Arsenal 2-1 olympiacos
Match report here and vidoe highlights here.
I dont care who says what, based on yesterday's performance, Alex song is the best thing to happen to Arsenal since man discovered sliced bread!!
He was by far my man of the match. He looked so comfortable playing in defence, calmly getting out of tricky situations with great intelligence when required. Metersacker was the big battering ram that we so often bemoan not having in the team. He bollixed the ball upfield a couple of times, much to my amusement.
Chamberlain scored, making history as the youngest englishman to score in the champions league. Personally, I don't care much for that, I just care that he scored.
The other new boy Andre Santos I thought had a decent game. He scored, battled hard and as the game went on, he looked more confident. He still lacks a little bit the sharpness... but the game last night will have done him the world of good.
Bearing in mind that we had nine first team players out, I think we cannot overstate the significance of the win yesterday. Had that been United, we would have been bombarded with shit about how strong their squad is. Infact United blew a 2-0 lead to draw 3-3 the other day. Had that been Arsenal, we wouldn't have heard the last of it till the end of the season.
Credit to Olympiacos, they really threatened and should have been ahead on a couple of occassions. Mikel Arteta cleared off the line while they struck the cross bar with thunderous short on 64 minutes. Had that shot gone in, I think the game would have really swung in their favour. But lady luck seems to be with us of late.
Generally, our midfield is still lacking that dominance... ball possession, passing, general fluency but we are getting there. Arteta did very well. I thought frimpong had a decent game but he could have done better. He gave the ball away cheaply at times. The Captain for the night Rosicky was too quiet for my liking. Arshavin had a poor first half but improved in the second half. I really would like to see Ryo play on the left... I think Arshavin should play inside as the creative midfielder... he has lost the pace of 2 years ago... but he is still tricky and can thread a ball.
So, we win and take 3 points. Next up is are the cuntz of Tottenham. Now, we all know this is a North London Derby, but please, they have Adebayor in their team!! Hellooo, Adebayor!!
Once an Arsenal legend in the making, Adebayor has stooped so low as to become the under-cunt. If there is such a cunt. He stamped on The Man, kicked song and Fabregas then ran the enitre length of the pitch to wind up the Arsenal fans. I would really love for us to thump Tottenham with him in the side....
I cannot stress how important 3 points are for our league position and confidence. We simply cannot afford to come out of Tottenham without a result. We have already lost too many games and can't afford to drop any more points. So, let's go there and win. Lets get back to the days of old when we'd make them bend over and we had our way with them. Let's give it to them up their Arsenal!!
Dare I say.... onwards walks the Arsenal..!!
Match report here and vidoe highlights here.
I dont care who says what, based on yesterday's performance, Alex song is the best thing to happen to Arsenal since man discovered sliced bread!!
He was by far my man of the match. He looked so comfortable playing in defence, calmly getting out of tricky situations with great intelligence when required. Metersacker was the big battering ram that we so often bemoan not having in the team. He bollixed the ball upfield a couple of times, much to my amusement.
Chamberlain scored, making history as the youngest englishman to score in the champions league. Personally, I don't care much for that, I just care that he scored.
The other new boy Andre Santos I thought had a decent game. He scored, battled hard and as the game went on, he looked more confident. He still lacks a little bit the sharpness... but the game last night will have done him the world of good.
Bearing in mind that we had nine first team players out, I think we cannot overstate the significance of the win yesterday. Had that been United, we would have been bombarded with shit about how strong their squad is. Infact United blew a 2-0 lead to draw 3-3 the other day. Had that been Arsenal, we wouldn't have heard the last of it till the end of the season.Credit to Olympiacos, they really threatened and should have been ahead on a couple of occassions. Mikel Arteta cleared off the line while they struck the cross bar with thunderous short on 64 minutes. Had that shot gone in, I think the game would have really swung in their favour. But lady luck seems to be with us of late.
Generally, our midfield is still lacking that dominance... ball possession, passing, general fluency but we are getting there. Arteta did very well. I thought frimpong had a decent game but he could have done better. He gave the ball away cheaply at times. The Captain for the night Rosicky was too quiet for my liking. Arshavin had a poor first half but improved in the second half. I really would like to see Ryo play on the left... I think Arshavin should play inside as the creative midfielder... he has lost the pace of 2 years ago... but he is still tricky and can thread a ball.
So, we win and take 3 points. Next up is are the cuntz of Tottenham. Now, we all know this is a North London Derby, but please, they have Adebayor in their team!! Hellooo, Adebayor!!
Once an Arsenal legend in the making, Adebayor has stooped so low as to become the under-cunt. If there is such a cunt. He stamped on The Man, kicked song and Fabregas then ran the enitre length of the pitch to wind up the Arsenal fans. I would really love for us to thump Tottenham with him in the side....
I cannot stress how important 3 points are for our league position and confidence. We simply cannot afford to come out of Tottenham without a result. We have already lost too many games and can't afford to drop any more points. So, let's go there and win. Lets get back to the days of old when we'd make them bend over and we had our way with them. Let's give it to them up their Arsenal!!
Dare I say.... onwards walks the Arsenal..!!
