I can only apologize to those calling in to taste Stew’s normal breakfast feast. He has been tied up with real life stuff and you are stuck with me.
It’s a tea-time game in the land of the Orcs. A fixture that we normally come away from battered, bruised and short of points. They really don’t like us up there, ever since Aaron Ramsey made Shawcross cry and his Mum had to pick him up from the ground, so upset was he with Ramsey who broke his own leg and blamed poor little Ryan.
I have no doubt that the usual roughhouse tactics will be rolled out by their very unlikeable manager, Mark Hughes.
We will have to be physically and mentally strong because you know if we go in with similar tactics we will soon find ourselves a man or two short.
This being our 3rd game in quick succession and a 4th coming on Tuesday I have no idea what team Arsene will put out. But regardless of the personnel, we have no option but try to win. A win will put pressure on Liverpool and it really is the last chance saloon.
I’m sure it will be 3 at the back, but which 3? No idea.
So all in all I’m not much help really. I just hope the game is fair and free from controversy.If we can’t win, let it be because we didn’t play well enough.
I have to say, despite everything, I’m quietly confident.
Enjoy the game and keep the faith.
Positively Arsenal 
Dean ignores foul on Hector! Orcs score…I smell soot and sulphur!
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crouch scores for stoke, it may have been handball, not sure.
all came from that freekick not been given for clear foul on bellerin.
about 25 minutes left
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Rugby team Joke City love a bit of handball…comes naturally. Dancing Dean happy.
COYG! A third will shut this shower up.
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COYG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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alexis asking to be subbed, thigh injury
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alexisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 3-1
yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss great finish by alexis after some great build up play
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yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!
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COYG!!!! FOYO!
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Sanchez
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about 15 minutes left, alexis off, ramsey on
stoke fans already booing ramsey, as they will his every touch, how dare he have his leg smashed by one of their thugs
ramsey almost scores
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Ramsey nearly!
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oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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holding booked for a deliberate foul
that knob david pleat saying it should be a red, spurs spurs spurs, kerb crawler
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good god, the commentator and pleat can’t hide their hate for arsenal
girouddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd shuts them up 4-1
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Holding outstanding in the move, not least for the quality of the pass to Bellerin making the space for his brilliant cut back as I write Ramsey just incredible and Giroud enjoying himself now
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yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!!
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ozil to the on running ramsey, he crosses to giroud to fire home, coyg
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Adrian Clarke reckoned five my go in today…
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Holding could become the English Mertesacker
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these commentators want holding hung drawn and quartered
its now been declared that the crouch goal was indeed handball, same old arsenal always cheating
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I really detest stoke
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Nice save Cech!!!!
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The orcs scurry back down into their caves
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welbeck on for ozil
walcott on forr giroud
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Our fans have been in good voice today!
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fucks sake, crouch with an awful tackle and only gets a yellow, and of course the commentators who wanted holding hung drawn and quartered a short time ago, dismiss it as one of those.
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by the way, david pleat on the crouch handball goal said “Maybe he meant to head it and handballed it instead”
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4 minutes stoppage time to be played
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Well thats ok then David. Stoke play rugby so thats fine.
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FT: Stoke 1-4 Arsenal
Giroud x2, ozil and alexis with our goals, crouch with a handball goal for the orcs.
Dean a disgraceful ref, but we already knew that.
a completely deserved win for Arsenal. Giroud now on 98 afc goals. Alexis on 21 league goals.
holding, kos and mustafi all very good, as were xhaka and coquelin,
now we need west ham to do us a big favor v liverpool tomorrow.
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Four goals to every one. We’re going to Joke City gonna have some fun…
Poor old Bogey team!
Looking forward to Andy Nics write up tomorrow!!
COYG!!!
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Last weekend we hand out a doing to a) Jose b) Manchester United and c) this Saturday the fucking Orcs – in Orcland
Seriously – you think it gets better than that ?
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Smashed a few pots in the potteries this evening
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I liked the way the lads weathered the storm after the Joke handball, the Orcs were pretty noisey at that point, and it could have gone against us.
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I do love Arsenal. Oh yes I do.
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Great win,Mustafi looks a different player in a back 3 and how good is Rob Holding?
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One fucking Arsene Wenger. Did you see those useless banner wankers at the start? How useless and deluded. Arsene is going nowhere.
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shotta, Arsene might very well leave, but it will have nothing to do with the protests or any of those attention seeking idiots.
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Simon @SimonWe1ss 2h2 hours ago
12 goals in 1110 minutes of action.
Think of Giroud what you like, but that is an outstanding return.
Best p90 in the league.
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Philippe Auclair @PhilippeAuclair 2h2 hours ago
Crouch’s handball is not ‘controversial’. It’s cheating.
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You know what, that Xhaka fella is an outstanding midfielder, pity about his jon moss.
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Lewis @LGAmbrose 1h1 hour ago
Holding asked if he’ll have a West Ham scarf tomorrow.
“Yeah, had it on last week when they won against Tottenham, I’ll have it on again”
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laughed out loud today when watching gareth crooks on football focus talk about white hart lane, he was listing all the great spurs managers in their history, he included pochintino, a man who has never won a trophy, power shift my arsenal
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mike dean’s performance today was almost as bad as bob madelys in the city game earlier. Its clear that the pgmol want certain teams to get in the top 4, I really fear how they will aid liverpool tomorrow.
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Greatest Spurs manager, had to be George Graham? (banned winking smiley raincoat emoji)
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andreas nicolaou @andygoon63 6h6 hours ago
Chris waddle was just asked about his fav memories of the lane
“The 87 team was great we never won nothing but was great ”
Tottenham that
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anyone notice alexis’s celebration of his goal to the afc fans, he patted the shirt and made a gesture that looked like he was saying I’m staying, he pointed a finger from both hands at the ground.
he’s staying I tell you, he’s staying
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yet another great win and another disgraceful performance by the ref. Injuries in this game were caused by deans lack of control and encouragement to players who wanted to hurt each other. He has a duty of care to the players and quite frankly he should be sued, this is not just a bias against our club but a complete show of negligence.
great performances and great interviews after the game as Ed has already highlighted holding but what hasn’t been pointed out yet was Giroud letting slip he is a reader of the blog and old northern soulie by quoting George “keep the Faith”
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