CrossGun
05-19-2014, 11:46 AM
Arsenal 3 Hull 2
James Chester 4, Curtis Davies 8,
Santi Cazorla 17, Laurent Koscielny 71, Aaron Ramsey 109
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Bloody hell!
This rubbish won’t live long in the memory.
Wenger has wittered on for decades about quality.
Where was it?
Where was the quality, Arsene?
THERE WASN’T ANY!
Ramsey was very good and Koscielny played like a man possessed after Arsenal went 2-0 down after 8 minutes.
The rest of the team were so average, so flaky, so fragile.
They all froze. Why?
But somehow Arsenal got away with it and eventually managed to win against a team who finished 16th and whose best two strikers were ineligible.
Millions of Gooners were shell-shocked because Arsenal just didn’t play at the start and hardly played during the 90.
SUCH A SCRATCHY, SCAPPPY CUP FINAL!
A showpiece game?
Arsenal scored untidily from a set-piece on 21 when Sagna headed the ball against Giroud’s head and the ball broke for Koscielny to hook in, just before keeper McGregor clattered Kos painfully.
Rosicky and Wilshere should have come on in 75 minutes, not in extra time.
But really, guys. Come on!
This was the most weird and forgettable FA Cup Final I’ve ever seen.
Full disclosure: I haven’t watched the last few FA Cup Finals.
Arsenal didn’t turn up in the first 16 minutes and were already 2-0 down when Kieron Gibbs headed an Alex Bruce header off the line.
In 79, Gibbs missed Arsenal’s most clear-cut chance of the game, firing over the bar from a great position.
In extra time, the winning goal was an excellent one, which made a change in this shambolic game.
A slick move, Giroud backheeled to Ramsey, who stabbed home the priceless goal that makes Wenger’s three-year contract extension almost credible, maybe.
A very slick finish and, to be fair, very much a Wenger-type goal, the kind of goal his choreography seeks to perfect.
On the eve of the FA Cup Final, Uncle $tan’s Arsenal Corporation told their casual staff that they could no longer have discounts on club merchandise.
This was the 8th FA Cup Final at the new Wembley.
In 2007, Chelsea beat Man Utd 1-0 AET
In 2008, Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0
In 2009, Chelsea beat Everton 2-1
In 2010, Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0
In 2011, Manchester City beat Stoke 1-0
In 2012, Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1.
In 2013, Wigan beat Man City 1-0
In 2014, Arsenal beat Hull 3-2 AET.
VERDICT?
Expect another nine years of stagnation and profitable mediocrity.
Sep 16, 2014
James Chester 4, Curtis Davies 8,
Santi Cazorla 17, Laurent Koscielny 71, Aaron Ramsey 109
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Bloody hell!
This rubbish won’t live long in the memory.
Wenger has wittered on for decades about quality.
Where was it?
Where was the quality, Arsene?
THERE WASN’T ANY!
Ramsey was very good and Koscielny played like a man possessed after Arsenal went 2-0 down after 8 minutes.
The rest of the team were so average, so flaky, so fragile.
They all froze. Why?
But somehow Arsenal got away with it and eventually managed to win against a team who finished 16th and whose best two strikers were ineligible.
Millions of Gooners were shell-shocked because Arsenal just didn’t play at the start and hardly played during the 90.
SUCH A SCRATCHY, SCAPPPY CUP FINAL!
A showpiece game?
Arsenal scored untidily from a set-piece on 21 when Sagna headed the ball against Giroud’s head and the ball broke for Koscielny to hook in, just before keeper McGregor clattered Kos painfully.
Rosicky and Wilshere should have come on in 75 minutes, not in extra time.
But really, guys. Come on!
This was the most weird and forgettable FA Cup Final I’ve ever seen.
Full disclosure: I haven’t watched the last few FA Cup Finals.
Arsenal didn’t turn up in the first 16 minutes and were already 2-0 down when Kieron Gibbs headed an Alex Bruce header off the line.
In 79, Gibbs missed Arsenal’s most clear-cut chance of the game, firing over the bar from a great position.
In extra time, the winning goal was an excellent one, which made a change in this shambolic game.
A slick move, Giroud backheeled to Ramsey, who stabbed home the priceless goal that makes Wenger’s three-year contract extension almost credible, maybe.
A very slick finish and, to be fair, very much a Wenger-type goal, the kind of goal his choreography seeks to perfect.
On the eve of the FA Cup Final, Uncle $tan’s Arsenal Corporation told their casual staff that they could no longer have discounts on club merchandise.
This was the 8th FA Cup Final at the new Wembley.
In 2007, Chelsea beat Man Utd 1-0 AET
In 2008, Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0
In 2009, Chelsea beat Everton 2-1
In 2010, Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0
In 2011, Manchester City beat Stoke 1-0
In 2012, Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1.
In 2013, Wigan beat Man City 1-0
In 2014, Arsenal beat Hull 3-2 AET.
VERDICT?
Expect another nine years of stagnation and profitable mediocrity.
Sep 16, 2014