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If only Arsenal had someone who could score goals

Posted by Cathal Breathnach on February 7, 2010 | 9 Comments

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal.

A scoreline which no doubt brings to an end any chance Arsenal had of lifting the Premier League title this season.

Today’s game really summed up Arsenal of late. They create a lot of chances, however they simply can’t put them away.

Although they were beaten, I honestly thought Arsenal played extremley well today. They had most of the possession throughout the 90 minutes and if Robin Van Persie had have been playing (or any decent striker for that matter) Arsenal could have easily won the game.

I made the same point last weekend following the 3-1 defeat to Manchester United that Arsenal needed a new striker. Unsurprisingly, Arsene Wenger did not listen. The Frenchman decided not to try and bring a new striker to the Emirates in the remaining hours he had left in the transfer window and to be perfectly honest, I feel he will regret that decision.

Wenger has to realise that possession doesn’t win you games, goals do and at the moment Arsenal can’t seem to put promising chances away.

What do you think? Comments below please.

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9 Responses to “If only Arsenal had someone who could score goals”

  1. dickie
    February 7th, 2010 @ 6:51 pm

    Glad wenger didnt buy a striker because we are the most offensive team in the premiership. how many goals in the last 3 games ????

    Most intelligent people expect the bes,t but prepare for the worst, wenger continually fails to prepare for the worst and we keep sufffering because of it. if he is unable to do this simple task let someone else have a go.

  2. browny
    February 7th, 2010 @ 6:55 pm

    I agree, but today it was about 2 players. Drogba once again was the difference. An acomplished top rate striker where we were playing up front with either midfielders or deep lying strikers or young promising players that are not yet the finished article. I think the time has come to sacrifice, not all of them, but at least one of the developing players for a finished player. Also the keepers made a big difference. Cech had to make 3-4 big savesand kept us out on all of them. Almunia had to make 2-3 and we had 2 goals against us. The situation is so much more frustrating that we have £30m + to spend and potentially for a world class striker and we could have bought given for next to nothing a while back

  3. jammer
    February 7th, 2010 @ 6:57 pm

    another depressing showing, why can hull draw with cheski and we lose 2-0.

    what goalkeeper closes his eyes as he tries to save?
    http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4830/chelseavarsenal001.jpg

    http://yfrog.com/1fchelseavarsenal001j

  4. david
    February 7th, 2010 @ 7:06 pm

    Men vs boys.Isn’t that Drogba’s 11th in 12 games vs Arsenal?he doesnt average a goal a game generally in the Premier League but relishes playing against a team with no height at the back and no physical power in midfield.Wenger doesnt have a TEAM,he has a collection of skillful players but when will he realise there is a difference.George Graham spelt it out this week and he is correct

  5. gonergerry
    February 7th, 2010 @ 7:22 pm

    Whose worried about the scoreline? We just came up against a team who played better than us today. We have a great balance sheet-and it could get even better once we sell Fabregas and Arshavin and replace them with schoolkids.
    Arsene knows.

  6. Gooner All Day Long
    February 7th, 2010 @ 8:10 pm

    It wont change… not for now. Next year chelsea will dominate too and maybe the year after that. But then players like drogba,terry,lampard,ballack, and many others would of past it. There is no way we can compete against a chelsea team in their peak years. Every player is at their peak ages. Arsenal on the other hand NEED TO KEEP their players and they will reach their peak and WILL dominate the league.
    Look at barca too: Valdez,Puyol,Xavi,Iniesta,Messi,Marquez,etc have been playing at barca for many many years.
    Even our unbeatable team years back were at their peak ages.
    WE WILL DOMINATE FOOTBALL. WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT. KEEPING OUR PLAYERS IS VITAL. ALTHOUGH ALMUNIA HAS TO GO!!!!!

  7. GOOONER
    February 7th, 2010 @ 8:40 pm

    http://www.goals.se/2010/02/07/highlights-chelsea-arsenal-2-0/

    This goals really killed us . .

  8. Arap in Uganda
    February 7th, 2010 @ 8:59 pm

    Wenger cannot accept that he is short of ideas as per mordern Football, I can say a million things about his team and you realise that not even after 20 years we can win a trophy. He canot realise that even Manoone is on form that Alumunia. Can you believe that Chelsea had 2 chances on goal and all went in,

    Only 3 players hit above average, that is Cesc, Song and Diaby.

    You cannot score in 3 matches and you think you are a title challenger.

    If he was worried of many strikers after Robin gets well, he would have bought Chamark in January and sold him in summer.

    But any way let us loose and for Sure next season Cesc will go, the other Song will go and he will keep up with the notion of building a new team

  9. Singaporean Gunner
    February 8th, 2010 @ 12:28 am

    I hope with this embarassing defeat, those “Arsene Knows” people shut up and understand something really needs to be done.

    Free-scoring Arsenal? Don’t make me laugh… If the squad can’t do it against top teams, then whats the point and use? Drogba,Torres and Rooney regularly score against top opposition!

    Who is our defensive coach? I can’t believe nothing has been done to rectify our naive defense.

    Our attack is so one-dimensional… What does the manager/coach do other than to teach them to pass the ball?

    I am disgusted by the team

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