Today was very dispiriting. Losing at home is bad enough. Losing 3-0 is bad enough. Losing to Chelsea is bad enough. But what's worse is that the team looked so devoid of ideas and inspiration. There was plenty of possession but no penetration, which goes to show what a lie possession statistics can be. I never saw anything where I thought Chelsea were in trouble. For years they couldn't beat us, now it seems this fixture is a guaranteed victory for them.
After the game, Terry said he knew Chelsea would be pressed back but that they could live with it, presumably because he knew Arsenal weren't brave enough to take shots from distance. It's a cliche when you hear pundits saying things like "Arsenal like to walk the ball into the net" but that's only because it's true.
Eduardo was really poor. Fabregas and Arshavin didn't look at the races and Sagna probably can't even cross his legs, let alone a football. Walcott has a lot of pace but he doesn't have any guile. That hat-trick in Croatia is looking more and more like an aberration.
I think there's been something rather misleading about Arsenal's early season good form. Defensively there were always jitters and in points terms, I think we're only two better than this time last season. Wenger said it was time to end this whole "young team" thing. It was time for the team to step up. Well after seeing that result, judge for yourself.