Just saw the MOTD highlights. Let's not be too biased here, their first was a definite penalty. The second penalty was soft. But scratch that goal away, and they still scored 4 perfectly legit goals, one of which was incorrectly ruled offside. So no matter what jersey Phil Down was wearing underneath, no matter we were down to 10 men, the fact is that we capitulated on our own accord. Simple as that. How many of you actually thought, right after Diaby was sent off, that we would go on to draw or lose the game? No one. Sure, it may have made the game more difficult, yes, we probably would find it hard to score another, but to be incapable of defending a 4-goal lead? Rubbish. That alone says enough of performance.

So lay off Diaby. I'm not his biggest fan. I, like many others, wanted him out 2 seasons ago, but I can understand his reaction to that horrible tackle from barton, especially for someone who has had his leg broken by one of those "tackles" before. Meh, I'm more inclined at pointing the finger at the 10 remaining men on the pitch. And at Wenger.

Yeah like I said their second penalty was soft as poof, but they also scored a legit goal that was ruled offside. The foul that lead to the freekick that lead to the last goal was probably soft too... couldn't really get a good look at it but it seemed like only a small nudge from Rosicky.

I know the rules say otherwise, but personally I think a little pushing and shoving never hurt anyone. I mean, it wasn't like Diaby punched Barton in the face. But that's for another discussion.

Lots of idiots saying that was a perfectly good tackle from Barton. "Robust" is what gets thrown around a lot. They think as long as you get the ball it doesn't matter what happens after. Kinda like saying the police can deal as much collateral damage to innocent people nearby as long as they manage to take down the sole bad guy. Crock of shit!

I remember the good ol' days back in the 01/02 season where we played with 10 men in like every other match and still won most of them and everyone was saying we practiced with 10 men during training.

No la back then our attack was stronger than now. It was the era of Henry, Bergkamp, Pires, Vieira, Ljungberg et al. Defense was no slouch too, although it was never our forte.

Our second goal was a real marvel harking back to the days of Henry-Pires-Vieira days. Awesome as hell! For me overall it's a much better goal than the one Rooney scored. Everyone is harping on about that, greatest ever goal in the BPL etc etc lol.

If we can maintain the current squad with no further injuries, I believe we can win the league.

Shame on me for not watching the match. I thought maybe I turned off the alarm... but no, it actually went off during work at 3.45 in the afternoon today lol.

Anyway I watched the long 25-min highlights, and while I'm sure it doesn't accurately depict the possession Barca had, and while we were also fortunate not to concede one or even two penalties, I saw enough to convince me this was one of the best victories I've seen. I don't think Barca are infallible, but the only feasible way of stopping them is to do an Inter... not really an exciting prospect to watch. To do it the Arsenal way, to give them a taste of their own medicine... well, I really can't think of any other team who could emulate our feat.

Brilliant win.

Why is van Persie not playing tomorrow? Is he injured?

I got it from this eBay seller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/earbud-replacement-SON...=item256131a9aa

They are not original Hybrids but are pretty good.

Anyway, interested in owing a second pair of RE0?