played Barcelona in the Champions League final.

Thierry Henry, a man who performed miracles on the pitch with such regularity that they became the norm, missed a sitter (by his standards) that would have put us 2-0 up.

Henry had been heavily linked to Barcelona at the time - up to the point that a pitch invader draped him in a Barcelona shirt in the previous fixture against Villarreal(*). He joined Barcelona the following summer.

Taking all of the the above into account, Petr Cech must be dropped for the Europa League final.

( * - People bleating about unattractive football under Emery need to sit down and watch this game. Hell they should watch every game in this CL campaign, Wenger threw his philosophy out of the window and played a cautious defensive based game with counter attacks, reaping glorious rewards. He completely abandoned the approach the next season)

As I recall that night, and I'll never forget it all my life, Henry was kicked to bits by Marquez and the other Barcelona thug. That was some welcome.

Ljungberg also missed a sitter. Almunia managed to score an own goal. Were they also linked heavily to Barcelona at the time?

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

As I recall that night, and I'll never forget it all my life, Henry was kicked to bits by Marquez and the other Barcelona thug. That was some welcome.

Ljungberg also missed a sitter. Almunia managed to score an own goal. Were they also linked heavily to Barcelona at the time?

It's always easy to look at something happening and then come to a conclusion using something that is very plausible. In reality you could just as easily find another plausible explanation.

Perfect example, a player plays badly, or in Henry's case misses a sitter, the speculation could have unsettled him. Which is perfectly possible. But then there could be many other plausible explanations. He was unlucky, just a bad day etc.

If i remember rightly Vieira's last kick for us was to tuck away a winning penalty. Surely he must have been unsettled, probably not knowing or in the middle of negotiations at that time. If he missed that kick it would have been easy to say he should never have taken that penalty.

 

[A_G]

@Furious Xhaka is invincible against Chelsea

 

[Aevi]

@Furious Xhaka is invincible against Chelsea

You're gonna jinx it ffs, don't do this to us mate

 

[A_G]

You're gonna jinx it ffs, don't do this to us mate

Come on, it's not like I'm Rex. I broke that streak by predicting a win against Valencia in the semi-final.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

@Furious Xhaka is invincible against Chelsea

Just to be on the safe side. Can someone who is well versed in these matters do a reverse jinx please. Preferably including some stats that show the opposite.

 

[Aevi]

Just to be on the safe side. Can someone who is well versed in these matters do a reverse jinx please. Preferably including some stats that show the opposite.

We lost in our other two European cup finals.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

You're gonna jinx it ffs, don't do this to us mate

@American_Gooner Time to pray to god of many faces and take out my Kylie Jenner voodoo dolls, walk three step back and spit on the ground to undo your jinx. Hurry before full moon shine on 100 virgins and there will be no back from this!

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

We lost in our other two European cup finals.

Hmm, that might be enough to reverse it.

Wait. I see hydrofluoric acid is on the case. Good man. I think disaster have been avoided for now

 

[NZgunner]

my own thoughts are that this game means far more to us that Chelsea - not so much the trophy, but the CL place

although this cuts both ways - we could be more tense and nervous

the uncertainty around Sarri is in our favour, although the Azerbaijani "neutrals" will probably support Chelsea even though HM won't be there

bottom line, if we are properly mentally prepared I think we'll win

 

[freeglennhelder2]

As I recall that night, and I'll never forget it all my life, Henry was kicked to bits by Marquez and the other Barcelona thug. That was some welcome.

Ljungberg also missed a sitter. Almunia managed to score an own goal. Were they also linked heavily to Barcelona at the time?

Don’t recall Freddie’s miss. Have tried to erase the game from my memory TBF. Google returns zero hits on it. The same search for Henry’s miss returns about 45 million hits.

Freddie was a legend, but Henry was a superhuman god. I was already celebrating the goal as he was lining up the shot.