HOLA!!
To those who missed the game, it ended 5-0 to the Arsenal.
And you missed a Nicklas Bendtner HATTRICK, first of his entire career.
May many more come.
Everyone was magnificent today. Almunia pulled off the saves that preserved our lead, the full backs bombed forward with purpose and Clichy put in a couple of brilliant crosses even though he can't cross. Vermaelen was excellent as usual and the number of blocks he put in was astounding to say the least. Campbell was a little shaky but his experience shone through anyway. The midfield 3 was an extremely cohesive unit - Song swept up, Diaby supported him, and Nasri brought the ball forward to the front 3. Bendtner led the line very well. His holding up of the ball and lay-up play has improved tremendously where he manages to bring his teammates into it and not give the ball away like before. Arshavin was fantastic and Rosicky on the right added that bit of experience.
1st goal:
brilliant pass by Nasri to Arshavin who was through on goal between the two centre-backs where one decided to tackle his own keeper and Bendtner was there to apply the finish on the loose ball.
2nd goal:
Arshavin taking on the defence after Diaby chased down a ball on the left touchline and a dumb porto defender cleared the ball into the Russian's feet. Bendtner held his position well to be onside for a tap in after Arsha did all the work. (heh)
3rd goal:
Arsenal soaking up some pressure; needed a moment of spark and Nasri provided. Diaby slid the ball to him and Nasri did the rest. Took on 3 defenders, twisted and turned, dropped a shoulder; changed direction; broke free and fired a grand shot at a narrow angle to beat the keeper and go in in-off the post. Brilliant brilliant brilliant goal. My goal of the season so far. And what an easy assist for Diaby. (another heh)
4th goal:
Porto corner. Clichy super headers it away; another dumb porto defender decided that Arshavin is too short to reach it but the little Russian out-heads him and nicks the ball. Eboue made a run ahead and Arshavin hit a sweet weighted diagonal pass for Eboue to run to; with a perfect first touch and a drop of a shoulder, made the keeper commit and then rounded him to finish with his left foot.
5th goal:
Eboue was Eboue and dribbled into the box and got the penalty (legit!!) Bendtner stepped up to convert for his hattrick.
That Eboue substitution was a masterclass. Picking Rosicky ahead of Walcott was another fantastic move. Going into the game needed an early goal Wenger went with experience first and it worked. Got the lead, then bring on the pace and the dribbling of Eboue to stretch the opposition. Extend the lead then bring on Walcott to stretch them even further.
The Porto goalkeeper actually did quite well to keep his team in the game with some super saves but he alone couldn't deny Arsenal. It's bye bye Porto and their team of diving cunts and fans who go home with their frying pans.
A fantastic win and hopefully the momentum will carry on. Fancy the team peaking at this crucial moment. Simply fantastic.
And they did it without Fabregas.
P.S. first game on my MIO. Tell me, why are their constant blips during the game? Bad satellite? -____- Can't help but wonder if it's because it's plugged into a modem instead of a TV box. No matter how good your TV is, the service provider hold all the cards. That part sucks the most because it's horribly out of our hands.Labels: Andrei Arshavin, Comrade Eboue, Nicklas Bendtner, Samir Nasri
A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:39 AM
In the blink of an eye, CNY is half over already. I think most of us had a very busy weekend considering that it was sorta the only weekend in the 15 days. Let's not count the last 2 days. I don't think any kiasu Chinese will wait till the last 2 days to go visiting.
Anyway, there's no midweek game so it's all quiet. The media can repost interviews post Sunderland and it's still boring. Cesc to Barcelona circus has taken a short short break, well at least until the next time Arsenal screws up.
Chelsea play Inter Milan for their round of 16 game and we did ours last week. Which means the team has an entire team to prepare for Stoke, a place the Gunner dread visiting and they should well learn from the FA Cup exit we suffered there. There can be no excuse for tired legs (lol Ferguson) and the lads should put Stoke in their places. Failure to do so would most definitely mean that we're out of the title race. Every game from here on end is decisive and dropping points is not an option. United may have faltered but Chelsea are still going strong even without playing well at all.
There's been much talk surrounding Walcott and a World Cup call-up but the lad knows that he needs to do well at the club level first. He also knows that he needs to improve on his final ball. I'd start him against Stoke and give them something to worry about while we worry about Delap. Although in the return fixture at the Emirates Vermaelen did very well in that game. He took it upon himself to clear the long throws and they didn't cause us any troubles.
