Top Level Mediocrity

1. At 2 minutes in: Who is this young Walcott fellow and can we sign him up for the first team?
2. At 10 minutes: Who is this Arsenal squad and can we see more of them?
3. By the 2nd half: oh, I do remember these guys.
4. Can we get someone to bring all the broadcasters together in one room and teach them to say Cazorla? Cuh-Zore-La. I do not want to hear it pronounced Cathorla again. I don't care if that turns out to be how it's pronounced. It does not sound good. It makes as much sense as Wayne Roaney or Scott Porter. Say it like its spelled.
5. As long as we're on the subject, what the hell happened to Bacary Sagna? He used to be a quality right back but he's been indifferent to poor this season. Prior to throwing the game in the crapper, I had thought he was having a decent little game. Then he goes and passes the ball straight to RVP, and compounds his error by trying a rash tackle in the box, sending RVP to the spot.His game went down from there. In the 2nd half, he was guilty of additional foolishness with a bad challenge on Evra. He probably should've been booked there and sent off, but was saved by Koscielny's foul at the end of the play. Sagna was approaching Emanuel Eboue levels of self-sabotage today. I don't believe it will hurt too badly when he finally leaves this summer.
6. Fitting summary of Arsenal's season, lots of promise and industry undone by their own rashness. Sagna compounded a bad back pass by putting RVP on the spot.
7. Despite the lively start and brilliant early goal, this was overall a tepid match. Man U never really looked on the boil. They badly needed Sagna's assistance to get the point. Once Arsenal had surrendered the lead, they looked customarily unlikely to score.
8. Which leads to my big question mark of the game: Podolski. If this was the match to back up his talk about playing time, he didn't seem to recognize it.
9. With this draw, Arsenal have failed to beat any if their top 4 rivals this season, a clear indication of the club's unique achievement of top level mediocrity. Three games left and the race for 4th (huzzah!) is on!