Not the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon was it? With as much drive and conviction as Rover Metro our entierly fallible team limped over the line in 4th place, while our captain was back home visiting the rellies at the Spanish F1 grand prix.
Now, I've no real bother that he was there, my bother is that he didn't want to be in attendance for the last game of the season to support his team. I fully understand that the club policy is that players don't attend away games, but surely a bit of common sense should have prevailed here from our club captain? If you're going to take pictures and put with your family on the day of your club's last game f the season DON'T PUT THEM ON TWITTER. Capiche?
The game itself was a damp squib. Fulham defended well without every really having to do too much, and they scored two really soft goals. I've seen the 1st attributed to Djourou, but I think it was Gibbs' fault. He tried to close out Dempsey but failed to spot TV5 already had closed him down. This left Zamora free on the right in acres of space....
The 2nd? well what can you say, Johnson was allowed to run across the width of our box without a challenge, before Greening found space to dink the ball to Zamora to head home from close range. With this goal I've seen people on twitter and the media saying it was TV5's error, but if Djourou intends to mark an opponent and then lave him to mark fresh air instead he'd better let his fellow CB know about it...
JD's fall from grace has been alarming over the last 2 months. Going from a player who hadn't lost a league game with Arsenal when starting, to being of the the main culprits in the defeats at Bolton & Stoke and now another average display against Fulham, more than a suggestion that he may not be first or 2nd choice to partner TV5 next season. Kos6's displays have improved steadily throughout the season and I think he's been hard done by in the criticism he's received this year, especially as it's his first season, for my money he'll get the nod.
Once again we had RVP doing what he does best (scoring, not taking free kicks - seriously can someone else start taking these please? he must be banging them in at training) and a markedly improved performance from Diaby gave me hope yet that there's a brilliant footballer inside trying to break free from the injury-ravaged/immature/laxidasical/inconsistent outer-shell
Our away fans were again excellent with some brilliant chants. See Vital Arsenal or @arse2mouse and @LittleDutchVa 's timelines for more on them. "We defended a corner!". Brilliant.
Apparently a "busy summer" is ahead. I won't hold my breath.....
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