All 4-1 and 1-4 Arsenal
Sep 21st, 2010 by 'holic
OK, there is a danger of going overboard here. Let’s not go quite as far as our Lilyw41te chums who claimed they had beaten the greatest Arsenal side of all time when turning over the kids two years ago, just a year after being humiliated by an even younger bunch.
This was their shadow squad at home to our shadow squad, and given all we have been told about the strength of their bench by Robbie Keane, and having been told by Van der Valk, or whatever the latest messiah’s name is, that they had overtaken us, it was somehow just mildly satisfying to watch a weakened Tottenham team being utterly humiliated by a weakened Arsenal team.
In the end the difference was the players they chose to keep in from the weekend. They kept Assou-Ekotto, we kept Koscielny, Wilshere and Nasri. Harry Redknapp was really being taxed to explain afterwards how his team had failed to keep up with a young Arsenal side that owed so much to their young Englishmen, Gibbs, Wilshere, and Lansbury.
The first was instrumental in completely bottling up the pretender to Theo Walcott’s England place, Lennon I think he’s called, when the home team briefly rallied at the start of the second-half. The latter provided the thrust to apply the perfect finish to Wilshere’s cross to open the scoring in the first-half, having already been denied a nailed-on penalty when blatantly fouled by the Lilyw41tes most experienced player early doors.
Only a flag raised by the member of the Pakistan cricket squad for a mysterious offside prevented Gibbs from extending the visitors advantage as the half drew to a close. The same halfwit failed to spot Keane on the light green cut of grass, a yard ahead of the last defender on the dark green grass, when the much-strengthened home team equalised early in the second.
In truth it was just a little frustrating that victory had not been sealed in ninety minutes. Beyond that however, class shone through. The brilliant Nasri and Chamakh were both pulled down in goalscoring positions, but the inexperienced referee took pity on the offenders as Samir bagged a brace from the spot (and no, we won’t mention Saturday tonight!) before little Andrey smacked one in and celebrated in front of what remained of the home support.
So we’ve had our fun, but let’s end it here. No dvd’s will be produced. No mugs bearing the legend 1-4 will be produced. This was just business as usual for Arsenal. On Saturday we will face a much more searching test of our credentials by a full West Bromwich Albion side, while the Lilyw41tes can go and devise a plan for gaining their first European Cup win in over 48 years.
Have a good day at work tomorrow, holics.
Did I mention my boss is a Lilyw41te?
52 Responses to “All 4-1 and 1-4 Arsenal”
I’ll have a double Tyrconnels, please Bogs, and something with a bit of cream.
Bogs? I was thinking of that Irish peat, I meant ‘holic, of course.
New one here tonight, Snail. Sainsbury Taste the Difference Dun Leire. Fifteen quid, and for some reason tastes fucking wonderful tonight π
Dun Leire? I’ll have to get my arse down to the supermarket at lunch tomorrow then.
Btw, I tried to post on the other comments earlier and I had twitpic links… It says it is being moderated…
Surprised we didn’t see a ‘Murder He Wrote’ type headline with a tip to Lansbury’s first goal. π
Drunk as fuck. Even so, won’t say no to an old fashioned.
Great post, but for once (and thats saying something about your blog, ‘Holic) the performance was even vetter. Great win, never in any doubt.
See you when I’m sober.
Vetter = Better
I will have whatever you fine folks are having .. mwa mwa .. LOL .. We should defo consider making a DVD .. Nah, we have too much quality for that .. Up Gooners!!!!
Disappointing, but not unsurprising that the Tottenham sub-edited BBC Sport homepage is choosing to go with Everton Dumped out of Cup by Brentford headline, when clearly the tie of the round was played in North East London and not West London today…
Some good performances. Wilshere was better than against Sunderland.
I love ‘holic in this mood!
Can I have a *whispers it* Baileys on ice?
I know it’s a bit girly but I like nothing more than a celebratory Baileys at the end of a good night.
Tonight has been a very good night.
Still would’ve preferred a 1-0 v sunderland…. but this was sweet!
Fekking brill, just fekking brill, we totally out sung them and i’ve never seen 3 point lane so deserted as that tonight.
