Is anyone else starting to wonder if the young guns are actually out-performing the senior team?  Granted, the United result was brilliant but other than that we've been average to abysmal all season.  In case you need reminding we lost to Fulham, Hull and even fucking Stoke.  We are 10 times better than any of these teams on paper so why aren't we smashing goals past them?  The first team always seem like they're lacking a certain drive to win and are happy in the knowledge that they can individually have an average game and still be picked next week.  I've always defended A Weng his team pretty much picks itself.  Without injuries the only decision he ever has to make is whether to play Walcott or Eboue, which most Arsenal fans feel is an obvious choice anyway.  Can you really see him dropping Adebayor? No. RVP? No. Gallas? No chance, and all these players have been guilty of playing below par or complacently this season.  Even Fab's had an iffy start but I'm not suggesting for a second that Wenger drops him.  He always gives his all.

However, as a sub plot to all this gloom and doom we've had two rays of sunlight.  Both in the Carling Cup.  The first, a 6-0 thrashing of Sheffield United, was beyond belief.  Yes, we did get praised for it but it was also written off as an easy game.  Hold up.  Sheffield United are currently 4th in the championship and have been performing consistently well the whole season.  They could quite likely be the Stoke of the 2009/2010 season and the kids walked over them like they weren't there.  To back this up then came Tuesday night's Wigan game which has been reported on enough but no-one has looked beyond the fact it was the Carling Cup.  I genuinely believe that the first team would have come close to or actually messed up one of these ties given their current form.

Some people are calling for some of the kids to be given a chance in the league and I heard ex-Arsenal man Alan Smith say that he thought 2 or 3 of the kids may make it into the first team squad in the long run.  Not sure if he's been watching the same games as me?  I know it would never happen but I'd love to see Wenger drop the entire first team for a league match and see how the kids fair.  Even if they didn't win it might wake the 'big boys' up a bit and realise that they aren't untouchable.

TP.

Afterthought: Dropping the entire first team is ridiculous.  I just wish they could play with the same desire as the young guns!

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