Comments on: Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal. Yeah, that’s not a typo!

By: Owen Betteridge

Owen Betteridge — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:05:23 +0000

Unbelievable, after all that, that we were denied her final bows !!!And what is this anonymous cast business??? For shame !!A perfectly gorgeous performance turned tacky for lack of the graces !!Having said that, yes we need a repeat AND the DVD !!N. Francis

By: yemi

yemi — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:41:33 +0000

ZimGooner says on October 29th, 2011 at 10:47 am :
This should mark a test of the season and it seems the odds are for us. I’ve got a good feeling and I will wear my away jersey with pride. So if you see a 6′ 5″ Gooner with the name Biggie 69 written on it, run for your life. Funny I dreamt RVP hit hit a hat trick, Theo 1, Gervihno 1 (5-0 was the final score).

Well you are right, we scored 5, RVP hit a hat trick, theo did score the goal from the left came from santos and not gervinho.

We shipped 3 though, wouldn’t expect a clean sheet against chelsea

By: robin

robin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:39:13 +0000

I’m thrilled about the win. But let’s remember that we’re still behind Spurs, behind Newcastle, and currently out of a Europe spot. Not being pessimistic, just think that its too premature to refer to any bandwagon (positive or negative) as dead.

By: yemi

yemi — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:21:26 +0000

yemi wrote:

Nice win for the boys, We can do it on sunday again.

I will like to see park and ox in 2moros startin line-up.

our next 7 premiership games are:
Plus the number of points i am hoping and praying we get from the games.
Chelsea (Away) 1pt (3pts possible)
W.B.A. (Home) 3pts
Norwich (Away) 3pts
Fulham (Home)3pts
Wigan (Away)3pts
Everton (Home)3pts
Man City (Away)1 pt

Total of 17 points. Possible right ? Very much doubt the city game though. Then the london derbies of fulham and chelsea can throw up anything. Hopefully good news!!

I predicted 1 point from the chelsea game with a possibility of 3 points. Well the boys went and gave me the 3 points.

By: follim

follim — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:18:07 +0000

“But” the result does not alter my opinion on Wenger or his ability to lead the club. If you would have read the posts in detail, you would have managed to observe that we shouln`t have to rely on having to score 4-5 goals a game to win. All the great Arsenal teams over the past 15 years have been based on a solid back 5 and a mixture of steel and creativity in midfield and up front. so what did i post? Santos looked a liability the first half and Dojourou was getting skinned at right back…..was i wrong? Gervino finally pushed up along side VP and we looked more potent…was i wrong? Sacker spuds is exactly as i describe him and will never adapt to be able to play in the prem, even the TV pundits tore him to pieces yesterday….was i wrong about him? ONE OF THEO`S BEST GAMES, LOOKS REALLY DANGEROUS AND HE SUBS HIM????….was i wrong? AS POOR A UNIT WE HAVE BEEN AT THE BACK TODAY KOS HAS BEEN A GIANT. GET VERM ON NEXT TO HIM ASAP!…..was i wrong? Do we have to rely on scoring 3-4-5 goals every week to win a game?……was i wrong? I can assure you, i aint shifty or anybody else in disguise and if you are happy with the way our club is being run and managed, i can only hope that the real fans out there have a bit more ambition and want us and expect us to be winning silverware. This will not happen with Mr Wenger in charge, it is superb to turn over Chelskea and win 8-9 games but my reality head tells me we are one injury away from disaster and Wenger failed to address this during the summer and continues to ignore the fact that defensivly we are inept. My opinion and i stick by it!

By: JayJayGooner

JayJayGooner — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:36:38 +0000

@ robin:
I have no idea how you can start having a rant about our formation after the team just won 5-3 at the bridge!

By: ottawagooner

ottawagooner — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:53:27 +0000

Just as Wenger has been justifiably slated for the shambolic start to the season, he must be praised for the current revival and in particular yesterday’s great result. I don’t know what he’s said to Walcott but it had and effect and he put in his best performance in a long long time. He now needs to back that up with consistently good outings to show all us doubters that he has indeed turned the corner. My MOM was Kos – the amount of work he has to do to cover for Merts is staggering. Now that TV is back, Kos should not be the odd man out at the heart of our defence. Ramsey was great but plaudits also go to Arteta who does the simple things very well. Still lots of work to be done defensively but winning breeds confidence and we are flying high right now.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:52:40 +0000

Great day, great win and well done to all the players for showing some fight to come back from behind not once but twice – how often has that happened in the last 5/6 years? Hopefully this will be something that the team can take real confidence from. I still feel that the result was more to do with the players rather than Wenger. We are still all over the place at times in defence – we have conceded something like 17 goals in 4 away games which is not good enough. Apparently that’s the worst away record in the league . You don’t win trophies with a record like that. The priority must be to sort that defence out. But I still have 0% confidence in the man in charge doing it. Well done though to the team for showing some heart for once.

By: robin

robin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:24:43 +0000

Yes Arsenal scored 5 goals which the invincibles could not do. 5 at the bridge gives Arsenal the bragging Right to be the Top Dog of London. The game was open but again it showed how weak, shaky and wronged personnel wenger boys are. Its a fact that Djourou cannot play as CH but at RB he was/is rubbish start to finish where can he play? Matas goal is a typical example of how rubbish the defending is and especially in front of goal. As Arshavin said the formation needs rethinking and wenger will not have any of it. Wenger does not want the Bergkamp role? As a victory, arsenal still cannot defend, does not close down attracting players and set piece training needs more fine tuning? Gervinho showed that his trade is productive in the centre. Thus meaning the team cannot control the wings, the attacking midfielders and a foul outside the box will invariably lead to a goal. The 3 goals were textbook goals. That is why 8 were scored in one game not to mention the others. The worry is wenger saying I will not buy. The team needs defending 2 strikers or forget about top 5. Victories over Marseille, West Brom, Norwich and Fulham will ensure and enable wenger to brag about how he needs no reinforcements thus making November a good month. Then come along Dortmund, Olympiakos and Mancity showing the boys how the game is planned, attacked and goals executed. The good times seems to have appeared but the mark of a winner still lacks and will be seen when teams with skilled players in every department come calling while staying on their feet to mark the opponent whereas the front shows Szczesny is good but not good enough to stop it going in. Its not his fault.

By: devday

devday — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:23:27 +0000

A great blog from Debs, excellent summary of the game! I was pleased at the unity of the team and the counter attackingness of our team going forward – the axis of TheoVanVinho is looking good!