Get Carter.
9 comments October 16th, 2005
The bastard stole two points off us this weekend with a scorching left-footed volley to help West Brom to a 2-1 victory.
It’s a pretty disastrous result. From four away games, we have one draw, and three defeats. Ouch.
It was an injury hit side, without familiar faces such as Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell, Gilberto, Alex Hleb, Robin van Persie, and Thierry Henry. What’s more, Freddie Ljungberg came off after half an hour with a hamstring problem.
But even so, we’re Arsenal. We haven’t finished outside the top two since God knows when. That away record really isn’t very good at all.
Our goal came early on. Jose Reyes’ corner was volleyed home by Philippe Senderos for his first ever in our colours. It does speak volumes that yet again we could only score from a set piece. Yes, Henry is injured. But even so, our attacking bite seems inexcusably weak.
Defensive errors from Senderos and substitute Eboue allowed Kanu and Carter to spectacularly claw the Baggies back to victory. They were helped by a solid display from ‘keeper Kirkland, but no save demanded of him would fall under the category “extraordinary”.
“We don’t speak about the title at the moment, we’ve other worries”, was Arsene’s ominous summary. Too right. Let’s try and get ourselves sorted out, pick up the pieces, and see where we are in a few games time.
“We looked like the youth team”, was another of his observations. Well, for all intents and purposes, we were. The balance between young and old is not right, partially because some of the more experienced players are not pulling their weight in the way that they should.
We badly need a central midfielder and striker. Both need physical presence, and the ability to score goals.
Get writing to Santa now.