first game of the season

drop by elizabeth last night to watch arsenal vs west brom, the first game of the season. i reached jus on time to see the kick off, and the starting line up is quite unexpected.

4-4-2
GK-almunia (1st choice)
CB-gallas (1st choice)
CB-djourou (toure is injured)
LB-clichy (1st choice)
RB-sagna (1st choice)
CM-denilson (probably the obvious choice to partner fabregas)
CM-eboue (the biggest shock of the night! i know fab is injured, but why not ramsey?)
LM-nasri (argubly 1st choice, and rosicky is injured)
RM-walcott (1st choice, i predict the right/left AM keep rotating)
CF-bendtner (either van persie or him, with eduardo injured and vela not ready)
CF-adebayor (1st choice, ade song: ADEBAYOR... ADEBAYOR... give him the ball~ and he'll score*)

praise
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overall performance is good, controlled the game through out and of course pocket all 3 points is the upmost important. anything less is unacceptable against a west brom at home.

the back line is rarely tested, clichy and sagna are very strong at the back as well. and of course their offensive abilities are probably best in the league, voted the best right/left back of last season.
adebayor is very hard working, trying to win over the fans' heart after the transfer saga.
nasri performed out of my expectation in his first epl game, scored in the 4th min. intelligence plays, gell with the team, hardworking enough to track back and win the ball. (someone called him nasi goreng in liz last night -_-)

a good start.

critic
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eboue is at the top of critic for sure...
very poor... no matter where he plays, he's not doing well enough.

adebayor misses too many chances, and his decision trying get past defender in 82th min is the biggest mistake. nevertheless, you can tell he's transforming, drift to the left often and create chances. sound like theirry henry? his pace has improved, at one time when he dashes into a 1 on 1 situation with keeper, people shouted walcott. lol...



P.S. arsenal + heineken = happy weekend