Per Mertesacker concedes that Arsenal’s collective inability to hit the arse of a cow with a composite chordophone is proving troublesome in their quest to win football matches.
The Gunners have managed only two wins out of their last eight home games, scoring just six goals from 147 shots; a miserable ratio of one goal per 25 efforts. In contrast, during the same run of games, opponents have found the net with an efficiency nearly three times that of Arsene Wenger’s men. (stats via @orbinho)
It’s a problem. A whopping great problem that we’re paying for dearly on a weekly basis.
Admitting his teammates need to work on their composure in front of goal the German international did his best to sound an optimistic note ahead of daunting trips to Barcelona and Everton in the coming days.
“What we do lack at the moment is we need to score at some point. It looks like we play, and play and play until the opposing team scores,” said Mertesacker after yesterday’s FA Cup exit at the hands of Watford.
“That is something we need to work on. We had the opportunities and the possibilities when they were 2-0 up to come back and we kept going.
“You have to give credit because we kept going and created chance after chance, but at the moment we lack that killer instinct. We need to work on that if we want to be successful in the Premier League and the Champions League.
“In the box we played and always found good positions, with the man in the right position but we lacked that relaxation, even to hit the target we did not do that sometimes. We missed it too often.
“The desire to play together and to be good at a team is there, you can feel that, even if there is a bit of negativity I can understand. I want as well that we go through here, I think we had the chances and we played in the right way apart from the fact we didn’t score.
“It’s something you need to do in football if you want to be successful. It looks like the longer the game goes, we rush and rush our decisions. It is still a learning process for us as a team.”
Arsenal need to score at least twice at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night if they’re to have any chance of progressing to the next round of the Champions League. Given Luis Enrique’s side have won 18 and drawn two of their 20 matches in 2016 it’s going to be a tall order.
“The season is not over,” added Mertesacker, attempting to put a positive spin on the challenge ahead.
“We play in a confident way, we maybe lack that bit at the end. What is really important in football, to be successful we need to score. We cannot afford to concede [against Barcelona]. We have to go there and try to attack, no matter what. That is the only possibility we have.
“We can be fortunate to have such a big game in front of us. I cannot predict, it is really hard. It is the ultimate team at the minute, so we are straight away under pressure and we have to go away from home.”
He’s not wrong.
If we actually took our clear cut chances, those brain fart moments by our defenders won’t be as punished as much.
Saying that, we hardly created many clear cuts yesterday either…(Welbeck’s sitter aside!)
Player says sorry. Didn’t we read this earlier?
“When you see Arsenal playing against big teams, they look like a small team. They don’t look like winning a title soon.
“We knew once we had the ball we’d be able to pass it around since Arsenal gives you too much space. They are not strong defensively.”
Heurelho Gomes. Watford’s unused substitute goalkeeper.
I’m a big fan of Wenger and what he has done in the past but his methods are outdated and it just feels like the players don’t care ,there’s no fergie giving them the hairdryer at halftime or after the match.us fans are the ones suffering ,I’m sick of being in a bad mood at the weekend watching that shit ,he just has to leave.
What you know about methods and tactics? What are the new methods that AW did not apply?
Majority of Arsenal players lack work-rate and defensive discipline and that is down to Arsene. Talent has never been a question with this squad. When you see the likes of Alexis, Campbell and Welbeck run it makes you think what is the point of Theo Walcott, Chamberlain and Ramsey? Im fine with losing and all that but i can’t accept the sort of work rate players like Theo Walcott put in when they come on. The norm should be…. ..however talented a player maybe if he doesn’t put in the required work-rate he should get out of Arsenal. It’s fine… Read more »
tbh we could have done with the OX yesterday he couldnt have done any worse than walcott coming on, he could atleast beat a man and be more direct than campbell as another option
It’s pretty sad that in the middle of March we are realistically only playing for top 3 or 4 being knocked out of two competitions, days away from being knocked out of the CL and having seen our once promising position a couple of months ago at the top of the table in the league crumble to barely hanging onto a top 4 spot today. Hopefully the players will finally show some pride and get things in order and make a run so we can at least finish ahead of Tottenham. The one positive I can see out of this… Read more »
this is a very well thought, non-hasty comment. cheers to you for not simply jumping on the wenger out bandwagon and actually looking at a solution. people don’t understand he’s not going anywhere, he will assuredly see out his final year. let’s just hope as you said this season gives him the onus to make things right one last time before he departs.
I’m not being hasty either, I’ve given this some thought:
Wenger out!
