Arsenal Can't Beat a Two Man United

Once again Arsenal play a team off the park and go away empty handed.

Watching the whole 90 minutes, one thing became clear to me and that was that Arsenal are still the best footballing side in the Premiership.

Man United had their best team out and they were chasing shadows and defending for most part in their own back yard.

The only two players that seemed like doing anything were, as for most of the season, Rooney and Ronaldo.

In fact, Rooney played better in this game as a defender than a striker as Man U resembled a boxer rocking off the ropes and Arsenal a contender unable to inflict the knockout blow.

I, an Arsenal fan, have now become tired of the lack of cut and thrust that used to adorn our football. It has been replaced by a certain impotence of sideways football.

The Arsenal game has become considerably slower, gittery, and a distinct lack of self-belief that Arsene continues to believe the team have.

It is simple we lack leaders, experience, height, strength, and real English fight. We are now awash of overpaid egotistical youngsters who have the talent, but not the attitude.

For all the teamwork displayed on Saturday, one moment from Rooney and Ronaldo would have been enough to win the game despite Arsenal's possession.

Not once did Arsenal really look like scoring and I seriously question playing Van Persie up front on his own.

He doesn't make those penetrating runs; when the ball goes wide, no one darts near post or into a menacing position, things that Fabregas use to do last season.

Fabregas has become too involved in being everywhere at once, and it's too much for a captain at the age of 22.

Wenger obviously wants to see the back of Adebayor and so do the fans, now what they need is a big burly out-and-out striker a la Alan Shearer to scare Prem defences.

Our defence is slack, the midfield is weak, and the forward line is dry of ideas. Everyone seems afraid to shoot, but I think it is Wenger who has to start shooting from the hip because compared to Ferguson, he is a soft touch and he is allowing some players to get away with murder.

He is the boss and perhaps he gets undermined by in-house fighting and transfer requests.

For the team he made us, it would be a waste for us to just become fourth in race for the title year after year. A few sales and acquisitions can save this talented team.