doggieshaman
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Arsenal's had much worse injury crises in the past few years and still pulled through.
This is nothing :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: (i hope)
This is nothing :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: (i hope)
THE FOOTBALL THREAD Vol 2
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extremers
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yup, fabregas's knee injury, rosicky's hamstring and eduardo's ankle last season should be enough to topple arsenal off the top four last season, but we stayed on and made full use of every world class players we had to still float in top four!
ARSENAL WILL TRASH EVERTON TONIGHT!!!
fgl
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hmmmmm dont know about that but I hope for at least a 0-2 win courtesy goals by Van Persie & Eduardo
doggieshaman
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weeeee 6-1!!! :mrgreen::mrgreen:
doubly happy because the whole team looked very solid. except for the fact Arsenal can't seem to beat Fellaini to a single header
doubly happy because the whole team looked very solid. except for the fact Arsenal can't seem to beat Fellaini to a single header
extremers
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and i'll say it again, ARSENAL TRASHED EVERTON!
fgl
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Everton
Arsenal
- Saha 90
- Denilson 26,
- Vermaelen 37,
- Gallas 41,
- Fabregas 48, 70,
- Eduardo 89
Arsenal
- Manuel Almunia
- Bacary Sagna
- William Gallas
- Thomas Vermaelen
- Gael Clichy
- Alex Song
- Denilson
- Cesc Fabregas
(73) - Andrey Arshavin
- Nicklas Bendtner
(63) - Robin Van Persie
(73) - Substitutes
- Eduardo
(73) - Aaron Ramsey
(73) - Mikael Silvestre
- Vito Mannone
- Emmanuel Eboue
(63) - Kieran Gibbs
- Fran Merida
They were written off in most quarters before a ball was kicked this season but Arsène Wenger’s players showed they mean business with an emphatic win on Merseyside.
Denilson curled in a sumptuous 25-yarder to get the ball rolling and Thomas Vermaelen marked a hugely impressive debut with a thumping header from Robin van Persie’s free-kick. William Gallas nodded in a third from close range as Arsenal took a stranglehold on the game before half-time.
Cesc Fabregas rounded off a classic counter-attack two minutes into the second half and added a fifth from long range before Eduardo tapped in late on to compound Everton woes.
Louis Saha scored a stoppage-time consolation for Everton but that did not stop the travelling fans roaring a heart-warming refrain as they left Goodison Park: “We are top of the League!”
There’s an awfully long time to go, of course, but Arsenal have laid down a marker. The early signs are promising to say the least and they won’t face many tougher away trips than this before May.
The most notable name on Wenger’s first team-sheet of the season was Vermaelen’s. The summer signing from Ajax had a taste of the 'up and at 'em' nature of English football at Barnet last month but Everton, among the top flight's finest set-piece exponents, would test Vermaelen to the limit.
He passed his examination with flying colours.
After kicking off four consecutive seasons on home soil, Arsenal were probably due an opening-day away trip. And they don't come much harder than Everton. Mind you, as Manuel Almunia pointed out last week, he'd sooner be here in the August sunshine than the January frost. The Goodison Park surface is rather more pristine at this time of year and you sensed that might suit Arsenal's neat, passing game.
So it proved.
With Alex Song providing a solid base in midfield, Fabregas and Denilson broke quickly to support the front three of Nicklas Bendtner, Andrey Arshavin and Van Persie. And after an even opening, the pendulum swung Arsenal’s way.
Bendtner and Van Persie had already fired early shots across Everton’s bows when the Dutchman made a break down the right in the 25th minute. He clipped the ball inside to Fabregas and the captain slid it into Denilson’s path, 25 yards from goal.
The Brazilian met it perfectly, curling the ball beyond Tim Howard’s despairing dive and into the top corner. No one touched the ball more than Denilson in the Premier League last season; none of those touches were as impressive as this one.
Everton looked for an immediate response but found Vermaelen in their path. The centre back stood up well to twice deny Leon Osman as the midfielder looked to break into the box.
