Sunderland 1 - 1 Arsenal
Well, you know what? Luck is definately not on our side. A legitimate goal ruled out, a scorcher from 25yds and the like, its just not “fair”.
But we earned a point today when the chips were down, and perhaps Arsey will learn that 4-1-4-1 is not a great formation for the boys. I actually commented on this very blog that I’d like to see us try it, and still think against Chelski or ManUre it would be beneficial to shore up the defence, though against Sunderland I fully agree it was a regressive formation. You don’t need to pack the midfield or batten down the hatches against a team with 1 striker and a defensive back 9.
Nasri didn’t look sharp to me against Porto, certainly not like he did at the beginning of the season, so I can only assume Arsey thought he’d rest him and return him to the team gently? I mean, you’d have thought Arsenal would cope without him against Sunderland. But for a team with such attacking talent, you’ve got to wonder why we aren’t scoring for fun. I put the ball at Adebayors feet.
Radio 5 Live commentators even picked up on Adebayor being a useless moody shit, and if the general populace start thinking it us Arsenal fans must be right. All the time “neutrals” tell me how good he is and I have to put them straight.
The good news is I turned the radio off in absolute disgust after we conceded and found out when I checked for a match report just now that we equalised!!
Looking on the bright side, this is a point earned away from home against a negative team - its not championship winning form just yet, but how many times last season even would we have not managed the equaliser? Its not like we battered the goal, so I suspect we should be thankful.
29 goals scored now, 6 conceded (4 from set pieces) - and that is championship winning form, so lets hope we find a lucky penny or two.
Filed by Kieran at October 4th, 2008 under Football