END of the road for Arsenal

@ahmadia (117)
Malaysia
December 27, 2008 2:15am CST
i cant believe arsenal couldnt hold onto thier lead last night. how do you expect to get result when you are conceding goals like they did. i squarely put the blame on the defence and Wenger who failed to change the game when arsenal was up to goals with minutes to go. same old story. that the end of thier tile challenge,not only that but also for the 4th place. no CPL next season. what do you think?
5 responses
@darbon (1)
28 Dec 08
Again, another draw last night. This is unbelievable. We used to be top of the league every year, but now we're going downhill. 2-2 Aston Villa. WE LOST AGAINST HULL! Jeez. We're getting Eduardo back soon though, so thing's are looking brighter.
• Indonesia
27 Dec 08
Not surprise, cause do bad with the team defense. U can see & ask why gallas not in 1st team?
@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
27 Dec 08
yes, they are not playing too well at the moment and you can see that it is down to the experiences of the team members. arsenal has too many young players who are immature to control the game. See how Man u control their game yesterday despite being push all the way by Stoke. Now there are only 3 teams in the race for title and they are liverpool, Man U and Chelsea. If arsenal dun pick up they may even lose their 4th spot which is the important champion league spot and Villa is now in a good position and playing well too. Everton is not too far behind them too. However, it must be noted that Arsenal went off steam when they had the man sent off after leading two nil and that changed the game. It is not easy to play away with only ten man especially in a stadium like Aston Villa
@azlimuna (52)
• Malaysia
27 Dec 08
Not yet. Arsenal is still a force in the English Premier League. What Arsene Wenger need to do is bring in experience defensive midfielders in January's window transfer and they will be in the top 4. Currently, their midfielders are not supporting defenders as they are keen to attack rather than defending. Fabregas, Diaby, Denilson and other midfielders are not known for their defensive qualities. Chelsea has Jon-obi and Essien, Liverpool has Alonso and Maschareno, Man U has Carrick and Anderson while Arsenal has none. Arsenal defense are vulnerable to any attacks if their midfielders are unable to contain the first line of defense any rapid attacks. That's lacking in the current Arsenal team.
• United States
27 Dec 08
I'm not surprised at all that Arsenal is playing really bad this season (comparing this and last few seasons). They played CL finals 2 years ago so... Fabregas is injured and it seems like nobody can replace him. After Eduardo got injured in February, Adebayor is the only guy who can score from some crappy chances. They gonna have a tough job to secure CL next season. But even though I am not Arsenal's fan it would be bad not to see them in that competition!