Someone's going to get an absolute pasting

Sooner or later (I'd hope next weekend but I'm not that optimistic about stuffing Man Yoo in their own back yard) someone is going to get five or six knocked past them by this Arsenal side.

It might seem like I'm just trying to put a brave face on what is, quite frankly, two points dropped against a team we normally roll over at home, normally netting a fair few in the process. It was a disappointing game, and one in keeping with the way our season has started.

We had 17 shots to their one, and we both scored once. Whoever keeps saying our problem is we don't shoot is talking out of their arse, we shoot plenty, but from too far away and with an accuracy that makes American Military friendly fire look good. Typical. I watched bits of the Man Yoo v Spuds game afterwards and Spurs threw away at least three very, very good chances, which I'm sure they would have stuck away against us as everyone else seems to be sticking their one and only scoring opportunity.

So is this just a case of bad luck? Yes and no. Certainly at the back we've been a little unlucky, but we've also made our own mistakes which we've been punished for. Up front it's a little different. Henry still doesn't look fit, and neither does Ljungberg. Van Persie doesn't seem to have the same confidence playing for us as he does for Holland and Hleb, who I thought actually had a pretty good game against Boro, is still giving us absolutely no width.

Eboue had another of his attack-minded games and looked good on the rampage down the right, but against better teams (and Man Yoo next weekend springs to mind) he'll be leaving us exposed. Gallas, the Boro goal aside, did well, but I think we'd all rather see him at centre half, which would give Djourou a break, and it looks like he might need one.

Of the three second half substitutes only Rosicky really brought anything to the table, I think he looked good, had a couple of shots, played some decent passes. Adebayor was Bambi on ice and Baptista didn't really get into the game.

Wenger has been talking about us still being a tired team after the World Cup and recent internationals, but that's nothing that the other big teams in the Premiership aren't also having to deal with (that said Liverpool aren't looking too hot at the moment either). I think we'll click very, very soon but at the moment it seems more and more that we've got a team out there which doesn't know what everyone's job is. Sounds like blasphemy I know when you consider the way Wenger organises his teams, but that's what it looks like to me. I've spoken before about our new lack of width and the congestion in the centre of the pitch, and this looks to be a big part of the problem. Back to the training ground boys.

In other news, Ashley Cole is still bitching about how horrible Arsenal were to him over the last season, and how it upset him that Arsenal fans were still chanting Thierry's name, begging him to stay, whilst no one really gave a toss about Mr Tweedy. Surprising that, Ashley. I mean Thierry went to meet Peter Kenyon and Jose Mourinho in a London hotel to discuss a transfer to one of our biggest rivals on the eve of one of our biggest games of the season, didn't he? Oh, wait...

What a proper fuckwit. It's made even more noticeable since we've decided to leave the past exactly where it belongs. You betrayed the fans Ashley, not the other way around. He goes on to claim one of the physios questioned his commitment. Too bloody right.

Hamburg on Wednesday and a tough away game to kick off our European campaign. No team news as yet.

Come on you Gooners.