Nicky B has received backing from the boss, like he really needs any. I hope he'll become more and more like a striker i.e. shoot when in good position. Don't need to take an extra touch, don't pass it out wide again when you have it in the centre too. And don't assume that the defender in front of you is definitely going to head the ball clear. Just go for it. Bottomline, is, don't be lazy.
Injury news haven't been updated but I'm hoping Arshavin returns. Stick him on the left with Walcott on the right and you'll have craft, creativity and speed. Then of course there's Cesc in the centre. If Diaby doesn't come back I'm hoping Ramsey keeps his place. Diaby of course, is still the preferred choice. We need all the height we can get.
Anyway, I really love Eboue.
He has come a long long way since the fans booed him off in the Wigan game at the Emirates last season. Do you recall twatybayor using that incident to blame his bad performance on the fans? This is how you win the fans over, something that Adebayor failed to do. He chose to give up and continue to be lazy. It wasn't until he realised that he could actually in a coffin (from the Angola shootings) that he started to be more appreciative of playing football and giving his best. Well his best got him nothing against Liverpool last night but he was trying. Anyway, Eboue got his head down and worked hard to win the fans back and I'm sure I'm not the only one who lub him many many now. There was always the easy way but he chose the harder way and came out stronger. His dribbling is breath-taking. I can't recall him giving away possession while with the ball to his feet all game on the opponent's flank. Finally. There is competition for that right back slot. And good competition it is. Sagna could take the cue and improve his attacking side and it's a win-win for the whole team.
Just like how Denilson should take Ramsey's cue to simply be a better footballer.Wenger's faith in Diaby is almost completely repaid now, so is Song's.
I'm not too excited about the World Cup. I don't care about who's going and who's not. In the past, like 4 years ago, I would be so interested in Arsenal players playing in the tournament and watching it for them. Probably how I came to like France when Titi, Pires and Vieira were playing. I think France is nonsense now though. And I would love if our dudes took the summer off to recharge and prepare for the next season than taking part in some tournament which benefits the bookies more than anything else and risk injuring our players. The international managers don't seem to care much about the condition the players are returned to the clubs anyway. I don't think they actually care if the player has to play through pain and injections.
To end off, I have a friend who thinks John Terry is hot. Jaw-dropping. Ashley Cole already has his 5th mistress and counting. Tiger has 18. (Is there a need to count?) Anyway, their records make JT's look juvenile. Only 1 Vanessa Perroncel. Of course, he prolly has more from the past. Smart enough to pay them all off to keep it quiet. Or he must really be damn farkin hot to charm their pants off and seal their lips too, although sealed lips sure means less for him.Labels: Comrade Eboue, Stoke City, Theo Walcott, World Cup Nonsense
A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:19 PM
A game we needed to win, and we did. Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0 at home.
And Denilson didn't start. He only came on in the 89th minute. Hah. That certainly was pleasing. Ramsey put in a decent performance.
1 game down, 11 to go in the league. As Arshavin says, we need to win all of them to stand a chance. Reasonably speaking, 9 wins and 2 draws should do the trick. Man Utd dropped all 3 points at Everton (Thanks!) and oh how I celebrated Jack Rodwell's goal.
Anyway, on the Arsenal game:
We dominated possession. Lost the ball and got it back pretty easily. Did well during the 50-50s and created a fury of chances up front. We should have scored a lot more goals with the scoreline getting comfortable earlier but it's Arsenal - we make things difficult for ourselves. The most negative of fans would have prepared for the worst, meaning Sunderland grabbing a dramatic equaliser at the death but it didn't happen because ex-sp*rs man killed off any chance of that with a foul on Fabregas which actually looked to be outside the box but the ref gave the penalty anyway. Not a match changing decision, but a welcomed out all the same. Now Arsene Wenger can't cry foul as much huh?
Song as usual did extremely well. He was there doing all the dirty work and he owned the opposition in one-on-one situations. The same cannot be said about Silvestre. I'm sure he should be looking at his performance today and how his positioning is atrocious. Not sure Sol Campbell would have done any better if he played but we do need Gallas fit asap.
Clichy was better, Vermaelen business as usual and Bendtner did pretty well, even if he screwed up a few clear cut chances. At least he didn't choose to pass the ball and tapped in the goal. Walcott showed how he offers a different sort of attacking play on the right but was poor when it came to the final ball. He needs more games to get back into it but he's definitely not a lost cause. I'd like him to start the next game as well. It's been a long long time since his pace has caused the opposition that much trouble and it's such a big welcome.
