Arsenal are staring into an abyss.
Spurs have been amongst the worst offenders in recent times for being goaded off the coach, made to put their kit on and then shoved out onto a field that you’d think twice about running an ‘orse out on.
But last night Arsenal looked lost. Prior to the kick off, all the talk had been about ten nil scorelines and the fact that Jewel didn’t want to put his name to what had carnage written all over it.
The reality was somewhat different. Arsenal gave it a good go to start off with, but even they lost interest in their interminable passing to no purpose after about 25minutes . On my telly screen that little box popped up. Ipswich had actually made twice as many attempts. Taking the ball to the Ipswich penalty area and then passing it to no one doesn’t constitute an attempt.
Ipswich were unspectacular. All the cliches you like. Workmanlike, committed, clunky…With the exception of Conor Wickham.
This was one game I wished Alan Smith was commentating on. After listening to him gush on and on and on about Jack Wilshire’s every breath it would have been fascinating to hear how he would have described the anonymous kid in contrast to the rough but exciting diamond that is Wickham.
The reason that Arsenal are in trouble isn’t just because they got beat by some yokels on a grizzly Wednesday night. It’s the stench of disinterest coming from too many of their players. I used to work with a guy who had a great little phrase for when a ‘co-worker’ had lost interest in the job just before going on holiday, ‘Head’s in his suitcase’.
Never seen a team with so many players with their minds elsewhere. The worst offender is Downsy Arshavin. €25M and he’s barely going through the motions. And they said we bought the wrong Russian.
The return game at the Emptycrates will be matter we are told. I’d like to know how so. It’s clear that since that coward Royston Keane legged it, Jewel has at least given his limited options some shape. Arsenal have failed to beat anyone this season that ran at them. If City didn’t have an Italian manager a dull draw could have been an emphatic win.
Why abyss? Why are they suddenly unstuck? What do you know? I know what players who don’t really care look like. Arsene is too stubborn to dip into that c.£50M operating profit and make the overdue changes. His squad isn’t up to the task. You work it out.
When do they play Barca?
BIOYC!
Why write this on a Tottenham website. Aren’t we bigger and better than that? They will win the League Cup and they are still above us in the league. All I care about is the Mighty Tottenham Hotspur. We are back to being the team I love; exciting players, attacking football, lots of passion and a great team spirit. Couldn’t care less what any other club does.
Completely agree. It is all about the glory not the gory! Under DL and H we are making tremendous progress, just need to keep going and be patient (striker please!!!). We are the most exciting team in the EPL to watch and we just have to be thankful for that. Just hope that our adventurous style can be rewarded by winning something this season BUT imo think 2011/2012 could be our realistic title push but then again I have been saying that since 1967.
I can publish my shopping list if I see fit.
And frequently does.
Aint that the Robert Huth
fair enuf Harry,I’ll quietly retire back to the Arsenal blogs(I only responded to this one because it came up on the Arsenal section of NewsNow),so any abuse will effectively fall on deaf ears.The team that Arsenal put out last night contained enough regular first team players for their fans to expect to them to get the job done but it also contained the “holy trinity” of Eboue,Denilson and Bendtner who should be playing for Ipswich and not Arsenal,so I wasn’t altogether surprised at the result or the performance.
Is ‘first team’ now defined by your dream team or by Monsewer Wenger?
p.s. I’ll have an ‘E’ please.
Didn’t we hammer you lot in the same competition?
Yes. I also had sausage and chips last night. I don’t see the relevance of that either.
The relevance is that you’re saying how bad we are and yet we taught you a lesson in the same competition a couple of months back. Can I put it anymore simply than that?
Lesson? What, 1-1 at full time against a team containing half the groundstaff and a bloke we found cleaning the bogs?
I prefer to think of our visit to Effeminates earlier this season as a better reflection of the state of the 2 teams when they have proper teams out… You know, like the one you fielded last night.
And two of the goals came from penalties.
What kind of sausage was it?
FFS Harry what is this all about, you really are a prize clown. By the way when are you going to start selling Horny Helen 69 shirts?
I find this shlag so unfunny and boring.
I’m starting to get the feeling that the ‘Lady’ doth protest too much. Is that you in your Sisters bedroom again Sid?
Heh heh. Ive just tried her bra on.
how we will piss ourselves laughing when the tiny tott nomads will end up in stratford-are you all shitting yourselves for that historic day this month?can’t wait.i suggest you concern yourself with you’re own affairs.your’e avin your best season in decades & guess what?your’e still below us lol!
Intelligent lot aren’t they
Did you do ‘school’ or are you one of Englands great wasters?
If you’re the King I wouldn’t want to meet the rest of your court….
Anyway the one and only King is ours even if he is always injured