I am still getting over my disappointment of Sunday, but only the result, not the performance.
We arrived at Stamford Bridge without Vermaelen, Fabregas, Walcott or Van Persie and despite the result, our team gave the better performance. We outplayed Chelsea throughout and we created chances and openings at a fairly regular interval but our downfall was that we failed to take any. Don't get me wrong, Chelsea defended very, very well but if we had that striker with the killer instinct of a Wright or Alan 'Smudge' Smith we probably would've at least scored. Chamakh seemed a little off but that is probably because of the amount of games he has had to play recently in a league he is still adapting to, Bendtner is almost ready now so he should help share the burden of replacing Robin Van Persie.
Chelsea won the game simply because they were more efficient with the possession they had. This is something that I feel comes with the experience of winning. We are not used to winning, we are used to playing very well and falling just short, we need trophies in our cabinet and the experience that comes with it. It is likely that victories in the league cup and FA Cup will come before the big trophies but in all honesty, I would be happy with one of those while finishing in the top 3 again this year. All we need is one trophy to get our players used to that taste of victory and more will follow.
Sorry, got off track there, back to the game. We have to look at this in as positive light as we can, as I see it, to truly complete you need to aim to win your home games against the big teams and avoid defeat away. A draw would have been a good result yesterday and the majority of Gooners would have been happy with that so we have lost only 1 point against that target. We drew at Sunderland whereas last year we lost there, 1 point gained. Get my point? It doesn't matter who we were playing it is only 1 game. I know that some may see it as an optimistic view but hey ho, I'm Goonerfish and that is how I roll, if you don't like it bugger off and be a miserable Scouser.
In my eyes, most of our players came out of yesterday's game in a good light, Fabianski was solid, Clichy is starting to get back to the player we know, Sagna put in a very under-rated performance, Diaby was like a new player, Wilshere continued to be the growing phenomenon that he is and Nasri gets better every game and has starting adapting his pre-season form in the central position to his more regular position of a wide attacker. As I said, Chamakh was below par, both centre backs struggled at times and Song wasn't...... um,...... singing.
Our players have an international break now to avoid getting injured and then come back motivated and ready to take on Birmingham where maybe, just maybe we should start seeing some players return.
Chins up Gooners,
Goonerfish.
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