It was quite a good game last night – ok, we didn’t smash Fenerbahce – but it was nice to see a competitive match... well – 70 minutes of competition before the team ran out of puff and settled on a point (much to Wenger’s disapproval). They had a charmed goal last night and I have to say that they defended well and their keeper had a great game. Robin van Persie had a great game too... although he didn’t score – he did everything but.
Although, in the last 20 minutes I felt the game was smothered by the ref somewhat and we missed out on a couple of goal scoring opportunities because of it, would it have made a difference?
Probably not.
I opted for club level in the end as the view is better and the beer available and free. Tamzin Outhwaite sat behind me with Tom Ellis (I think), they have been at every game that I’ve sat up there (and there have been some obscure ones) - they are among the few that make any noise, so I guess that they are ok for *celebrities*. Oh - It was her birthday apparently. Another ‘face’ that is always there is Dara O'Briain – you should see him inhale a pie at half time – 3 bites and the fecker is gone... being Irish - I wonder why he supports Arsenal? I'm not saying that there are no Irish gooners - but its rare (we have more Malaysian and Nigerian gooners than Scottish or Irish) as the is no sectarian history with the club... perhaps that, in itself, is reason enough - or maybe it's just his local team.
*UPDATE*
In a pub conversation; dhjackal (resident Irishman) informs me that 'there are loads' of Irish gooners due to the days of Brady, O'Leary and Stapleton... but 'any fecker wid any sense followed United'.
*END UPDATE*
While I was watching last night; I kept thinking that Roberto Carlos looked fat and past it... I checked his stats in the programme and found out he was actually 1 day younger than me – man; that hurt!
The only negatives last night I could find were that Bendtner and Nasri were having very bad games – it looked like they were stoned half the time or had been out on a massive bender the night before – I don’t think they have got any excuses for not being sharp especially considering the game we have on Saturday.
So all in all last night was frustrating and ultimately a little disappointing but for a laugh click here:
http://shop.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs08/detail.php?productid=ST39060&proddesc=Arsenal+4+-+4+Spurs
Or here:
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/grabapieceofderbyhistory041108.html
Sad fuckers… apparently they need the money to buy some new headphones or something. I’m tempted to go for the shirt and get Harry to sign it in a creative manner.
“Tottenham are shit” – Harry Redknapp
If the price was right - I bet he would do it too!
*WENGER WATCH*
Arsene Wenger has come out and stated the obvious i.e. the refs are bent:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7712255.stm
Although this story was quickly smothered by the manager of Shitkicker FC, Tony Pulis, stating that he was really worried that his nice bunch of brave and plucky lads might get ‘unfair treatment’ because of the nasty Mr Wenger putting a hex on them...
The man is taking the piss:
“People in general can be swayed if they're not watching you play and what you are trying to achieve. They read the papers and unfortunately a lot of people believe what they read. Sometimes the truth is a long, long way away from what people are actually saying.”
One wonders what he sees when he looks in the mirror...
Pulis, you should have laid off Walcott – it will come back to haunt you as now Delap (your 1 trick pony) can be red carded at will with the commentators smoothing over any cracks in the decision with the opiate words:
“the man who [intentionally] injured Theo Walcott”
To the sage nodding of the watching populous... whether it be fair or, indeed, foul. Get used to this chant:
“What’s that coming over the hill? It’s relegation! It’s relegation!”
Oh and while you are doing that; check your match schedule boys and have a look at just who will be sending you down and pounding the final nail in your coffin in the final 'nail biting', 'to the wire' game of the season.
...Hmmm...
Of course this story was then smothered by the bigger story of Alex Ferguson being charged for pointing out to Mike Dean that he is in fact a bell end... one has to wonder at the timing of this. A recent conversation in a ASI discussion thread got me thinking:
ASI_EuroGooner wrote 3 hours ago
"I think arsenal are at their best when people write them off, when they're not expected to win or do well or whatever.Cause then they play without pressure as everyone expects them to lose anyways...it happened last season, even before the season started, we were written off, we all know how that went 4 pts off the leaders and robbed in the champions league. It happened when we played AC milan, people thought kaka,gattuso etc. etc. would give our young guns a lesson in football...of course that didn't happen either. what I'm trying to say here is we play well when we have no weight of expectation on our backs so go ahead...write off THE ARSENAL cause that's how they like it best.but don't be surprised if we pull of an upset against the mancs and make the likes of rooney, berbatov, ronaldo, giggs etc."