Total and utter humiliation for the spuds in their own manor, i fekking love love it!
Yes it’s only the wotsit called again cup but it’s spurs and they lost so shall i mention it again what i’;m feeling? lololol π
I’m living in Peru and watched the game on ESPN+, they are now replaying the whole game on ESPN. 8-2 to the Arsenal π
Gibbs Crocked…sigh
Great great watch, I know Me Steve T will disagree with me bit I think…
Flapianksi had a good game and all teh good for him, he deserved the backing a game like this..
Steve T here is a drink for both of us…
Maybe Harry will start watching his players before buying them in future.
Defintively a few shots of bourbon are in order tonight. Here’s to your boss…
Well that is their season over for another year. How funny was that? And to think that many paid Β£65 for their tickets just to boo them of at half time.
It is only the beer cup so I wont go mad.Wilshere was outstanding. The youngest player on the park ran the game. And looked stronget than Palacios. Thought Denilson had a stormer in the middle as well. All in all very few negatives. How I wish that Ramsey had not been injured. The partnership that he can make with Jack could be very very sepcial.
Cant with for work in the morning. How funny will that be????
Keep the faith.
Applogies …………….
Holic great piece again…we simply showed them how to play footie…or footsie??? π
Arthur, I raise a glass to you and yours. But he was poor in my opinion. He can not keep on making errors like that, offside or not.
A pint of your finest Shiraz, squire. I loved the way Ol’ Twitchie announced before the game “I wouldn’t want to be sitting in a position where the fans go: ‘It was good, he played all the kids and didn’t win nothing but he has a good youth team’. That doesn’t work – not for me.”
But, as soon as Spurs lost he said it was all about youth getting their chance and the result didn’t matter as they had bigger fish to fry. Harry, you’re a mendacious muppet of the highest possible order, and a thieving crook to boot.
I was so scared to watch the game, so deliberately missed it. Arsene played a fast one on pig face, i bet he was expecting the likes of JET, eastmond, aneke and co to be on the pitch. rude shock when he saw wilshere, vela, nasri and co tomenting em. our bench was not an encouraging sight from a spud POV.
Le prof definitely realized what this game means to fans, he could not screw it up. the introduction of chamack and arshavin underscored this.
I hope RAFHEAD ‘ spudsarebetterthangoonersdungface’ VANDERFART was watching.
Steve T I will still argue here…
The bloke was off side Fab thought so as well… π
Boozy, stop the booze start watching with the booze:)
Bollocks. ‘holicdad wil be in bed now, having got the fucking pleasant surprise he didn’t expect. There’s the difference see. He’s 88, I’m only 53. Never crossed my mind those cunts would beat us. Not used to it!
Holic
Have a strong VODKA on me my man I’m sure he will look at it tomorrow…
I’m off to bed now I need some rest too much on the weekend misuss is screwing already π
COME ON YOU REDS!
I’m gonna lie I will play Fifa now lol….
I’m Arsenal deluded he he…………… π
Shhhhsssss she went to bed now π
Not getting carried away to the point where I think we are back to our early-mid 2000’s vintage…but I would suggest the depth in quality we now have is perhaps at its best level in a decade.
Most apparent thing to me was we looked more like we knew it was a North London derby match than any of their lot…from the first whistle. As for Wilshere he just got smashed about all over the pitch and kept his cool with each and every tackle…what more can you ask?
Never seen so many blue plastic seats in my life….
Tim……
I Love it…. “Never seen so many blue plastic seats in my lifeβ¦.”
Holic I Love your BLOG…. is just the BEST IN THE GOONER WORLD!!!!!!
nothing beats thrashing the spuds, nofin.
great result so good to see we stuffed em! whats the song? we won the league at white hart lane! . loved the blue seats at the end! Holic is ace!
Spuds stronger than Arsenal you’re havin a laf
*waves gleefully*
Holic. Your father is 88???? Call him now. He might be one of the few still alive that remembers the Spuds winning the league?????
Battenburg half price on the Scum High Road so I am hearing???? No parties tonight then??
Serious question time boys and girls. I lost my bet with Paddy Power tonight on 3-2 to us. Still have a free punt on Man Utd at Scunthorpe tomorrow as a result, so what do we reckon?
