ARSENAL 4-0 BARNET

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So after watching the first of Arsenals pre-season friendlies finish,what can we Gooners conclude .In my opinion,the team we put out today was quite strong as compared to our opponents,and quite frankly we outplayed them in every department. But who didn't expect that from us! We really played well,but more importantly  we played the"Arsenal"style football.

Following was the starting line-up for Arsenal vs Barnet on 17th July,2010:

                                         Fabianski

       Nordtveit       Koscielny       Vermaelen       Traore

        Wilshere        Frimpong         Emmanuel-Thomas

            Arshavin           Simpson             Rosicky 

Subs: Szczesny, Mannone, Miquel, Djourou, Gibbs, Eastmond, Nasri, Henderson, Lansbury, Barazite, Walcott, Chamakh...........and will you believe it,the entire team was changed at half-time.Everybody but Szczesny came in.But don't worry that tall pole got his chance in the 68th min

SO HOW DID ALL THE GOALS COME...

• The first goal was quite shocking actually as it came in the 1st min.Arshavin rounded the keeper and scored,quite effortlessly after working a neat 1-2 with Tomas Rosicky.
• The second goal came at half-time,our new prodigy Jack Wilshere did brilliantly by drawing two defenders towards him,just before passing the ball to Jay-Simpson,who eventually slotted home from close range.)It was a superb finish).
• No. 3 was a typical Arsenal goal.Arshavin cut passed a defender from the left,and quickly passed it to Jack Wilshere,(who,in my opinion made a sublime-run)only for him to cut the ball back across the 6 yard-box-and give Jay-Simpson a simple tap in "home."Brilliant to watch,a 3 pass goal which tore the Barnet defense to shreds.
• The last goal came from our beloved,Samir Nasri.He pressurized  Daniel Leach ,causing him to make a fatal error,and giving the french-man the opportunity to make it 4-0.And he duly obliged. 

In conclusion,all I can say is that we shouldn' be too happy as we all expected Arsenal to beat Barnet,if not demolish them.But yes, a win is win and we thoroughly deserved to win today.The future looks bright for our youth players also,as they all chipped in a performance worth applauding.Thus,to the next friendly...upto then "Sayonara."

PS:I may write another article before 21st July also..