Undoubtedly, the show today belonged to Eboue. He got in there and despite playing at right back, shone more than Walcott when he went forward. He seemed to have the ball glued to his feet and it's as though his dribbling has improved immensely. Just a little drop of the shoulder and a twist of the hip and he's past his man. Created the first goal and did very well to get the the byline to pull back for someone to knock it in. If anyone need a lesson as to how an attacking full back goes forward, they can watch this performance. His quick feet left him on the receiving end of Lorik Cana's two-footed lunge and that fellow should have been sent off for that. Nani was. And Cesc was wrongly carded for a late block on Mensah and there was hardly any intent there, yet they both were cautioned in equal measure.
So, the story of the ManUre brother and my HTC Hero. I am unfortunately, a Starhub mobile user. And we got that big family dinner just now which meant that his only chance of watching the Everton v Man Utd game, was on my mobile.
Hahaha. Look at the outcome. He had a meeting with his friends after the dinner and kidnapped my phone and totally watched Everton put the last 2 goals past his team on my phone.
Awesome stuff. He has vowed never to watch a game on my phone again. And oh, I told him United will possibly drop points at Everton when I told him that Arsenal can still win the league and he totally dismissed it as impossible.
Never say never!!Labels: Alex Song, Comrade Eboue, retards paving the way, Theo Walcott
A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:09 AM
First order of business? Liverpool being undone by Darren Bent, via a beach ball. That is absolutely hilarious beyond all reasons I tell you.
So football is back once again, and Arsenal kicked it off with Sunderland.
Walcott Made his first start of the season in Arshavin's place with Rosicky continueing in the side. Eboue came in for Sagna at right back and my my, he's really workin' it well.
Suck that Emmanuel Adebayor. This is how you win fans over.
I think Wenger subbed him off for lil Jack for the applause.
Gibbs came on for Clichy who picked up a knock during the international break and did quite well.
The biggest surprise in the line-up is Wenger keeping faith in Mannone.
Love love love.
And Almunia was friggin sulking on the bench.
The game started off like any of our home games and we were relatively comfortable. A fantastic finish by Van Persie put us in front so early in the game. That is hugely welcomed. Then minutes later, a cross from my Rosicky was met by Diaby and it was 2-0 in the first 18 minutes.
Alex McLeish probably screamed for a respone from Birmingham and they were gifted a cheap goal. Mannone could have done a lot better to be more aggressive in his own penalty box instead of looking for the foul that might not come. Anyhow, that could have played into his head that he wasn't good enough etc but it didn't happen because he redeemed himself more than one nearing the end of the second half.
The bottomline is, a good goalkeeper can be the difference in games and we don't exactly have one that is solid enough. Mannone is doing fantastic but he's still one for the future and a club like Arsenal needs a top top top class keeper between the sticks.
Birmingham caused us problems. Maybe it was Carson Yeung in the stands. I don't know. But they upped their game and gave us a run for our money.
I didn't like the challenge on Theo but things like that happen. Football is a physical game. I just hope it doesn't keep him out for too long again. He adds so much to this team.
We may not have the keeper to make the difference, but we have Arshavin. That was the slack-est goal I've ever seen but he sealed the win so well. It looked almost effortless and this understanding with Cesc has to grow well so they can link up to produce magic such as this.
RVP did well again too, and he looks like he's becoming stronger and stronger in that role leading the line. He got a goal again today, and it so easily could have been 2 had he not smashed the free kick in the penalty box against the cross bar. He has a knack for hitting the post.
Another dude who did very well was Diaby. He got his head down and supported Song when he could and went forward and got into good positions, one of which led to the second goal. He could have gotten our fourth but unfortunately, Joe Hart's positioning made it not possible.
All in all, another good day at the office and with the fixtures coming thick and fast, it's always welcomed to get all 3 points to get it all started.
A trip to Holland in midweek.Labels: Abou Diaby, Comrade Eboue, Vito for number one
A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:04 AM
Business as usual?
Quite rightly so. A 4-0 win at home to Wigan and it was the kind of result we should be hitting. Might get a little bit more insight as to how Man Utd can win so many titles - a fluke win does increase belief, and they've had plenty of that. I can hardly count how many we have.
Everyone collectively played better, and Eboue was staking a genuine claim for that first team spot on the right of a 4-3-3 attack. Performance of his career. Never have I witnessed a better display in any game. He was hardworking and got his head down to the job and dribbled like a master past defenders and he didn't dive - he got the genuine fouls. A pity we didn't profit further from those delicious freekicks.
One reason for this spectacle is probably the reception he got from the corresponding fixture of last season, where he was brought on as a sub and subsequently booed off. This time, when he got off, he got off to an entirely different response from the Emirates crowd and he'll be contented that he did the best to his abilities to earn it, unlike the one who calls him his brother.
