Miss Anne Thrope

I'm fed up with all the Manure and Chelski shite.

What about the Arsenal last night!! 4-0 to 5-7!! I've always loved the Milk Cup.

Actually, I went to bed at 85 mins and 4-2 thinking, well at least complete humiliation has been averted....

Let's have some gooner love.

Scores when he wants, scores when he wants, Marouane Chamakh scores when he wants!

Theseus

I went to bed at 4 -0 - I wasn't watching I was just getting regular updates. I said "well i'm off to bed in the hope that something special will happen overnight" Could have knocked me down with a feather this morning. :-D

the_red_sheep

Just a shame he only wants to score 4 or 5 times a season then really.

Miss Anne Thrope

Fixed that for you

jam25mack

Gooner love..... unlikely! They're a team in serious decline, which is a shame as I have always had a soft spot for Arsenal, but that was back in the day when they has quality and flair, unlike today where they have a few 'good' players and a lot more average mid table ones.

I watched the whole game last night and although it was a classic I do feel sorry for Reading. They had a great start and absolutely bossed a very mediocre Arsenal side for the whole of the first half. Good work from Arsenal admittedly for coming out a transformed team in the second half but I haven't a clue what the ref was thinking. A total of 4 mins was shown on the board within which Reading made a sub (allow 30 secs) but he then allowed 6 mins where Arsenal scored after 5 3/4 mins.

So 4-4 at fulltime, then 4-5, then 5-5 then 5-6 and then the last one to make it 5-7 was a bonus.

Would have liked to have had pens to really finish it off in style!

Arsene must be shitting himself with his back line shipping 5 against Reading!

Miss Anne Thrope

Well in fairness there were 11 changes to the Arsenal side that faced QPR (in such memorable fashion..) last weekend.

Post-Pat Rice defence strategy: have your dodgy backs score enough to make up for the stupid ones they concede - Kos and Santos.

I'm a Liam Brady era nostalgic but I'd take this lot over George Graham's one nil to the Arsenal any day... Never a dry seat in the house!

mathematist

Very similar to the Liverpool Ac Milan game a few years back but more at stake back then.

Arsenal generally deserve a gold medal for many of the best build up/ passing goals but it didn't quite go accOrding to plan yesterday.

Ps, I am not an Arsenal fan.

Welivehere

Arsenal fans that aren't already aware of it should try the Aresnal pod cast by Alan Davies and a couple of others; its called "The Tuesday Club". I'm not a gooner but still listen in most weeks ....

scrubbedexpat141

'Colonel Jenkinson'

Watched all the goals this morning online.

Walcott should always be played up the middle. What a finish for first goal.

Miss Anne Thrope

It was a peach and it had that feeling of spurring a rally like Sagna's goal at 0-2 against the Spuds in that other famous recovery at the Emirates last season - critical that it came before half-time as well....

scrubbedexpat141

Watching the goals, when the 4th went in the Arsenal fans behind the goal were going absolutely spastic. Awesome sight.

Miss Anne Thrope

I have to say, as flat as the Emirates can be sometimes (and even moreso Highbury the library before it) , the travelling gooner fans are the best. They were on great form last night for sure but we will never forget them staying to sing their hearts out after the 8-2 fiasco at Old Trafford.

The Dean

Scores when he wants, scores when he wants, Marouane Chamakh scores when he wants!

Not only do I not know the tune that would be sung to................. but also I can't even pronounce it in the first place.......... how many syllables does that guy have??

Miss Anne Thrope

Tcha, it's easy..double iambus, the simplest rhythm possible. Marouane is just the French transliteration of the Arabic name that is usually written Marwan in English. I know it's not always easy for you Europhobes but in French "ou" before a vowel is like a "w". Think of "oui" - it's "we" not "ooey"... Fortunately I am no longer driven bonkers by English commentators referring to Eboue as Eb-ooey when they mean Eb-way (since he's gone to Galatasaray or wherever).

Anyway, I don't really think you'll need to remember this particular chant...

littlejimmy

Nearly as good as Boro's two 3 goal comebacks in the UEFA Cup QF and SF in 2006.

The Mackems are quiet today, like...