Our greatest ever hero Lord Nelson said just that before the battle of Trafalgar. When he learned shortly before he died that we had won the day and had taken 17 prizes he said ‘I thought we would get more’ shortly after he died he got his wish, we did in fact get more, that put paid to Napoleon’s invasion plans and the rest as they say is history.
Now whilst I’m not expecting more than 17 goals, I am expecting a win, so Arsenal, remember the flags that went up before the battle ‘England expects that every man will do his duty’ do that and I’ll be happy.
The chavs and the scousers did the job yesterday and with the scousers stuffing Madrid yesterday it clearly shows where the powerbase in Europe is these days, the times where we would expect to go out to foreign opposition are long gone, all we want now is to avoid another English team, why is that you may well ask, is it because the English are so good? No, it’s because all the foreigners are in England, and those that aren’t on benefits or seeking asylum are indeed professional footballers, and thank god for that, as Nelson (an Arsenal fan) would have undoubtably said, were he alive today.
Arsene said this yesterday ‘You judge a season at the end of the season and it is down to us in the coming months to show that we have the necessary quality and that people were too quick to write us off’
All good stuff and yes we have much to fight for, but we can’t win the league, so no one judged you too early, yes we have had injuries, but had you signed a few quality players in August we would be in the box seat right now, so stop whining and win what’s left, we will all love you even more should you achieve that.
We need to score, the chavs showed how difficult it is if you get an goal away, so I think we should soak up in the first 15, then go for them, split their team in two like Nelson did and rip out their lungs.
Tonight takes us a step closer to immortality and to be called a big club at last, by winning the European Cup, England expects, the manager expects but most of all the we the fans expect.
Arsenal to win 3-1 tonight for me, I don’t care who we get in the next round, just as long as we get into the next round.
Cesc and anyone else that maybe thinking of moving on, don’t forget two things, the first is that Robin said the grass isn’t always greener in your neighbours garden and the second is to look at all the teams that you may want to join, they’re all out, well with the exception of Barcelona and that’s only because their team is made up of Arsenal rejects!
Fabianski
Sagna Kolo Gallas Gibbs
Walcott Diaby Nasri Vela
Eduardo Robin
That’s my preferred team but this is the one I expect.
Almunia
Sagna Kolo Gallas Clichy
Eboue Song Diaby Nasri
Bendtner Robin
Have a great day today Grovers, tonight could be our best ever in Europe, 3-1 sounds great, 17 nil sounds better.
You can just tell we didnt come to play…because Diaby isnt tired.
Usually he would be dead by now.
But they came in expcecting to stroll to victory.
Seb: totally agree.
Van persie moved the wrong way there imo.
lol seb, prize tit!
roma playing deep, so we just piss around
STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE. WE ARE IN THIS GAME . THERE IS MORE CHANCE OF US WINNING THIS GAME THAN LOSING. CMON GUYS BACK THE ARSENAL TO WIN. CMON!
You know Seb I agree with you.
He takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayy tooooooolong to set up for SHOT.
He has been like Ade today slowing up everything.
Van Persie is having a mare! Even taking the ball of his teammates and losing it!
Motta should have been sent off ages ago!
And Nasri keeps getting into the box and getting tangled up.
Nasri and Van Persie make another mess of good possession. They are crying out for Adebayor I think. He’s the most direct player they’ve got.
What sort of manager is Wenger, we’ve had 12 corners and not threatened once, disgraceful.
come on lets get theo in the game
all the people slagging ade off since he got injured, it looks as if we could have done with him tonight
Another shit delivery. Will Van Persie just fuck off and learn to cross. Eduardo should be taking them.
we rarely threaten from corners geoff
I think the team is insane they try the same thing over and over again and expect a diff result.
Nice clearance by RVP
I bet Arsene wont try a thrid sub.
We should have put Arshavin in a Bischoff shirt and played him, noone knows what Bischoff looks like anyway, at least then we could have had some decent set pieces.
Walcott has touched the ball about three times in total, Eduardo isn’t getting a sniff, Nasri is playing well but keeps cutting back and inside. Get Vela on for van Persie!
