CL: Arsenal vs Bayern Munich, 20/10/15, 7:45pm

[celestis]

Thats what I thought, but as he was falling its acceptable to put your arms in front of you for protection, otherwise its a faceplant into the ground. Also the ball coming off his hand didnt alter the direction, so it would have been harsh not to give it.

Yeah I thought it was legit .

 

[JENSON_GUNNER]

Yeah I thought it was legit .

Also it clearly hit his face first and then grazed off his finger while he was falling into the floor. It was going in even if it didn't touch his arm and it wasn't deliberate !!!

 

[David Smith]

Even I gave Per stick at times but he was superb yesterday. Such leadership.

 

[Kingslayer]

How very dare you, Giroud is not a bit of harmless noise, he's a beautiful ball handling goal scoring God!

"Does Giroud handle beautiful balls when he scores? I don't want to comment on speculation."

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Even I gave Per stick at times but he was superb yesterday. Such leadership.

Lad, I've lost count of the amount of times an in-form striker is supposed to be Per's undoing.

"Suarez against Per tonight hehe"
"Aguero against Per tonight hehe"
"Lewandowski against Per tonight hehe"
"Sturridge against Per tonight hehe"

Yet, not once has Per been shown up. He didn't get 100+ caps for Germany for being slow and sheight. He got them because he's an extremely intelligent defender and a calming influence. Per and Kos proved last night they are still our best partnership.

 

[bingobob]

Arsène the only manager to ever beat Pep at both Bayern and Barcelona. Fun fact I never knew.

 

[bingobob]

On the Giroud goal being honest I'm saying handball if it was the other way around. But also my anger would be directed towards the keeper and not the handballer, the keeper messed up and sometimes you have to do what you have to do to win and that includes hoping the ref doesn't notice something and playing at the limit or bending or breaking the rules.

 

[celestis]

Lad, I've lost count of the amount of times an in-form striker is supposed to be Per's undoing.

"Suarez against Per tonight hehe"
"Aguero against Per tonight hehe"
"Lewandowski against Per tonight hehe"
"Sturridge against Per tonight hehe"

Yet, not once has Per been shown up. He didn't get 100+ caps for Germany for being slow and sheight. He got them because he's an extremely intelligent defender and a calming influence. Per and Kos proved last night they are still our best partnership.

According to Cech he is as good a reader of the game as he has seen .

 

[TheLoneFalcon]

Owen Hargreaves. Dear God, if someone makes you long for Mickey Owen's bland, turdgid (no typo) commentary you know a new level of ****ness has been reached.

 

[SuperGoon]

"Is Theo like lightning and Giroud like thunder? Listen, lightning can kill and thunder is....ehhh...a bit of harmless noise. So, yes, basically."

Alot of times thunder can catch you off guard...

 

[kopzilla]

Uncle Mike, is that you?

Kidding mate.

Where did that guy disappear? He always used to come up with amazing oneliners ,poetry , jokes and what not...

 

[celestis]

Owen Hargreaves. Dear God, if someone makes you long for Mickey Owen's bland, turdgid (no typo) commentary you know a new level of ****ness has been reached.

I honestly thought this bloke would have been a bit more insightful.

 

[SuperGoon]

Lad, I've lost count of the amount of times an in-form striker is supposed to be Per's undoing.

"Suarez against Per tonight hehe"
"Aguero against Per tonight hehe"
"Lewandowski against Per tonight hehe"
"Sturridge against Per tonight hehe"

Yet, not once has Per been shown up. He didn't get 100+ caps for Germany for being slow and sheight. He got them because he's an extremely intelligent defender and a calming influence. Per and Kos proved last night they are still our best partnership.

I said it before the match started last night. Per gets a hard time from everyone. It's largely unwarranted. I know Gabriel is good with potential to be brilliant, but if Bayern get a free kick or corner kick, I know who I want in the box with Cech.

 

[Sanchez11]

I fancy us to get a point in germany, just need everyone to stay fit.

 

[celestis]

 

[kopzilla]

Amazing times for us...hope it materializes into atleast trophy this season.

I couldn't watch the game as it was past midnight here and I slept early. I wasn't very hopeful of a positive outcome before the game.

I always dread waking up the following morning to find out what happened.Sometimes I visit arsenal.com or sportsmole.co.uk to check scores/results...however to find out what happened during the game I logon to the forum...click on the matchday thread and read the posts which were posted during the game and its so heartening and exciting to read posts when goals are scored....like 'GIROOOOUUD' or 'YESSS'...

I did the same thing for our FA cup final game Vs Hull City and it was like I was literally watching the match by reading the posts.

 

[HollandGooner]

I like the way we win games without less of the ball.

 

[kopzilla]

I think it's important to remember that despite our good tactics etc, you'll always need some luck to pull through these big games. Thank goodness for Giroud's handball, and that Lewandowski chickened out of that shot when he had rounded Koscielny.

I just watched the highlights and we did ride our luck but it is unnerving watching us sit back and allow the opposition to pass around the ball at will. We are not quite there yet when it comes to sitting back and snuffing out attacks.

 

[Nyctophobia]

This win proves that we are not a second class team we are among the best again, don't want to hear anymore nonsense about that.

 

[SA Gunner]

Where did that guy disappear? He always used to come up with amazing oneliners ,poetry , jokes and what not...

I present to you, one of his classics

There are 6/7 better strikers in the league, not sure that should be the case with a player who's an Arsenal starter.

Name them.

Costa, Sturridge, Aguero, Dzeko, Bony and Lukaku.

Lukaku is debatable but you're talking potential, Bony and Dzeko have very impressive goals to game ratios...

Kane is better than Giroud too. Then you got Balotelli, Rooney, Falcao, RvP, Ings, Austin, the Belgian at Villa who are on par or not too off Giroud.

Some of those might sound funny, but no so when you consider playing environment, team system etc.

"Funny"? More like "laughable."

I'll give you Aguero. Costa is a diver, which is an automatic disqualification. A player good enough to not cheat, won't. Yes, I realize that also disqualifies Cristiano, and I stand buy that: He DOES have the talent to not cheat, but he does it anyway. As opposed to Rooney, who dives and STILL has never been better than Giroud is now, as he proves when he plays for England, without ManUre-friendly officials.

As for the rest.. particularly Kane, Benteke, Sturridge? In the words of the immortal Jackie Gleason, I'm calling Bellevue because you're nuts. None of them is fit to lick Giroud's cleats.