Ozil has missed his last 3 pens on the club level. That's unacceptable.

ETA: We kept getting torched down that right side (well... our left). Whether that was a product of poor defensive work by Monreal, Ozil, et al or a product of being down a man, I'm not sure. I'll let y'all tell me what it is.

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Posted by Stewie Griffin

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Posted on 2/19/14 at 8:04 pm to cwil177

Mesut was awesome early, minus the missed PK.

I'm most disappointed for Jack. He was on the verge of a stellar performance before the red card.

The result today wasn't terrible considering the context. Not terrible at all.

Talking with a buddy today, and truth is, we're a couple years away. We need Theo and Ramsey healthy and on top form. We need Ox and Jack to continue to improve. We need to keep our defense intact and find the replacement to Arteta.

If/when those things happen, we can compete for a CL title. We're not far off. You can see the positive steps being taken.

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Posted by Friend of OBUDan

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Posted on 2/19/14 at 8:21 pm to cwil177

mesut was our worst defensive player for sure and Monreal lacks the quickness and recovery of Gibbs. against the pace and direct play of bayern, they were overwhelmed (much like santi and monreal v pool).

stewie, I don't necessarily disagree, but I think we'll be much improved next year. I think we could be outside CL contenders next year. I have hope that we'll fill a lot of needs in the summer.

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