Pre-season: SC Columbia v Arsenal [R] Pre/Dur/Post Match Discussion

[kanonier]

SC Columbia v Arsenal
Tuesday, July 21 2009

17:30 GMT // 12:30 EST


Well, the Austrian tour is underway and we're set to face SC Columbia tomorrow afternoon (not Columbia, SC -- that's a state capitol). I'm not positive on the time zones here -- I'm assuming Arsenal.com posted the GMT time (1730) and if that's correct then the game is indeed on at 12:30 tomorrow.

No squads announced as of yet. Maybe later today.

[phishy]

id go with 12:30 eastern.

[kanonier]

id go with 12:30 eastern.

err, yeah. math fail. fixed.

[Hyuuga Neji]

I'll go with 8-0.

[Rewinder]

With teams like Wolfsburg and Villareal racking up wins of 32-0 and 27-0, I'd say we should aim for 50-0.

[phishy]

so i guess we have a select XI playing lincoln city today?

ARSENAL

Who they play: July 18 v Barnet (a), July 20 XI v Lincoln C (a), July 21 v SC Columbia (Vienna), July 27 v Szombathely Haladas (Hungary), July 28 XI v Maidenhead (a), July 29 v Hannover 96 (a), Aug 1 v Atletico Madrid (h), Aug 2 v Rangers (h), Aug 4 XI v Boreham Wood (a), Aug 8 v Valencia (a).


just saw it come up on livescore.com.. weird..

[Hyuuga Neji]

so i guess we have a select XI playing lincoln city today?

ARSENAL

Who they play: July 18 v Barnet (a), July 20 XI v Lincoln C (a), July 21 v SC Columbia (Vienna), July 27 v Szombathely Haladas (Hungary), July 28 XI v Maidenhead (a), July 29 v Hannover 96 (a), Aug 1 v Atletico Madrid (h), Aug 2 v Rangers (h), Aug 4 XI v Boreham Wood (a), Aug 8 v Valencia (a).


just saw it come up on livescore.com.. weird..
I was wondering when this was...

On Arsenal.com, they have the squad listing for this game. It's all the youth team players.

[phishy]

I was wondering when this was...

On Arsenal.com, they have the squad listing for this game. It's all the youth team players.

cool, i found a stream. (not on atvo for some reason).

will only work an hour or so today and come home to check it out.

[kanonier]

cool, i found a stream. (not on atvo for some reason).

will only work an hour or so today and come home to check it out.

where'd you find the stream?

[the new era]

cool, i found a stream. (not on atvo for some reason).

will only work an hour or so today and come home to check it out.

how about you post the stream

[phishy]

I'm on my iPhone just now.. Will post it when I get back to the house.

[gunner0007]

Well this is going to be a boring match to watch....

JAMES SHEA
SEAN McDERMOTT
DANIEL BOATENG
LUKE AYLING
IGNASI MIQUEL
TOM CRUISE
OGUZHAN OZYAKUP
CONOR HENDERSON
NACER BARAZITE
FRANCIS COQUELIN
JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS
GILLES SUNU
SANCHEZ WATT
RHEMA OBED
LUKE FREEMAN
JAY SIMPSON

[kanonier]

^^ Maybe we should make a separate thread for the Youth game against Lincoln City if we're going to discuss it a bunch. Otherwise this could get confusing.


Some interesting facts about SC Columbia:

- SC Columbia are an amateur team with no professional or semi-professionals in the squad.
- They currently compete in Austrian’s Fourth Division.
- Their most prominent player is 44-year-old fee-kick specialist Julius Simon. He scored 10 goals last season and has 23 caps for Slovakia
- Manager Franz Maresch took the helm two years ago after spending time playing for the club. The former-professional striker, 37 (7 years younger than their best player!), used to ply his trade in the Austrian Premier League.

[SLO-Gunner]

Well this is going to be a boring match to watch....

JAMES SHEA
SEAN McDERMOTT
DANIEL BOATENG
LUKE AYLING
IGNASI MIQUEL
TOM CRUISE
OGUZHAN OZYAKUP
CONOR HENDERSON
NACER BARAZITE
FRANCIS COQUELIN
JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS
GILLES SUNU
SANCHEZ WATT
RHEMA OBED
LUKE FREEMAN
JAY SIMPSON


Tom Cruise pre- or post-Oprah couch jumper?

[DougG_ATL]

It doesn't mean much in the immediate, but this is a great chance for the kids to impress Le Boss. Several of these guys might be pulled up to the first team in 2-3 seasons...

[gunner0007]

Oh ok, makes sense why we didnt field any 1rst teamers in this ame then. Although Wenger said that this game would have more first team players for some reason.

^^ Maybe we should make a separate thread for the Youth game against Lincoln City if we're going to discuss it a bunch. Otherwise this could get confusing.


Some interesting facts about SC Columbia:

- SC Columbia are an amateur team with no professional or semi-professionals in the squad.
- They currently compete in Austrian’s Fourth Division.
- Their most prominent player is 44-year-old fee-kick specialist Julius Simon. He scored 10 goals last season and has 23 caps for Slovakia
- Manager Franz Maresch took the helm two years ago after spending time playing for the club. The former-professional striker, 37 (7 years younger than their best player!), used to ply his trade in the Austrian Premier League.

[Scally]

Well this is going to be a boring match to watch....

JAMES SHEA
SEAN McDERMOTT
DANIEL BOATENG
LUKE AYLING
IGNASI MIQUEL
TOM CRUISE
OGUZHAN OZYAKUP
CONOR HENDERSON
NACER BARAZITE
FRANCIS COQUELIN
JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS
GILLES SUNU
SANCHEZ WATT
RHEMA OBED
LUKE FREEMAN
JAY SIMPSON

I guess this means that Barazite isnt in Austria. I thought Arsene might have taken another good look at him before deciding where he goes for next season. Im guessing Frimpong is gone, thought Ayling had an outside chance after his brilliant 2nd half on Sat. We are stacked there tho... I wonder if Bartley is gone or if he is injured considering he wasnt in the first squad.

[Hyuuga Neji]

Via Young Guns,

Arsenal 3- Lincoln City 2

Sunu, JET, and Ayling the goalscorers.

[eptgooner]

Well whatever squad is on the pitch tomorrow I hope they win! Its my 23rd bday so hoping for a good day with a few goals from our youngsters!

[cashflow]

I expect to see a very strong team for this game, hope to see Eduardo get some action aswell.

I do feel our squad is much stronger than this time last year even though we have lost Adebayor, we gained two in Eduardo & Rosicky + now we have Arshavin. So our attacking options have much more depth.

Young prospects like Wilshere & Ramsey should be around the squad but we shouldnt be depending too much on them at these ages, both of their positions have good cover now.