Well I am disappointed. No doubt about it! Still many things
to take away from this game, but on that later. First I would like to dissect the
game! Fulham came with a game plan and succeeded in that. They tried to slow the
tempo of the game from start, so that Arsenal doesn’t set into a rhythm of
passing the ball. Most of the teams come to Emirates with a mind set of
catching us on break and playing long balls, but Fulham did just opposite, they
tried to beat us at our game. They packed the midfield and closed down the ball
very efficiently.
Arteta gave his all and I have no complaints from him. Ramsey has to improve his game! I know
that English commentators praise him a lot (Actually they do it for every
player from UK!!!), but if you keep on skying the ball, make awful runs then
however good others say you are, you won’t impress me! Why Arshavin was not
taken off at half time or at 60 minute mark is a question mark! He is not the
player we can now afford to play in first team! He is low on confidence and doesn’t
make any damn effort to improve his game! Robin tried his best, but it was just
not his day! Theo (aka Usain Bolt junior) had a good game, still I expect
better out of him! Song was ok in his duties. Verminotor was at fault when he
tried to clear the ball with his left foot, because from the angle he was
trying, it would always take the ball towards the goal and any miscue would get in! And
voila, it happened. I didn’t expect him to make such a trivial error! He redeemed
himself though with the goal, but still after the match there was clear disappointment
written on his face. And I am sure, he would rectify his mistake and come out
on tops in our next games!(I thought of uploading the goals video, but I love
Verm too much and can’t see him scoring an own goal again and again!!!) Santos
played well for his style, and you already know I like him lot. Had couple of
good shorts on the goal, which were blocked and his positioning was good. Gervinho
still looks unfinished product, because his finishing needs a lot of work. He
comes into such fantastic positions, he dribbles past players like anything,
but finishing is not there. Chamakh came in late and didn't have much time to have a telling impact on the game. I think he should get more games!
Coming to positives from the game, best was to see Djourou
play out of his skin at RB and he did it with ease! If he continues to show
such display, then we won’t be missing Sagna till he returns. He was one player
who did his duties to the fullest be it defending or attacking, he was there! Another
positive was to see Diaby back and adding a new dimension to our game. But the
best part was the character shown by the team as a whole. We tried, tried and
tried and in the end got one point out of the game. Previous years Arsenal didn’t
show that kind of attitude and I am happy to see that!!! I think playing three
matches in 8 days took toll on our players as they looked a little off beat
from start. People might say that RVP didn’t score and hence Arsenal didn’t win,
but in my next Blog you would read why Arsenal is not a one man team!!! Follow me on twitter to be updated on that!!!
Now the first team players will get a rest against
Manchester City in Carling Cup quarterfinal. As we don’t want to burden them
with too many matches in short span of time!!! Hopefully our second fringe team
will win against Manchester City. Amen to that! I’ll close on that lovely
thought!!!
Till next time. Hail gunners.
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