Arsenal v West Ham

[Gaffer]

Saturday, 30 October 2010
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal v West Ham, 15:00

West Ham captain Matthew Upson looks likely to miss the game against his former club Arsenal with a hamstring injury.

Striker Frederic Piquionne is doubtful with a leg problem, so Frank Nouble could be on the bench after being recalled from a loan spell at Swansea.

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere serves the final game of a three-match suspension.

Defender Kieran Gibbs is sidelined with knee ligament damage suffered in the League Cup win at Newcastle.

Arsenal

Suspended: Wilshere (one match)

Injured: Almunia (elbow), Diaby & van Persie (both ankle), Frimpong & Gibbs (both knee), Ramsey (broken leg), Vermaelen (Achilles)

West Ham

Doubtful: Piquionne (leg), Upson (hamstring)

Injured: Collison, Hines & Kurucz (all knee), Hitzlsperger (thigh)

[Gaffer]

Streams > http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?match ... art=sports

[Gaffer]

Very good stream > http://www.vipcanals.org/ch1.html

[Gaffer]

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny, Clichy, Song, Denilson, Nasri, Fabregas, Arshavin, Chamakh. Subs: Szczesny, Rosicky, Vela, Walcott, Djourou, Eboue, Bendtner.

West Ham: Green, Jacobsen, da Costa, Gabbidon, Ilunga, Parker, Behrami, Noble, Boa Morte, Obinna, Piquionne. Subs: Stech, Reid, Tomkins, Cole, Barrera, Kovac, Faubert.

[stevedon]

Wow - that was hard work. Great to get a win though. West Ham were well organised and knew how to defend, and Green had a great match.

I'm having to rethink my position on Song......he looks clumsy but if he keeps scoring then maybe he should be running forward after all.

This was one of those games that we could have given up in, but we kept plugging away and got there in the end - well done

[Gaffer]

It didnt look like it was going to come… Rob Green was having the game of his life.. But an Alex Song header in the 88th-minute won the game for the gunners to snatched a dramatic victory to keep West Ham bottom of the table.

Arsenal Ratings

Fabianski : 8/10 (Mr safe hands, 2nd clean sheet in a row. Was very posivitve today. punched well and made 2 decent saves.

Sagna : 6.5/10 ( Decent game, played the pacey Obinna well, but wasteful with his final ball into the box.Eboue gives us more and should start at home vs this type of team who play 4-5-1
Koscielny : 7.5/10 ( Back in the starting 11 and played very well. Showed decent pace)
Squillaci : 7.0/10 ( Just gets on with his job, nothing flash about him. Solid)
Clichy : 9.0/10 ( *MOTM – GREAT run and cross for the match winner, His best game in a very long time)
Fabregas : 7.0/10 ( Not his best game, Green made a very good save in the first half to stop Cesc. But his passing was off today)
Nasri : 7.5/10 ( VERY unlucky not to score with a 30yd freekick that hit the bar. Picked his passes well and always looked dangerous)
Denilson : 6.0/10 (Sloppy with his passing, doesnt have the class conpared to Wilshere)
A Song : 8.0/10 (Booked again, Wasesnt having a great game but popped up in the box to head home Clichys cross. Won us the game)
Arshavin : 5.5/10 (Starting to worry me, His current run has been very poor. Walcott,Rosicky or Vela need to start ahead of him on this show)
Chamakh : 5.5/10 ( Was he even playing? Cant recall anything possitive he did during the game, Never looked like scoring, Poor show, Didnt get anything out of Da Costa )

Substitutes
Eboue : N/A
Walcott : 7.5/10 ( Changed the game for us, We went more direct and he almost scored by hit the inside of the post)
Bendtner : 6.0/10 ( Looked more dangeros then Chamakh)

[Sp1r0r]

Great win. With Chelsea also grabbing 3 points in the last 10 minutes, we had to win to keep the pressure up. Man City losing brings some daylight between us and them.

And what about the Man Utd-Spurs game ? Could go anyway now.

[Craigie]

Good to see Clichy have a good game. He's been rubbish this season.

[Curt.B]

He wasn't great last season either : /

That must be the first time he's ever succesfully crossed a ball with his right foot. Ever.

Also, that msut be his first assist in about 5 years lol.

[Craigie]

Maybe that's why he's such a rubbish left back, he's right footed!

I think people have been underplaying how rubbish he has been or just not noticing. How many times when something happens at left back and hes just not there? It's not like he even tries to go to the byline anymore, he always runs to the corner of the boxish area and passes or crosses from there. He's literally doing 5+ crosses a game and finding an Arsenal player 0-1 times a game.