Not unless he gives song a run-out.
I say Nasri offfffffffff……Vela on.
fuck me. I havnt had a stream for over an hour now. Fucking shit
Has Eduardo ad a shot yet? He will probably score his first.
carlos vela needs to come on
No stu
Nasri has been horrible. Put Vela on Wenger, and if it goes to penalties, I hope he doesn’t try chipping Doni. Eventually keepers will catch on to him.
Nasri has been playing crap…..complete crap.
Get Nasri offffffffffffff.. He is just ditrhering with the ball, and he looks even slower than usual.
He was rested for this game and looks as if he is just as tired as some of the Roma players.
Vela needs to come on to take penalties!
lol Wengers way of motivating the players id to shake his fist and utter the words “come on!”. Moving stuff by Le Boss,
My stomach is in knots.
I won’t watch penalties
right now i dont even care if we get knocked out. we’ve been awful! how embarrassing would that be if we end up been the only english club that gets knocked out
15 fucking corners, it has to be a record and not one shot from any of them.
We are playing tennis with all those corners and crosses.
Geoff, our team (minus Diaby) are all under six feet.
please lets win this tie and move on
We had Bendtner too Maryland, and Van Persie
i know we hear this from every ‘expert’..but its obvious to see that a lack of experience tonight has been the downfall
There you go Clichy
True . . . I meant who we have now.
I cant stand it any more. I have muted the tv and am listening to music.
We just need that one spark.
Stu, I hear you . . . it’s like the pundits want us to lose. RVP’s crosses have been crap.
this is the best game baptista has played for arsenal
NASRI . . . !!!
Not gonna happen Maryland. We have a team of wet matches.
Cross the ball on the fucking mat…why all these air balls?
GEEEEEEEEEzzzzzzzzzzz
Kenny . . . too funny. Even the pundits are mocking him.
c mon boys… ffs!!!!
Stu . . . don’t give up. We just need to make it through this game. Roma are tired.
oh for gods sakes Samir
what a fucking WASTE
I think that was our second shot . . . ugg.
come on theeooo, just do an anfield run again
COME ON ARSENAL!!!
That makes it worse. We cant beat a tired team.
Stu . . . it hurts at so many different levels.
Nasri has been the worst player out there today…absolutley horrible.
I don’t want Theo taking a pen. I just don’t trust english players taking penalties. The 2 that missed for Spuds…both english…
Totti is like watching an old man with a wicked boot play the game . . . age is a bi%#.
When the fuck is nelson gonna come to the rescue
Pat, has Theo ever taken a pen?
We are playing so sloppy. We are giving Roma so many chances. It is driving me nuts.
COME ON ARSENAL….no stream is working for me. ughhh
Penalties:
Eduardo, RVP, Toure, Nasri, and Gallas will demand one
Denilson also……
Roma aren’t this good. We are making them look like a WC team.
we aint winning the champions league, so really i dont think i be too worried about losing today
Who the fuck made that shit pass!
Is it me or has half the Roma team been on the pitch for the bulk of the match.
Shabz, I think we can do this. Sometimes you have to eek out the wins.
gunnershabz i agree, kind of expecting to go out now
I guess if we go out….we really deserve to.
I mean what a crappy performance…it has been a team of Diaby and Sagna alone.
Their only subs have been forced ones.
Good refereeing tonight, well he hasn’t been fooled by the roma players
Diaby has played well.
Gnarley, spot on. He has called it right.
History is against us if it goes to penalties. Italy vs England. We would have no hope.
Stu
That shit pass was made by Nasri I believe..it could have been Denilson…..imagine if it were Vela that had the ball there..it would have been a fast break…Nasri cannot execute a fsat break , I have seen him slow down so many of our counter attacks in other games.
Ahh! Come on Arsenal.
Fuck this is nerv-racking!!!!
Im sweating like a paedo in a playground!!
Italy-France is against us also, Stu
Why even try take a touch if you are shit!
Wenger looks like a turtle sitting there
he keeps winding his neck in and out
Fuck! Im gonna have a heart attack!
