Wenger striker strategy sets the ball rolling at Goodison

I WOULD’VE loved for the coach load of kids from Sligo that I met outside Goodison, to have seen this Arsenal side win beautiful, rather than ugly.
Wenger striker strategy sets the ball rolling at Goodison

In truth, contrary to popular opinion, we were neither beauty nor the beast, but an entirely lacklustre performance from the Gunners was more than compensated by the three long balls that turned this game on its head.

The opening 45 was a depressing anti-climax after the euphoria of only an hour or so earlier. They must have heard our whoops of joy over at Anfield, as we sat on the coach parked up alongside Stanley Park, listening to the commentary from the Boleyn, as former Gunner, Matthew Upson, did his old club a massive favour.

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