A better Monday night it could not have been as we extended our lead to five points and drew level on goal difference with Sir Red Nose of Ferguson and his band of Latin lotharios. The Blackburn victory was by no means effortless, much less pretty, but the boys kept their heads and looked self-assured throughout, with no real indication of letting Blackburn take the game.
What's more, Adebayor now has a share of the lead on goals as he coolly slotted one past Friedel in injury time. The keeper was at his usual best, and even had some help from the post to the dismay of Alex Hleb early in the second half, but Hleb's late run and subsequent dish to Ade Cool sealed the victory, the points and made for a hilarious post game interview of the two with Kelly Dalglish.
And since we're talking about goals, let's give some respect to Philippe Senderos! The man's come on lately, and talk about seizing the moment, what with Touré away serving his country. And having no Senderos moments to worry about again makes for a less nervous Allgoonerdup columnist, to say nothing of the rest of the squad! This is brilliant, just brilliant.
So this weekend we head up north and hope Yoonited look like they have for two weeks now, though to be fair if I had to ditch one competition at this point, surely it'd be the FA Cup. The fixture pileup, combined with all our sicknote's, makes for some interesting squad dilemmas for Mr. Wenger. After all, Milan awaits the following Wednesday, which is sure to be a cracker.
So, let's all celebrate what we've got this week—a small but significant lead in the league—as we eagerly await some tasty matches ahead.
One quick, final word: Being foreign and all, I figured I'd weigh in on the news of the Premier League World Tour. I'm against it, for the same reasons any sensible fan of the league is. A completely ridiculous concept that mustn't see the light of day.
By Adam Elder
Now unless you've been in hiding or just don't care for any current goings on, you should all by now of heard of the The Arsenal Opus. And guess what? That's right you lucky people, you can get your grubbing little hands on one glorious historical epic of a book, straight up, no messing. And it's starring Arsenal FC.
As we know, trilogy's are nearly always on the cards. First there was the Old Testament, then someone decided to re-write it and to shift some more units they gave it the New Testament as a title. Well Gooners hang onto your shorts as the latest edition of bibles are released and it even has bigger and better title - The Arsenal Opus!
The Arsenal Opus has now moved into the Phase two. Phase one saw Gooners submitting their own or favourite photographs for Monsieur Wenger to choose 11 of the best, however you must know of this already, if not, well tough, the next bit is the important bit. Monsieur Wenger has a starting 11 of pictures sent in by you good people. The winning shot will be published in the winners very own Arsenal Opus. Hooraah!
Arsenal Opus is truly is a massive book and at 35kilos weighing in slightly more than Gael Clichy. The Arsenal Opus is truly a cracking read about the entire history of Arsenal, for starters is its 850 pages long, there's over 2000 pictures to get through for the less wordy bunch amongst you. For comparison, the 'Peter and Jane Sp*rs Opus' is 3 pages (includes 1 page for 'Notes' and all pictures of their glory moments).
The Arsenal Opus covers everything from the conception of the club, the great Herbert Chapman era of the 1930's, what bungs George Graham took, who the hell Bruce Rioch was, and what drugs Arsene was on when he signed Alberto Mendez and Frannie Jeffers. As devout followers of the word of Arsene, I reckon it is definitely worth a look see. We're not quite finished with the oohs and aahs as all Arsenal Opus' are worth £3000 (about the value of the Sp*rs keeper) and are signed by Arsene himself.
The Arsenal Opus will be presented to a very lucky smug looking winner by Arsene Wenger. To get your chance at winning 35kilos of proof of your support the best team since the dawn of time, all you need to do is decide which of the final 11 photos handpicked by Arsene you think 'best captures the Arsenal spirit'. So get going and enter this great competition. As well as a chance to win The Arsenal Opus you can win other great Arsenal merchandise and tickets. So what you waiting for, stop reading this and jump on for your chance to win The Arsenal Opus with O2.
Good luck Gooners.
Stay tuned this week as you can win a t-shirt with man of the moment Manu Adebayor - The Togonator emblazoned on it, yup that's it on the right.
Until such time - have a butchers at the clobber you could treat yourself to - The Allgoonerdup Shop.
Table is correct from fixtures on week ending 10 February and we have a new leader! Tony Heywood's Catflap Overmars have stormed ahead of James Coopers Brian Munich's who has been sitting on top of the pile longer than Ruud van Nistelrooy's face.
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The Flamster wants to sign: The Arsenal's most improved player this season (unless Manu Adebayor is reading!) Mathieu Flamini who EVERYBODY knows is out of contract and can talk to any suitors says he wants to sign for The Arsenal. Well the manager, the board and the fans want you to sign - so f*cking sign up already, what's the delay, get cracking, sign that bit of paper and Monsieur Wenger don't let him leave your office until the ink has dried... Henry to Newcastle? The northern messiah - Kevin Keegan says he hopes to bring he of Arsenal leg-end-dom (if there is such a word) to Newcastle. Well here's how the only way you'll do it, you former afro ambassador, a gun, some rope, chloroform and some pills which will make Monsieur Henry think The Big Market is Casa Batlló... That's your lot, we out of here, au reviour mon amis...
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