Scunthorpe to win on pens……….
I knw i’m not supposed to be too excited by tonite’s victory but…I REALLY AM!!!. I was so nervous before tonight’s game that it was such a huge relief for that fantastic team to win. That Sunderland game was such a nightmare…. Gibbs was impressive. Lennon had to switch to the left wing when he simply could not get past Gibbs,a la CR7,in last seasons champions league home leg. Cl ichy better improve or else… I also believe that it was our teams fitness was what made the difference tonight. GO GUNNERS!!!
Chant of the night ‘ shall we make a DVD’ Quality!!!
Will it ever stop? (Gibbs injury)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8017338/Kieran-Gibbs-suffers-suspected-broken-metartarsal-in-Arsenals-win-over-Tottenham.html
Word of caution: nothing changed, we still have a player out every game (if not more), at this rate we will start reserve players in October. We have 9 injuries with Gibbsy including 5 starters (Cesc, Rvp, Diaby, Vermy, Walcott) when United have 4 and Chelski have 3. Unless they pick up more or we keep our players fit we won’t be able to compete for much longer.
As said by BOOZY earlier so great to see AW taking the spud fixture seriously again, they could be taken lightly up to a couple of years ago but this was so so pleasing to see such a strong 2nd team squad out against them, & smashing them of course too.
I would have loved to have seen a couple more youngsters out there but I’m SURE our boys will understand the importance of these wins to us, cos they have been educated in the system from a very young age, so know the result is vital to the supporters.
But I have to say these FUCKING injuries are getting ridiculous again for us, & we are not even out of September yet………
The sorest loser on the planet, Harry fucking Redknapp, claims that Nasri dived. Will SOMEBODY there please make him sit down and watch the foul over and over and over and over again until it’s so firmly imprinted on his eyelids and his brain (assuming he has one) that he will never be rid of the image in any waking or sleeping moment?
But how can a Gooner help being over the moon today, despite the Gibbs injury, we went to White Hart Lane and beat them four one. FOUR ONE. How I wish I could’ve been there!
I’ll take a pint, please.
We should have had a penalty early on when Lansbury was pushed over in the box. Gibbs was ruled offside when he clearly wasn’t and their only goal was offside. Maybe Fab should have saved it but as things turned out it didn’t matter.
Wilshere was outstanding and will replace Cesc when he leaves us (sigh!) he was also kicked from arsehole to breakfast time. Gibbs also outstanding but is now injured again. Lansbury was strong and had a decent game – looks very promising. How good is Kos! Looks like he’s played for us for ever not just a handful of games. Nasri gets better and better. Vela worked hard but is not yet ready for a lone striker role.
Now, feet firmly on the ground read for Saturday.
I’m soooooooooooo happy!
Great stuff ‘holic.
Can’t wait to see one of the directors here today…
You never fail to make me go ” WOW”
Cheers !
Just read a stat, apparently Fabianski has now conceded six goals from his last seven shots at Shite Hart Lane? Come on now Arsene, the team is starting to play really well, please let’s not have anything fucked up this season by including this total buffoon in our goal anymore. I don’t blame Woj’s tantrum one bit, he must realise he (or indeed any goalkeeper in the Premier League, SPL, Conference or Isthmian League) is better than Fabianski – and must be bloody annoyed he wasn’t given a game ahead of him.
Fingers crossed for Gibbs too, he looks really good.
Gibbs injury is short term, pheewww…!
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gibbs-foot-injury-is-only-short-term
Hi I am a Gunner from Pakistan and a big fan of your blog and I regularly tune in to your opinions here. That being said I was wondering your intent on calling out the Pakistan Cricket squad in your post. Dont take it a in a negative but just wanted to understand as the point really didnt drive home to me atleast. I’d appreciate if you could explain. thanks!
Keep the faith Gooners!
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No offence intended gfl. It was merely a light-hearted reference to the alleged collusion with bookmakers that have blighted Pakistan’s tour here. If a professional cricketer can get involved in such activities why not a football official?
As I say, light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek, and aimed at the assistant referee who seemed to have real problems with his vision at critical moments.