Soon as I heard Gabby and offside in the same sentence I immediatley thought of Le Sulk!
I think the reason he isn't scoring is because he's actually too unselfish and too much of a team player.
He's become so desperate to assist, link the play around him that he's almost lost a tad of his ruthlessness in front of goal.
Humm, I rarely thought being offside was Anelkas fault. 1) He was usually onside, just stupidly fast and the linemen fucked up. 2) The person playing the ball was too slow for Anelka.
I'd go along with the linesman theory. Dunno 'bout the second bit!
They all have (forwards). It’s the system and the way we play. We’re asking the entire team to make the most optimal pass and the most optimal play at all times. Especially around goal. It’s why we never really score incredible solo goals and it’s also why we miss so many seemingly easy chances. That selfishness / ruthlessness is ironed out for the better, but it has ‘drawbacks’ in the traditional sense for strikers.
He will start Sunday I'm sure,otherwise I reckon we may have a sulky kid on our hands in the not to distant future
I'm guessing he'll start against Fulham.