Remedy 1 Large Slice Of Humble Pie...

On Saturday we witnessed what happens when overconfidence leaches over into arrogance... The Hull game was a wake-up call for players, manager and fans alike. It is all too easy to get swept up in the lyrical waxings of pundits and media after the 6-0 drubbing handed out by the B-team to Sheffield United. Players were not kept on their toes and it showed. The only remedy now is to send out a clear message by dropping some players - I would start with Gallas and follow that with Eboue and RVP, while they were not the onlyones who were poor, the represent a reasonable sample of the attack and defence which were weakest in that game. Bring in Bendtner or Vela, and Djourou (who has played well and gives us some protection from those goddam corners). I have a theory about Arsenal's Achillies heel - the corner; A) we are rubbish at taking and attacking them and B) because we suck at corners, in training our defence doesn't get a good work-out in this part of the game. A vicious cycle, bring back Tony Adams? Arsenal needs a Sol Campbel and Adebayor needs to time his jumps and attack the ball more aggressively.

In other news the golden reserves also got handed their own spoonful of wake-up medicine, loosing 4-1 to the Aston Villa team. While this should be put in context, Villa's team are far more experienced at this level than the Arsenal side, and would clearly be out to prove that they 'wouldn't be doing a Sheffield', it still hammers a similar point home about keeping these boys feet on ground level.

As Banfield later said:

"A lot of these boys think they are better than they actually are"