Archive for April 22nd, 2010

Looking Back and Looking Forward: Arsenal

Fans of the Arsenal football club are hungry for another title, after five years of waiting. It is time to review the season’s performance and to attempt to identify what exactly it is that continually trips this club up now, as the club is nearly mathematically excluded from a title this year.

To the coach’s (Arsene Wenger) philosophy many fans are beginning to question. By bringing untested and younger players into the organization, he believes that a solid football team can build. However, the last five seasons seem to prove that a team needs a solid foundation of experience. Fans desire a mix of young players with battle tested veterans alongside them.

With the goalkeeping on Arsenal’s squad, there is an abundance of frustration. The most important position on the field, it seems that the choice between the current goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia and his back up, Lukasz Fabianski puts the team in a position without a strong player. Perhaps Wenger should focus on this void before going aggressively after talented players elsewhere on the field.

Those who pay for merchandise and seats in the team’s shiny new stadium are not satisfied with a number 3 rank in the Premier League although.

Lukasz Fabianski