Already in a fairly comfortable position, but progressing through with two games to spare would be fantastic for squad players to get some minutes!
If we then go and beat Lens at home in MD5 we qualify top, makes the last match even better of an option for our squad players.
Priceless 3 points on the road considering our record in Spain
We top the group Newcastle top theirs and we end up with psg anyway 😂 in all seriousness I don’t really care top or second just want to get into the next round
I mean, if Newcastle can spank PSG then there’s no reason we can’t do the same?
Even if PSV beat Lens, we’d still have a 4 point cushion to 2nd if we beat Sevilla at home. Win the 5th match and qualify as 1st in the group.
Lens is falling off thw moment they leave their homes stadium. They are not beating Arsenal and PSV. Good riddance to them.
Lens won a point away at Sevilla mate. It is very hard place to go to, Real Madrid also got only a point just last weekend.
No we don’t, maths is wrong
We’d be 7 points ahead off the bottom two with 2 games to go?
All the other teams did us a huge favour by drawing every game that didn’t involve us.
If only we followed that status quo against lens! Even a point would have given us a healthy gap
Just win the two home games and we top the group with a game to spare. For that game we have to give other players some game time.
I want Ramsdale to start a UCL game, he worked hard for it last season and deserves to play
Maybe vs RC Lens at home. PSV away is gonna be hell
Psv away is the last game and if we win the two home games before it then it won’t matter at all
Doesn’t he thrive in those tense away matches
Depends if PSV are going to play gung ho football again
Rams is a world class goalkeeper, I believe that he will give us his best regardless which game he starts
You want that to happen for “some rotation”, I want it to happen for TOTAL rotation
Look up Wenger’s GW6 squads in 2009, 2010 and I believe 2012. We gave some Hale End kids their only ever minutes for us in CL GW6s as we had already topped the group - most of those kids were playing non-league 2 seasons later
Nwarni!!!
As a PSV/Arsenal fan I’m all for this scenario.
How did you become a PSV fan? Are you Dutch? Curious as a PSV fan myself
Ik kom uit Eindhoven idd ;)
Let’s first win those games
We need to be top of the group
I don’t really think it matters much. There are good teams that will come second and worse teams thy will top their group. On paper there are very few teams that should beat us or even be able to give us a game. I’d say there is no one we can draw where we should be expecting to be knocked out.
Our progression through to the quarter finals will come purely down to us.
How are there comments like this after nearly a decade out of CL.
Stop fuckin getting ahead of ourselves so that we hit panic mode the second things don’t reach our ridiculous expectations
Also I don’t know what you think decade means, but its not been nearly a decade. It’s been half a decade.
Because the premier league is a much higher standard than any league in Europe. On paper there less than a handful of teams anywhere in Europe that should be able to beat us.
Somehow bayern will then finish second in theirs
THIS THE ENERGY WE NEED ALL SEASON!
Good. Unfinished business there
Gabriel’s pocket is always ready for Kane
Kane’s got 4 goals and an assist in games against us when Gabriel plays
How many were PKs though
Bayern are able to get penalties too, you know
Clearly missed the point.
Which was what exactly? 2 of the 5 goal contributions were penalties.
Remember when we finished top of our group 2016/17 and then drew Bayern who finished second in their group…
you just know it.
Impossible
I reckon we could take them now
Calma calma, don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
What else are we gonna do
Wait for the chickens to hatch and then count them
Winning at home and clearing the group stages is like minimum requirements with the current squad. Live life a little bit
Yeah, whole lot of if’s here but even with the loss we’re in a good spot. Helps that all other non-Arsenal matches have been draws.
Win as soon as possible and unleash the second squad. Need to rotate to keep players fresh.
Best of both worlds. UCL group stage income. Europa League glory.
I think we can make semi finals at best.
The squad really isnt deep enough to fight for leauge and anything top level.
Maybe a domestic cup run where the other teams dont prioritize.
The lack of a prolific 20g striker, dangerous rotation option for saka and Injury issues with Tomi, Partey, Zinny and now Timber is an issue we have to navigate.
Nah we don’t want that, let PSV beat Lens , a 4 pts cushion at top is much better.
Just need a draw then against Lens for auto top spot
The ideal would be to beat Sevilla and Lens / PSV play out a draw, or a PSV win.
We would be on 9 points with Lens on 6 points and the rest on 2 or we on 9 points with Lens and PSV on 5 and Sevilla on 2. This way a win on match day 5 and we win the group.
Looking evident that Arsenal will go through the group stages. Jan-May is going to be crazy.