It’s time strikers bit the bullet

MATCH of the Day’s Goal of the Month competition is often a reasonable barometer of the Arsenal’s form.

The fact that our only inclusion in the March goalfest was as the team on the receiving end of one of Peter Crouch’s strikes, sums up our miserable month. In truth, considering we’ve endured our most inconsistent season for many a moon, it’s amazing our unbeaten record at the new stadium actually lasted as long as it did.

Whilst many might point to our profligacy in front of goal, to my mind Saturday’s matchday programme must be partially culpable for our first ever defeat in our new premises, as the stats feature fatefully revealed that the third game of West Ham’s only winning streak of more than two games last season was their 2-3 triumph at Highbury.