Waking up on a Tuesday morning after a big game against a title rival would usually have me trying to avoid any medium of information from TV, newspapers, blogs, etc, etc. But not this Tuesday morning. This Tuesday morning i woke up like a bloke who's just been informed he's won the fucking lottery.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, last night was a sheer masterclass performance from our team who have so often been written off by all and sundry as being too soft a team and one, that is unable to mix it up there with the big boys. and how we proved them wrong. I wrote in my blog yesterday that the result of this game would serve as a catalyst to either destroy our confidence or sky rocket it towards a title challenge in the second half of the season. How I'm glad its the former that i am writing about.
For me the writing was on the wall the moment i set my eyes on the team sheet. Wenger had put his neck on the line by drafting in JD, TW and RVP in the side at the expense of Squillaci, Shava and Chamakh. And boy oh boy did his selection pay dividends. This was the first time in the past couple of seasons that i have seen my beloved Arsenal step into overdrive from the word go and not go down a gear right until the final whistle. We dominated the game in its entirety and except the usual gift of a goal that we love slip by we were pretty much in control.
The first half did have have much to talk about until the goal finally arrived which came through a barrage of Chelsea defenders and as only Arsenal can do, passed the ball into the back of the net. So at half time it was game on and in the interval there was that feeling inside me about which Arsenal would turn up from the dugout. Lucky for me and the millions around the world it was the same Arsenal of the first half. The second goal was a brilliant ball that started off with Kos playing a pass from one end to the other to RVP was superb in holding it up and then a stroke of luck freed the ball and the rampaging and 'brainless' Walcott jumped on the chance and made a superb assist for Fab. 2-0 to the Arsenal. Almost immediately, again thanks to the brilliant work from the 'brainless' Walcottt, passed the ball into the path of Fab, who returned the favour of the earlier goal and Walcott took his chance superbly to make it 3-0. Was i dreaming ? I couldnt care, i did not want to wake up !
Then came the goal from Chelsea and again the head of nervousness in this team raised its cunting head but thankfully there was going to be none of that and we pretty much were in control for the remainder of the game. hell, we could've had a final scoreline of 5-1 had Nasri and Diaby hit the back of the net with their chances but I'm just being greedy now.
So there are plenty of positives that we can draw from the result last night and it would have to start with the brilliant attitude, grit, determination and resilience shown by this marvellous and young team. I said in my earlier blog that this team is a team that has just one thing that they are short on at the moment and that is confidence to do well against the Top teams. Last night we've set out on the road to banish that monster from our lives for good.
Individually stand-out performances came from Song who was the Song of last season, the beast and the enforcer. The two CB's were great and JD did a great job keeping Drogba in his pants all evening. We saw yesterday what a great player Clichy is when he gets the support from the mid field to win the ball back in our own half. A lesson for Shava perhaps ??? Sagna, Nasri, Fabregas, Wilshere and RVP were immense putting everything they had in themselves to make the result matter.
Last but not the least I'd like to make a special mention about Theo Walcott. Often brandished as 'brainless' and someone who doesn't have breaking up play showed yesterday that both the balls that he pressed on in the Chelsea mid field he won and the final result were goals. So i would like to request the cunty, non playing, sorry excuses of humans, commentators to quit holding this bias against him and give him a fucking chance. He's only 21 years old for crying out loud !!
Also, there was one very important factor that had the team play with the kind of bravado that they played with, they were the - 60000+ Gooners inside the fucking Emirates. A special shout out to the crowd who not once in the game kept quiet like we know they can and kept singing even after we conceded. They got special mention from Nasri, Cesc, RVP and Chesney via twitter. Well done lads.
Well so that's in the bag and we now look at Wigan tomorrow evening. There isn't much time to bask in the glory of what we've achieved rather we've got to now put our heads together and play like we did yesterday for the remaining 25-30 (incl cup competition) games we have to play until the end of the season. If we can put in a shift like we did yesterday and pressed the way we did, i wouldn't bet against us not lifting more than two trophies this season.
Gooner around the world.
Enjoy your day in glory Gooner, its been a long time coming. Hell, sing a Christmas carol whilst you enjoy it "Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way, oh what fun it was to RAPE Chelsea yesterday" (repeat until giddy ;)
Have a good evening wherever you are. Come on you Reds !!
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