Has he ever (last 10+years at least) brought in the right type or even the right amount of players? I remember the year we signed chamakh and squillaci, I thought we finally strengthened in the right areas. Then I saw them in action…
I’ve given up the hope that Wenger will sign the “right” players a long time ago
We need a decent striker. End of.
We have a decent striker. We need a great one.
No, that’s not the end of it at all. I think we need a centre back too and possibly a centre mid and right winger
Totally agree. Per is right in blaming the finishing, but that’s far from the only issue. He needs to look closer to home. We’re defending like utter cunts. Look again at that second goal we conceded on Sunday. Look at Merts body language as he turns his back on the shot. I’m not saying he could have blocked it, but a Watford player would have broken his balls to try and block it. Elneny was no better, he saw their striker and couldn’t be arsed to close him down. The problems are much deeper than bad finishing. Can’t recall an… Read more »
Errr and a couple of decent defenders and we are sorted. Ok wenger sort it!
There is no value in the market at the moment.
I will only buy players who are top top quality.
There are no players available that can improve our squad.
We have to accept that everyone can have an opinion. How many days have you managed a football club?
We are disappointed that we have lost 3 games st home on a row but it is important that we respond in the next game.
The spirit of the players is good, I can’t fault their effort.
It’s a farce!
“…It’s pretty sad that in the middle of March we are realistically only playing for top 3 or 4 …”
There are a lot of similar opinions to that but I think it’s tremulous/desperate opinion!
More than 20% of the season are ahead of us.
Spurs only 3 points ahead and they have definitely harder games than us.
Not to mention Leicester (just take a look at their shedule)
Our spine of the squad are healthy (and Wilshere, Santi are coming back)
This season is far from over!
Optimism is good thing but don’t make yourself look deluded. Last time I checked the table, Spuds were 6 points ahead (we have a game in hand). Who says their run in is harder than us? We have to go to Everton, West Ham and Man City – all tough away games. To catch Leicester, we need to win all of our remaining 9 games and we need Leicester to lose 3 out of 9. This doesn’t look likely given that Leicester have only lost 3 league games all season, and we have won 2 out of last 9 league… Read more »
It’s not optimism – it’s objectivity
If we have a game in hand than 6 points are not 6 points – in this case: It is more objective to count the points lost.
Spurs will face Liverpool(A), Chelsea(A) both are fighting for EL or CL and Man.Utd(H) while the games you have mentioned – are our hardest 3 (and Everton basically have no reachable target in the league)
We don’t necessarily need Leicester to loose 3. (2 defeats and 1 draw can be enough) Not to mention they will face Chelsea(A), Man.Utd(A), Everton(H), WestHam(H)
You’ve not responded to the point about us needing to win 9 in a row?
Wait, next you’ll be telling me we’ll stuff Barca 3-0 on Wednesday.
Which of those 9 opponents do you think has a better squad than our?
(By the way – we were talking about PL)
Your argument is acutely flawed, allow me to demonstrate:
I don’t think Swansea and Watford have a better squad than us, they still beat us in our last 2 home games.
We have won 2 in last 9 PL games but for some reason you believe we can win next 9 out of 9. Delusion, my friend.
I was cheering on Leicester tonight. I hope they win the league as the alternative option is a thought that makes me feel physically sick.
Well… I disagree. Before our disastrous run (that you’ve mentioned) we lost only 2 out of 14 games. If I would have stated then, that we will win only 2 out of our next 9 games I think I would have get a warning: “Hidden due to low comment rating”. But in reality: it has happened. Bayern was unbeatable before they arrived to London last year. Had it determined the future? No it hadn’t. We haven’t won anything for 9 years – and it was 2-0 to Hull after 20 minutes. Had it determined the future? No it hadn’t. I’m… Read more »
So now you are saying its optimism whereas your earlier post said it wasn’t optimism but objectivity. You seem very confused fella.
Also, you’re now saying you don’t think we will win our next 9 games. Well if we don’t do that then we need Leicester to fuck up at least half of their remaining 8 games.
Go to bed son, I think your brain needs some rest.
I didn’t say we will or we will not… You’ve missed the point.
The point is: That is not true that realistically we are playing for top 3 or 4.
I’ve mentioned the remaining fixtures of the top 2; I’ve asked about which clubs do you think have stronger squads, and I’ve told you why it is misleading to judge based almost entirely on recent performance.