Then Denilson, just seven minutes after opening the scoring, kicked Maroune Fellaini’s header off the line to deny the hosts an equaliser.
A goal then would have changed the context of the game. Instead, Arsenal tightened their grip nine minutes before the break.
Van Persie, having over-hit a couple of free-kicks from a similar position, floated a perfect delivery towards the far post from 40 yards out. Vermaelen had peeled off cleverly and powered a header past Howard.
It was a pleasant surprise to see Arsenal score from one set-piece; to see them score from two was pure delight.
This time Fabregas provided the ammunition, curling a free-kick in from the left, and Gallas glanced the ball into the bottom corner. That was pretty much game, set and match.
Denilson almost added a fourth before the break but Howard got down well to deny the Brazilian. The Everton keeper did not have to wait long to pick the ball out of his net once again.
Only two minutes of the second half had elapsed when Arsenal cleared a corner and then raced the length of the pitch to score a beautifully-crafted fourth. Denilson found Van Persie on the left and Fabregas made a gut-busting charge through the centre to collect the Dutchman’s pass and beat Howard.
Jack Rodwell, one third of a triple Everton substitution, fired over the bar as the home side searched in vain for scraps. But David Moyes’ side were a shadow of the team that troubled Arsenal so much here in January.
Fabregas soon underlined the visitors’ superiority, storming through the middle before arrowing a low shot into the bottom corner. Eduardo got in on the act with two minutes left, tapping in after Arshavin’s effort had bounced off the post, before Saha snatched a late consolation.
Before this game Wenger suggested that his team would need 82 points for a serious stab at the title.
Three down, 79 to go. Arsenal are up and running in the grandest manner.
extremers
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*laughs* bro FGL, it was really a great experience with the cheer boys keep on cheering every minute. I bet the place gonna get more vocal on big match days!
wonderful match, and great scoreline to kick start gunners 09/10 season.
btw, bro fgl, i realised now why i didn't get the ordered item for months... i didn't include my apartment unit number in my address.
now need to contact the fellas over at the online store because of my whoopsie...
wonderful match, and great scoreline to kick start gunners 09/10 season.
btw, bro fgl, i realised now why i didn't get the ordered item for months... i didn't include my apartment unit number in my address.
now need to contact the fellas over at the online store because of my whoopsie...
fuzztremecho
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Arsenal baik skali !!!
fgl
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Arsène Wenger
http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3149186/first-team/everton-v-arsenal Everton 1-6 Arsenal
Barclays Premier League
Saturday, August 15, 2009, 17:30
Wenger: 'We look like we have matured'
on being applauded by the Everton fans...
"Well it was a good team performance. I feel overall there is still room for improvement, not on the scoreline but in what we did today. But overall I am very happy with the team attitude basically, and we look like we have matured. And it’s a good basis to continue to improve and to work on what we want to do."
on responding to the doubters...
"We have gone from being ruled out by everybody, to now becoming a super favourite, I think these two extremes are good. It was an interesting first game and we want to show that we have the squad. If you see that Nasri, Rosicky, Diaby, Walcott today… and Senderos, for example, stayed at home. You see that, and considering who was on the bench, we do have quite a big squad."
on the lack of threat from Everton...
"I felt that we took every chance we created in the first half and Everton were maybe a bit disturbed by the international week - you will be flat physically. Usually the energy level here is very, very high. Did that not happen because we had domination in the game or because they were flat physically? That is difficult for me to answer."
on Thomas Vermaelen's debut...
"I am pleased with his contribution because he has shown that in the air and on the ground he has all you need to play in the Premiership."
on Cesc Fabregas' contribution to...
"You cannot single one player out today for an average performance. What is very interesting for me is that the cohesion of the team, the fact that we played for each other, and if we can keep that in the team we have a chance."
on getting a good result ahead of the Celtic tie...
