RvP is the biz. Bad decision by Wenger to leave him out, Chamakh was (of course) utter shit. Walcott was slightly worse. Both these players are a total waste of space and we played the first 70 minutes with 9 men. It showed. Once we got our top players on the pitch it was all over. Vital win and we battled well for the second time in as many weeks to hang on to the lead, good stuff. Highly encouraging from Gervinho who was a lot less wasteful today. Defence did okay, Chesney was the weakest link today with some barmy decision making. But we had enough to keep the dreadful Stoke kick and rush, lump it long and chuck and hope "game" at bay.

More progress but Wenger still can't help tinkering and risking derailment.

Ref was an utter, utter, utter, cock.