You can say that “I need a rest” but on the other side: There are my questions that need a logical disagreement…
son 🙂
Leicester and spurs have stronger squads because 11 average pros playing their hearts out for each other is much more effective than 11 pros who look like they just met for the first time in the tunnel before kick off.
Weird… Pretty sure you posted this last night.
Oh just shut up, will you!
We don’t have enough goalscorers in our team. Our so called “world class” strikers in Theo, ox, Sanchez etc haven’t even hit double figures in terms of goals.
We’ve constantly struggled to put our chances away. If only we could’ve foreseen the lack of goals in the summer. Oh wait…
It’s weird that you only mention strikers. Our midfield is crap, our defense is crap, we play terrible football, we barely create chances and those we create, we don’t take. And these players are not crap. Ramsey is not crap, Ozil is not crap, Alexis is not crap, Chambo is not crap, Gabriel is not crap, Bellerin is not crap, Monreal is not crap, Koscielny is not crap, etc. You get my point. This is exactly what happened to BVB last year. They were terrible with an excellent manager at the helm. They sacked him, got a decent replacement and… Read more »
Did you not understand me or are you all fucked in the head?
BVB sacked klopp?
No, he realised that he had done as much as he could do so he resigned.
Take note Arsene.
Poor choice of words. Again, whether they sacked him or he left, the end result was the same. They lost a very very good manager, who struggled to get the best out of his team, and then went on to have a great season. No reason why that can’t happen at Arsenal.
Also, we hardly ever try to go at it from a distance, which is ridiculous.
We need to work on the long shots, instead we try a build up where we can take a sure shot and end up losing the ball or just fucking up.
Also, players need to be fucking motivated, they look like a hopeluss bunch tbh, no leaders in the squad at all ATM.
The most experienced coach, one of the least motivated squad and the most injured one. Go figure.
Whilst i was sitting in the Clock End with my mate and the second goal went in i turned to him and said “I wish we had someone who could take a shot like that”
May be that’s because we don’t have a good enough striker other than Welbeck.
Welbeck is not a good enough striker. His whole career so far calls bullshit on your statement.
I agree. he’s good but not starting quality great, else he wouldn’t be missing sitters that are harder to miss than make. my 4 month old could have tapped that fooking ball in yesterday!
I didn’t say world class. He is the best option we have as a striker. Atleast he is scoring some important goals. Imagine our league position without him.
Just shut up man, “have to give credit,” played in the right way, etc etc. I understand he had to give an interview, but I also notice that Per Mertesacker is an excellent man at giving seemingly honest answers. He will make an able deputy to Wenger wherever they go spin the PR next. Sort out your own game. Weak at Tottenham, weak at Watford (good interceptions in the first half though, must admit). Sod off, the lot of you. Bottlers, chokers, men without character and poise. Ya ya, thumb me down. He is a limited player. That he has… Read more »
What we lack is leadership on the pitch. What we lack is someone who can motivate the player’s. What we lack is balls to come from behind (ignoring the Leicester game).
And spuds
Yeah, yeah. You need killer instinct to kill off the game for your own team by conceding soft goals like how we have been doing for the past 8 weeks or so. Per is absolutely right. ??
Per is absolutely shite you mean
No BFG what you lack is speed. You are what is wrong with Arsenal.
PLAIN TO SEE BUT NEVER ACTED UPON.
Just get some fucking bollocks Arsenal!!!! Play with fucking agression! You’re sitting pretty in your cosy little nest inconveniently having to play football every week. Fucking play like men not little boys or teenagers and stop with the “we’re learning” shit. Don’t learn go and fucking tell teams how you play cos you’re all damn good players at heart who are collectively to scared to leave the nest first. Get on with it.
Wtf!
How about you defend you massive penis! You should be embarrassed by your recent displays and to now come out and say that just tops the lot
Actually agree with you. I’m a little shocked that we’re all focusing on our attack when if that was the only problem, we’d be drawing all our games. Instead we’re losing and to dreadful mistakes too. Per has some cheek talking about our attack, he’s been rubbish alongside Gabriel. How Arseblog hasn’t seen this I’ll never know…
Massive penis? Have you heard something?
Asking for a friend
His ‘attempt’ to block Watford’s 2nd goal was pathetic, when you see your captain do that, you know there’s no commitment in the team.
Same old crap, we’re very good at giving anodyne meaningless bullshit after the event
I like Per, but please just shut the fuck up and do your talking on the pitch.
