agreed. for me eduardo look the most likely to do something in the flanks. weirdly enough, the two true strikers, eduardo and bendtner had looked the most impressive playing in the flank.

just throwing this in, some extended highlights of the Arsenal vs. Portsmouth game

Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L73C5SGM

Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=78JB88AL

alamak... epic fail from me... xtau got game today... damnation! but i guess it's forgivable since i just started classes today haha any highlights available? shav and eduardo scored, always a good sign

walaweh, a lot of crap is being shoved on eduardo after that. i cant say much about it tho since i'm still downloading the full game, but wth is this? we do one dive and then one load of crap is shoved onto us. we're now doing what we refused to do in the past few years, and now opponents dont like it?
i wont be surprised if fergie uses this in his next mind game.

i've dloaded the full match. i prefer to watch the full game rather than watch just the highlights so i can see better our players play

our defence looked eager to attack, haha it surprises me to see vermaelen sometimes being the target man. denilson and song was like sentinels flying everyone all across the pitch, denilson in particular had a very convincing game. a few class touches from the brazillian as well. eboue again is very eager to attack and good feign and composure for him to score that goal. eduardo playing in the center forward positions looks different than the time he plays at the left flank. i dunno, i think he can play both very well.

i like how we're scoring loads in all of our games so far, and yeah it's sort of worrying how we're not keeping lots of clean sheets. tho i still think the real test and nail biter is the next 2 games against manchesters

^ i had it off mininova, try searching for it there

that champions league final year was a blur to me... maybe because i was busy preparing for an important exam? i cant remember why but i dont even know all the teams we beat to get there! all i remember is henry's blitz from the center of the pitch to score against Real Madrid, and fabregas's long range shot to defeat AC Milan. it's a pity we didnt win the cup that year, that would've been such a legendary campaign. i do remember fades about pak leman saving a penalty by riquelme too... wow what an epic story. is there like any highlights from that whole campaign? lol i'm always asking for highlights >_<

btw on our group, it looks really simple. i dont know much of the other 3, but olympiakos is probably the candidate to give us the most trouble. anyway, i dont think any of the three matches Celtic. tho we did get past celtic with a lot of luck in tact

i bet the man utd players are gonna hassle eduardo about the dive relentlessly. i hope the man is prepared to take some physical and mental beating and pay it back twice. VP, bring ur scoring boots mate!

http://atdhe.net/8857/watch-manchester-united-vs-arsenal

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Added on August 30, 2009, 12:27 amwe're being pushed back by man utd's physical approach to the game

This post has been edited by Thumpy Ick: Aug 30 2009, 12:27 AM

ohhh god van persie blocked by evra!

man utd being aggressive atm. that's what making our defence look shaky. but we're slowly settling in now

man utd arent taking their chances, we should be very grateful of this. rooney playing by himself is being isolated by the other man utd players

ahahahahahahahaha ffraekiiiinggg maagiicccc!!!!!

KING ARSHAVIN! HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN IN THE GAME, WHEN HE DECIDES TO APPEAR HE APPEARS WITH A CRACKER!!

ok frak, shav's earlier penalty shout looks genuine to me. i want UEFA to pull video evidence after the game. then let the media circus pick it up and make fletcher look like an abomination to the game for 'intent to deceive the referee'.

...now that's not what we want to see in football, do we?

This post has been edited by Thumpy Ick: Aug 30 2009, 01:03 AM

wtf too, rvp yellow carded. obviously the referee world wants to recover reputation by carding as many arsenal offence as possible

i love how andei arshavin seems to be nowhere in big games then suddenly appear with a magic goal. that goal reminds me of liverpool

^ yeah, they wanted to do what they shouldve did to eduardo to the whole arsenal squad.

did anyone see the manner of our celebration? i was off running around the dorm but from what i remember, they didnt actually celebrate the goal. they just sort of walked around and congratulated each other with little enthusiasm. i guess they want to remain focused?