The late, late Arsenal Show

And so it happens again, Arsenal conceed first, the opposition get 10 men behind the ball and Arsenal wake up.

However recently we have added 2 new ingredients to the show, time wasting fron the opposition and 2 goals from the Arsenal. I could be wrong but the old formula while it was frustrating to watch was played in a decent spirit, but recently Man Utd, Bolton and now Wigan didn't seem content with a solid defensive display they wanted to deny Arsenal the chance to get back into the game.

I'm a believer in Karma, not in the spiritual sense but simply that the more bad things that are done in the world them more likely it is we will all suffer as a result. The Man Utd game had a huge dose of Karma, the time wasted by Van Desar allowing Arsenal the time to score the winning goal, and again today it seemed to give the Arsenal players a sense of injustice which made it all the sweeter when we got the second.

To be honest Wigans goal was stunning, and apart from a Hesky shot of the upright was the only real chance they had. One thing I noticed was that when Hesky shot past lehman he turned his body away from goal ready to celebrate, had he continued his run forward he would have got to the ball before Lehman as it came straight back it to his original path.

The ref was frankly a joke, watching it live there seemed to me loads of serious penalty appeals waved away (at both ends to be fair) and we had a couple of shocking off side decisions given against us. A just knew Jens was going to be booked for his time wasting antics after the second goal but I think many would agree it was worth it.

I think it's time they introduced a goal kick rule that it should be taken on the side it went out or on a side of the keepers choosing, in other words if the first is taken on the left it's always on the left.

It will never happen but it would also be great if we could introduce points for more positive play, not sure how it would work, but something like a bonus point for 2 goals away from home (if not each game one for every three games played in that fashion). It's too radical for the likes of FIFA or UEFA but you only have to look at the later stages of the last world cup to see we need something to improve the attacking nature of football.

Still unbeaten at home, came back again and we are now closing the gap on Liverpool.