Always Outnumbered, Thoroughly Outgunned
Eesh. That was just unpleasant. If that’s us making progress then I must say it sounds awfully overrated. The more things change the more they stay the same; Arsenal dish out a good old-fashioned schooling at The Emirates and the horrors of yesteryear come flooding back like a burst sewage pipe in your living room. Mind the gap? Oh there were plenty of gaps alright. All over the bloody pitch.
Now this may come as a shock to you: I don’t pick the team each week- and I’m probably right in thinking you don’t either. As much as these are facts that won’t be changing anytime soon, Aaron Lennon’s absence from the side did appear a peculiar decision. Whether or not he’s still nursing a hangover from his latest groin-based ailment, it’s not altogether clear but I do feel the fleet-footed wingstress could’ve made all the difference on Sunday.
One of the cornerstones of our success this season has been the possession of two blisteringly prompt wingers. With Bale doing his free-roaming stunt for large patches and Lennon bench-bound, we looked ominously narrow. Like a Twix. Or a fish finger.
Oh well. Pretty depressing stuff all in all. There seems little use in going too overboard with the post-mortem. We just never really recovered from losing the two-goal lead and were thoroughly shellacked by the better team on the day. These things happen. Seven points clear in third is still pretty kicking in my book. But let’s just keep it there, shall we? No more funny business.
Right, good. As you were.
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