Arsenal 2-0 Reading

As the season heads towards it's inevitable trophy-less conclusion if our final 3 games are anything like yesterday then I'll be as pleased as I possibly could be when you consider how hopeful I was just a month ago. Arsenal played well for most of the game, in fact I think, aside from the middle game against Liverpool, they've actually been playing to that standard for the past 4 games but things didn't go against them yesterday. Granted Reading are nowhere in the class of Liverpool or Manchester United but the common perception that the wheels finally fell off in the past 3 weeks because the sides that Wenger has put out haven't been performing just isn't true. They've been playing super football at times but it's been a problem at the back that's cost us.

Another common perception that I don't think is really all that fair, Adebayor isn't good enough. He scored his 27th (really nicely taken) goal of the season yesterday which is a fantastic return from a campaign where he's played much of his football in the thankless lone striker role. The issue I think is that he tends to go on hot scoring runs and then have barren patches in between, he'd probably be thought of a lot more favourably if he was genuinely getting a goal every other game rather than how the season has actually gone for him. He's also got a lot to live up to, disregarding his last 2 injury hit years with us and now Barca Theirry Henry was the most dangerous striker in the world for half a decade and Ade, whatever his gifts are isn't at that level but I don't think there are all that many players out there and available that are. David Villa maybe, he'll be leaving Valencia in the summer and has said nice things about Arsenal but I'm not going to believe anything till I see an awkward photocall at the Emirates and in any case we're more likely to buy someone I've never heard of.

But that's talk for the summer and there's still a few more games remaining to have a tilt at the small compensation of finishing second. Next up is a trip to Pride Park tomorrow week and a match that shouldn't cause too many problems.