A shot in the arm

Will the real arsenal please stand up!.....because im not sure who you guys are anymore. There had to a sense of de ja vu for fans and manager alike as the match at the emirates wore on on saturday. It tells a lot about a team when your most inspiring and creative player is a teenager who had been sidelined for about a year and a half through injury, and making his first appearance. Ihe game was eventually won by a scrappy goal; and to be honest it was aided by a moment of unexplainable 'daftness' by a certain ranger (not mentioning names).

 

As mentioned earlier wilshere was recalled to the starting line up slotting into midfield alongside cazorla and arteta (im salivating). Also reintroduced was sagna who replaced carl jenkinson. Arsenal started the better side with wilshere and giroud testing ceaser early in the game.The former, kept things ticking in the middle of the park before being substituted in the 68th minute (didnt know arsene was allowed to make changes before the 70th minute). The worrying thing for arsenal fans would be that the areas of our game we thought were erased from last season are slowly but confidently taking their rightful places. There were uncharacteristic sloppy passes, flat attacking performances all over the pitch, and the ' bould effect' seems to be wearing off. There is a little less team solidity; and if we came against better opposition(no offense), we could have been punished on several occasions during the match.

 

I think arsenal miss the services of kerian gibbs, because andre santos seems to provide more uncomfortable moments for his fellow defenders than they would like. Ramsey was sloppy and held on to the ball at times. We lacked width, and passing speed. To be fair theo 'the athlete' walcott gave us a bit of impetus when he was introduced, and belive it or not, so did andre 'the forgotten man' arshavin. In fact he provided the cross that led to all the scrambling that led to the goal. After that we managed to survive some nervy moments to ensure the win.

ironically, this might just be the kind of result the team needs before another blockbuster clash against man utd(or is it ref utd now?). cazorla seemed a bit subdued with wilshere in the side, and would have to step of for this weekends clash if we hope to get any positive result. so im hoping i can recognize my team after 90 mins at old trafford; because frankly im utterly confused.

till next time...........