Thursday, February 15, 2007

The Gooners Vs The Trotters

Any Ars/Bolton clash is great, not least because it reaffirms so many stereotypes :

Bolton are a bunch of thugs, but can actually play some really good soccer.
Sam Allardyce is an utter dickhead, but knows how to rile Arsenal perfectly.
Wenger and Allardyce are probably the Prem's top hypocrites. Stout Englishman Sam hates Johnny Foreigner and his diving ways...unless it's Campo looking for a penalty. Arsene hates those spoil-sport time-wasters...unless it's the CL final and its Arsenal, then it's okay.
Arsenal supporters can be a bunch of effete moaners ..."it's so unfair when the opposition tackle" "It's so unfair when the opposition put all their players behind the ball not letting us roll through them", etc.
Arsenal defend set pieces like a bunch of corgis, take penalties like England, and their midfielders are woeful at converting chances [ Perhaps someone should suggest they watch Freddie's effort yesterday - ie when you get a good sight of goal don't see it as a chance to fuss around like a high school girl getting ready for a college frat party ]. Just shoot. At the goal. Please. Forfucksake.
Apart from the above, Arseanal's play, esp. their quality of passing, is just a joy to behold.

The only thing missing yesterday was a bit of Lehmann maddness, so here's some, against the Whitemen, from a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMDPgcJmTCI

3 comments:

The Editor said...

Call me an effete moaner.

Alec said...

I wouldn't have called you an effete moaner, but if you want, I can.

The Editor said...

I would like that...thank you.

Hleb was fantastic last night but he was guilty a few times of looking for the extra pass AFTER beating his man to gain a clear sight of goal. And Baptista played some horrible balls. Thanks for the Crazy Lehmann vid...