DogFace replied 3 hours ago
"More to the point - we are allowed to play well when the weight of gambling liquidity isn't on our backs...
Think about it."
So... with SAF safely bound and gagged and Arsenal written off in the media as 'injury ridden' and 'spineless' – I wonder where the money is going this w/e?
I’ll be watching the back pages very carefully over the next few days...
...I suggest you do the same.
And, as if by magic... as I was typing, look what just appeared:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7713259.stm
C'mon yous reds!
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Thursday, 6 November 2008
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like
Firstly, apologies for no post- Stoke entry. I have man flu... *cough* - it's a bit like man-u except you get better and feel good about yourself after a few days.
So Stoke, Stoke, Stoke... well, were do I start, and more importantly, where do I stop - de-ja-vu weren't it?
Stoke kicked the shit out of us.
Now I don't have a lot of time for Rob Styles as a ref and in the previous post I did suggest that this might be a bent an physical match - but come on... what the fuck was that all about? Did the Stoke players (who look like they have spent some time on a building site) promise build him a right nice brick BBQ/Gazebo if he let them kick the living shit out of all the foreign darkie southerner jessies?
Stoke are new to the premiership, and they require points, I realise, but they are going down. They are the shit-kicker extraordinaire of a side who:
a) isn't wanted here
b) doesn't belong here
Ok- Delap can throw it... but, against all other teams it ends there. Against Arsenal - as we have seen season after season, we go out to play football and the referees allow what is basically aggravated assault on our players. This, for me, it the corruption in the EPL at it's most blatantly obvious.
But, again, we prick our ears for the commentator to say something in our defence after the 9th straight-red challenge goes in only to have Styles wag his finger a bit.. but no - we hear shit like:
"He was absolutely entitled to go for that ball"
This, as a statement in and of itself removed from the context of what actually happened is valid... however - when this, quite unbelievable, drivel of lies and apologies drips over the absolutely fucking obvious like dogshit sprinkels on a Mr. Whippy; it beggars belief, to me, that 90% of people will actually buy/eat it?!
And what about that mugging on Adebayor when he was off the feild of play? What do we get:
"oh,well he made absolutely sure didn't he"
What- 'absolutely sure' that he injured him or put the ball into touch as he was going nowhere near the fucking ball (that was already in touch)!?
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? WAKE UP YOU THICK CUNTS!
Yes, 'Shitkicker-A' was entitled to go for 'Ball' in the game that is called 'football' - however it is not within the rules for Shitcker-A to tackle from behind, straight legged, studs up and take his opponents fucking ankles out. That's actually called an infringement of the rules. It is not, as the Media would condescend to tell you (because you're all obviously too fucking thick to wipe your own arse without Sky telling you to 'check your y-fronts for skid marks because something smells a bit shitty around here'); a brave, gutsy display of commitment and 'heart'...
...Sorry - just had to vomit there...
When Kid-A kicks the shit out of Kid-B for his lunch money we don't slap Kid-A on the back and say:
"well done lad, that was a brave show of heart - you exposed Kid'B's 'frailty' and he fucking deserved it"
Bullying isn't football - I don't care how fucking northern you are.
Conversely, Arsenal were painted as being 'frail', 'lacking spine' and 'maturity', 'top tier totty', 'soft underbelly' and let's not forget, the 'soft touch of the big four' - these worm-ridden platitudes are intended for you to repeat down the pub with your mates - thus giving credence to the lies.
The sports 'journalists' who chug out this shite should be fucking ashamed of themselves... in a desperate effort to apologise and cover up for what was obvious for all to see i.e. a corrupt and fixed game of football; they write nothing but positives and praise for Stoke and nothing but negatives and derision for Arsenal... this is possibly also a way of selling future corruptions i.e. look Arsenal are frail, they are disunited, they will never win anything, believe me, repeat... these aren't the droids you're looking for.
A few of them have painted Wenger as 'a man obsessed' with playing decent football... well - hmm... so he's a nutter because he's a football manager who wants to win by playing the best football he can?
Expect the 'Wenger is a deluded nutter' line to be span out all season long to undermine any observations and/or facts that he shares with the media in his press conferences. You will read it and you will believe it and you will say to your mates down the pub:
"we need more experience - why doesn't Wenger spend some money, these aren't the droids we're looking for!".
If truth be told, in a match like the Stoke match - we could have Jackie Chan and a crack SAS squad across the midfield and defence and we would still have the shit kicked out of us... after all, a boot is a boot and an ankle is an ankle - unfortunately football isn't football.
