Crystal Palace and West Bromich Albion did something unthinkable. Crystal Palace held Arsenal to a draw at home while Bromich got a point at Highburry. Now why is that really? Do they have better players than Arsenal? No they don't.
They played as one unfied force, playing with their heart as much as they did with their brains. Now why am I bringing this up?
First our performance was shocking against Boro, quite pathetic but even though we were without two key strikers we should had gotten at least a point. If West Brom can get a point from Arsenal why couldn't we get a point from Boro?
Quite simple, most of our players played without any effort or heart. Look at Jamie Carragher, he gives it his all in every game. If we had played as one against Boro and played with effort the end result would had been different.
We face Arsenal at home next week and it is not impossible to beat Arsenal. They have been weakened[though still dangerous] since losing to Man Utd. If clubs with players that can not be compared to ours get a point from a side that went 49 games unbeaten then why can't we?
For us to get anything against Arsenal all players will have to give it their all or we will end up with a result possibly worst than Boro. We are capable of bouncing back and don't give me "no strikers=we are ******" bullsh!t.
13 goals have been scored by our midfielders while 15 have been scored by our strikers thus far this year. We have good enough options to get something out of the game but we will have to play as one as did Palace and West Brom.