Today’s game was billed as the most expensive English game
ever, and certainly in terms of cash recieved it probably was, however a feast of
football was not forthcoming. In fact what was seen today was a disjointed
performance from both parties. Chelsea benefitted from good fortune on their
winning goal and on another day Arsenal’s near misses may have gone in. The Terry sideshow was just that; a sideshow, and Chelsea
showed that they could defend well. The Arsenal gave a lacklustre performance
with perhaps only the fullbacks showing sufficient endeavour.
All in all it was an uninspiring afternoon at the Emirates
and, the result aside, it showed how insipid and chaotic strategically this Arsenal can be at times. At
home against the Champions of Europe I think that those in attendance could
have expected more from the players and certainly some inspiration from the
touchline. What we got was uninspired and strange substitutions and nothing in
the way of problem solving; we simply pottered along with little sense of
urgency.
The performance against the League Champions last week was
chalk and cheese and one wonders if the playing staff are sufficiently inspired
to perform week in week out.
A word about the goalkeeping department. I think its safe to
say that each league goal we have conceded this season has had some element of
goalkeeping error or poor decision making. We saw the value of a good keeper
today with Cech’s save from Carzola.
We now have to move on to the next game and assign this
loss, to one of the most repulsive clubs in history, to the dustbin. We will most likely have an up and down season, and today I for one felt short changed, but this is
where we are as a club. That’s the reality and we have to accept that while we
support The Arsenal we can still have doubts about Wenger’s Arsenal which at times has the feel of chaos about it.
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