Morning everyone and I trust there is a spring in your step this Tuesday morning?
Another pleasant Start to the working week after last night’s demonstration of the football art at its best. You saw it, you coo’ed, you purred, you WOW’ed at Ozil’s back heel to Sanchez about ten minutes before the end. Even Steve Bruce probably WOW’ed at that flick and who could blame him ?
Like most Arsenal fans I suspected a difficult game, with opponents desperate to get at least a point out of the fixture and having enjoyed a couple of decent performances recently. But it was not to be. It was never a contest that would go the distance or require the counting up of points or rounds won. It was a KO. Opponent on the canvas, eyes-rolling, stars swirling, concussed, fight over at the 45. We took control of the game when Mr Mason whistled, and never, as far as I recall, looked like allowing it to slip from our steely grip.
Admittedly the evening got off to a humorous start with Dawson’s slightly unlucky re-direction of Sanchez’s free kick. Having fallen behind Hull knew they were in for a difficult evening. They did try going forward, they really did both in the second part of first half and in the opening phase of the second. But then the sky fell in. Two killer passes cut the centre of the home defence open, the finishing was as good as the passes. The game was decided.
After half time we had our usual ten or fifteen minutes dawdle, by the final 30 we had re-engaged top gear and the only question was whether we might get four or five. Some decent keeping and close misses kept the score reasonable. Harper I thought had a good game and for a 40 year old shows no sign of fading.
Turning to our lads though;
Front and centre stage last night clearly our goal scorers, our German wizard, the French spinal column of Giroud and Coq, and Santi – I must not forget Santi.
And Jack, my goodness that was a great 25 minutes !!
But less obvious was a very good evening from the defenders, all five of them. They concentrated, they marked their men at dead ball kicks, Ospina took the ball cleanly when he could, and punched hard when he was obstructed, they tackled sharply and stayed on their feet, and dealt with every Hull attack. Now very different to the pattern four or five months ago when the likes of Swansea seemed to reduce us to quivering jelly ? A little unlucky to lose a goal but these things happen, a momentary lapse with Kosc temporarily hors de combat thanks to Meyler.
On that point of the occasional overly physical challenge from Hull I must also praise both Kosc and Coq for their high quality efforts at retribution for earlier kicks received. It is not something I often see which makes it all the more welcome when it does happen. Francis’ stamp on Quinn’s ankle was almost Italian in its cynical perfection, and the ginger Irishman departed a short while after. Mason was oblivious. Kosc’s studding of the cheek of Meyler was equally high class and the Hull player did not recover, though stayed on gamely. Again Mason accepted the tangle as a misfortune. It is very difficult to prove intent. Had it been the other way round I would have been spitting. I would never condone a deliberate and violent assault on an opposition player, however the fruit is always sweet.
The Daily Mail has these pictures this morning of the incident and the aftermath.
Reading the mainstream media this morning ample recognition of the dominance that brought us three points. No doubt that will last all of five minutes until the transfer window opens.
For us it must be tracking Citeh and taking the opportunity to secure second place. Onwards to the Swansea game.
And just for you to enjoy one last time, Ozil at his very best;
Positively Arsenal 
The responsibility for Özil’s pelanty rests with his teammates, what were they thinking letting him take it against his former youth team colleague?
heh…what? you can do a lot better than that….
say it was first season and the nerves got to him but not that…blame his teammates? incredible… you still my friend though
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When I saw it was Özil stepping up I wasn’t happy!
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Ridiculous scenes.
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i think mou should buy messi and use him as cover for hazard
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cannon are you a dwarf, as it seems a lot of things go over your head, I was not having a go at Giroud, but at the clowns who tell us he is not good enough, they go on as if the likes of Suarez etc never miss good chances, only giroud does is their mantra.
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I’m enjoying the thought that Arsneal fans out there in twitter land are using that game to wind up Gazprom fans. “Boring boring Chelsea” could be going on for a while. I’m sure that many imagine that Mourinho’s ego now dictates that he has to stay at Gazprom for a stint.
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loooool …. no not a dwarf edy …a fidget !!!
no i was having a go at your comment on giroud because we both know that barca and bayern are there and we are not thanks to some poor finishing perhaps?
you cant generalise like that
i now eagerly await you to bash me as a giroud hater..go eagle !!! ..
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i mean can i ask you seriously?
if someone turns and says suarez and lewadowski may be better strikers than giroud will you turn the mock-mode on and call them cunts who dont know football?
cause thats how your comment came out…..
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Hang on o thought it was a brain fart at 1-2 that had been translated by the perfumed plundits into “arsenal can’t defend” that was THE problem.
No you’re telling me it’s because they couldn’t score? Fuck. Can’t score, can’t defend. Their fucked. D**Med.
Need a new GK, CB, CM & CF. A new spine. Where can I grow me some spines?
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what 1-2? ive lost you there…. whats the subject?
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I’d trade one of the deflected strokes from the Hull game for another goal in the home leg against Monaco. Where can I do that?
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1-2 against Monaco, where their first goal was a wicked deflection…keep up!
