Last night Arsenal football club pulled of a coup. Fans who bothered to show up at the Emirates were treated to a spectacle. A group precocious of teenagers and a few young men put on a show of football so accomplished, so adept, so artistic, that  can only be branded as Wengerball.

The scoreline does not say it all

An emphatic scoreline will naturally be the talking point of the game, but there was much more going on than a 6 – nil thrashing. Let’s take a quick look at 6 less reported events of last night.

1.) Carlos Vela can be a goldmine.

Not only skillful, with a sweet left foot (non-existent right), but Carlos plays with an infectious smile all the time, sort of like Ronaldinho in his pomp. More than Ronaldinho though he is beautiful. I can see this guy being the poster boy for Arsenal, he will be able to move tons of merchandise and especially open up the football mad market that is Mexico/Central America for Arsenal.

2.) Sheffield United was piss poor.

I am in no way trying to diminish the performance of the kids last night as they were wonderful. What we must realise is that as much as we were good Sheffield was poor, not just poor but shit. No doubt the way we played we would be able to beat nearly any team in any league. But at times it was a joke how bad the opposition was.

3.) Fans still leave early.

Not 5 minutes or 10 minutes, but Arsenal fans began to stream out of the Emirates a full 15 minutes before the final whistle. I know it was 5 nil, but what do you possibly have to gain by leaving so early. Vela scored his last goal in the 86th minute. Not because it’s football, the player has put in years of time and effort to put on a spectacle for you. The least we could to is stay on to the end to show our appreciation.

4.) Wenger will have huge problems next year.

With our senior team being so young and the second string so talented, Wenger will have to use all his powers of persuasion to keep this crop together. You cannot fault some of the boys who would want to play more football, these are not journeymen but extremely talented footballers who will have lots of options in the future.

I would not envy he man whose job it is to decide who stays and who goes out of this crop. Some of them will need to go on loan, some will need to move on but who?

5.) A commercial coup.

How much would it cost to buy some of the young guns? Think Nani & Anderson (£30m). Rooney (£20m). Ok maybe not so much but you get the point.

Whatever Arsenal is doing in the academy it is now bearing fruit, let’s hope for continued improvement from the youth. Arsene says he will continue his faith with the youth in the Carling Cup, who’s to say he’s wrong?