We’re still nothing more than pacemakers

IT’S BEEN a highly entertaining first few months of the season, with so many sides capable of playing with the sort of panache that has enabled them to take points from anyone, on any given weekend.

But, in some respects, it’s felt as if we’ve been treading water, waiting for one of the big guns to kick on. The question is, are the Gunners merely pacemakers, or can we prove ourselves to be something more, when it comes to the crunch?

Certainly not on the evidence of our performance at Old Trafford. After yet more foolhardy full-back play presented “3 for a tenner” with a flukey lead following 40 minutes of too tentative sparring, United sat back in the second half and invited us to do our worst.