The Inevitable Truth About Arsenal

After the game at the City Of Manchester stadium, it definitely sensible to look inward and make a point for a clear out those things that clog the wheel of my Beloved Arsenal F.C.We have definitely arrived at the decision to let Gallas go, and that to me is a good start. He was not performing consistently on the pitch, scoring one goal and conceeding two to cancel his so-called good work out.

When he wasn't doing so, he made very average players, like Agbonlahor and others like him seem like lethal strikers who should be looking to see their names on the goal of the season DvD. As if that was not enough, he has the loudest and most uncontrollable mouth of any captain I have ever seen, and to blame other players used to look very irritating to me.

A couple of the other players have continued to prove liabilities to the Wenger dream, and it's with the deepest regret that i have to go on a name calling exercise (don't call me a snitch, I ain't Gallas!). Let us start with those at the back and the first name for me must be...

Gael Clichy: This young man is definitely the best left-back in the division, if not in the world at this time, but you must say, a lack of equally defensive astute competition for his position allows him get too comfortable.

In as much as he is great going foward and has a great work-rate and a recovery that is unmatched by any other in the EPL, he has caused us to lose some very vital games or at the least conceed goals that never should have been carved out by opponents.

If there are any doubts to this stated fact, you don't have to look far to see, the dying min. goal conceeded at Birmingham, the goal at The City of Manchester City last season, the goal that gave Tottenham the sniff for their draw at the Emirates a couple of weeks ago and of recent the goal at the same venue today. I am so far from saying he should go, but he has to pick himself cast out his moments of loss of concentration.

Abou Diaby: This is a man who came with so much promise and Wenger always gives him room to prove doubters wrong. Its is funny that in games that you expect him to get lost or fail to perform he delivers the goods and on the day you look at the opposition and weigh his natural and technial ability on the high end he fails to turn up.

He has a lovely and smooth dribbling ability, but when you weigh that against, his ability to be undecided when pushed to the wall, his love for holding the ball too long(thus, putting teams mates off steam when in an attacking position), his knack for losing the ball very efficiently and his sluggishness when trying to defend, you find yourself wishing he stayed back in France...

He definitely gets my vote to go, because he is one guy whose presence has cost us more that we have gained from it.

Kolo Toure: I hear people talk about giving him the captain band, but ii sharply disagree. He is and remains one of our most loyal players, but if goin by form, he is one of such that is a the foot of the list. Since the African Cup of Nations, Kolo has looked so ordinary and it immediately showed, when he got back.

If you didn't notice the clubs slide in form coincided with Kolo's return from that competition. The first team had actually not lost a game until his filing out against Manchester United in that nauseating defeat. From there on, we started leaking goals and he alongside Gallas were so much the reason.

He can rediscover his great form of the 2004 season again, but he would have to buckle up and show he is captain material before he should be considered.

Nicklaus Bendtner: I think it is time for Arsene to let this one go. He has been at the fore  of those asking for playing time and now he has had a load of it. In his most efficient moments, he has still failed to look an arsenal player.

HE used to go as far as saying he is better than Adebayor, but we all see he is far from the standard of Adebaba. He gives very little to the team, and continuously kills attacking forays of teammates. He has hardly scored with his head this season, which is regarded his best asset and he has not got as much as a 1:4 goal scoring ratio. He should go look for his chance somewhere else and loose up space for another to come in.

Denilson/Song: These two young players are very talented and i see a lot of potential, but they have huffed and puffed at times. The have varying abilities but have failed to stamp an authority in the very delicate defensive midfield role that Arsene Wenger has thrust them into.

In due time and with quality ahead of them in the pecking order, they would mature and turn out world-class players. It seems interesting that when on the pitch with Fabregas, both players have in my opinion out-shined him, but in his absence have failed to raise their game, like in the games against Manchester City and Fulham.

I would continue to watch them as the season progresses, but for now, they can improve and help Fabregas get to his old form, by doing a lot more to protect the back four.

When people talk about Wenger having to leave, I get so irritated and immediately want to ask when they started supporting Arsenal, and how else they would have been fans if he was not the Manager of this unique club. In Arsene we trust, and that would never change.