Arsenal Bagged by West Brom

There is no other word than dismal.  The Gunners put on a perfectly dismal display today against newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion...AT HOME.  The Baggies who are probably prescribed Dramamine, as they go up and down between the Premier League and Championship every other year, came out of the blocks in a sprint, and quite honestly, outplayed the Gunners the entire match.  Losing 2-3 at home is bad, but especially since the team atop the table lost today, giving you a big chance to make up points.
Arsene Wenger was not happy with his team:

"We made it more difficult because we were not at our usual level. Not defensively, not offensively. Overall everything was difficult for us today - passing the ball, winning the ball back, winning the one against ones - and we got what we deserved which was zero points. We didn't deserve more. The positive is that we did fight until the last minute but it was just not good enough at that level to get three points."

Wenger can say that, but his formation choice of 4-2-2 was not working either.  Then with the Baggies up by 3, he started to pull the defense (which may not have mattered as they were horrible today).  Poor Chamakh was playing striker, midfielder, and defender today.  But on the other end he had no service from Nasri, Arshavin, Rosicky or anyone. 
Nasri's crosses were pathetic. His shot choices were pathetic.  His freekicks were pathetic, just smacking the wall at knee-level, as if they were made of eight-year-olds.  With the amount of corners they were awarded, they should have utilized Chamakh's height, but for some reason they couldn't kick the ball in the right spot.

Give credit to West Brom for acting like they wanted to win this match.  They came out fiercely and never let up.  The score should have been 4-2, if Almunia hadn't saved the penalty (which he caused by his bungling tackle in the area).

I can't think of one positive thing to say about the performance today, on that Wenger and I agree:

"I didn't recognize my team today."