The Missing Thing.

A one-one draw to an unknown Chinese club not a motivator to blog, but what motivates me to blog today? No idea.
Hangzhou Greentown, wtf, anyway Arsenal played this club, and the most weird thing was that Even the Arsenal Jersey had players name in what, looked like/ obviously was Chinese.

Wenger started the match with a mix-up of experience and youngsters. While few have reported it as the usual 4-2-3-1, I think Wenger is trying to Revert back to 4-4-2. This is how we started.

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The center back pairing of Squid and Djourou is the worst possible combination we can have. They play to high up the line, very slow to fall back, and suck one on one. While it was good to see Rosicky in the role which suits him best, he was wasted on wings. Van Persie is very very encouraging to watch, he has completely changed from the  supporting striker to the hit-man, he knows that he has the responsibility of scoring and he's gonna go a long way with that. Vela was impressive again and scored the only goal, which was a rebound from a Van Persie strike. Nasri was good.
Second half was much better with 11 changes with Szczesny, Jenkinson, Vermaelan, Koscielney, Gibbs, Song, Wilshere, Ramsey, Miyachi, Chamakh and Walcott. Vermaelan and Kosher pair up well and Gibbs will be an attacking asset as a LB.
While this being a very disappointing pre-season hope to see the team doing better and yes we conceded again by set-piece, we badly need a defender a left-back and someone to compete with Song for a regular place.

More news:

• As usual the Nasri and Fabregas saga fails to take backseat. But to be honest I don't think  Arsenal will not be affected much by Nasri and Fabregas absence if, to be diplomatic, they are injured. But I want them to stay. 
• Denilson, who once I like, seems to be the biggest casualty, as there are no takers for him, and he edges close to a Loan move to his former club, Sao Paolo.
• While Eboue could be on his way to Turkish club Galatasaray.

Guys, one think which was missing in Wenger since last few season looks to be coming back. Yes, Wenger was famous for his aggression and angry comments on managers, his fights with Ferg and Jose Moron were bigger than the respective club rivalries those days. Looks like Wenger is getting it back and had Xavi, Dani Alves, Manchini in his crosses. It takes an other blog to have it, but its a good sign. Everything comes top-down, Arsenal to win titles need aggression, and if Wenger can instill that there is nothing better. Keep fighting.