Well if the saying goes that a nil-nil draw isn’t necessarily boring Sunday’s North London Derby at White Hart Lane proved it. Arsenal were reduced to 10 men late in the first half after an idiotic 2nd bookable offence but Emmanuel Eboue. The dying moments of the match saw missed chances by both Niklas Bendntner and Robbie Keane so the Gunners remain mired in 5th place in the Premier League table.
Eboue rightly deserves condemnation. Perhaps Arsene Wenger should tolerate his lack of sportsmanship, constant complaining and infuriating ability to start confrontations if Eboue added something positive to the side. The truth is that the man is horribly out of his depth at Arsenal. He can’t pass, can’t finish and is simply an enormous distraction when he’s on the pitch. Eboue is more of a threat to get a red card than he is to score a goal (though he did have one wrongly disallowed yesterday). If yesterday wasn’t the last straw for Eboue at Arsenal then I seriously question whether Arsene Wenger has lost the plot. The fact that he doesn’t have another true right winger besides Theo Walcott is his own fault, though I think we just might see new signing Andrei Arshavin on the right come next Monday’s FA Cup tie against Cardiff City.
The Gunners have now drawn 4 straight matches against mediocre opposition. Although they’re unbeaten in 2009, they’ve wasted the easy fixture list they’ve had since the new year, picking up only 12 points from their last 6 league matches. It’s decent form, but considering their opposition and place in the table, may well look like a lost opportunity once their difficult run-in starts in April.
