But hold on, said the Blackpool players, we only have ten men! So you cannot play Cescman and Robin! Fineeee, said the Arsenal players, and the match was underway.
What Blackpool didn't realize was that this Arsenal side has an unbelievable depth of talent, and even without their two talismanic attackers, they were still too good for the ten men from Blackpool.
In the end, the match ended. The score was six-nil to The Arsenal.
It's easy to overlook such a match, since it was just a training exercise, but it is important to note a few things. One of them being that Rosicky is a genius. I can't believe people wanted him out. Every time he touches the ball, he makes something happen. He knows exactly what to do and when, and has the calmness to pull it off with two or three trolls breathing down his neck.
The other thing is Walcott. He is showing people that he is, indeed, a footballer, and that he does, in fact, have a brain. The man advantage we had helped him, because he was able to leave his right wing duties to Bakary Sagna (who was also impressive) and focused on playing in and around the box. At least that is how I remember it. Anyway, it worked for him because he got 3 goals, which is more than any of the Totts players have scored in the league put together. On today's evidence, I think Theo could play up front if required.
In fact, all of our front three seem completely interchangeable. Chamakh, van Persie, Arshavin, Walcott - put them anywhere you want across the front three and they'll score goals.
The last thing to notice was that we scored 5 goals without Cesc and Robin. Last season when Robin got injured our goals dried up, and although we started scoring again we never did with the same urgency as with him in the side. We just have an incredible depth of attacking talent in this team.
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