Everyone has heard by now that Arsenal was class all the way in its dealing with Sutton United in their FA Cup clash. It was a huge payday for Sutton, mostly because of TV money. Arsenal FC sweetened that pot by donating £50,000 to Sutton so they could build a couple new classrooms for their youth program. Instead of the usual pennant to exchange when the captains meet on the field, the Arsenal chairman presented his Sutton counterpart with a silver cannon. The Arsenal players all left their jerseys in the visitors' dressing room. And in a tribute to Sutton, Wenger put Alexis on the field for the last 15 minutes. The fans and players will always remember the day they went up against one of the very best players in world football. Quite a contrast with Joey Barton flopping in a losing cause against Lincoln City. Makes one proud to be a Gooner.
Speaking of Lincoln, that's who we play on the 11th of March in the quarters. On the 4th we go to Anfield and on the 7th we host Bayern in what will be either a dreary anticlimax or a thrilling attempt to make the greatest comeback in ECL knockout play ever. I'll take a 2-1 win over Liverpool, 4-0 over Bayern, and 3-0 over Lincoln, please. And no injuries or red cards for us. We're off until March 4th because Southampton is playing in the League Cup final against an outfit from some dreary northern town. The rest will do us good.
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