*clap clap clap clap* that is to the Portsmouth players who dragged Tottenham into extra time then delivered the jab and knock out punch in the end. Wilson Palacios picked up a suspension for what I thought was a good challenge
I suppose the other way to look at it is that we would certainly have killed many teams off quicker than we have done in some of our late shows. Giving the manager the chance to remove any tired legs on 70 minutes instead of going full throttle until 94 minutes
Robin Van Persie is set to return to training and this has been translated into him starting and scoring five against Tottenham. I would be a little worried about throwing Van Persie in so early
After the route to the first goal and knowing how quick Theo Walcott is, why ignore him, why change the way you are facing? It was a bad move from Diaby, a mistake, one that Arsenal may regret
That first 25 minutes last week was spectatcular. In a bad way. I'm sure I'll never see such an incredible footballing performance again. However, except for that 25 minutes we were in no way the worse team over the rest of the game
Emmanuel Eboue is the perfect outlet away from home, pace, work rate, high energy. Hopefully he can start Theo's work way before he comes onto the pitch. Éric Abidal is likely to replace Maxwell and give Barcelona some more pace but as we know
He seems like a similar type of player as Torres, strong, quick good at leading the line, strong in the air but looking at his statistics and the handful of games that I have seen him play
Theo Walcott started where he left off against Barcelona and tormented the Wolves defenders. He looks like a man full of confidence and the run of games without injury appears to have done the trick. Luckily his contribution grew from his first touch which was to kick the ball straight out of play
Emmanuel Eboue is almost certainly going to be used at right back, the in form wide man has not played many minutes in recent weeks. It could also be a good chance to rest Gael Clichy who has played every game since returning from injury
Nicklas Bendtner pulled on a Bergkamp 10 shirt and slipped in a perfect pass in between Maxwell and Puyol, Walcott who had already started accelerating got to the ball first and finished underneath Valdes