february 16th
10.02 – First off, make sure you check out our new wallpaper, featuring Arsenal players celebrating the first goal and Ryan Giggs holding his head in his hands after that fantastic miss. Get it here.
The Sunday Mirror calls Giggs’ miss ‘The miss of the century‘. I’ve been having a read around some of the Man Utd forums, and there are people there slating Giggs, saying he should never play for the club again. Now, while I was delighted to see him fuck up like that, I can see what a great player he’s been for United over the last 10 years. Now that’s he suffering a dip in form, there are boo boys who want him out. Like the people that saw fit to boo Arsenal and Thierry Henry earlier in the season, these are the worst sort of football fan. Know nothing Johnny-come-latelys who should just fuck off and die.
According to the Telegraph, Arsenal showed superior class to United. Of course, the funniest quote of the day come from ‘Sir’ Alex Ferguson who said “I didn’t think the Arsenal players handled the referee well. They were surrounding him in numbers and it just creates havoc. We would never do that.”
Now, seriously. Even the most ardent, passionate United fan passing through here would have to agree that the quote above is the biggest load of bollocks of all time. Ferguson’s United are masters of intimidating referees, especially at Old Trafford. Has he forgotten Keane, Stam and Co chasing Andy D’Urso halfway around the pitch, screaming at him, veins bulging, simply because he gave a penalty to the opposition? I’m all for team’s getting stuck into each other – I love watching that – but too many United players were out to settle personal scores to the detriment of their team. Van Nistelrooy and Scholes couldn’t make a tackle from the 3rd minute onwards. The Dutchman was only saved from a second yellow card by Lauren’s over dramatic rolling. United tried to out muscle Arsenal and it didn’t work.
In other news, Everton are after Jermaine Pennant, there’s a nice article about ex-Gunner Julian Gray here, there’s a good piece on Keane v Vieira here, and Vieira himself talks about Arsenal, Europe and more in this Osberver article.
