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Yup, playing well, therefore concede

Come to think of it, weren't all of Raylor's wondergoals scored against Given? Maybe it wasn't the team, just the keeper

Ba and Cabaye running the show so far

You can see that there's a conscious effort to achieve deconfliction between the two central midfielders by pushing Cabaye forward. Also, one of those are going to go in eventually

Ba will have a very good game. I feel it.

I'd rather Obertan just played well so we didn't have to sub him

Wenger's post-match interview. I want to see it. Now.

Would've been epic if the ref gave Arsenal a penalty there

Paul Robinson has made some absurd saves today.

Should've scored. To be fair, he looks like he wants to kill himself

Someone somewhere bet 10 quid on 4-3 or 4-4 today and is walking away with a few grand.

Don't really see what the point of having both Shola, Loven, AND Sammy on the bench. When would we ever bring on all three?

Yakubu was already pretty high in my estimation thanks to his legendary miss that sent us into the second round of the WC. This just makes me love him more.

We have the worst strike force I've ever seen Newcastle with

I'm going for Gervinho to get sent off again for a four-match ban.

Gee Arsene, don't you wish you had Wor Park on the bench to come on and score a hat-trick for you?

If anything, Blackburn will score a couple more. Arsenal is in full on deer-in-headlights mode.

Arsenal Oh well, at least this is some good, soothing entertainment in advance of the spanking that Villa will no doubt give us in a couple hours.

I'd like to see both Shola and Taylor benched, but I'm willing to be realistic and take one of the two.

How did the Nork get out? Unsure. He's only 18, was playing youth football back home and made a couple of international appearances before Basel picked him up out of the blue. I guess the regime is okay with it. KJI's successor went to college in Switzerland after all.

Ryan Taylor v. Aaron Lennon Actually, Ryan Taylor v. Any right winger in the entire league

South Korean and North Korean players on the pitch together in European competition for the first time ever. Park Joo-Ho and Park Kwang-Ryong for FC Basel in their 2-1 win vs. Otelul Galati.

Consumerist armpit

Alan Smith has a pretty impressive injury record. Plus, even if he was injured right now, would you notice?

A statement of intent from Redknapp!