How are Gooners feeling now? Well after going through the 5 stages of grief, I'm sure a win over Liverpool makes it all fucking better.
Thank you Liverpool. Not too long ago, we won at Anfield, thanks to Wenger's screaming half time team talk. And from there, we went on a great run to make up ground.
Now, we got a 1-0 win at home off them and that makes it 6 out of 6 points off them.
This is a very significant result, considering that Man Utd drew with Villa and Chelsea lost the Everton (hahahahaha), it sure makes the lead those 2 have at the top much smaller. For all of Ballack's bleatings, you stupid cunts beat Arsenal just to lose to Everton. I'm sure it's more satisfying to beat Arsenal but YOU DROP 3 POINTS you stinkin blue cunts.
And then there's Harry Redknapp and Steven Gerrard who were targeting third spot. With this win against Liverpool and Sp*rs losing to Wolves (yet another hahahaaha), we've put 8 points between 3rd and 4th, which is massive.
Who knew a 1-0 win against Liverpool could be worth this much.
All that remains now is to keep winning the remaining fixtures and the table could look very different at the end of the season. As Wenger will put it, we have an 'outside chance'.
On the game...
I think both teams started pretty slowly in the cold. Defensively, there were major improvements. Almunia actually showed why he dethroned Jens Lehmann and look a lot more assured at the back. He made a fantastic save from Ryan Babel's shot and that was a match winning save. The back four operated better as a unit and Clichy managed to reclaim his former self from the devil. Eboue and Clichy did very well going forward and it is obvious that in our formation, the full backs make good contributions too, and to do that, you got to be in control defensively first.
Eboue is proving to be a very useful player. The difference between him and Sagna is that he brings a lot more to the plate offensively. No disrespect to Sagna but Eboue has very quick feet and he draws the foul much more easily, save for his theatrics.
Bendtner did well. He led the line and it helps to have a big striker in place to hold up the ball and play in the rest of the attacking players. He had a couple of clear cut chances which he screwed up but you can't argue about his commitment. I hope Wenger sees that starting a striker makes a huge difference. Arshavin was doing what he does best - feeding the striker. Had Bendtner done better with the chances Arshavin gave him, we would have been a goal up sooner.
Things are looking bright again. We got the win, the top 2 who beat us didn't. And Sp*rs lost. I enjoyed that one the most. Teach twitchy Harry to not state ambitions he can't live up to. And screw Ballack.
Lastly, we all know that this win is going to be marred with Cesc's handball. Not going to give a shit. A win's a win.
Thank you Liverpool once more!!!Labels: Bendtner, Chelsea, Emmanuel Eboue, Liverpool, Manuel Almunia
A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:47 AM
The job is done. The team will be heading to Wembley.
It wasn't as straight forward as Blackburn but yea, it still feels soooo damn good.
First things first, Hull goalkeeper Myhill. Time wasting tactics was his undoing. And twice in a row he decides to crash into his own player, only the first, Bendtner screwed up yet another shot. I hate time wasters. This shits can go to hell. And they always get bitten in the butt.
Bendtner. His persistence led to the equaliser. I think his physical presence up front really makes a difference in the league. He's getting better even though his shots are either blocked or well wide but he's trying. If he didn't come on I don't think we could have had this turnaround.
Eboue was hoping to snatch someone else's goal again when Bendtner had a shot saved by Myhill. He was all ready to stab in the rebound but didn't manage to. Hah. He came on for Walcott who was kept pretty quiet throughout.
Hull rode their luck for a while. They came to the Emirates with the belief that they could come away with a win the same way in September. Then their stroke of luck came soon enough courtesy of Johan Djourou. As a defender, if you plan on committing to the challenge, it's important to be 100% committed. Don't just stick out a stray leg which then gets punished with a deflection. In all honesty, I think Fabianski had it covered because it did look like a shot straight at the keeper. Nonetheless, that early goal gave Hull the cushion to start their negative tactics + time wasting.
