Vicious, Violent Mean and Very Nasty

By Andy Strouthous
October 26 2004

And that was just van Nostrilhair. If the FA don't pick up on the nasty hacking job he did on Cole then they will prove to be gutless hyprocrites. The tackle was like something out of Medieval Village Football.

It was far worse than anything that happened at the so called "Battle of Old Trafford", and could have seriously injured Ashley.

Reyes was hacked down by the chuckle brothers again and again it wasn't until the 8th or 9th time that Riley finally booked one of them. Meanwhile Freddy was pushed to the ground by Fritzy on route to a clear goal scoring opportunity. Freddy would not have missed.

But contrary to the idea that the Arsenal team would collapse if Manure got in amongst them they played the only stylish football on view.
But Manure had one or was it two tricks left to play, Shrek dived passed Campbell, and it was a dive pass, Campbell and the ball were long gone. Of course the second trick was that Riley gave them their 7th Penalty in 8 games at Old Trafford.
Manure had played like the away team for most of the match,having scored from the penalty they once again flooded the midfield to stifle any Arsenal chances. Riley had won the game for them. Meanwhile Horseface's celebration was pathetic anyone would have thought he had scored a great goal from open play rather than from the spot, this was his only chance all match - Manure fans call Henry a choker, but what exactly did the longfaced one do apart from scoring the pen?

Moronic Manure fans gloated, licking their lips over every atrocity, Heinze smashed Edu in the face, "Same Old Arsenal Always Cheating" they sang, Cole injured by Ruud, up went the refrain, Reyes kicked by the Neville Bros same old song, Rooney dives off we go again.

Congratulations on record
No doubt some of the press will gloat that Arsenal failed to get to the 50, but the record had to end sometime, its the premiership we want not records. However we shouldn't forget that Arsenal have set a historic record of 49 unbeaten, and it is very unlikely the record will be beaten ever again. It is a great achievement, one the team should be shown some respect for. Nor will the defeat lead to a collapse in morale, the spirit that built the run in the first place will not die out at the first little setback, its more likely that the thuggery and cheating that the team had to endure will inspire the team on to greater efforts and greater football.