Defensively, it was still quite scary. Our win was never in doubt, but the clean sheet was. Mannone should be keeping his place in goal for the visit of West Brom in the Carling Cup on Wednesday morning so this would do a world of good for his confidence. This is probably the longest run in the first team he'll be getting in a long long while and so far, he's been scary but generally up to task. One for the future.
Don't get me started on Almunia. He seems like he's embarking on this unfortunate decline and he needs to step and and show that he is worthy to hold the fort between the sticks for a club like Arsenal. Adorable as he is, sometimes he's just not good enough and I hope that goalkeeping position isn't the weakest link this season.
We've had enough of weak links here and there. The season is now. Make it happen.
Robin did his fair share up front and being the lone striker in a 4-3-3 can often be frustrating. Eduardo did very well on the left side and Cesc was constantly pumping balls for him to run onto and he looked dangerous throughout. They key to every good attack is the ability to get in behind the defenders and we sure managed a good deal of that today. Really pleasing to watch. I just think Robin deserved a goal for his troubles but hey, he did provide that delivery for the Verminator to score.
He happens to have very good tongue action. Just look out for it. It's what the girls call tongue porn.
What an asset to the club he is turning out to be. He was denied a thunderbolt of a goal at City and this time he made no mistake and provided the second, that gave the defence breathing space, the defence being him. It is little wonder why he was the Ajax captain. He is a person who doesn't speak much and does the talking on the pitch. Gallas looks like he's enjoying himself having him as a centre-back partner, at least way more than Toure. Verm took charge when it was 1-0 (thanks to him too) and made it 2-0. He did both defending and attacking to perfection.
How much more can you ask of a player?
I wouldn't be surprised if he takes player of the month for the second month running. If he keeps this up, player of the season maybe, just like how my bff managed to say 'player of the season' when she meant month.
And then we have Rosicky. Oh gawd. I love him to death. And the funniest part of the game was when Melchiot caught his shirt with his studs and managed to rip it apart. I laughed till there were tears. And there he still went about, with his shirt flapping, playing the game he so loved. Cesc looks so happy when Tomas is on the pitch.
What if Cesc had both Arsha and Tomas?
Cesc and Tomas jig the ball to each other with such understanding it's something we so sorely missed ever since he was out. I get the feeling that he never formed such telepathy with another someone in Arsenal except when Arsha came in. Those 2 still have more to work on but Cesc and Tomas are so slick I just love how they know each other want the ball to be played to them. It's as perfect as the pieces of a jigsaw.
More of the two of them please.
So back to Manu Eboue. He is a goal stealer. If dudu is a goal poacher, Manu is a goal stealer. He stole Arsha's goal. Now he steals Eduardo's goal. I thought it was hilarious. I mean, I would give it to Eduardo but the club has credited Eboue. Dudu prolly kicked his ass on the way to the dressing room.
Cesc wrapped up the win with our fourth but he didn't celebrate. It looked as though he had a little knock and was quite sulky. Perhaps he's feeling a little frustrated at how everyone tends to target him in challenges since they probably have id-ed him as the chief string puller in the team. Probably have to find a good way to deal with that.
Chin up, bb.
I have to mention that Diaby played well and Song was solid as ever.
The upcoming game should feature a very very young squad in the Carling Cup. Don't know if Bendtner will be part of that, but Rambo and Wilshere sure will be. And I'm putting money on Sanchez Watt too. It seems like Wenger is starting to ease him into the first team as well. Would be lovely to see Gibbs play.
Till then~Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Comrade Eboue, Thomas Vermaelen, Tomas Rosicky
A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:10 AM
I'll show you what's funny:
Earlier in June, Owen's management company sent a brochure to potential buyers to remind them of the talent that saw him score 158 goals in about 300 games for Liverpool and 40 goals in 89 appearances for England.
With respect to Michael Owen.
Guess who's buying into the PR?
Hull City's moron king Phil Brown.
He seems to have a knack for paying good money for players who are past their best and injured 70% of the season. Earlier in January he bought Jimmy Bullard who went on to be injured for the rest of the season after his debut.
A bonus is that he doesn't need to pay a transfer fee for Owen, just his exorbitant wages. They'll be looking at losing £100,000 per week for someone who'll be hogging the treatment table, lying just next to Jimmy.
Chances are, they'll become Hull's BFF pairing of the next season.
