Match Reaction v Reading

[LDG]

[Kano]

And a hint at what we have in store if the traditional injury crisis deepens.

"if"

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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.

TBF when he left could you blame him.

[Niall_Quinn]

"if"

Yes, I am little bit carried away by last night's disastrous triumph.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

He played excellently last night, albeit against a poor defence. You can only hope the manager spotted it and decides to play him in the role which surely we bought him to fill. Enough of this Gervinho nonsense.

Yep Yep Yep. Just feel They don't want to pressure him and have the fans on his back, but i feel he will start more games now.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

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

Yes they were and both are better then that no excuse. Both are not bad players but they need to earn the spots in the team. Frimpong was good with Wolves and had he not got injured, that loan would have improved him. Coq was good last season but needs more games.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Stick him in goal!

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I did think coq was a bit limp which was disappointing and I agree that frimpong is out of his depth at a club like Arsenal, I think he's a championship player.

Thats rubbish, he do well at a Villa or a Sunderland. He is by no means a bad player. Personally like Jack did not think he is fully fit yet but that was no excuse for how we played.

[LDG]

That match tells you everything you need to know about the starting line up, or (at least) what it should be, and where we need replacements.

[Ollie the Optimist]

He was pissed off with Chamahk for giving it the "game over" celebration. He apologised to McDermott straight away.

I hope he gave him (Shitmack) a fucking bollocking for that. Completely disrespectful, especially give his lack of anything resembling a footballer over the last 18 months.

completely agree with that, also he was probs still fucking pissed at martinez for kicking hte ball away straight after making a save instead of holding onto it