Midweek Football Thread. *spoilers* 25-27

Nolan you ****ing beauty!

Aye, I know this is a league cup game, but being in the Championship might do us some good for if we're promoted.
 
I've got a fiver on Arsenal to win 3-0 @7-1.

Edit - oh noooooooooo way!!!.. sickening.

I actually meant to put on 3-1 at much better odds but hit the wrong button.
 
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Good goal. Nice for Celtic to get a consolation after playing for the whole match instead of giving up. But like I said before the game, I thought we'd easily brush them aside. Good game, blighted by the unfortunate penalty.

Come on Arsenal! :p
 
Last goal the winner? Anybody? :)

Arsenal were obviously the better side over 2 legs and can't complain at going out to a quality side like them. The 2 goals at Celtic Park were pretty poor to concede, and dissapointed in Eduardo diving the night. Pretty pathetic stuff from him tbh. Thing is, if players can get away with it, they're going to do it. Hopefully we'll have video refs before too long.
 
TO be fair there was very minimal contact and you could go the route of thinking he went down safely rather than wait for a massive tackle and risk injury with legs flying and twisting everywhere. I could easily understand him of all people being very worried about a harsh fall and injury, but still was rather weak, I do think he was expecting a lot more contact and was making it easier but went a little overboard.

Not going to brand anyone a diver for one dive though as I can't name a player who hasn't done it once, hopefully it will be the first and last time for him.


Eboue was great throughout, the obviously genuinely classy Diaby, did pretty much smeg all throughout, Song with quite a ridiculous number of tackles from behind and Caldwell with so many clearly cynical stopping Arsenal break challenges I don't know how it took so long to give him a yellow.

Still a certain amount of isolation between Arsenal's midfield and strikers/wide men, Eboue did excellently to run the entire pitch width both sides giving the defence a hard time with marking. Bendtner did well on by far his weaker side, Eduardo's movement was good but little service tbh. Verm and Gallas were solid with Gallas just fantastic at both ends throughout.

Still don't rate our midfield 3 or the 4-3-3 and am even more worried about the weekend. If Song/Denilson keep giving away those freekicks we'll be punished by a better team, only thankful Ronaldo's gone so less good freekicks, and less good heading from corners.

Arshavin just ooze'd class and the second he came on the pitch his quality was so obvious. Might be a midget but he outmuscles people and turns them fantastically.
 
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