He is like the rest of this weak minded squad – one good game in 10 followed by 5 error strewn, lifeless, half asleep headless chicken episodes, and capable of so much more
All comes back to preparation, coaching and squad management, and AW just has to go as he fails on all counts
“We cannot afford to concede [against Barcelona]. We have to go there and try to attack, no matter what. That is the only possibility we have…”
What could possibly go wrong.
Japan did that against US in 1945. They ended up with Atonic bomb. At least the war ended early. Yes we can go kamikaze style. What do we have to lose?
Is that a Gin Atonic bomb?
No per, not “at the moment” we’ve been lacking it for years now.
I have been saying it for a while here that the difference between us and the traditional big teams is the lack of killer instinct. That’s why fergie was able to win the title in his last season with an average manure side.
I find it shocking he’s only realizing it now. You can’t have Giroud, Welbeck and Theo and expect to possess killer instinct.
You contradict yourself here slightly. If Fergie was able to win the title with average players why should the fact that we don’t have “world class” players mean we have no killer instinct.
I think the more important part of that statement is that Fergie was able to get more out of players than the sum of their parts. At the moment, Arsene is getting considerably less from our players than the sum of their parts.
Plus, Fergie does not blame unhappy fans after four wins in 14 games. What is the message sent to the players? Lot of coaches add extra training sessions to send them a message. Theo needs to be sent to youth team for one month to get the message not be sure to get involved every game as a sub.
Not really, manure had a shitty midfield, but they also had the right mentality and a WC striker in RVP plus clinical strikers like rooney and chicarito. Wenger just hasban unbalanced squad.
Sorry, but Fergie had World Class players: Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand just to name a few. When you add in Christiano Ronaldo, Cantona etc. That shows that statement is a load of rubbish.
I think there is something not quite right and it may be down to the blend.
Completely off subject here but I just wanted to say something. A lot of understandable anger among the fans at the moment. A lot of it is even aimed at each other. Some feel they have to stickup for Arsene and others have given up hope with him. Some feel the need to have a go at those who do not shout and sing all game. But it is a fact that this happened at Highbury too and also happens at other football grounds. Not everyone wants to sing all the game and I don’t see there being a problem… Read more »
Agree with almost everything you say, although I get a little annoyed hearing the ‘fans from other clubs would give everything to have enjoyed a ride like we have’ mantra. You’re right, a Palace fan would, but we should be setting a higher standard than that and using our resources to the maximum. I don’t enjoy going anymore because there are too many ‘supporters’ who offer nothing positive,, they sit in silence and only stir into life when someone misplaces a pass. If fans have had enough of Arsene Wenger then they have to show this by staying away until… Read more »
Actually, more likely that Barca go 1-0 then we bring it to 1-2 knowing that a single goal will send us through, Bendtner will go through on goal only to make a heavy touch and let the chance slip away. Wait, did I say Bendtner?
“What is exciting in watching a game where you are always guaranteed the win.”
Could we at at least try it for half a season as a trial period so as to know what it feels like?
I imagine those Barca fans must be sick to death of seeing the likes of Messi, Suarez and Neymar scoring wonder goal after wonder goal every game.
Poor sods. They really should experience the sweet experience of snatching defeat out of the mouth of victory, the arsenal way.
I love the way that whenever things go wrong there’s so many on here that just deflect away by complaining about the fans. People seem to forget that the home fans are only at half of our league matches. It’s not like we’ve been great away from home and shit at home. How can the unbeaten season be tarnished by fans’ behaviour? The way you write about our fans you’d have thought bricks are being thrown at the players’ cars at the training ground. There’s barely any booing or jeering either. During the Watford game there was barely any moaning… Read more »
How come we only play well for half seasons?
That shit has been going on for years.
Meaningless comments. You can’t expect him to say much else (he has a responsibility to retain a semblance of balance and optimism after all) but it doesn’t make hearing it any less aggravating. Our season is, excluding biblical level miracles, over. They are doing their best to avoid saying that and it this point thats got to be more then trying to convince themselves for their own sakes than it is trying to convince anyone else.
At one time the excuse was Arsenal lack a top class goalie. Since Cech was signed the lack of a killer instinct has been raised.
Can you remember the games against Hull and Blacburn?The gunners lost both games being not clinical enough.
The buck stops with Wenger and frankly he shd leave asap.
Poor BFG, having to come out whenever we lose (which means every two matches these days), and say some obvious crap like “you need to score to win in a football match”. The captain’s armband seems to be the whipping boy’s armband. Maybe that’s why Theo gets the armband, in the absence of other captains, even if he plays poorly.
