6-2.............

And robinsons had a good game...........

I think Rovers fans should go home happy that they've only conceded 6, Arsenal really should have been in double figures.

Final whistle, 6-2, cracking game.

I agree, 6 goals and they wasted at least 10 other chances, its still 3 points though.

As good as Arsenal were, Blackburn were very poor defensively. They just let the Arsenal front men and midfielders run at them, they backed off and it could have been so many more.

You gotta enjoy watching football like that though

A typical Big Sam tactic that

Where is Copy Nooker when you want him?

Big game tonite from La Liga, Sevilla v Madrid, fekin mouthwatering tie, watching it on Sky player on the laptop so no moaning from the wife or kids about hogging the TV

Anyone else watching?

TV is occupied in my house I'm afraid.

You not got Sky player for your laptop?

Nah would never shelve out for them fuckers. I get mine for free.

But not tonite?

I don't have it on the laptop, just on the box.

Sevilla one-one with Madrid after an hour.

It finished Sevilla 2 - 1 Real Madrid.

Arsenal's defence wasn't so hot either - Rovers should have had a penalty for the foul on Dunn, and two or three other chances went begging.
As usual Dunn was the engine of the team, he was taken off when they went up 4-2 - I suppose Sam had given up on the game at that point and wanted to protect his prize asset.
But when he went off it was like something had switched off in the Rovers side and in the end it was just damage limitation.
There's nothing better than watching Wenger's teams in full flow, but when it's your own side on the receiving end...
You Toons should be thankful that you're in the Championship!

Was a good game for the neutral, far better to watch than Chelsea v Liverpool which didn't get going until sixty minutes into the game.

Well I enjoyed the Chelsea game - the first half saw two great teams playing at a fantastic pace, cancelling each other out - not in a boring way - but with top skills matching top skills.
In the second half it became apparent that Chelsea had the edge and the goals came along - great stuff!
Watch out for a similar game when Rovers are down at the Bridge on the 24th!

If ever a game needed a goal, it was chelsea liverpool after the first half yesterday. I'm not sure about "two great teams," I though it was like watching paint dry That said, I watched Preston v West Brom on Saturday and they definitely were both crap

Anyway, Liverpool only came to life when Benayoun came on, he looked the only player capable of unlocking Chelsea but it was too little too late. Gerrard continued his poor form and nothing went right for Torres. Meanwhile, a lot of Liverpool fans are now getting on Rafa's back.

Goals are not the most important thing in football, after all it only takes a second for the ball to go into the net, so even if there's ten goals there's still 89 min 50 secs of play.
Anyway football gets its character from the fact that goals are (usually) few and far between. This enhances the sporting aspect as it's possible for a lesser team to grab one against a big team and hang on for a famous victory.
Big Sam appreciates this and for this reason has expressly forbidden his strikers to score!

Blue Moon.

The footballing gods are great....

Dunne takes the lead for Villa against City with a bullet header - Barry being his marker and making a mess of it.

Seriously, great game so far

1-1 now, about right i think.

FT: Good game that

Browsing the gossip column, came across this beauty:

"Hull midfielder Geovanni has revealed he snubbed a return to Brazil in favour of pledging the rest of his career to the Tigers, with whom he recently signed a new three-year deal"

Snubbed? Really? Because, of course, in Brazil he'd easily be taking home the same, frankly disgusting sums of money they pay here.....I hope the Hull fans appreciate such "loyalty".....

'That' baloon goal
can't wait to see rafas interview on this

Looked more your pal Johnsons fault rather than the balloon.

Anyway why the fuck had Reina left it there anyway??

That doesnt look like a balloon, looks more like one of those penny floater balls.

Still hilarious though

So he could have in his eyes a "cast iron excuse" if Liverpool went on to lose.

"its not because we were poor, its not becuase they were good, it was because of that darn balloon!!"

You leave something like that 2 yards in front of you in your box and you deserve what you get.

It looks like the ref has dropped a bollock but so has Reina and Sunderland deserved the victory anyway.

Discounted

Blackburn v Burnley coming up, this one should be a tasty clash!

Come on Burnley!

Blackburn 0-1 Burnley

Blake

Fucking superb shot

copy where are you? :

1-1

Dunn

not

1-0 copy where are you?

I must say I cannot stand Pascal Chimbonda

In fact, I would like to stamp on his testacles

EDIT: I am watching this on Sky Player and there must be a three or four minute screening delay, wtf?

Dear me, what a soft goal.

And why the hell do players get a yellow for celebrating scoring a goal? They might need a good wash and some deodorant after being manhandled by a bunch of Blackburn supporters, but a yellow card?

I'm still waiting for it


EDIT: Shit defending

2-1 blackburn

3-1
Chimbonda with a decent finish.

I'd like to shoot the twat now

Finished 3-2, 2nd half was a bit of an anti climax

OK then, Grand Prix time

What time does it start, Yellow?

4pm for the pre-race show, race starts at 5

Here's hoping for a Button failure.

Yellow

Why is Ireland not deemed important enough to have its own Formula One Grand Prix?