"That was not Barcelona football."

FA CUP 5th Round
My Arse 0

Blackburned Ballers 0

Yes, the team is young.

Yes, they are very fit young men.

Yes, they can probably get it up again within minutes (especially Adik Bayor I think. In fact I think his doesn't come down, ever).

But this is footie, not sex.

And playing in the next round just a few days after getting through a 120-minute replay is asking for too much from the team ...

... and from Arsey bloggers too - how would we find time to surf for our porn when there's so many matches to comment on?

Anyways it was a forgettable game.

We attacked, they defended.

We almost scored 2, had a clear penalty denied by Mr Atkinson (Man of the Match) and looked pretty jaded.

El Capitine was poor, and so was Theo - who's starting to revive bad memories of Gilles Grimandi.

Totally useless yet untouchable.

And one wonders if the fact that he is English and much revered by by the media has anything to do with the mystery of Wenger starting him in almost every game now.

Summary of the game if Leen had been doing this posting:

We were torpid, sluggish, lethargic, dull, comatose, apathetic, dormant, indolent, inert, slothful and stuporous.

They were lucky.

The ref was twatty.

And it took 12 episodes of House to repair my psyche after the game.
-------------------------------------------------------------

And Cesc went up to Mark Hughes after the game.

He asked, "Didn't you play for Barcelona?"

Hughes: "Yes, a long time ago."

Cesc: (shakes head sadly)

Hughes: (concerned)"What's wrong?"

Cesc: "That was not Barcelona football."

(he had to apologise to Hughes later after ole Markie blew his top - what is it about Manchester that produces such humourless blokes?)




Cheeky ...

Cesc "Pizzaboy" Fabregas