Arsenal vs. Blackpool

6-0, Premier League, Emirates, 21/8 -10
Walcott 12, 40, 58,
Arshavin 32 (pen),
Diaby 49,
Chamakh 83

What an amazing game! Not least of all for Theo Walcott, a hat-trick and a man of the match performance for the young winger, and I hope that this will be the season when things really take off for him, but Rosicky deserves a lot of the credit after this game as well, he pulled the strings in the midfield and was really influential in this win.

In the first thirty minutes Blackpool were actually playing rather nice, but not as good as us, Walcott pretty much ran loose on the right wing and he has now showed for real that he can make the right decisions at the right time, to take his game to the next level, past the part were people just considered him as the fast guy.
The opener was a real beauty, after some nice passing Walcott got the perfect opportunity to shoot, and like he took it, a very good finish at the far post!

At the half hour mark Arshavin made it two from the penalty spot as Chamakh was brought down (in which has to be said probably was just outside the box), and the defender was shown red.
Before half-time Walcott added one more to the score line, Wilshere passed low to Theo who was inside the box and turned away from Dekel Keinan to score once again.

After the break we kept going strong and it didn't take too long for us to start scoring again, Sagna made a great run down the right and provided a great cross for Diaby to shoot from, and it was quite a shot.
Theo completed his hat-trick just before the hour-mark with another low shot at the far corner, very well placed.
Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie both came in after 63 minutes, a good opportunity for them to get into match fitness, no pressure or anything, just cruising towards a win, and in the 83rd minute Chamakh got to score on his debut, a strong header from a van Persie corner.

A very comfortable win, it always feels nice when the team are playing well and scoring loads of goals!
Today the club officially welcomed a new clock into the Emirates Stadium, it is a bigger version of the old clock that was positioned at Highbury for over 70 years.
The stands has also been renamed, so now it is once again Clock End, North Bank, West Stand and East Stand.