Wednesday, March 07, 2007
As much as I am happy that Barcelona crashed out (we were robbed! Robbed I tell you!), it puts extra (unnecessary) pressure for us to go through tomorrow. Things are not looking so great because we're missing a proper goalscoring threat. Our midfielders have are more likely to miss a gaping goal, our strikers need 20876729 chances to score and when they do it's wrongfully called offside (oo-er, conspiracies!) and I can't remember the last time we started with the same back four in three consecutive games.Monkey Wrench
I was planning to go because somehow the tickets went on Red Members yesterday (has since sold out) but I finish class at half six and by the time I get to Ashburton Grove, it'll be 8pm. If we crash out, it's all my fault because I can proudly claim I have unbeaten record whenever I go watch them play.
The mêlée at the Mestalla is freakin' hilarious. I love football brawls. Especially when it's proper punches, not those girly ones like Diego and Fabiano here:
Poor eyes to arms coordination.
Or even Scholesey's attempt at Xabi because he missed. Booooo...
The highly controversial Battle of the Old Trafford I wasn't even that great because nobody was hurt. I do feel that some people were traumatized by the frightful and legendary Martin Keown.
The brawl post Turkey-Swiss World Cup 2006 qualifying game was good but none of the action were really captured on camera, if I remember correctly. Another was Argentina vs England in the World Cup but it was all handbags.
I remember Andy Cole getting heavily involved in the match against Fulham (I think). He threw a proper punch there. At least unlike what Glen Hoddle claims, he does not need 9 chances to hit the target... ;)
Anyway, back to Arsenal. PSV will be without two of their defenders. We seem to not have any right backs at the moment. Personally, Justin Hoyte > Eboue. I was very critical of Justin earlier this season but he's improved leaps and bounds whereas Eboue is just a big drama queen.
Henry will be back though. The thing is, will he be as effective on the pitch as he is off it...?
I kid, I joke!
Come on you gooooooners!Labels: arsenal, brawls, champions league, footballers
posted by demerara at 8:09 am