Arsenal's BFF to everyone though, isn't having a very good time on the transfer market. He's placed himself in the shop window but those who come knocking aren't good enough for him, in accordance to whatever he thinks his calibre should be deserving of.
Florentina is a no-no.
I can't imagine how another season with Eboue will be like. Will he have another boo-ing session at the Emirates? Or get sent off against Sp*rs for something silly again?
We'll never know until it happens.
It's been pretty quiet now right after someone has signed. Give it a few days and the media will be in full swing yet again.
I miss Gilberto. He would have been quite the figurehead. In Wenger's terms perhaps, keeping Gilberto would kill Song and Denilson. From a fan's point of view, I don't see how they could have died because of that. Throwing Denilson in so early when he wasn't ready probably was one of the chief factors which killed our last campaign. Admirably, he did do what he can to the best he can but at the Premier League level it wasn't enough. All our midfield frailties were exposed so badly I remember Danny Murphy dominating our midfield when we played Fulham.
That clearly shouldn't be happening. Regardless of who dies, I think we really need a midfield hardman quite badly.
After that, we just need everyone (including Rosicky) to just stay fit like their lives depend on it.
All our problems will be solved and we'll win the quadruple next season.
lol.Labels: A tag for cunts, Comrade Eboue, Denilson, Hull City, transfer window hoo-ha
A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:30 AM
I see many things happened during the night/morning I was asleep. Hmm.
First off, I bring you my first laugh of the day.
It's not directed at Xabi Alonso. It is however, induced by Xabi Alonso.
Reporter: Would be a disappointment for you to stay in Liverpool next year?
Xabi: *laughs* I can't... I can't answer that question...
Reporter: You already did...
Xabi:...
Cue the reactions from Pool fans.
i feel
1000 knives
in my heart
I hope that didn't bring you your first laugh of the day (since I start my days reaallly late) but you had a good laugh. I can't help but point out that it is grammartically wrong since a heart can't really produce 1000 knives since it's a heart pumping machine not an knife-producing one. I believe the correct preposition is 'to'.
That's about the lamest expression I've ever read about a douchebag leaving so far. That lame fuck Alonso kept Cesc out of the Iraqi game. Not playing that game though, gave him time to give a statement to Arsenal.com to reassure fans and ward off Madrid, who are going at every player they can. We always thought that Man Citeh would be the ones who would test the football world with their money but so far they've only got Robinho and PsychoBarry and Madrid's doing all the work and succeeding, with their reputation and all. Citeh really looks like a tiny club now bahaha. Just don't poach any of Arsenal's players thank you. I didn't understand why they would go for Sagna since they have Sergio Ramos but kudos to Bac for dashing the rumours before it started hogging headlines.
Cesc's interview.
After Eboue says he could leave, now he's staying.
There is no greater bad news than that. Just go already.
In commie news, North Korea has qualified for the World Cup.
I suppose the sportsmen are part of the well fed bunch while the rest of the 23m people die of starvation since none of the footballers ever made any attempts to defect while being overseas. They're probably royalty in the North.
The world should anticipate that Kim Jong il, if he were to want to support his team in South Africa next year, would have to start making his journey there by land and sea 3 months in advance since he is afraid of flying after shooting down South Korean civilian planes who weren't even flying over the North.
He is afraid of karma. One thing he doesn't know is that karma strikes when you least expect it, just like the Christian's belief in Jesus' coming.Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Comrade Eboue, Korea, Liverpool, transfer window hoo-ha
A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:51 PM
Mooo. Eboue wants to leave.
Can't say I feel anything about it. According to him, a lack of first team chances are hampering his development as a player.
That probably has some truth in it, since his appearances last term was more as a substitute than as a starter. In front of him though, are Sagna and Theo on the right hand side of the pitch, although Theo did have quite a bit of time off from injuries.
A replaceable player to say the least, only that he is supposedly everyone's bff in the team. Who'll replace him as Arsenal's clown then?
Theo was in action last night for England and I fell asleep as soon as the first half ended. Credit to them for their win despite being reduced to 10 men thanks to some Chelsea academy failure. Gibbs did well again (at least for the half I was watching) and Clichy's not going anywhere so that left side of defence will continue.
Anyway, apparently my great friend took a picture of me while I was holding some princess dress at the toys section and posted it on Facebook and is advertising for all our mutual friends to go see. And then they'll comment. Boooo. I just took it off since it was falling off the rack and that transpired into being my future wedding dress or whatever.
Who's getting married?!
And she just posted it to her profile and made it public. I am deads.Labels: Comrade Eboue, what kind of fuckery is this
A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:20 PM
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