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Sutch wrote:What was the atmosphere like lads, only saw the first five minutes as I recorded it on sky+.
Same old, same old
Baggies completly outsung us
Also booing Ade
Our fans don't deserve success tbh, after what i saw today :awnker:
As for the game, not the best performance, but 3 points in the bag. Djourou looked very comfortable, and looked the strongest of the two ch. Theo and Bendtner, where to start?
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MizzNaughty9 wrote:i didnt think the atmosphere was that bad, until the boo'ing. so many empty seats though, i dont know how that was 60,000 odd fans?! didnt look it.
could see the empty seats fromk when i watched it on the recording,
I enjoyed the game and result today. Before the match, for the 1st time went to the rocket, whcih was awesome and walked to the match (see video below). Where i sat today i thought the atmoshpere was really good for the emirates. Louder than usual, i sat block 100 row 21 orange quadrant. Nasri what a debut and seems to be forming a great partnership with gael already. People/pundits i have heard saying nasri might take time to adjust to the premier league and its physicallity but by todays performance it struck me that for a small lad how strong he is on the ball and has good quick feet. Plays a good final ball aswell. He was my man of the match. Denilson i thought played really well spraying passes about, trying to make things happen. Eboue played well i thought Our defence still looks suspect tho, & we have to remember it was only west brom that nearly scored. Adebayor & bendtner are to similar upfront. ade didnt play well, getting caught offside and missing chances. Dont no if people noticed ade walked straight of the pitch at the end while the rest of the players shook hands and applauded the fans. i didnt agree with the majority of fans that were there today booing him. i dont think that helps anyone.
NEVER EVER thought I'd say this but.......................Eboue did alright today. Did a lot of running and covering, very little cheating and at least he was brave enough to have a few shots, even if they were a danger to the linesmen!
Scrappy performance but a win is a win and the only way is up!
I thought Djourou was outstanding today. Eboue and Denilson had fine games in the midfield, and Clichy and Nasri combined very nicely down the left.
The substitution of Walcott to bring on Toure as a right-winger was a Wenger classic. He preaches about sending out the wrong messages to the younger players, and then brings on a centre-back on the wing, while leaving Wilshere and Vela warming up on the touchline.
The only time I heard any booing of Adebayor was after he tried to go it alone late-on, instead of passing it to Nasri who would have had a clear shot from around 15 yards - certainly not any booing in close proximity to me (block 110).
At the end of the day, 3 points and we're off and running. One or two very encouraging performances from individuals. And Spurs LOST. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
dvbrisgooner1 wrote:The substitution of Walcott to bring on Toure as a right-winger was a Wenger classic. He preaches about sending out the wrong messages to the younger players, and then brings on a centre-back on the wing, while leaving Wilshere and Vela warming up on the touchline.
That's a great point. I thought Theo was shit today to be fair but his confidence is hardly going to be helped by being replaced by a centre-back. I thought the same toward the end of last season when it was obvious Toure was shot after coming back from the African Nations yet Wenger still chose to play him ahead of Justin Hoyte.
Our defence still looks suspect tho, & we have to remember it was only west brom that nearly scored. Adebayor & bendtner are to similar upfront. ade didnt play well, getting caught offside and missing chances. Dont no if people noticed ade walked straight of the pitch at the end while the rest of the players shook hands and applauded the fans. i didnt agree with the majority of fans that were there today booing him. i dont think that helps anyone. 
