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great, great result. think we played well, arsenal did pretty well too with all those youngsters on the field. the sending off changed the game and im pleased we took the chance to get away with 3 points.
the back four did very well. henderson did ok but i think meireles should be ahead of him in the pecking order next weekend. great subs by kenny, meirles and suarez gave us exactly what we needed.
hard to pick motm but i would go for kelly. i think he was outstanding.
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Overall great performance, again not happy with the service to Carroll, but hey at least I get free dinner 
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Sorry to say, but Suarez shows the gulf between a world class striker and one who is struggling to make the grade. As soon as he came on the difference between him and Carrol was all too clear. Yes it's early days and Kenny will no doubt keep giving him important guidance but Carroll looks like a 4 million quid punt that isn't working at present. Definitely needs to play alongside Suarez it will probably help a lot.
The team started to play proper football to after the switch and we are really starting to play some intelligent stuff. I like some of Adam's work and Kelly is starting to look a bit special.
Very positive. Roll on next game.
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great result. we made it count when it mattered and showed we have some quality on the bench for a change.
really impressed by the back four especially jose enrique who looked really good in both defence and attack. i thought downing put in a good peformance too.
bit disapointed with charlie adam today, apart from trying to lob the keeper from the half way line on numerous ocassions, didn't really do much. he looked sluggish going into some tackles, played some poor deliveries from set plays and gave the ball away a few times. i really wanted his transfer to happen so i hope he can recapture some of his influential form from last season that made blackpool so entertaining. i'm sure he'll improve the more he plays.
we looked so much more dangerous when suarez came on. we started to play some fluid one touch football and really took the game to them when he and raul were introduced.
no disrespect to carroll cos i thought he worked hard and if suarez was along side him we could have edged in front much sooner. vermalen played really well for the gunners and the young lad frimpong looked good apart from his horror tackle on lucas.
hard times for arsenal. feel sorry for them in a way but they should have seen this coming and got their cheque book out much earlier.
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Again we looked very unfit and slow after the break. No excuse for that. Deserved win though. Shows how far we've come that we can win 2 nil at the arsenal and still have a lot of improving to do!
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great result. we made it count when it mattered and showed we have some quality on the bench for a change.
really impressed by the back four especially jose enrique who looked really good in both defence and attack. i thought downing put in a good peformance too.
[b]bit disapointed with charlie adam today[b], apart from trying to lob the keeper from the half way line on numerous ocassions, didn't really do much. he looked sluggish going into some tackles, played some poor deliveries from set plays and gave the ball away a few times. i really wanted his transfer to happen so i hope he can recapture some of his influential form from last season that made blackpool so entertaining. i'm sure he'll improve the more he plays.
we looked so much more dangerous when suarez came on. we started to play some fluid one touch football and really took the game to them when he and raul were introduced.
no disrespect to carroll cos i thought he worked hard and if suarez was along side him we could have edged in front much sooner. vermalen played really well for the gunners and the young lad frimpong looked good apart from his horror tackle on lucas.
hard times for arsenal. feel sorry for them in a way but they should have seen this coming and got their cheque book out much earlier. +1 to that. he seems to always be facing his own goal so he is never ready to get the ball and start moving us forward quickly from deep which imo is his job. tackling was disappointing in general there was next to no slide tackles no 50/50's and i love a good 50/50 but both sets of players were ducking challenges left, right and centre. frimpong didn't look good, he looks like a dirty horrible little b@st@rd, all of his fouls of which there were many were cynical little trips and body checks and his tackle on lucas was terrible. don't like him at all.
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I think the tiredness is because of the way Kenny spread preseason around the players. Kenny played every single player one half a game unlike other teams who played their 1st 11s for more minutes then 45. We played 6 games but in reality only 3 games for each player. We need more games to gel but also to get into serious shape.
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hard times for arsenal. feel sorry for them in a way but they should have seen this coming and got their cheque book out much earlier. i was only thinkin about wht it must be like to be an arsenal fan at the moment. they could be on the cusp of a major downturn. could be wengers last year if he doesnt turn it round. must be very frustrating to have been the nearly men every year and now have to face a possible implosion. there was an air of desperation and panic about them today.
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Just got in from the wilderness and heard the result. Hope you lot realise you've got ME to thank, simply 'cus I didn't turn the wireless on half way through the match.  Mine's a pint please.
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Good game yes arsenal are very weak but are still a very good side and dangerous we never looked threatened. Defence was solid Enrique was class and is going to be a top class player here the best left back in the league with no doubt. Adam was very good Henderson was steady downing was good and to have 51% possession at emirates is very impressive . Negatives : kuyt was terrible Lucas was pretty poor aswell and Carroll was very average aswell but overall a good performance and just what we needed 3 points against the gooners who I hate with a passion so am the happiest person in the world haha but we can kick on from here now and a successful season ahead
COME ON YOU REDS!!!!!!! Yea I'm here m8 sorry for the tardiness. hehe Thought Liverpool looked decent today without Suarez, just goes to show you how much he can change the complexion of a game. Thought we should have left Carroll and Suarez on together though, they always seem a formidable force. Even if big Andys only in there to knock it down to Suarez. However it worked out in the end. One of my m8s and I were watching the game and saw the Meireles middle finger, thought that was hilarious. Well done reds!
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