Now that I've had the opportunity to watch the Blackburn match on the DVR...

1. Official attendance was 59,643. If only. There weren't enough bin bags in North London to cover the empty seats. That'll show you, ya dirty dissenters.
2. Up until Morten Gamst Pedersen scored, I had no idea he was in the game
3. Three nice assists from Theo Walcott which means, of course, he won't do dick until April. He did show that he's still a decent track star. 
4. Alex Song is having a fair season when it comes to passing. Two delightful passes leading up to the first and third goals and a fair number quality passes throughout the match.  This is a much better use of Alex than last season's calamitous Attackin' Alex.
5. Ian Darke is the Frank Gifford of EPL announcing.
6. Speaking of The Darke One, during the match he commented that new signing Thomas Eisfield was a big fan of Tomas "Crockpot" Rosicky and would 'no doubt' be mentored by the Czech. If true, that strikes me as one of the most alarming things I've heard since Craig Bellamy teaching anger management to young players.
7. Coquelin continues to impress. Playing out of position at right back, he was solid in defense, good on the ball and looked to get up into the attack He had more than twice as many tackles as any other Gunner.
8. Szczesny is in the bottom three saves percentage in the league. Surely, a function of our defense than a true read of the Pole's performances (i.e. 8 goals against @ Ol Trafford)
9. I'm not a fan of divers. I strongly believe that a dive should merit a yellow card. Dive with more than a triple roll and the penalty should be a red card, or a cattle prod (better, both). But, wow, this player gives divers everywhere a bad name.