highlights of arsenal-barcelona.

in case you missed any of last night...

what a brilliant night for gooners everywhere.

it's been a while...

...but i've got a bit of time on my hands, and may as well discuss the subject at hand at the moment. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

my and my closest gooner friend [i myself am an arsenal fan] trekked down to a london pub to watch the spurs match - to make up for the fact that he's otherwise engaged for tonight's clash against barcelona. it was truly unique : the first time that we've ventured to a public venue to watch tottenham play, without being taken there by a spurs fan. we felt as if we were in some form of 'gorillas in the mist' style documentary.

before any hotspur fans click away and stop reading, this won't just be a massive rant about your lot...just a tiny little snapshot of the ones that surrounded us. we has a real variety; old boys who had been supporting since the days of ardiles, young lads who have endured some awful lows and great highs in the last few years - and then the middle aged fans. some were ok, but there was one in particular who was of interest.

primark pleather coat, barcelona shirt on, loud and obnoxious. everything you could want from a parody of your local rivals' fans. he was responsible for most of the documentation which we scuppered together, which can be observed at the bottom of this page. i won't dwell on the result or performance, as it would pain me to - however if any spurs fans who enjoy blogging are reading this, feel free to request to represent the other side of north london on the blog.

WELL DONE SPURS. there.

tonight is the next hurdle...i don't know why i started writing this now, as i have very little to say on the matter. i'm pessimistic to say the least, and hope that the game is great to watch, and not one sided. not too bothered about progressing, purely because we are facing the best team in the world - and last year we went all out against them : and in the process we ensured our squad was down to it's bare bones and dropped away in the league, and even FA cup.

i can only hope for what would seem to be a miracle, and have Arsenal win 5-0. in reality it's likely the reverse could be true, as we have a dodgy defence at best, with Sebastien 'Suspect' Squillaci likely to play. a defender who has shown nothing but shades of averageness. he may not fit the aesthetic qualities, but i fear that in him we've spent £4-5m on the role which seems to constantly be fulfilled in any arsenal squad. the role which has been filled by luzhny, cygan, senderos, silvestre and now squillaci.

nasri is in the squad, but in my opinion shouldn't be risked unless it's got to 60 minutes and we're less than 2-0 down, otherwise accept the fate and concentrate on keeping the league form up. what i'm spouting isn't gospel, and is probably fraught with holes : but i'd rather see us go hammer and tongs at the league.

anyway, i've grown sad at the prospect of the match tonight - i'll leave you with the ramblings of spurs fans, documented by @jjdinosaur