In the words of Borat, that was fun. NAAAT. A 4-1 home defeat to the blue scum to put paid to our season’s purpose, and to ask some serious questions about the team over the summer break. I don’t want to talk too much about the match itself; it was frankly all pretty bleak. Though we started brightly, and made far more chances at least than against United, you always felt (as you tend to with this side), that the opposition could score. In this case the opposition did score.
I know we’ve got a couple of matches left, but to my mind the season is over, humorous as it would be to delay United at Old Trafford it’s hard to see it happening, and we can take a little stock.
People will argue that the season has been a total disaster, and others will argue that we came within touching distance of finals in the Champions League and the FA Cup, and that 4th place in the league is not so shabby. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. We haven’t won anything, ergo failure, and as an Arsenal fan I won’t dispute that. At times we’ve played some scintillating football, as good as it’s ever been, but you do feel we lack a certain something.
Arsene’s been banging on all year about the ‘spirit’ this group of players has, but to be honest I think that ‘spirit’ is exactly what they’re lacking. Undoubtedly the current lot are talented and young, but what was so obviously missing against Chelsea and Utd was the toughness that says ‘Fuck you, we’re going to win this match’, and then goes about achieving it. Some players gain this by experience, some innately have it, but at the moment I don’t feel that anyone at Arsenal really has it. Someone who will grab the rest of them by the balls and not let go till we’ve won some stuff. That would be great.
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