"It is important. It lifted our confidence and that is good. But we are on alert as well. We know that every game is different. That is the way we can show we have matured. People are surprised, but you know that we were last year the team that scored more goals than anyone away from home. And we had a long unbeaten run in the Premiership away from home. Of course it is a surprise to win with such a score. But we know we can do it away from home."
fgl
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Barclays Premier League table 2009-2010
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-Pts1Arsenal110061532Manchester City110020233Stoke City110020234West Ham United110020235Wigan Athletic110020236Chelsea110021137Tottenham Hotspur110021138Fulham110010139Manchester United1100101310Sunderland1100101311Hull City100112-1012Liverpool100112-1013Birmingham100101-1014Bolton Wanderers100101-1015Portsmouth100101-1016Aston Villa100102-2017Blackburn Rovers100102-2018Burnley100102-2019Wolverhampton100102-2020Everton100116-50
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-Pts1Arsenal110061532Manchester City110020233Stoke City110020234West Ham United110020235Wigan Athletic110020236Chelsea110021137Tottenham Hotspur110021138Fulham110010139Manchester United1100101310Sunderland1100101311Hull City100112-1012Liverpool100112-1013Birmingham100101-1014Bolton Wanderers100101-1015Portsmouth100101-1016Aston Villa100102-2017Blackburn Rovers100102-2018Burnley100102-2019Wolverhampton100102-2020Everton100116-50
fgl
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loehurts - this thread and the original football thread was set up for all fans of all clubs...
apparently some man u & pool fans decided to set up their own and when I popped into these other threads - the rival fans purposely set up an afc thread for us to post ....
I believe in togetherness & collective argy bargy so I still think the Football thread vol 2 is the best for all supporters to air their views,etc
apparently some man u & pool fans decided to set up their own and when I popped into these other threads - the rival fans purposely set up an afc thread for us to post ....
I believe in togetherness & collective argy bargy so I still think the Football thread vol 2 is the best for all supporters to air their views,etc
fgl
Well-known member
Thomas Vermaelen scores on his debut at Goodison Park
http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3149186/first-team/everton-v-arsenal
Barclays Premier League
Saturday, August 15, 2009, 17:30
Wenger: Vermaelen will be a good asset for us
Thomas Vermaelen has proved once and for all that size isn't everything, according to Arsène Wenger.
There were a few murmurs of concern when the Belgian centre back signed for Arsenal in June, as critics suggested that Vermaelen lacked the height to cope with the Premier League's most direct teams.
Vermaelen dispelled any fears at Goodison Park on Saturday. Everton are one of the top flight's finest set-piece exponents and score more than their fair share of headed goals but Arsenal's new boy dealt comfortably with Jo, Marouane Fellaini and Joleon Lescott when the home side went forward.
Vermaelen underlined his aerial superiority with a powerful header from Robin van Persie's free-kick during the first half and he was just as impressive on the ground, distributing the ball with assurance and forging a solid partnership with William Gallas at the back. After the game Wenger paid tribute to the 23-year-old debutant.
"We liked Thomas when he played against us for Ajax," said the manager.
"We kept watching him and we liked what he did. He has shown that he has a good chance to adapt and become a good asset for us.
"He is good in the air. Many people had question marks about him in the air because of his size. But what I saw in the air was quite reassuring; being good in the air is not always linked with the size and he has shown that against Everton."
fgl
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Cesc Fabregas... captain pays fitting tribute to friend Daniel Jarque
Fabregas dedicates goal to Daniel Jarque
MATCH VIDEO
Everton 1-6 Arsenal - Match highlights
14 mins 25 seconds
Cesc Fabregas dedicated his second goal against Everton to Daniel Jarque, the Espanyol captain who died recently of a heart attack, aged 26.
After scoring the goal in the 70th minute, the 22-year-old ran over to the Arsenal bench where he held aloft a shirt with 'Jarque' and the number 21, which he wore for the past five seasons.
Like Fabregas, Jarque was born in Barcelona and the pair played together in the same Spain Under-21s side. The 26-year-old died suddenly of a heart attack during Espanyol's pre-season tour of Italy earlier this month.
To watch the Arsenal captain's emotional celebration, click on the black box.
