Well, first the few positives: Nasri, 3 points, another clean sheet. That's it I guess. Now the player ratings, which should be self evident:
Almunia 7 - Another dependable performance. Had little to do other than one or two key saves. Good confidence builder yet again.
Sagna 8 - As always, one of the team's star performers. You really can't fault him. It's scary to think what we'd do without him, both in defence and in attack.
Djourou 7 - A pretty quiet, generally dependable but unspectacular performance. Not much more we can expect from a stand-in centre-back, but should prove to be a longer-term deputy to Toure or Gallas.
Gallas 7 - Reliable performance too. Nothing to complain about, though I wonder what that was all about when he seemed to want to get into a scuffle with Djourou. Yes, the boy may have let something in on goal, but c'mon cap...
Clichy 8 - Together with Sagna, the rock of our team at the back and going forward. How he keeps up the performances while his team-mates stagger along I don't know. Staggering.
Walcott 6 - Another disappointing display. Did he even play? Fell over too easily, too many stray crosses. Not good. I'm sure Le Boss may be fast losing patience. He may be given one or two more chances, but I don't see this lasting too long.
Eboue 5- Well, Eboue is Eboue. And when I saw him in the centre of midfield in the pre-game line-up, I shuddered in fear. All in all, since he was on the pitch, let's just say it could have turned out a lot worse. We can just be happy that nothing untoward happened and continue to wonder why Le Boss keeps him around.
Denilson 7 - Not too bad at all. But maybe this was because West Brom gave us sooo much room. Not Cesc by any stretch of the imagination, and he does look good next to Eboue. Like Walcott, Le Boss will probably give him a few more run-outs, but once we buy a more experienced midfielder...who knows.
Nasri 8 - Well, after 3 minutes, we were told why he replaced Hleb. He can erm, like...score goals. A great debut. Appeared all over the pitch. Looked like everything creative we could offer had him involved. Extremely encouraging. Let's just hope he keeps fit.
Bendtner 6 - Alright, but nothing to shout about. Nothing much else to say really...
Adebayor 6 - Extremely frustrating as always. Always at the centre of things, but never really making full use of his chances. We could see why Milan and Barca didn't want to pay that kind of money for him. He just gets so many chances, but the fact that he didn't score seems to exemplify all that went wrong for us.
We no doubt started like a house on fire, and should've been two up within the first 10-20 minutes. Then, we reverted to what we knew best. That is, dominance, nice passing, but...
West Brom gave us the space that Twente didn't, which was why we could play. But let's not expect the same charity from the likes of Boro or Blackburn, so we must be disappointed all in all. But 3 points is 3 points, and the fact that "Top 4 Spurs" lost to Boro makes it so much sweeter.
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