Another three points, our sixth consecutive win and we’ve moved up into fourth place in the table after a relatively easy 3-0 win over Watford.
The big news pre-game was that Theo Walcott was making his first start for the club and he began very brightly. He was involved in some lovely moves, he played one great pass for Cesc and he caused them problems for the first half an hour. In the second half he had a great run and shot which ewnt just over before he was eventually replaced by Alexander Hleb. A very promising debut.
Afterwards Arsene Wenger said:
I though he did very well. He showed he can make a difference at this level. It was not his ideal position playing on the left of a 4-4-2 but he made a difference on one or two occasions and I liked some of the passes he put through.
We could have been ahead a couple of times within the first 15 minutes but Watford’s keeper, Ben Foster, made some excellent saves and Walcott’s pass to Cesc put him through but the angle was too acute for him after he’d gone round the keeper. That’s not to say it was one way traffic though. Watford had a couple of pretty decent half-chances in the first half and had another couple during the match, better finishing and we might have paid the price so I hope someone has a word with the defence about that.
We took the lead through an own goal when Cesc’s free kick was flicked on by Adebayor and was knocked into his own net by Jordan Stewart. Adebayor was involved in the second too when he jumped for and completely missed Lehmann’s kick out. The ball then went goal side of the defender to a grateful Thierry Henry who stroked it home. The third came when Henry was played through again and unselfishly he squared for Adebayor who got the home goal that the manager obviously wanted for him starting him ahead of the in-form van Persie.
So 3-0, there wasn’t too much danger from Watford bar one scramble late on after Jens made a good save, but we could definitely do with working on a couple of things at the back. It was also nice to see Gael Clichy come on and make his comeback from injury. He got a great cheer and fingers crossed he can stay fit from now on.
In a quick round-up of the Sunday stories Arsene talks in the Independent about going to Russia and how Thierry should win the FIFA award. I’ll touch on the Moscow game tomorrow or Tuesday. Also in the Independent an article about how Hearts keeper Craig Gordon is better than Paul Robinson who famously came to Arsenal for a trial and scored the lowest ever results in the reflex tests carried out by the club. He scored the highest results for Mr Kipling apple pie consumption though.
The News of the World links us with, yes, you’ve guessed it, Frank fucking Ribery. Do you think, tabloid cuntos, that we might go one week without a story about us and this bloke? Please? This time it’s his agent saying how much Arsene likes him and how much he wants to play with Thierry Henry and blah blah blah fucking blah.
Next we’ll have his mum talking to the newspapers saying how much Frank likes jellied eels and it’s always been his dream to live in Islington and that his Dad once got a tube through Arsenal station and told young Frankenstein, sorry, Frank, about it and since then he’s always wanted to play for the Gunners.
Anyway, that’s it, more tomorrow. Enjoy your Sunday, arsefans.
