‘Did you think you had Eze’ – asked a reporter from Thomas Frank. Thomas, appointed only recently as the manager of a shite club, responded in an attempt to create some humour by asking back –
‘Who is Eze?’
Well, he just scored a hattrick in a NLD after 47 fucking years and by the time 90 mins were done, Spurs fans were already at home, probably sobbing and blaming the cold. If you are one of those and delusional enough to think you own North London, let me just say that even with a 4-1 win, we were more frustrated than you lot because we couldn’t keep a clean sheet. You are used to losses so that was just a regular day for you.
Right, that was a brilliant evening for us Gooners. A 4-1 victory over Spurs, at Home, hat-trick from the man who had almost joined Spurs but the club brought him to Emirates in the last minutes, Saka dancing and fans staying and singing once the match was over. And we did all this without our first choice striker, and our best defensive player while Hincapie started his first game in place of Gabriel. Our captain was missing too.
We took the lead in the 36th minute when Mikel Merino set up a beautiful ball to Trossard who, very precisely, put it into the nets. Eze, doubled the lead in 5 minutes when he put the ball into the nets courtesy of Rice’s assist. We went into the break 2-0 and Frank made some changes hoping he could turn it around. I am pretty sure he is aware of the spursy nature of that team but hey, he is paid enough to at least try. Eze made it 3-0 only 1 minute into the second half, assisted by Timber but that lad was dreaming of something more.
Richarlison scored a good one from far away. When you play a high line and your goal keeper is involved in setting things up, this can happen. I don’t mind it more than Raya, who would be furious to not add this game to another one of his clean sheets. Frank made some more changes but Eze scored his 3rd in the 76th minute and made sure that no one but the red and whites celebrate the day.
Spurs were so shite we didn’t even need to use set pieces to beat them.
We had finished 2nd, three seasons in a row. We lost points in dead games, injuries derailed us and there were some very odd decisions from the manager. This season, we lost our best defender and yet Hincapie finished his 1st full game with a 9.5/10. Odegaard is out injured but Eze comes in and does better. I was doubting Trossard but he has proven that he can play better than Martinelli when he is given a chance. We have a saucy striker who looks adapted now, was out injured but we didn’t miss him. Saka was world class and will remain so.
Now, onto the next game in Champions League tonight against Bayern. Only 3 teams are with a perfect score so far, and two of them are playing each other today. Bayern sits at top of the table with equal points and same goal difference but have scored 3 extra goals than us. That also means we have conceded 3 less than them, in fact, we have conceded fuck-all so far in 4 games in the group stages and Bayern will test that today. We will be without our best CB partnership but Hincapie dropped a bombshell of a performance against Spurs so I am not really bothered.
To finish in top 8 and avoid 2 extra qualifying games later, we have to win at least 6 of the 8 games. After today, we will be playing Club Brugge, Inter and Kairat. Inter Milan is the third team with all wins so far. Frankly, it’s not a do or die situation for us but there’s always some uncertainty in Champions League. We saw Chelsea beating Barcelona last night, and Newcastle losing to Merseille thanks to 2 goals from the ex-Arsenal man, Aubameyang. Anything can happen, so make the most out of what’s in front of you.
Martinelli and Madueke are back in the team. Odegaard might also be available, though I doubt Mikel will bench the hattrick man for him. Mikel, when asked about facing Bayern, had to say this –
For sure, this is the kind of game in the competition that we want to face, and we’ve been very consistent in both competitions; they have been as well, and tomorrow is a great test for us to see where we are.
source:Arsenal.com
A very challenging game indeed, and the one which will highlight whether we have progressed to win something of importance of this year. Beat Bayern today and the boys will go home in confidence. Also, there can be only one team sitting at the top and we would love to be the one.
See you during the game.
Hi Ambarish
How is your little one?
Hopefully big willy will marshal Kane this evening and make his return to North London a frustrating one.
Hi NORG
She is well, thank you for asking. I haven’t slept though since Ice Age. Did you see Saliba manhandling Richarlison against Spurs? And if it wasn’t enough, he posted it on his Instagram and Gabriel commented – Oui Oui Oui, merci with some hearts.
I hope he won’t let us miss Big Gabi today. Kane is such a cunt though, we will see those elbows and dives and kicks again. Thankfully, the CL referees are not trash.
I understand Kane has received special training in the run up to tonights game – Tom Daley has shown him the finer points of diving. Perhaps the Arsenal subs bench can have their score cards at the ready and award Kane points when he does take a dive.
The thing I hate most about that dirty lisping c-nut is when he goes sideways with his back bent into defenders who are already in the air, thus causing them to rotate and land on their head or shoulders. The mekon headed bastard would then mince around of the floor as if he’d been fouled. And don’t get me started on jumping behind defenders with his hands on their shoulders out of sight of the ref who loves him because he plays for Ingerland. An absolute wanker of a human being.
Ambarish
For loss of sleep, I’d prescribe strong alcohol. For you and the baby! It WILL get easier mate, I promise
NORG
Him and that equally egregious bastard Son were like Olympic level synchro divers.
Mosquera in for Hincapie, Skelly in for Cauliflower. Otherwise, it’s the team that fucked Spurs. Be interesting to understand the logic. I’m not necessarily opposed to it, but would like to know why…
KP, noted.
Team news is out
Raya, Timber, Saliba, Mosquera, MLS
Rice, Zubimendi, Eze
Saka, Merino, Trossard
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Lovely to see MLS getting his start. I am sure he will keep that cunt in check.
KP
Probably just rotation, we played on Sunday.
KP—interesting in that Moq is more of a right-sided player, so Hip would seemingly make more sense…maybe he had a horrendous record in the Bundesliga against Bayern…Skelly will provide some more speed up the flanks but he’s not the best of defenders…let’s hope he’s up to the task of dealing with Olise…with Diaz suspended, Bayern had to tweak their lineup a bit, so the highly regarded kid, Karl, gets the starting nod
as for Kane, he would make perfect sense in our side considering our flopping nature and set piece dark arts…that said, he’s still a lispy cunt
How did we miss that? Loving our pressing.
I agree with linesmen letting play go to avoid goals being disallowed for tight offsides but when a player is that far offside why was play allowed to go on for so long?
these ridiculously delayed offside calls have to get remedied
Marc—great minds…
“as for Kane, he would make perfect sense in our side considering our flopping nature and set piece dark arts…that said, he’s still a lispy cunt”
Arteta and Kane would make a massive pair of cunts – I’m amazed Arteta hasn’t sold the stadium to get him.
TRVL
We don’t agree on everything – which is good I like the debate but some things are just obvious.
if Bayern are going to devote that much attention to Saka we had better have someone giving him an outlet at all times…that could provide us with some grade A opportunities if Saka reacts in a timely fashion
4 more to go…
not sure what Bayern were doing there…we had about 5 guys in a better position to make that header than any single Bayern player…I’m surprised that Neuer didn’t come out swinging
so far it’s been as expected, Bayern have dominated possession and we’ve bided our time until some set piece opportunities have arisen…if that’s Bayern’s plan for set pieces they had better hope they don;t concede too many more…still not a fan of our not-so-grand plan