Comments

1. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:17 Precious Roy says:

   Think the ‘utter despair’ at the 5 minute mark should be lower.

   Anyone else find it curious that there was ZERO mention during the match, at halftime or in postgame that Jovanovic took a pretty clear dive?

2. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:18 The NY Kid says:

   oh, I certainly found it curious. But we all know that the Champions League is controlled by the Pentaverate.

3. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:22 ü75 says:

   I think the FT one is off. Gooners were pretty happy with everything save the first five minutes (except for a general unwillingness to shoot for long stretches at a time).

4. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:24 Precious Roy says:

   I hate the Colonel with his wee beady eyes.

5. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:31 Lingering Bursitis says:

   u75: I would disagree with you based on the comments yesterday… lots of “fuck this” and “fuck that” even in victory

6. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:35 ebullientfatalist says:

   Three-two, to the Arsenal, three-two, to the Arsenal . . .

   @PR: Yeah, that despair level should be fathoms lower.

7. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:37 ü75 says:

   I see relief and elation at full time. The various fuck phrases are in the first half.

8. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 09:58 ebullientfatalist says:

   I just watched the goal highlights. The penno wasn’t really a penno, but, eh, fair play, etc. Song definitely handled the ball on Vermaelen’s score. That 3-2 scoreline should read 2-1.

   Nevertheless, happy for the victory, and happy with Bendtner showing he can play up top alone (against a shitty Belgian side, yes, yes, I know). At least I can wear my Arshavin shirt around campus today without looking like a complete fool.

9. 
   On September 17, 2009 @ 10:34 whizalen says:

   @ebf — how many people would actually recognize the shirt? I have an arsenal jacket my wife bought me three years ago that I wear for three seasons out of the year. Only thrice has someone said something to me about it – a guy wearing an arsenal pin, a kid wearing arsenal shorts and a chump on my daily train who wears a united hat (fuck that guy!)

10. 
    On September 17, 2009 @ 12:10 hockalees says:

    @ebf and @whizalen
    It gets really tiring having to explain the suspicious looks one gets from the current sponsor ’round these parts… “No…Fly Emirates isn’t a new lure from Cabela, it is an airline from Dubai.”. O2 wasn’t much better, but no one would be too concerned if a few Catalans threw cell phones at a skyscraper. Still, it’s better than the ubiquitous Club America kits around here… BIMBO, Coca-Cola AND Corona?!?! There’s still room for Wal-Mart on the sleeves!

11. 
    On September 17, 2009 @ 12:35 whizalen says:

    @hock — running joke in my house, anytime we’re booking a trip the wife asks, “should we ‘fly emirates?’” Or if I’m watching a game and she looks up she’ll ask, “are we still ‘flying emirates.’” I don’t have the heart to tell her Arsenal will be ‘flying emirates’ for what, 15 years?

12. 
    On September 17, 2009 @ 13:22 Eladio says:

    @whiz: Opening day of the 2005 premiership season, I was tivo’ing the Arsenal game for some reason, and was out about with the wifey. I had my Arsenal jersey on since the morning, but wondered aloud to her, “maybe I should take this off, i don’t want anyone ruining the score for me”. She laughed and said, “no one around here knows who Arsenal is!” This was in Rockville, MD, and while out for 45 minutes I had 2 people mention how Arsenal opened up the season today, plus a Scouser with a Gerrard jersey smiling like he just farted. And I couldn’t stop saying, “I told you!” to my wife.

13. 
    On September 17, 2009 @ 18:29 Ryan says:

    Up here it’s almost the other way around, lots of people wearing jerseys, but no one has any idea what they mean. Case in point, girl wearing a Croatia jersey sits next to me in a lecture (on day of WCQ with England), just making small talk, I say, “Hey big game today right?.” Met with the blankest stare I could imagine.

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