Match Reaction v Reading

[Japan Shaking All Over]

I am going to post before reading the whole of the thread but I can see Ach's last post and I do agree and have said in the past that 2 up front should be how we consider starting some games, Giroud does not have it to play the point by himself.

Walcott if a striker needs to play off someone, running on to balls won by the likes of Giroud and dare I say it Chamakh or a similar kind of player.

Anyway......woke up to see the game was still going on.......no good for me though, the CC doesnt ignite an interest over here till final day so had to make do with BBC streaming, saw Walcott score the 4th and then it was a case of eperiodically choking on my Sugarpuffs!!!!

Cant comment on what I didnt see......but the defence must have been playing kamikaze footie, right?

anyway a win in a game I would love to see.....well done, could be a little boost for the trip to the Mancs?.....lets hope so!

[Cripps_orig]

Defence were playing their usual game tbh

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

just got back



thats the best way to sum it up.

from rock bottom to complete high- the night had everything. emotions, love, hatred and passion.

first thing's first, giroud and eisfeld changed the game. eisfeld gave us more control in midfield and giroud was a fucking beast up top. everytime he's on the pitch he makes us more direct and makes us more dangerous. it was the same at city and it was the same tonight.

second thing is that we need to play giroud and walcott up top. the big man small man partnership worked so well and they complement each other brilliantly. i dont think walcott's good enough to be leading our line on his own, a striker needs more than just great finishing; he needs strength, the ability to hold up play, aerial threat etc. at the same time, i dont think playing giroud on his own makes the best use of him either because he likes to drop deep and pick teams off from there. the thing that was clear tonight was that everytime walcott was near giroud it clicked; they worked off each other and made some great runs in behind. when they were far apart reading had more control of the game.

arshavin im not sure what to make of him. was abysmal in the first half but he got 3 assists in the end (i think) and everything seemed to go through him, it's just a shame he's a fat lazy fuck. he grated on everyone tonight. but stats would prove otherwise so dunno what to make of him.

chamakh can actually shoot why the fuck doesn't he grow a pair more often? his first goal was a case of 'fuck im on my own here... errr fuck... ok ill shoot then...' and bang it went in. he needs to try it more often.

defensively we were a shambles. jason roberts ran us ragged. we didn't get into the game during the first half and we couldn't string 2 passes together. second half was a complete turnaround.


funniest moment of the night goes to giroud, who after 90 minutes thought the game was over and headed over to the fans and chucked his shirt into the crowd, only to be reminded by the physio that there were still another 30 minutes left to be played the whole stand was in bits and laughter and singing the giroud song proud.


and a shout out to the guy next to me who left after 40 minutes. i bet you feel like a dick. you wanker.

[Cripps_orig]

Coq did the shirt throwing thing as well

That was awesome

Arsenal players

Proving that footballers really arent that bright.

As for the fans who left, Always said aways fans are a bit alwful. The homers are the real fans

[Japan Shaking All Over]

just got back



thats the best way to sum it up.

from rock bottom to complete high- the night had everything. emotions, love, hatred and passion.

first thing's first, giroud and eisfeld changed the game. eisfeld gave us more control in midfield and giroud was a fucking beast up top. everytime he's on the pitch he makes us more direct and makes us more dangerous. it was the same at city and it was the same tonight.

second thing is that we need to play giroud and walcott up top. the big man small man partnership worked so well and they complement each other brilliantly. i dont think walcott's good enough to be leading our line on his own, a striker needs more than just great finishing; he needs strength, the ability to hold up play, aerial threat etc. at the same time, i dont think playing giroud on his own makes the best use of him either because he likes to drop deep and pick teams off from there. the thing that was clear tonight was that everytime walcott was near giroud it clicked; they worked off each other and made some great runs in behind. when they were far apart reading had more control of the game.

arshavin im not sure what to make of him. was abysmal in the first half but he got 3 assists in the end (i think) and everything seemed to go through him, it's just a shame he's a fat lazy fuck. he grated on everyone tonight. but stats would prove otherwise so dunno what to make of him.

chamakh can actually shoot why the fuck doesn't he grow a pair more often? his first goal was a case of 'fuck im on my own here... errr fuck... ok ill shoot then...' and bang it went in. he needs to try it more often.

defensively we were a shambles. jason roberts ran us ragged. we didn't get into the game during the first half and we couldn't string 2 passes together. second half was a complete turnaround.


funniest moment of the night goes to giroud, who after 90 minutes thought the game was over and headed over to the fans and chucked his shirt into the crowd, only to be reminded by the physio that there were still another 30 minutes left to be played the whole stand was in bits and laughter and singing the giroud song proud.


and a shout out to the guy next to me who left after 40 minutes. i bet you feel like a dick. you wanker.

Thanks for that.... respect to the away fans......must have been a great night.

Agree with a lot of that.....not sure that either Girourd or Theo should be playing up front by themselves......Gerv certainly shouldnt, there is an obvious case play two up top Giro/Theo or Pods......sadly I think that Wenger will have his eyes closed to this possibility

[Gooner23]

Thanks for that.... respect to the away fans......must have been a great night.

Agree with a lot of that.....not sure that either Girourd or Theo should be playing up front by themselves......Gerv certainly shouldnt, there is an obvious case play two up top Giro/Theo or Pods......sadly I think that Wenger will have his eyes closed to this possibility

In Wilshere and Arteta I think we have two centre mids who could play in a 442, both work their socks off, like a tackle and rarely lose the ball when they do have it. Pods and Cazorla on the wings. Feo and Giroud up top. Would like to see it at least given a go.

On the game, that was ridiculous. First half we were appaling, but every player stepped it up after the break and put in a shift. Christ, even Fat Fuck and Shitmack were still sprinting in extra time. As has been said, Eisfeld was very impressive. Coq upped his game big time in the 2nd half as well. Giroud was immense and showed that with a bit of confidence he can be a beast. As for Feo; he can be maddenly frustrating at times, but last night he was absolutely brilliant. Nicky Shorey will be having nightmares for a long time after that. I think it would be a massive mistake if we lost him in January as he is finally starting to deliver on a consistent basis.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

5 fucking 7!!!! We only went and won 5 fucking 7!!!!!

[GP]

Reading are the first team in the history of the League Cup to score 5 at home and still lose.

[Globalgunner]

I think this game finally put paid to the legend of Frimpong........He is proving that it is actually possible to be a worse midfielder than Ramsey

[Power n Glory]

He was terrible. No discipline, poor passing and first touch. Same goes for Coquelin. They were really bad.