Not one of the 'respected journalists' points out that Stoke should have had 6 players sent off... where as what actually happened was that Robin van Persie got sent of for a petulant shove... straight red no less - where as the several potential career ending 'tackles' (deliberate violent assaults) that went it didn't even warrant a yellow in the eyes of Styles? No, no - the Stoke lot are brave and have heart... well - I ask the Stoke players to try that shit on with Man U and Chelsea and see what the ref fucking gives you... and what the media gives you. You will be painted as dirty, violent, talentless, shitkickers which, make no mistake - is what you are. And what was with all the Stoke fans - jesus, if I was supporting a team that was a dead cert for relegation I would at least like to see a few good games before we went down.
"at least we beat Arsenal" - the sad deluded, shitkicking fuckers will tell themselves... with their stupid fucking hats.
Stoke fans - your team is the equivalent of Hacketts abused scrap yard rottie, and when you have served your purpose you will be put down without so much as a pat on the head and a bonio for the road.
When are Stoke coming to the Emirates - I am so fucking angry with them!? Divert the coach and send those cunts to Hackney Marshes instead... I know a few boys who would bung the ref some beer tokens to give them a good game. Things are going to kick off big time in the return leg if they are allowed to get away with that at the Emirates...
Still Wenger's reaction confused me - he seemed quite unusually calm and seemed to suggest that this was the 'English game'... we can read into that what we wish; I think possibly a nod towards the ESL with matches like this only adding fuel to his cause - The EPL is a dying brand, it's turned itself inside out and revealed the rotten core - does anyone really believe in this league it any more as a fair and open competition?
Last season Wenger would have been livid, slagging off Styles and facing a fine and a touchline ban. What is Wenger up to? Post the 'derby dissapointment' match he made the cryptic statement in response to the title bid:
"We know the truth on the inside and that is not what has been projected on the outside. We know what we have to do."
This is a different Wenger and a different Arsenal.
Man, as an aside - I'm typing this while watching the Liverpool V Atletico match... what a fucking joke of a penalty - does anybody take this game seriously? I like Gerrard... but - he's a little cheating fucker in a Liverpool shirt - make a note of that ref! Gah - where can I find the ref - BBC have taken it down... and none of these post match talking heads are giving his name out?! Why.
Ahhg... got dragged into a 606 discussion about Wengers delayed response to the Stoke match - maybe he had man-flu too, he nailed it. I need not continue... you know, It depresses me the modern day fan - watching them in the kop in the Liverpool game as Gerrard took his 'penalty' - all looking nervous as if it meant something... in their scalfs... and hats.
Sad deluded losers... like me.
Right - I'm off to defend Wenger on 606!
Oh.. it appears that:
"This article has been temporarily hidden, because a member of our Moderation Team has referred it to the Community Team for a decision as to whether it contravenes the House Rules in some way. We will do everything we can to ensure that a decision is made as quickly as possible."
Whoops, my fault.
FYI - the ref was 'Mariano Pernia'... hang on, isn't that the area between the cunt and the arsehole?
...no - that's perineum, but close enough for me.
*UPDATE* - my mistake Pernia was the player, the Ref was 'Martin Hansson' - curse you BBC's 'as-it-happened' text feed!
So Stoke, Stoke, Stoke... well, were do I start, and more importantly, where do I stop - de-ja-vu weren't it?
Stoke kicked the shit out of us.
Now I don't have a lot of time for Rob Styles as a ref and in the previous post I did suggest that this might be a bent an physical match - but come on... what the fuck was that all about? Did the Stoke players (who look like they have spent some time on a building site) promise build him a right nice brick BBQ/Gazebo if he let them kick the living shit out of all the foreign darkie southerner jessies?
Stoke are new to the premiership, and they require points, I realise, but they are going down. They are the shit-kicker extraordinaire of a side who:
a) isn't wanted here
b) doesn't belong here
Ok- Delap can throw it... but, against all other teams it ends there. Against Arsenal - as we have seen season after season, we go out to play football and the referees allow what is basically aggravated assault on our players. This, for me, it the corruption in the EPL at it's most blatantly obvious.
But, again, we prick our ears for the commentator to say something in our defence after the 9th straight-red challenge goes in only to have Styles wag his finger a bit.. but no - we hear shit like:
"He was absolutely entitled to go for that ball"
This, as a statement in and of itself removed from the context of what actually happened is valid... however - when this, quite unbelievable, drivel of lies and apologies drips over the absolutely fucking obvious like dogshit sprinkels on a Mr. Whippy; it beggars belief, to me, that 90% of people will actually buy/eat it?!