GG – its on ESPN now
I’m off to work. Please win on penalties
face it guys, we wont win the champions league, we might as well just concretrate on the league and fa cup
lol reggie. That coat he wears is far too big. Why does he need one tha fucking size.
even if we win this is not going to have done the squad’s confidence much good is it?
RvP must not take any penalty, a good player but he’s been pants today quite franly
On watching the replay, where the fck was Eboue? Defensive cover my bollocks!!!
Yeah but we beat ManU didn’t we, our last trophy win too, it’s an omen boys!
Inconsistency. That has been the theme of our season.
pft cunt! i’d love to know why eboue is stretching
come on almunia..you better of used your I-pod
STU
I think he has got song in there to snuggle up to
young players = inconsistency
Remember when Al won us a shoot-out against doncaster. Same again blondie!!
I cant take this.
I will see ye after the shootout! Its time to cover my eys!!
Come on Eduardo
Shit
The team really let us down today.
fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh eduardo….
its ok, i forgive u
omg…
come on big al save another
THEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i hate this!
Yeaaaaaahhhhh!
OiOI
YYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we won
yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSCLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
fUCKING LOVE IT!!! ITALIAN CUNTS!!!!!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
come on!
messy , shit game, we were all awful but I’ll take the win
we won, lets move on now and get our players back
Well that was fucking dreadful, goodnight all.
Thank Fuck For That
We gotta raise our game for the future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don’t throw that kind of shit again!!!!!!!!
LUCKED IT
I dont know whether to be envious of or worried for the away fans. Roma fans will be pissed!
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttt fuck alrite
god damn it we r thru. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
arsene needs to rethink, seriouly. defense is shite.
we’re on our way, we’re on ourway! we of to roma we’r on our way!
They haven’t disgraced anyone that was fucking awesome, edge of the seat all the team, fucking awesome, the Arsenal way.
Did we win then, just got back from a quick job around the corner?
that was fucking tooo fucking close. this has been the worst night of my life…. im a nervous wreck!!!!!!!!!!!
MAN, ITS THE FREAKING BEST DAY OF MY LIIIIIIIIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! OH YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
we won 7-6
Stu – Lucked it ? Seriously cheer the fuck up, that was fucking awesome.
HOW MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY’D GO THROUGH ? HANDS UP, I’M pretty dayum positive and I was fucking worried.
At least we’ll have Cesc and Rosicky back, really this time, goodnight all!
Nothing more to say about that really is there…
other then let’s hope Cesc is back for the quarters!!
ummm.. a round of applause for Mr. Almunia?..
Shit. we are lucky.
i know we going to get an english team in the quarter
i think it will be chelsea
I don’t think my heart has resumed beating yet….
Night Geoff, thanks for the blog, its great for us OS boys & girls.
You Little Ripppppppppppppppeeeeerrrrrrrrr
Chamoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
fucking brilliant. game overall was ruined by shocking defending conceding an early goal which completely killed the game plan. If we’d kept them out longer they would’ve had to come at us, we would’ve got the away goal, and game over. The early goal completely killed that and killed our game.
eduardo is still very very unfit, as is theo, though he did some good stuff looked as knackered as those that had run for 120 minutes.
still, our kids have won a massive massive game now, and that’s very big for the belief.
That was awesome, seriously Wenger wanted all the youngsters to get some experience and they did, they really did.
AWESOME.
OI.OIIIIIIIIIIII
i have stopped watching. I will know the shootout scores later. Some quick observations.
a) Our defenders let us down by allowing the cheapest goal
b) Wenger should have subbed VP. It just was not his day.
c)Roma played good defensively and didn’t give away many chances.
d) Team inconsistency is not due to youth alone. Our bench are too shortsighted!
d) Sagna and Theo always seem to confuse each other and now we need that 4th place EPL slot badly!
FACT I: Watching Arsenal shortens your lifespans.
FACT II:Probability of having heart attack is higher when watching Arsenal.
Seeing Kolo’s smile is fucking worth it, we live to fight another day.
Sagna’s composure, Toure, Nasri..
this is horrible
After ed’s miss i made up my mind… But the geezers
keep surpising me… Frekkein awesome…Night all!!