Review: Arsenal 1 - Leeds 1

A funny ole game, football. You keep forgetting. It really is a damn funny (read: infuriating) game.

One day, you're proud to be an Arsenal fan, and three days later, we trot out a steamy pile of turd kinda performance.

I'm not really going into the details of the performance, except to say that ultimately, going one nil down was the least surprising event of the 90 minutes, and to list those whose turdy shit performances should once and for all put paid to first team aspirations:

Denilson. As Cesc said in his post-match interview, at this level (where people actually play for a living), that tackle was just utterly pathetic. No way else to describe it. You could discount it that professionals don't usually do these things, so we'll put it down simply to sloppy laziness. Which would also describe a few other would-be challenges later in the game.

Arshavin. Just what Wenger was thinking keeping him on the pitch really befuddles the mind. Wastes the clearest cut chance of the game, and elsewhere, just lethargic, listless and useless.

There were a few other dodgy iffy performances too. Squillaci, who seems more and more the stuff of mid-table challengers; Rosicky, who hasn't really put in a performance since god knows when; Chamakh, who seems to be suffering from a festive loss of form.

Otherwise, Djourou was good as usual, Theo put in a good shift and changed the dynamic.

But it was a typical cup game, and it would've been part of the whole FA Cup deal if we'd actually been dumped out at the first asking. But we haven't, and at the very least, we've got another FA Cup to watch - even if it's going to be as infuriating as the last one. But I still fancy our chances. Leeds will have to come out a tad more at home, and will like us have a few more games in between to get tired out. So we'll see. I mean, we'll have Huddersfield at home once we get through it, so let's just friggin' get it done.

Elsewhere, we've got Ipswich on Wednesday. Mixed feelings about that one actually. They may just get their manager by the time we visit, and we all know what new managers can do the first couple of times out. They also got whipped 7-0 today against Chelski, and professional footballers, like wounded animals, usually get a good dose of adrenalin the next time of asking. So damn. Timing may be bad for another 7-0 drubbing, so maybe a draw might be a good result from Portman Road. (Who'd ever thought I'd say something so daft, but hey, after Leeds...)

Alright then. Later.