And what about that mugging on Adebayor when he was off the feild of play? What do we get:
"oh,well he made absolutely sure didn't he"
What- 'absolutely sure' that he injured him or put the ball into touch as he was going nowhere near the fucking ball (that was already in touch)!?
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? WAKE UP YOU THICK CUNTS!
Yes, 'Shitkicker-A' was entitled to go for 'Ball' in the game that is called 'football' - however it is not within the rules for Shitcker-A to tackle from behind, straight legged, studs up and take his opponents fucking ankles out. That's actually called an infringement of the rules. It is not, as the Media would condescend to tell you (because you're all obviously too fucking thick to wipe your own arse without Sky telling you to 'check your y-fronts for skid marks because something smells a bit shitty around here'); a brave, gutsy display of commitment and 'heart'...
...Sorry - just had to vomit there...
When Kid-A kicks the shit out of Kid-B for his lunch money we don't slap Kid-A on the back and say:
"well done lad, that was a brave show of heart - you exposed Kid'B's 'frailty' and he fucking deserved it"
Bullying isn't football - I don't care how fucking northern you are.
Conversely, Arsenal were painted as being 'frail', 'lacking spine' and 'maturity', 'top tier totty', 'soft underbelly' and let's not forget, the 'soft touch of the big four' - these worm-ridden platitudes are intended for you to repeat down the pub with your mates - thus giving credence to the lies.
The sports 'journalists' who chug out this shite should be fucking ashamed of themselves... in a desperate effort to apologise and cover up for what was obvious for all to see i.e. a corrupt and fixed game of football; they write nothing but positives and praise for Stoke and nothing but negatives and derision for Arsenal... this is possibly also a way of selling future corruptions i.e. look Arsenal are frail, they are disunited, they will never win anything, believe me, repeat... these aren't the droids you're looking for.
A few of them have painted Wenger as 'a man obsessed' with playing decent football... well - hmm... so he's a nutter because he's a football manager who wants to win by playing the best football he can?
Expect the 'Wenger is a deluded nutter' line to be span out all season long to undermine any observations and/or facts that he shares with the media in his press conferences. You will read it and you will believe it and you will say to your mates down the pub:
"we need more experience - why doesn't Wenger spend some money, these aren't the droids we're looking for!".
If truth be told, in a match like the Stoke match - we could have Jackie Chan and a crack SAS squad across the midfield and defence and we would still have the shit kicked out of us... after all, a boot is a boot and an ankle is an ankle - unfortunately football isn't football.
Not one of the 'respected journalists' points out that Stoke should have had 6 players sent off... where as what actually happened was that Robin van Persie got sent of for a petulant shove... straight red no less - where as the several potential career ending 'tackles' (deliberate violent assaults) that went it didn't even warrant a yellow in the eyes of Styles? No, no - the Stoke lot are brave and have heart... well - I ask the Stoke players to try that shit on with Man U and Chelsea and see what the ref fucking gives you... and what the media gives you. You will be painted as dirty, violent, talentless, shitkickers which, make no mistake - is what you are. And what was with all the Stoke fans - jesus, if I was supporting a team that was a dead cert for relegation I would at least like to see a few good games before we went down.
"at least we beat Arsenal" - the sad deluded, shitkicking fuckers will tell themselves... with their stupid fucking hats.
Does nobody remember Eduardo... there's more at stake here that 3 points!?
Stoke fans - your team is the equivalent of Hacketts abused scrap yard rottie, and when you have served your purpose you will be put down without so much as a pat on the head and a bonio for the road.
When are Stoke coming to the Emirates - I am so fucking angry with them!? Divert the coach and send those cunts to Hackney Marshes instead... I know a few boys who would bung the ref some beer tokens to give them a good game. Things are going to kick off big time in the return leg if they are allowed to get away with that at the Emirates...
Still Wenger's reaction confused me - he seemed quite unusually calm and seemed to suggest that this was the 'English game'... we can read into that what we wish; I think possibly a nod towards the ESL with matches like this only adding fuel to his cause - The EPL is a dying brand, it's turned itself inside out and revealed the rotten core - does anyone really believe in this league it any more as a fair and open competition?
Last season Wenger would have been livid, slagging off Styles and facing a fine and a touchline ban. What is Wenger up to? Post the 'derby dissapointment' match he made the cryptic statement in response to the title bid:
"We know the truth on the inside and that is not what has been projected on the outside. We know what we have to do."
