We Just Can't Do It At Reebok

Another dissappointing moment at Reebok Stadium here seeing Arsenal felt down to Bolton Wanderers. Thanks for 2 goals from ex-Gunner Nicolas Bilal Anelka and Faye while Gilberto scored 1 for Arsenal just before the end of the first half. Losing points again playing away, before Manchester United could clinch a win at home over Chelsea, Arsenal will be further behind. It is so disappointing to say this but the Premership title seems to fade away.
While the European Champions League still in progress and of course all the Arsenal fans are hoping, we still need a win at Porto on December 6th. Playing without Henry is a blow. But we must know that we have to win the Champions League this time around. We cant hope United and Chelsea to lose more,we need ourselves to win more games instead. Or else, Premiership will be gone. And we cant afford to win nothing for the second successive season.
The absence of Henry was so obvious. Theo Walcott in the other hand played maturely with lotsa runs and crosses. He just turned into a key player tonight. With Fabregas who should have feed more balls to Walcott,he indeed showed some character with plenty of ambitious passes and great balls but still Adebayor thought he was as good as Kanu. In my opinion if he wanted to run to the flank to feed balls, he need to really work hard for 3 years. Then he could compare himself to Kanu. The reason Wenger put him as a lone striker was to connect with crosses from Eboue an Walcott, but what he did was waiting for the crosses behind the defenders where his positioning was absolutely rubbish. He is not sharp. But he pretended like one.Seasons before, Henry played the same pattern of art. Plays at the center, feeds from the flank. Cuts from the edge of the box with some speed and strikes with power. That's Henry. With 4-5-1 system Henry seems lost. Playing up alone just doesnt suit him. Although before, Henry was independent, now he is always receiving harder and harder challenges from his markers. But Henry is a true footballing genius. He will take care of this problem.

Arsenal now is good enough. Plus they are very very young. May be we are quite frustated that Arsenal could forget the title but in 2 to 3 years time, Arsenal will be very very mature and strong. With Fabregas and Walcott always improving from game to game and the determination of Rosicky and Hleb as well as creative and destructive van Persie in front Arsenal will become stronger. We still cant win in Reebok, now it has been 14 years. The games later, let's just hope that Arsenal could win all,making new unbeaten record. Breaking their old 49. Come on Arsenal.
-aizens 11-









