Arsenal vs. Blackpool open thread
by Ted Harwood on Aug 21, 2010 9:00 AM EDT
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PrintToday at 10 AM EDT Arsenal kick off against Premier League newcomers Blackpool. The match can be seen on Fox Soccer Channel Sorry: ESPN 2. Please feel free to post comments below as the game goes along, particularly if those comments involve Ian Holloway in any manner.
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Blackpool giving Arsenal some nice gifts.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 21, 2010 10:10 AM EDT reply actions
I hope Blackpool stay up
if they’re going to pass their way out of pressure like that, they should stick around
Walcott looks fantastic today
If he could ever learn to be consistant he’d be fantastic
Reyes, Thole, Wright, Beltran, Bay, Davis, Martinez, Tejada...
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 21, 2010 10:23 AM EDT reply actions
For you Arsenal fans, Spurs had the lead but Stoke came back quickly and it's 1-1 at Britannia.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Aug 21, 2010 10:29 AM EDT reply actions
I would laugh
but our record at the Britannia is not that great
by Ted Harwood on Aug 21, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Playing well
Much more crisp and everyone looks comfortable with each other today compared to last week.
by coltinjespersen on Aug 21, 2010 10:37 AM EDT reply actions
Injuries
Now with the game in hand, lets hope none of our boys go down.
Beauty
Great job by Theo, not a great shot but very smooth and graceful. Looked a bit like Thierry if you ask me :)
by coltinjespersen on Aug 21, 2010 10:41 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe not
I’m just so nervous about muscular injuries this year
by Ted Harwood on Aug 21, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Kinda wish that penalty hadn't been awarded
Blackpool hasn’t been as exciting since then. Ruined the beautiful back and forth offensive play. We were going to win either way, Blackpool just can’t handle our pace and passing.
Our first goal was classic Arsenal. Sagna’s work ethic in running practically the length of the pitch to defend that one break was nice to see. Walcott is coming off his WC snub by making waves. Let’s hope he keeps it up. Hell even Diaby is playing well. Didn’t know a damn thing about Chamakh before the preseason but I love that even when he isn’t scoring he’s constantly embarrassing the keeper and penetrating the back line.
do you think Ian Holloway is thinking
"Right now, everything is going wrong for me – if I fell in a barrel of boobs, I’d come out sucking my thumb!"
Thats one of his quotes.
My cynicism overtook my terror at that point.
I was deadpanning a “you have to be ****ing with me” watching that. Thank god it doesn’t look like anything serious.
Oddly enough putting in RVP, Cesc , and Vela was a show of mercy
I think keeping the original lineup would have resulted in a bigger goal difference. Still we got them some game time which will help out 2-3 games later when they return to being starters.
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