This is a different Wenger and a different Arsenal.
Man, as an aside - I'm typing this while watching the Liverpool V Atletico match... what a fucking joke of a penalty - does anybody take this game seriously? I like Gerrard... but - he's a little cheating fucker in a Liverpool shirt - make a note of that ref! Gah - where can I find the ref - BBC have taken it down... and none of these post match talking heads are giving his name out?! Why.
Ahhg... got dragged into a 606 discussion about Wengers delayed response to the Stoke match - maybe he had man-flu too, he nailed it. I need not continue... you know, It depresses me the modern day fan - watching them in the kop in the Liverpool game as Gerrard took his 'penalty' - all looking nervous as if it meant something... in their scalfs... and hats.
Sad deluded losers... like me.
Right - I'm off to defend Wenger on 606!
Oh.. it appears that:
"This article has been temporarily hidden, because a member of our Moderation Team has referred it to the Community Team for a decision as to whether it contravenes the House Rules in some way. We will do everything we can to ensure that a decision is made as quickly as possible."
Whoops, my fault.
FYI - the ref was 'Mariano Pernia'... hang on, isn't that the area between the cunt and the arsehole?
...no - that's perineum, but close enough for me.
*UPDATE* - my mistake Pernia was the player, the Ref was 'Martin Hansson' - curse you BBC's 'as-it-happened' text feed!
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
I don't know why I came here tonight
Well I was right about the score... but not about the mechanism for arriving at that score. It's started early this season – or maybe I'm just more tuned to it.
Saturday was amusing in so much as I got ratted on the free beer and was shouting abuse at a certain Mr. Howard Webb from club level. Surprisingly – after a few shocked looks – a few of the corporate boys (also enjoying the hospitality) got us and started shouting stuff too... although it was mostly random crap, but amusing none the less. The chap next to me got up and shouted:
A 'Big Ron' moment followed by beered-up corporate twat flying over the barrier and into 'Red Section' was thus swerved by a mere whisker.
Talking of Adebayor (and Red Section) – I was glad to hear the boys in Orange Quadrant giving him the benefit of the doubt and cheering him on... strangely this never made it onto Match Of The Day – instead a close up of Adebayor was shown with loud booing from the crowd – the commentator saying something along the lines about the Arsenal fans hating him. This is nonsense – if he did receive boos then they were inaudible from where I was sitting, there were a number of murmurs when he missed a sitter but nothing like the MOTD coverage (unless the boy on the mixing desk selected 1 particular microphone and cranked it up). The only major boos coming from the crowd were for the certain 'Mr. Howard Webb' – who was up to his old tricks once again. I suspect that this was the soundtrack that was played – or the producer flipped the camera at Adebayor when the boos for Webb rang out and the commentator just went along with it. Are we to be targeted yet again or was this just to make 'good television' – it certainly had nothing to do with the reality of the day... maybe this sort of thing goes on for all teams and it's not just us?
Before I get on to Howard Webb – I'm going to continue with MOTD. The coverage shown was, as I said, selective – and the post match analysis consisted of Alan Hansen going on about how good Chelsea and Manchester United are in comparison with the associated they-don't-stand-a-chance-isms relating to Arsenal's chances of winning the league – what about the game Hansen?
...Back to Webb and the game...
It started well and Nasri looked very good indeed – he scored at the point when I was trying to work out what the fuck Eboue was doing playing centre mid with Walcott on the right (and what was going on with Toure coming on as a sub and playing right midfield?). He (Nasri) impressed throughout – Walcott did not look comfortable... Eboue was quite good – he’s a flexible player... I know he sticks the boot in and dives occasionally but on the whole I like him and I think he will silence his critics this season – he’s tricky init... and the boot, when stuck in, is usually a sly retaliation to an earlier indiscretion on an Arsenal team mate. When Bergkamp threw in the sneaky elbow nobody complained... neither did they with an occasional Vierra hack – although Eboue is clearly no Bergkamp or Vierra.
The first goal was scored so early because West Brom, fair play to them, fancied a bit of a game – who’d have thought it; straight up from the championship and trying to out pass the Arsenal!?
Respect.