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suarez is for me a better striker than Giroud, but lew is same level as oli. giroud has got better each season with AFC, as he has done with all his clubs. His over all game is very good and very important to our style of play, as was evident when he was out injured for three months.
as for how you perceived what I said, well that’s your porblem
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im still lost …hah what are you on about?
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esy : His over all game is very good and very important to our style of play, as was evident when he was out injured for three months.
no problems there….for how we play he is very important…best targetman in the world i would say…but a striker does need that suarez type ruthlesness
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fins i would say that the monaco home game was exactly as wenger described it….shit in attack, shit in midfield shit in defence
ok he didnt use those words…heh…
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oh the ruthlessness that he showed tonight,(3 good chances that I can recall) you see without even knowing it you make my point for me, all strikers miss chances, but a lot of these whinging idiots go on like they don’t
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and if i can add..fans were shit too…we were all complacent…walking 5 minutes late ‘ weee its only monaco..we’ll socre 5’ and then…antartctica freeze….
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no i dont edy…you are just being opportunist and using an off-game of his to score cheap points..gains has taught you well i see..heh..
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anyway nothing to fret about ..lets just laugh at pep
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Oh a bad game! One of those, When not all players were back including Arteta and Ramsey leaving a player with thirty odd games in CM to run the midfield in a CL knockout tie (must’ve been a tricky one to call because Flamini was quite good against Besiktas etc. but Coq had the position by then and the Flame would’ve been cold…)
Phew! For a moment there I thought arsenal needed a new GK, CB, CM, CF, a new spine…
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is boateng ok ? i think there is a pool of vomit there in the box
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finsbury
May 6, 2015 at 10:30 pm
man lets put some structure and order …i dont know exactly what youre talking about.. hlep me bro
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give me the opportunity to reply properly i cant keep up with your riddle- talk
were in the monaco game right? have i said something that pissed you off? honest?
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Hey guys, we can disagree but stop making it personal. None of you are looking good right now with the constant one-up-man ship
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I’ll help this time: what I’m trying to say in the above comment is that I believe that by the end of the season Coquelin would’ve made almost as big a step forward in his role as Bellerin has done. Though I’m not sure exactly what those improvements would be haha!
His passing was below his own standards in the last game, hopefully his hooter will be hurting less and he can get his groove on against Swansea. Should be a good game.
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my friedn im not disagreeing and we are not making anything personal …why do you always take it the wrong way..we are just talking with passion …noone is having a go at anyone..chill people..we are cool .
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that was to shotta btw…i cant believe that after all this time you still think we misunderstand eachother…
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off course fins…. coq and bellerin are very good players..who says different?
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some of the guys have seen me in real life they can tell you if im aggressive or not..lol .maybe it comes out wrong in written form..what can i say .. but i can assure you… its just talking.
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No one I was just thinking out loud. I think the confusion comes from me mentioning Henry’s four new players comment that went viral.
Btw I think Shotta was referring to thread between you and Eddy. Could be wrong!
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ok just wanted to avoid any misunderstandings…..
henry is in the media now…everything he says will be scrutinised positively or negatively… i just keep the good memories of him and try to forget paris and his letter
other than that ok maybe he exaggerated but as things stand i dont agree we would fare THAT good against any of the four teams we saw the last two nights…i feel we would need planets to align …just a feeling…im not the pope …i can be wrong.
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the image of barca players surrounding coquelin and then running like that at poor per is something i wouldnt want to watch…we would need 3 sanchezes 3 ramseys 3 knsiocelys and two goalkeepers…hahahahaaa
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Fist team, a contest. Maybe without seeing as Bunga Bunga once needed Busacca’s help beating a depleted D-Fence in a weaker squad.
Juve, beatable. They are, don’t quibble. Especially without Poggy,
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Fins knows. Always.
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In the home leg in the last tie against Bunga Bunga one Koscielny pocketed two of their forwards (one sneaked an assist to the third the cheeky blighter but Arsenal still won).
Suarez might be better then Pedro, it’s true, though I haven’t seen them train together tbf! Heh.
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but eevn with edy shottaa. there is no harm feelings….i hope its the same for him…he will get used ot me heh…
fins for the sake of clarity and my sanity when you say binga bunga you mean barcelona or milan?
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As you said, they were spared by Bendtner.
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Hahahahaha
Barcelona
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juve migth be beatable i agree but they got bags of experience ..think they would manipulate our romantic approach big time..thery remind me tarantino’s reservoir dogs in some ways…
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Discussion point: Of all the players on show tonight, apart from neur, Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Pique, none are really better than the starters at AFC.
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ok were on the same page now …thanks man…
but lolo is the best in the world /universe/ history of the sports…we have nothing to fear from him……
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Last season’s Lahm and Schweinsteiger might make the squad!
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Correction: none would make AFC better?
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mueller? lahm?
i rate marchisio too.. obvioously not at the level of others but i think he is solid midifelder multidimensioanl and very tactical
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i know he is old ..but pirlo?
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Both Lahm and Schwini are past their sell by date no?
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vidal? maybe…
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Can’t leave out Muller shotts.
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Cannon: Isn’t Masch past his prime?
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