EL R16: Arsenal draw Rennes

[Phil71]

Winning this competition and getting back into the CL will be entertainment enough for me.

[Zenith]

Very happy with that draw.

Could have been magnitudes worse.

Dont you want entertaining matches against decent opposition?

I dont understand people wanting easy draws

A lot of strong team are left in the competition and all of the touted favorites drew a team they should be beating.

Napoli, Chelsea, Sevilla, Benfica Inter and Valencia all have relatively generous draws, including us.

I'm not suggesting all of them will progress per definition but it's clear that most of them will, meaning it's only a matter of time before we end up facing one of them.

And then again in the semis and/or final should we manage to make it that far.

What's certain is that we will not be getting the Anderlecht-Sociedad-Ajax anomaly cakewalk United got a few years ago.

[BS221B]

Hard draw considering that they destroyed Real Betis, who was one of the favorites for me this season.

[Highbury Hillbilly]

I'm happy that Inter, Chelsea and Napoli all have moderately decent opposition. Eliminating any of them would improve our odds greatly.

[Sims]

The last time PSG lost a home league game was when Unai was in charge against Rennes and they lost 2-0

[StLGooner]

The last time PSG lost a home league game was when Unai was in charge against Rennes and they lost 2-0

Thanks for the positive and inspiring post Sims!

[Nuggets]

Winning this competition and getting back into the CL will be entertainment enough for me.

Yup that will be enough for me as well.

[Sims]

Ben Arfa was the one who was basically bullying Emery at PSG too and he’s at Rennes

He’s gonna try his hardest

[Zenith]

Niang suspended for the first leg.

First team regulars James Léa Siliki and Rafik Guitane, CM and AM respectively are both injured.

Can't find any information on whether they'll be back in time for the game on March 7th.

[BS221B]

Need to bring back Diaby to settle his business with Ben Arfa once and for all.

[Rockape]

Latest Odds on Sky Bet

Chelsea
7/2
Arsenal
4/1
Napoli
5/1
Sevilla
6/1
Inter Milan
10/1
Valencia
12/1
Benfica
16/1
FC Salzburg
18/1
Eintracht Frankfurt
22/1
Zenit

[Dynamite]

Very happy with that draw.

Could have been magnitudes worse.

Dont you want entertaining matches against decent opposition?

I dont understand people wanting easy draws

A lot of strong team are left in the competition and all of the touted favorites drew a team they should be beating.

Napoli, Chelsea, Sevilla, Benfica Inter and Valencia all have relatively generoous draws, including us.

I'm not suggesting all of them will progress per definition but it's clear that most of them will, meaning it's only a matter of time before we end up facing one of them.

And then again in the semis and/or final should we manage to make it that far.

What's certain is that we will not be getting the Anderlecht-Sociedad-Ajax anomaly cakewalk United got a few years ago.

Frankfurt is the dark horse in this competition no really outstanding player but a good team. They will beat Inter.

[Roycck]

The quality in this competition is awful

We are one of them.

[BexleyGooner]

No lacazette for both legs

[Zenith]

Very happy with that draw.

Could have been magnitudes worse.

Dont you want entertaining matches against decent opposition?

I dont understand people wanting easy draws

A lot of strong team are left in the competition and all of the touted favorites drew a team they should be beating.

Napoli, Chelsea, Sevilla, Benfica Inter and Valencia all have relatively generoous draws, including us.

I'm not suggesting all of them will progress per definition but it's clear that most of them will, meaning it's only a matter of time before we end up facing one of them.

And then again in the semis and/or final should we manage to make it that far.

What's certain is that we will not be getting the Anderlecht-Sociedad-Ajax anomaly cakewalk United got a few years ago.

Frankfurt is the dark horse in this competition no really outstanding player but a good team. They will beat Inter.

Yes considering the fact that Frankfürt are a team full of consistent steady-eddies and Inter are erratic, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Salzburg are a super solid team as well and had a strong case for being dark horses until they drew Napoli today.

I still wouldn't rule Salzburg out completely, but Napoli are favorites to win the competition imo.