Match Reaction v Norwich

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

that wasn't an easy game. people were saying 'it's only norwich, easy 3 points' but far from it.

thats one reason i hate lunchtime and late kick off's, with the crowd behind them they turn into a different team. they really lift themselves and you can see it.

anyway mertesacker really needs to get a grip of this league, he was dodgy against chelsea and now against norwich he struggled. how is he going to cope against city or utd? or even against big teams in europe? wish we just paid £12m for cahill instead of pissing around with johnny foreigner who's going to take 6 months to settle in.

gervinho looks good, totally different to what we have which is much appreciated. still needs to learn to square the ball at times instead of shooting, but that can improve as his understanding of the english game continues.

walcott looks a different player. he looks like he's bulked up a bit and decided to add a bit of strength to his game. absolutely brilliant.

arteta looks solid. so does benayoun. feels so good knowing players like benayoun's coming on in the 70th minute as you know he won't give the ball away or panic when we're under pressure, unlike some of the shite we've had in the past 3 years.

finally got a bit of competition in the squad and it's showing. can't believe it's taken a man with the stature of wenger 3 fucking years to get a decent squad together. this should have been our approach all along and we've all been saying it; youth AND experience blended together. if only he'd have opened his eyes a bit sooner.