Derby - Arsenal 2-6

Well the game just finished 6-2 and we can all agree on that before we took the lead, the game was a bit nervy. Our "Carling cup team" showed their quality... And why we need to buy more players... The defence looked terrible, gallas and song need to be replaced.

So we won. You may wonder why i am so critical towards todays side. Well here you have it: too many shots were well off target, and when playing against bigger teams like Man U, Chelsea or even Everton, we need to capitalize. It is the chances where we are 7m before the goal and dont score we need to score. It is in these cases Eduardo is known for his talent, but he will be out for another 6 months, and i doubt that he will be in goalscoring form.

Here are my ratings:

Fabianski: 6 - lacked any confidence and showed that he can't compete for the #1 yet.

Clichy: 7.5 - did what he could and backed up gallas when he slipped up.

Gallas : 5 - isnt stable enough, could be blamed for derby's second. Showed that arsene needs to open the check book during the summer

Song: 6 - He's a center midfielder, but otherwise he played ok, shows potential and i think that he can be really good in his original position.

Toure: 7 - showed his strength and speed, but could have scored of cesc's heel pass

Eboue: 6 -Made a few runs, but it never feels as though he will score or play a decisive pass. Should have scored on Bendtner's cross.

Denilson: 7.5 - played well and set Theo up for the third goal. Hopefully we'll see more of him next season and maybe he can give flam a run for his money (if flam is still here next season, more of about this on thursday)

Fabregas: 7.5 -looked as though he didnt have to try too hard to do what he does best.

Walcott: 8 - did his usual runnings and scored a typical Henry goal, but should have scored another when he was alone with the keeper.

Bendtner: 8 -put the first goal in the net but shouldnt have been given the opportunity to. It was from a huge Derby-mistake, but the important thing is that he scored. Needs to work on his shooting from outside the box as many others in the team.

van Persie: 7 - scored a nice goal but was given the chance to score more goals and should have scored with a clear shot but put the ball just wide. He's still not at his best and walked off with an injury... hopefully he will be fine by Euro 2008

SUBSTITUTES

Adebayor: 9 - man of the match and scored a real hat-trick as he was only on for the second half.

Gilberto: 7 - did well to pick out Theo for his goal.

Djorou: N/A

So all 'n' all: arsenal played ok, should have scored more goals since you dont get that many chances against any team but Derby, but wenger used this game to test his younger players (bendtner, walcott, denilson and song). Lets finish in style, and win what we can, but please Arsene, buy new players!