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Haven’t written an article for practically years due to other commitments, but despite the lack of my inspirational (okay, maybe not..) articles, Arsenal are doing alright if you ask me.
OK, we failed to get in an experienced defensive midfielder and if you had asked me on the 2nd September, I would have said we will drop points while Denilson, or Diaby, or Song gets a run of games, but it seems to be working out perfectly thus far. We had a blip at Fulham that made me worry, because Denilson had a ‘mare and besides, we simply looked like we weren’t willing to fight for the cause. But maybe that was exactly the warning the team needed to wake up. Since that match Denilson has been brilliant, we’ve thrashed Newcastle, FC Twente, Blackburn Rovers and although we didn’t get the luck away in Kiev, Saturaday’s response in the North West was superb.
Denilson looks brilliant going forward although needs to toughen up a bit, possibly the reason for Song’s inclusion in the last two tough away games, while we’ve managed to score 15 in the last four games proving just how lethal we are as an attacking threat. Adebayor is putting in exactly the effort that I demand from a player who messed with the fans as he did in the summer, and the full backs are clearly top class. Theo Walcott was fantastic for England and has brought that form back to Arsenal and is looking exactly like the player we had hoped for and have only seen glimpses of since he signed for us, and the shaky partnership of Toure/Gallas isn’t being caught out so far, although I’m still not totally sure a proper strikeforce with a little/large pairing wouldn’t trouble them.
However, the best sign of how good we can be this season is this: Our two undoubted match winners, Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, haven’t even began to impress yet. When these two get going, and Eduardo, Bischoff, Silvestre and Rosicky one by one return to action, it could be hard to stop us this season. My gut feeling is that we’ll come up just short yet again, but it will be fun watching the free-flowing Gunners play Wengerball this season to see if they can prove me wrong.
But very nearly the biggest positive of all is the fact that the Mighty Tottenham Hotspur are propping up the likes of Stoke City, Hull, West Brom, crisis-hit Newcastle (no offence to fans of those teams) along with the rest of of the Premiership. Millions and millions go into our neighbours transfer excursions year on year only for them to fall short and it is nothing short of hilarious to watch them suffer!
TheArsenalWay.
