Holy Mary Mother of ….. is all I can say. Who would’ve thought it. I would’ve been satisfied with one point, in a 1-1 draw. We got 5 goals more, and 2 more points. It’s Christmas in August. For that: I would thank (a) Citeh and that #!$%! Mark Hughes for continuing to screw David Moyes and Joleon Lescott’s minds’ over, (b) Everton for pretending to be in a pre-season friendly, and (c) our defenders and defending midfielders for scoring the goals.
Think of it this way: first goal – a screamer from Denilson. Of all people! This might be the beginning of something special. Great assists from Bent Nick and Cesc. Second goal: Vermaelen. Holy shit. What better way than to cancel out the shit feeling that came with seeing Adeba#!$ score 3 mins into his debut. What a free kick, what a header, what crap defending. Perfect. This is really beginning to look like something special. Third goal: Gallas, another super free kick, this time from Cesc, and simple little header from Mohawk Billy following yet more crap defending. Perfecter. Half time. Definitely special. Fourth goal: Cesc. Yummy, yummy goal. RVP influential in it. Fifth, Cesc again, and this time, it really looked like pre-season friendly stuff. Ran half way through the pitch, only having poor ole Fellaini chasing back (from being the last one with a shot on goal), nobody in sight, and a crasher into the corner. Woo hoo! Let’s hear 7, shall we? It would’ve been nice to have subjecter Everton to another 7-0 whipping – this time at home, but alas only another (special) Eduardo goal we got. Let’s just forget that Saha scored. Stupid idiot. I’d have preferred 6-0.
Anyway. Just perfect. Couldnt’ve have imagined it in my wildest dreams. Sets us up really well for Tuesday, doesn’t it? Can’t wait at all.
Now, I’m not going to go all ballistically berserk about this, and I do know I was probably just a tad more pessimistic than I need have been in my post below. But, let’s find a nice balance of taking encouragement, without being either shittily cynical nor retardedly over-the-moon. Everton were crap, no doubt. We took our chances, just like we did in the 4-4 draw at Anfield. Just gotta make sure our defence stays solid. In Vermaelen, it looks like we’re onto something good.
Speaking of which, the player ratings:
Almunia 7 – Didn’t have to do much, and did well with the throw out to Cesc for our fifth.
Think of it this way: first goal – a screamer from Denilson. Of all people! This might be the beginning of something special. Great assists from Bent Nick and Cesc. Second goal: Vermaelen. Holy shit. What better way than to cancel out the shit feeling that came with seeing Adeba#!$ score 3 mins into his debut. What a free kick, what a header, what crap defending. Perfect. This is really beginning to look like something special. Third goal: Gallas, another super free kick, this time from Cesc, and simple little header from Mohawk Billy following yet more crap defending. Perfecter. Half time. Definitely special. Fourth goal: Cesc. Yummy, yummy goal. RVP influential in it. Fifth, Cesc again, and this time, it really looked like pre-season friendly stuff. Ran half way through the pitch, only having poor ole Fellaini chasing back (from being the last one with a shot on goal), nobody in sight, and a crasher into the corner. Woo hoo! Let’s hear 7, shall we? It would’ve been nice to have subjecter Everton to another 7-0 whipping – this time at home, but alas only another (special) Eduardo goal we got. Let’s just forget that Saha scored. Stupid idiot. I’d have preferred 6-0.
Anyway. Just perfect. Couldnt’ve have imagined it in my wildest dreams. Sets us up really well for Tuesday, doesn’t it? Can’t wait at all.
Now, I’m not going to go all ballistically berserk about this, and I do know I was probably just a tad more pessimistic than I need have been in my post below. But, let’s find a nice balance of taking encouragement, without being either shittily cynical nor retardedly over-the-moon. Everton were crap, no doubt. We took our chances, just like we did in the 4-4 draw at Anfield. Just gotta make sure our defence stays solid. In Vermaelen, it looks like we’re onto something good.
Speaking of which, the player ratings:
Almunia 7 – Didn’t have to do much, and did well with the throw out to Cesc for our fifth.
Sagna 6.5 – Surprisingly, one of his letter stellar showings. One or two stray passes.
Mohawk Billy 7.5 – Solid, and hey, he’s one goal shy of top scorer in the league right now!
Vermaelen 7.5 (+1) – Mmmmm. Take that, Ade#!$!%. Must’ve been training on headers with Bent Nick. Looked in command, and reminded me of Vidic on a good day. Maybe’s it’s just because there’s a slight resemblance.Clichy 7 Nothing too spectacular, but the usual of his dependable running and all.
Song 7.5 – He keeps this up, and I might just have to shut my mouth on him.
Denilson 8 – At last, a performance worthy of his quiet but unspectacular work ethic. Good boy. Looks as if he’s grown during the summer too.
Cesc 8.5 – Not a really special performance, but still manages to score two, make one. If Barca wants him, they’re gonna have to cough up the GDP of Spain.Bent Nick – Not bad at all. Showed that he would as good “replacement” for Ade as we could’ve hoped. Has a far more consistent work rate, and just as nifty footwork. (See: Assist for Denilson’s goal).
Arshavin 7 – A relatively quiet game by his standards. Could’ve grabbed himself a cheap goal, but that went to Eduardo instead. He’ll have his day soon.
RVP 8 – Good as-usual show. Typically cultured assists for Vermaelen and Cesc.
Looking forward – let’s just take this as 3 points, and keep watching the highlights just for the heck of it. It’s just great that after 3 months of football-less pain, we’ve got to wait just 48 more hours for another key game.
Elsewhere, some interesting happenings. Forget about Blackburn 0 – Citeh 2. All sorts of people out there to make all sorts of predictions, but we know better than that. Then there’s Villa’s pathetic slump to Wigan, Chelski and Man U’s unconvincing performances at home, and of course….Spurs 2 – Pool 1. Haha. I did say it would be interesting, no? But yay. We’re 3 points ahead of the much-lauded “title contenders”. So there. And Spurs, just like with Citeh, let’s keep our tongues in check for now.
Great having football for a change on the weekend. Now gotta go watch a bit of golf. Nice….
Looking forward – let’s just take this as 3 points, and keep watching the highlights just for the heck of it. It’s just great that after 3 months of football-less pain, we’ve got to wait just 48 more hours for another key game.
Elsewhere, some interesting happenings. Forget about Blackburn 0 – Citeh 2. All sorts of people out there to make all sorts of predictions, but we know better than that. Then there’s Villa’s pathetic slump to Wigan, Chelski and Man U’s unconvincing performances at home, and of course….Spurs 2 – Pool 1. Haha. I did say it would be interesting, no? But yay. We’re 3 points ahead of the much-lauded “title contenders”. So there. And Spurs, just like with Citeh, let’s keep our tongues in check for now.
Great having football for a change on the weekend. Now gotta go watch a bit of golf. Nice….
1 comment:
I agree Vermaelen and Song were seriously ridiculously good.
Still not convinced about Bendtner on the right, 'coz I think a better full back would have covered him nicely.
Actually I think Everton didn't play too badly (esp in the first half). And it's hard to keep the effort up when the game gets away like that.
Finally, and what i think is the most impt point, is that Arsenal took the kicks and shoves Everton dished out, and we served up a little nastiness of our own. Vermaelen obviously studied the "Best of Nelson Vivas" DVD because I saw more than a couple of stray elbows into peoples' sternums.
Everyone says that Arsenal lacks steel, but if we can build on the physical side shown in this game then I think we might have ourselves a pretty awesome team here.
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