We were very easy on them for the rest of the half and eased off the pressure considerably. The second half was a different story – West Brom came out thinking they were in with a chance and Howard Webb gave them every opportunity. They got away with foul after foul (nothing malicious) where as we got nothing unless we were breaking forward and tearing them to shreds... Webb’s whistle would come out and we would have to bring the ball back while West Brom dragged their arses back in time to defend. What is all the ‘get on with the game’ initiative all about anyway when the ref can destroy the run of play with a clear bias and the team affected can’t even complain about it? It was panic stations whenever they got close to our goal as everyone could see Webb fingering his whistle – it was horrible to watch as an Arsenal fan as the players daren’t try and take the ball back and were left just waiting for the shot... they came close a couple of times too.
Howard Webb is a fucking joke – he was an embarrassment in Euro 2008 and he is a professional liability to the refereeing fraternity… like most of the other premiership referee’s – it’s part of the job description: “must be incompetent”.
A bit like being a Sun journalist really:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1574444.ece
Paul Jiggins – one question, who the fuckin’ hell are you?
Twat.
Saturday was amusing in so much as I got ratted on the free beer and was shouting abuse at a certain Mr. Howard Webb from club level. Surprisingly – after a few shocked looks – a few of the corporate boys (also enjoying the hospitality) got us and started shouting stuff too... although it was mostly random crap, but amusing none the less. The chap next to me got up and shouted:
"Adebayor you fucking lazy... err... you're so waseful!"
A 'Big Ron' moment followed by beered-up corporate twat flying over the barrier and into 'Red Section' was thus swerved by a mere whisker.
Talking of Adebayor (and Red Section) – I was glad to hear the boys in Orange Quadrant giving him the benefit of the doubt and cheering him on... strangely this never made it onto Match Of The Day – instead a close up of Adebayor was shown with loud booing from the crowd – the commentator saying something along the lines about the Arsenal fans hating him. This is nonsense – if he did receive boos then they were inaudible from where I was sitting, there were a number of murmurs when he missed a sitter but nothing like the MOTD coverage (unless the boy on the mixing desk selected 1 particular microphone and cranked it up). The only major boos coming from the crowd were for the certain 'Mr. Howard Webb' – who was up to his old tricks once again. I suspect that this was the soundtrack that was played – or the producer flipped the camera at Adebayor when the boos for Webb rang out and the commentator just went along with it. Are we to be targeted yet again or was this just to make 'good television' – it certainly had nothing to do with the reality of the day... maybe this sort of thing goes on for all teams and it's not just us?
Before I get on to Howard Webb – I'm going to continue with MOTD. The coverage shown was, as I said, selective – and the post match analysis consisted of Alan Hansen going on about how good Chelsea and Manchester United are in comparison with the associated they-don't-stand-a-chance-isms relating to Arsenal's chances of winning the league – what about the game Hansen?
...Back to Webb and the game...
It started well and Nasri looked very good indeed – he scored at the point when I was trying to work out what the fuck Eboue was doing playing centre mid with Walcott on the right (and what was going on with Toure coming on as a sub and playing right midfield?). He (Nasri) impressed throughout – Walcott did not look comfortable... Eboue was quite good – he’s a flexible player... I know he sticks the boot in and dives occasionally but on the whole I like him and I think he will silence his critics this season – he’s tricky init... and the boot, when stuck in, is usually a sly retaliation to an earlier indiscretion on an Arsenal team mate. When Bergkamp threw in the sneaky elbow nobody complained... neither did they with an occasional Vierra hack – although Eboue is clearly no Bergkamp or Vierra.
The first goal was scored so early because West Brom, fair play to them, fancied a bit of a game – who’d have thought it; straight up from the championship and trying to out pass the Arsenal!?
Respect.
We were very easy on them for the rest of the half and eased off the pressure considerably. The second half was a different story – West Brom came out thinking they were in with a chance and Howard Webb gave them every opportunity. They got away with foul after foul (nothing malicious) where as we got nothing unless we were breaking forward and tearing them to shreds... Webb’s whistle would come out and we would have to bring the ball back while West Brom dragged their arses back in time to defend. What is all the ‘get on with the game’ initiative all about anyway when the ref can destroy the run of play with a clear bias and the team affected can’t even complain about it? It was panic stations whenever they got close to our goal as everyone could see Webb fingering his whistle – it was horrible to watch as an Arsenal fan as the players daren’t try and take the ball back and were left just waiting for the shot... they came close a couple of times too.
Howard Webb is a fucking joke – he was an embarrassment in Euro 2008 and he is a professional liability to the refereeing fraternity… like most of the other premiership referee’s – it’s part of the job description: “must be incompetent”.
A bit like being a Sun journalist really:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1574444.ece
Paul Jiggins – one question, who the fuckin’ hell are you?
Twat.
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