thrashing the Magpies

Fantastic Stuff! Reminds me of the finished-product team of the early 2000. Boy, if this team can pull up their socks and give us such performances week in and week out, we are in for 'some' entertainment.


Result:
Arsenal bt Newcastle United 3-0

Almunia: Just had to make a few saves, and was pretty confident on those! Wasn't involved otherwise(wasn't reqd.). Good for us! 5/10

Sagna: We didn't require our Full-backs yesterday! Our midfield was in rampage. Sagna still did some decent link-up play with Eboue and made life quite miserable for the Magpies! 6/10

Toure: What a slap on the face of critics! Superb performance, mostly attacking-wise, wasn't reqd. to defend a lot. There was a spring in his feet and the malaria looked a thing of past. Had a terrific shot on goal from far. 7/10

Gallas: Looked charged up, positive and was understandably sharp in tackles, was even involved in attacks. Good work! 6.5/10

Clichy: As always, did amazing overlaps! Crosses were neat too, the guy worked on it! Looks like, Nasri and Clichy are playing together for centuries, their link-up is already sparkling! 7/10

Eboue: Oops, I take back my 'peanut-brain' today! The guy wasn't his self, brilliant runs, dribbles and that mouth-watering back-heel to Persie, he did it all. Looked threatening while attacking and calm and composed while defending! 7.5/10

Cesc: Well, if Cesc is playing, the team looks much more composed, much more flamboyant while attacking. Cesc was exceptional with tackles too, a side of his game that has improved(One very bad tackle though, but that is OKAY!). As usual, gave some neat passes, but he is still to get back to his best! 6.75/10

Denilson: To me, he was the only weak-link in the whole Arsenal display of classy football last night. No hard feelings and nothing to take away from his hard-working performance and his exceptional run and goal, the guy still has lot to improve on technically! 5.5/10

Nasri: Man, we have got our man, we have got our Pires back. In fact, the run and outside of the right-foot swerving pass is Rosicky-like. Nasri is a hard worker and a no-nonsense player and I would want him to take a lot of free-kicks. He is pretty good with it. And yeah, I just loved him for that trick-trip on Barton. Muhahaha, now we are TALKING! Who's next? :-D 7.5/10

Ada: Well, he played as a midfielder almost and he excelled in it. I an always amazed at how much the guy can run, some really good passes, especially the first-time one to Denilson. Pretty impressive performance. 7/10

Persie: Ahh, finally, HE is back. Superb performance, tremendous work-rate! Dribbles, runs, nice free-kick, terrific corners. He did it all. But, inspite of this terrific perfo, I still feel is only 90%. And damn, I hear he is going through a X-ray now, hope we don't have a bad news. We can't afford to have one! 8/10

Subs:

Vela: Boyy, what a breath of fresh air. The guy could have easily scored. Vela and Theo can be our surprise package this season. Loved his cameo performance, especially one neato exchange with Cesc. 6.5/10

Song: Too small a perfo to really talk about. Looked quite sharp, hope he gets a full-start next match. 5.5/10

Theo: Really a terror for defenders. I dont know what he did on the right-hand side corner, but that was one heck of a trick, looked sharp. In fact, Theo always play well as a sub. He is more of a 20-minute special player, a super-sub! 6/10

Overall, very impressive performance. If we can improve on this, we can be the team to beat! The same team which drew with ManU couldn't touch us, that is heartening! :-D
7.5/10