Like that ever works. Did no one tell them that the Arsenal bombardment increases with time? Did no alarm bells ring when two fresh attackers took the pitch? Guess not. We were going for the win and that made the difference. Besides, Hull suffered tired legs. Can't ever play like that against a sublime Arsenal.
Not that we were fantastic. I could say we won ugly but who cares. Arshavin got another assist. He cooly laid the ball for Van Persie to smash home. Robin knew just where the goal was. Captain Robin 1 Hull 1.
The winning goal was kinda scrappy but I really can't tell if the ball came off Myhill's arm or Djourou's head. Whatever it is, good for Gallas to put the ball into the back of the net. Another crucial goal from him. He's been dry as of late.
That's it for now. I think Phil Brown is an idiot. At least in front of the camera when Hull 'scores' and he misses either the whistle or the flag. Ha ha ha. I bet he'll be whining after the match about being robbed yada yada whatever. After beating Arsenal there was talk about European qualification and I look at the table now and laugh my fuckin ass off.
P.S. Manucho look better the last game at Hull after he crashed into Djourou and got a larger face. I almost didn't recognise him today.
Time to sleep? It's 6a.m..Labels: Bendtner, Eboue, FA Cup, Hull City
A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:48 AM
He knew that the first goal wasn't his. But the second sure was. And finally, we got a picture of his goal celebration - with the tongue. It was a sublime finish and the goal was all his. He managed to get past Danny Simpson and then beat Paul Robinson. Fantastic. We needed that second goal for stability and he delivered when most needed.
Walcott showed how much we missed him. Just a minute into the game and he was getting the better of Warnock and getting in behind the Blackburn defence. On a day where Liverpool scored 4 against Man Utd, we managed to score 4 too, and even if it's against Blackburn, I think we're all happy beyond words.
There are 2 players most under fire and they're Bendtner and Eboue. Bendtner manged to score against West Brom. Eboue sealed the win with our third goal. This time around, Bendtner had a whole host of chances to up his goal tally to at least match Adebayor's but he made the wrong choice time and time again. I suppose credit to him for getting into those positions. When you manage a win like this you'll forgive him for not scoring. Sadly. Then there's Eboue, who has been a total klutz all season long and he got a brace. Unbelievable. He probably showed Bendtner how to poke the ball in instead of missing by a yard. And for all the team's troubles in Rome the other night, he didn't get to take a penalty since he was subbed off. He showed that he could put one away any day this time.
Tonight's a night of many penalties. At least for the two games I watched. 2 for the MU-Pool game and one for us. I think Liverpool was riding high on confidence and didn't do a boro, like how they managed to lose after beating Real Madrid. I told my cousin that Pool will do the double over United and I stuck around for the game to see if I jinxed them and I didn't. Bwaha. Honestly, I couldn't care less who won but I hate the brother and how he thinks MU are the best team in the world. Hate his guts. And he hates Pool as much as Rooney, another player who shouldn't talk too much. He's in a horrible mood now and is hungry and has walloped the tuna bread meant for breakfast. Is very funneh coz he ripped off the plastic hahaha. Little did I realise how much I hate the devils and it's so damn good to be gloating now. They were truly embarrassed at Old Trafford.
I probably jinxed Van Der Sar ahaha. After the high scoring Roma penalties I was comparing goalies and how VDS was more solid at that. Then he failed to save one and went on to concede 3 more goals. I appreciate Almunia a whole lot more. And with my comparision of him and mad Jens, we sure hope he doesn't become mad Jens with his talking down to Diouf for that foul, which was highly remiscent of Taylor's foul on Dudu which broke his foot. The replays were shocking and I think we were worried. The good thing was that Almunia continued comfortably and went on to put in an assured performance in goal. Shit that Diouf. That foul may well have warranted a sending off.
A scoring Eboue is a big welcome. It could signify a new deal signed and him staying on which we all can't really tell if it's a good thing now. I suppose he's still learning and could improve further but I don't think we have a lot of patience with that. Walcott's back so he'll probably have more cameos then starts and if he could score some goals every now and then without much incident, we should be contented with that.
