Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Blackburn 1 - 0 Arsenal

Nothing to analyze. As I said, Real's game WAS different. It was a great victory but probably 80% of the teams in EPL don't play like that against us. I wasn't unhappy with the players and I feel for Senderos. He was really trying hard but he is still too young. He has been playing in games where not even one mistake is allowed.

We are now seventh, and probably there won't be CL next season for us. But maybe that is better. Teams adjust their approach depending on opponents they face. Some are very good at that, some are very bad at that. Arsenal are very bad at that. When you don't know how to:
- defend against set pieces
- defend against long balls
- win aerial and physical battle
- send in crosses
- score from corners
I guess there is only very limited options for you to vary your play and there will be ways for others to exploit all these weaknesses.
Arsenal are indeed in transition period but very much will depend on how Wenger sees the future Arsenal playing. I hope he bears in mind that we are not playing in Spanish League.

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