Kaba Diawara lol
I think there’s another universe where he finished the season on double figures and we won the league.
He genuinely did everything but score…Leeds away he hit both posts and had a header off the cross bar.
Then they scored and we lost the league.
Shît. Is that what happened?Originally Posted by Tony C
On the day of the game, I was on a crusty traveller site in West London with an ex-gf and one of my best mates who's a Chelsea fan.
We'd been there for 2-3 days. The morning after, I got up and went to buy a paper. Saw we'd lost and just left and fücked off back to Hackney.
When my Chelsea mate hooked back up with me a week later, he said him and my ex were shocked to see I'd just left without even waking them to say goodbye. Then he'd found the copy of the Sun on bed I'd been sleeping on, looked at the back page and sussed why I'd been so pîssed off that I just left.
I'd never realised that we hit the woodwork 3 times cos I didn't even read the report. Just saw the score, went back to the trailer I'd been sleeping in, got my stuff, left the paper and went.
So basically, DB's penalty and the woodwork denied us two doubles in a row. Gutted. Absolutely fücking gutted.
That and the **** of a referee in that Leeds game who booked our three midfield players for breathing in a built up area but allowed Alan Smith to kick the **** out of anyone who came near him (all of whom he promptly ran away from as soon as they stood up). Absolute **** as well
Dear God. How come the Mancs got so lucky in all three comps that year?
Would be nice for us to have that sort of level of luck this year, esp during the coming run-in.
Ganpatiji is the God of Good Luck and Fortune and the Remover of Obstacles so let's hope He sticks His trunk in for us.
The obstacle of the crossbar was removed by Emi's head, for example. And the curve on that pass from Saliba to GX for our 2nd was pretty trunk-like.
But anyway, do you reckon people have been unfair to ignore Nacho's contribution? I loved him. I remember just after we'd signed him, and someone here said that it was a good deal cos he'd be cover until Gibbs was fit again.
Someone replied presciently that they watch La Liga and if Nacho plays for us like he does over there then young Keiron may not be getting his place back.
Though didn't Gibbs come on as a sub in the final match of the season and pull of that amazing sliding tackle in the box that won us the game?
Don't think Nacho is underrated by Arsenal fans - always very popular. Liked a goal as well. you are right about Gibbs and the tackle though
Oh, I know the fans didn't underrate him - best LB since Cashley.
It just seemed strange that when the blogs had been debating best Jan signing all week, no-one even mentioned Nacho.
I guess very solid defending with one goal and one assist doesn't seem as sexy as Leo's 6 goal involvements in 6 starts, Auba's 10 goals or AA23's 4 at Anfield.
But £6.5m to pip Sperz to the CL spot and 6.5 years as a LB we were all perfectly happy with was a good buy. Won us a couple of cups, almost won us the league and part of the best back 4 we'd had in a decade.
I have never seen a player so consistently hit the woodwork, quite remarkable
I could very well be imagining this, but I seem to remember that in his first full season at RB, Eboué hit the post like 10 times without scoring.
Depends which end you are thinking of
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