The team's gearing up for the season's climax and it's a good thing. By the end of the international break we'll have Fab back too. Adebayor as well but if he's going to be a lazy slowpoke I'd rather he just leave. And also stop with the flirting with clubs. I don't see how he can walk into Milan or Barca and become first choice. Titi's at Barca and him and Adebayor are world's apart.
We've temporarily leapfrogged Villa to 4th on goal difference with them facing Sp*rs at home. I'm thinking of Sp*rs will throw the game just to spite us lol. We'll see. Villa doesn't boast the best home record so fingers crossed they'll drop all 3 points.
Lastly, I think Denilson and Song are forming a good partnership. They exchanged passes pretty well for Denilson to get the ball to Arshavin for his goal.
And I really want to see the look on Arshavin's face when Eboue stole his goal ahahah. His back was to the camera! We did the job without Van Persie. Blackburn was hoping for some jetlag from Rome but they sure didn't have that with them. The players finally managed to build on European success and injected that into the league.
We can all be happy with our win. Pool did their double against United, and we did ours against Blackburn with both games ending 4-0.
That's 8 goals past Paul Robinson. :DLabels: Arshavin, Bendtner, Blackburn, Eboue, Liverpool, Man Utd
A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:57 AM
SOOOO.
I am treating this place with neglect. Ho-hum. Nothing much I feel strongly about so I shouldn't waste time and be efficient and post only when I have issues.
Football issues. Which human being on earth doesn't have issues.
Pre-match conference and Wenger is talking up his players once more. First Almunia then Bendtner. Bendtner I understand. But Almunia? Heh. He's been absolutely superb. And those clean sheets should be down to the defence too but the keeper has gotta be in command. Afterall, he has the best view or something coming at you. I've played keeper and then it is horrible when the defender is blocking your view lol. It's funny. And I can't be keeper.
So Bendtner. Nothing more to say really. He's young, blah blah blah. But he's a striker. Strikers don't miss sitters. Or strikers don't have a record of 1 goal from 10 sitters because how often do you get 10 sitters in a row? The manager wants to remind us to appreciate his efforts but sometimes Nicky comes off as really cocky and it's a bout of disturbia. We all know from the Cesc Fabregas show that he works really hard at training so I guess I have to start having faith. Maybe he can make things happen on a consistent basis in seasons to come.
And aren't we all glad no one speaks of one Eboue. I don't know what I would have done.
Now we all hope Stoke will be a bitch to Villa like they were to us. Villa do not boast the best home record so let's hope Rory Delap and co. will make something happen there. By the way, it sucks to hope other teams screw up, especially a team like Villa. I don't have much contempt for them besides them keeping us out of the top 4. It would feel so much better to see United or Pool screw up. Pool screws up quite a lot for our entertainment but I hope no one else noticed that they too managed 1-0 at the Bernabeu. Shhh.
Oh I realised I don't like Gareth Barry. I hate traitors. He must be 80% of the way into his dream now of Villa playing Champion's League football, the reason why he wanted to hit the road to Liverpool.
Fulham up next tonight. You know, after watching football for so long, I just realised after Roma why games midweek are in the evenings. Like SRSLY. It's because people have to work. And the reason for early kickoffs on Saturdays and Sundays are because people don't need to work.
What a realisation. Hence kick off at 1930. After so long.
For Fulham, we have Diaby back. He was fantastic against Roma and if he should keep it up tonight we should finally break the stupid goalless duck. Arshavin should be up to nearly full fitness by now and it's exciting to be able to see more of him. And I wish we had the depth to rest Robin tonight but we don't. The next game is Tuesday and with such a busy run-in, I hope those injuries don't start popping up again. The good thing is that Walcott, Eduardo and Adebayor will be back within the next 2 weeks. Then Rosicky (who hasn't worn either of the new kits this season) and Cesc.
Like new signings?Labels: Almunia, Aston Villa, Bendtner, Diaby
A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:29 PM
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