When Arsenal won 2-1 at Stanford Bridge in November, earlier in the season, it was seen as a turning point for a side that had just been walloped 3-0 by Manchester City. Today, we were shown it was little less than a false dawn.
He didn't get on the score-sheet today, but Didier Drogba took Arsenal to pieces. Winning and subsequently providing the free kick for Alex to open the scoring, and from there on in proving to act like a menacing wasp to Arsenal's central defensive pairing of Mikaël Silvestre and Kolo Toure.
This isn't the first time, nor probably the last, that Drogba has acted as the fox in Arsenal's Hen House - 8 goals in his previous 9 games against the Gunners will have put many punters to place a bet on him scoring today, the gamblers will have been disappointed, but once again - as ever - the Chelsea fans delighted and the Arsenal fans left in misery.
" You would think that, with Arsenal having two of his International compatriots in defensive positions, Emanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure, Arsenal should be one of the select few teams coping with Didier Drogba... not so"
Say what you want about Drogba, true his antics post Barcelona were disgraceful, on his day, he is a magnificent player. You would think that, with Arsenal having two of his International compatriots in defensive positions, Emanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure, Arsenal should be one of the select few teams coping with Didier Drogba... not so. Should Wenger ask his Vice-captain Toure for some advice on stopping Chelsea's striker? It wouldn't do any harm because whoever is coaching the defence against his threat doesn't understand how to stop him.
"Paralyzed at the spine..."
Indeed, maybe Arsene should dial up Sir Alex and ask him for some advice; Drogba has never scored a goal against Manchester United, and with Ferdinand and Vidic at the heart of Utd's rigid defence you can see why. One of the Reasons Manchester United have been so strong this season has been the strength in the spine of their team with Vidic destroying any danger and Carrick working tirelessly in midfield. Arsenal's spine, meanwhile, which now includes the likes of Song, Nasri, and Fabiankski, seems paralyzed.
"Another barren season..."
Outclassed when it mattered against the big four in the critical run in of the season for the 4th season running, Wenger has some serious thinking to do this summer. A 21 game unbeaten run and two semi-finals have salvaged something out of, what was looking to be otherwise, a horrifying season. Such a collapse will surely be deemed unacceptable next term, and with the crowd starting to turn on players like Adebayor and Diaby, the knives will soon start to sway in the direction of Arsene, who, despite another barren season - sees little to no need to bolster the ranks this summer.
No matter, the Arsenal ladies win the league every year. Maybe we should let them play inside the Emirates instead of the 22 year old "babies".
(P.S. I thought this was interesting. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of a false dawn is:
"Something prosming that comes to nothing."
Doesn't that just about sum up the Arsenal?)
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