Pilko

Cabaye's error left him with the tackle to make, and he had to do something. It was a poor tackle, but I'm not too upset about it. He played very well otherwise.

Absolutely fantastic game that, particularly the second half. Was end to end and bursting with full-blooded challenges (apart from Obercunt - more on that waster later) and some excellent passing from both sides. Krul 7 - Good save from Defoe at 1-2, claimed crosses well and did well to get hold of that R.Taylor header that nearly looped over him. Simpson 5.5 - The usual irritating shit positioning. Thought his passing was a bit better than usual today - I was glad he came off though. Might remind him that he's not actually untouchable. S.Taylor 6 - I'm not going to go mad over the penalty because that was Cabaye's error imo. He was solid other than that, made one absolutely mint block in the first half. Coloccini 8 - Gorgeous passing, really drove the team forwards from the back and performed his standard range of class tackles. The last 20 minutes he was sick, just wish he'd buried that late chance. R.Taylor 6 - done up like the proverbial kipper on the Defoe goal, but otherwise wasn't too bad. His long 'hoofing' was a bit better measured today, and his set pieces gradually improved as the game went on. Obertan 4 - full of shit. Weak as water, shirked challenges, and on two or three occasions just gave the ball away under nearly no pressure at all. Disgusting from Pardew that this gimp got 90 minutes again ffs. Marveaux please. Cabaye 6.5 - very bad error that lead to the penalty. I'd be rating him 8 had that not happened because he dictated periods of the game with his passing - those lofted balls for the wide players to run onto are fapworthy. Tiote 8.5 - Man of the match - nearly scored a pearler in the second half. Strong in the tackle, positioned himself excellently - kept it simple with the passing and even heroically tried to cut a Spurs cunt in half. Gutierrez 8 - Very impressive assist for the first goal and won the usual array of free kicks. I feel like he's going to create something every time he touches the ball now, seems very confident and long may that last. Ba 7 - well placed for the goal, hold-up play got better as the game went on. He's a real fret (threat) to the opposition goal at the minute. Best 7 - excellent hold-up play on the whole, won a lot of headers and posted another energetic display. Ben Arfa 6 - showed glimpses but also gave the ball away and nearly cost us a goal with that at one stage. Shola 8 - I pissed and moaned loudly when he came on but he was bloody magnificent with his hold-up play - lovely backheel to Jonas at one point and what. a. strike. for the equaliser. Santon 6 - glad he's made his debut - slotted in fine without pulling up many trees Pardew 7 - kept faith with the same team and it largely worked. The Shola sub seemed pointless but it came off for him. He loses points though for starting that useless cunt Obertan and failing to remove him from the field. Not actually read anything on here or online yet, but for me the penalty looked pretty clear cut, and that handball shout we had at the death could well have been given as well.

Lovenkrands and Shola included as subs, but no sign of Shane Ferguson. Mint.

Bet Jason Orange and the rest of them take the piss for that.

Left a pie in there more like.

S.Taylor FG, £1e/w at 33/1 Coloccini FG, £1 e/w at 33/1 3-1 to NUFC (forget stake, was small-ish) at 28/1

Serie A looks like fun today.

On the evidence of this showing from Arsenal, it turns out Parky may have been right. He's definitely ITK.

Cattermole is quite possibly the biggest cunt in the universe.

This is good - Brewcie making it competitive. Narrow defeat > heavy defeat to keep Secret Agent Brewce in the chair.

Never mind Steve, look on the bright side! There's only 20 minutes to go til you can waddle off down the tunnel for a bucket of cheesy chips and a tab.

I really hope we did just drop it out of a plane down a chimney and it landed perfectly on their chariman's desk. Prefer the idea of Pardew breaking in to the chairman's office in the middle of the night and leaving the bid on the desk, like the man from Milk Tray. I can totally imagine the Pardy Man doing that as well.

Apparently if you spend enough time with a mega fatty, like Secret Agent Brewcie, you start to absorb some of their weight.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3826/brewce.jpg

No match thread is complete without a Mowen "we'll shit/fuck/cock them" prediction. I thought that. He occasionally uses "cunt them" in extreme circumstances, I seem to remember finding that phrase pretty hilarious in the pre-Villa relegation game thread.

Makes a change that Taylor's speaking in the press about him having done well, as opposed to the usual rent-a-quote promises and bullshit he normally comes out with.

Needs to be :brewcie: or something.

Are you getting a pard-on?

Best thing EVER to read when coming in pissed that. Near did a backflip when I read that last line.

Jol has a habit of talking unsubstantiated bullshit.

I'm disappointed this hasn't happened yet. To the tune of the Scouting for Girls song ("this ain't a love song, this is goodbye")

Be class if Ashley started branding the players/staff training kit with seperate names: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] etc

Would be madness not to start him. Madness? Surely you overstate your case before even making one. He really doesn't. Games against the top six sides are where Jonas is most vital - he's a similar sort of player to Park for Man U and there's a reason why he's always one of the first names on their teamsheet in the bigger games.

S.Taylor is 33/1 to get the first goal. Surely that's worth fifty pee of anyone's money?