Paul Robinson's nightmares are colored in red and white

Sunday, 14 September 08, 10:49 PM · Comments(0)

After a long, long international break that saw the rise of Theo Walcott into the English national side, the Premier League finally returned to action. Man City's new golden boy scored, but wasn't enough to stop Chelsea. Man United finally fell to Liverpool. And the Gunners traveled the long, hard road to Ewood Park to face the often-difficult Blackburn Rovers.

Or rather, the used-to-be-difficult Blackburn Rovers. There's a clear-cut difference between the old Mark Hughes sides and the one Paul Ince rolled out on Saturday. And that difference was between the posts as Hughes used to have Brad Friedel as his wall while Ince could only produce Paul Robinson.

Yeah, that Paul Robinson.

Walcott produced another great move and set up Robin Van Persie. That was followed by Emmanuel Adebayor finally waking up from his long summer to nab his first hat trick. Everyone from Denilson to Eboue had a quality game and the team left a long-running house of hoodoo with a 4-0 victory.

So, since the loss at Fulham, Arsenal have gone 3-0, 3-0 and 4-0. That's 12 goals scored versus none given. Granted, the competition hasn't been on the level of a Barca or a Juve, but that's not the point. Results matter. Winning matters. And these wins should fill the team with confidence as they head into Kiev next week for their first Champions League group game.

We shouldn't expect more multiple and 0 scorelines. But having done it will remain in the minds of the players. And they can use that when the schedule turns difficult.

Paul Robinson's nightmares are colored in red and white

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