If I was Joel I would leave the club in summer. The only player who is consistently having good games. Still Wenger wouldn’t play him regularly.
Just stick Per up front. Can it be any worse than the past few months?
It’s not the players. It’s not the strikers, it’s not giroud, it’s not Sanchez it’s not even Walcott. I have been extremely pro Wenger but recently I have seen the handbrake. It is wengers risk aversion. We dominate games in terms of possession. We sit and compact the game in the final third. This is killing us. What is Walcott going to do with no space to attack? What is giroud going to do with no crosses. We have no space . Ozil, Sanchez etc have impossible angles to pass in with no room for mistake. They need to judge… Read more »
so many thumbs up….
Excellent post!
We play with the fear of a team who knows that it has a million different ways to beat itself. That’s the sadness here, we shouldn’t be in this position…
Apart from facing a second place team in the CL, I agree. Let’s face it, we wouldn’t have topped our group against Bayern. Proof is our head-to-head tie breaker.
What I think this squad lacks is ambition. Often they are saying they are playing okay and just having bad luck and so on. If you would have shown these results to anyone in the beginning of the season they would have deemed them a failure. Would the players of real, barcelona, bayern, dortmund be telling this kind of things to the media? Missing opportunities year after year and underperforming when it matters (home defeats in the CL knockout stages because of naive defending). I think the players goals and ambitions and the clubs, wenger, and the fans ambitions don’t… Read more »
At the beginning of most games this season, Ozil hears the ref blow the whistle for the start of the match, he looks up and remembers he has yet another 90 minutes of trying to help Giroud score a goal. Its a bit like a nightmare in which George, Paul and Ringo look up and realise that they’ll have to play Strawberry Fields with Alvin Stardust out front…….again. Our demise this season has been virtually all about what Giroud misses. Yes he scores a few, but so he should with the ball coming through as much as it does. He… Read more »
Look my blood bleeds red but there are a few names that are tarnishing our legacy.
Mertesacker, Walcott, Gabriel, Gibbs, Giroud, Wenger, Kronke, Oxlade- Chamberlain etc
Giroud’s OK.
Per has been on this whole “our strikers aren’t getting the job done!” thing for weeks now. Meanwhile, he and whoever his central defense partner happens to be that day continue to produce error-strewn displays, and even when Per isn’t screwing something up, he’s just not trying. No jump for the first goal, didn’t even bother charging down the shot for the second. The BFG needs to get his own shit together instead of whining again about how we can’t score 3 goals every game to make up for the 2 ridiculous goals our defense gifts the opposition just about… Read more »
This
Per is a great reader of the game, and this insight that scoring goals is an important part of football success is mind blowing stuff
Per likely to not play again…Not because he has been playing shit himself but because he spoke up sort of against Wengers ideals.
Arsenal team for 2016/17
1. Michael Caine
2. Shergar
3. David Niven
4. A bottle of Rum
5. Dyson vacuum cleaner
6. Jennifer Aniston’s haircut
7. Dairy Milk tray
8. Someone who was in the Bill
9. Tupac
10. Bouncer from Neighbours
11. John Lewis Christmas advert (Russell Howard singing The power of love – through a straw).
I’ve got a lot of belief in the new captain Morgan.
Depressingly this team would still probably beat our lot.
Delusional manager = delusional players. It’s not a “spell” if certain things get repeated for 10 years…
Defense helps not lose games. Offense helps win them. When the team isn’t doing either particularly well, we lose. We are not doing either particularly well, we are losing, and for the defense to criticize the offense (or vice vesa) ain’t gonna help.
For the rest of the season, would love it if we just walked the walk, and stopped talking the talk — even if it means the end of all press conferences.
delisional German altho chances created should be converted we should have enough quality defenders to stop Watford and Swansea at home surely maybe look at ur game captain slow do ur job !!!! Away at Southampton away at Munich away at sheff weds we got fucking Tonked with out ozil we’d be a mid table side fact ! I know welbeck isn’t world class but I love him he runs the channels chases down ,runs with the ball tauter have him lead the line othe than lie on the ground moaning missing Hat fills giroud
There’s a lot of hate towards Theo but I guarantee if guardiola got his hands on him he would be unbelievable. Aw has wasted him
If Guardiola got his hands on Theo it would probably be only long enough to chuck him at Liverpool or some other moronic club that would pay 3x what he is worth.
when chelsea under-performed this season, the rival fans were quick to say that the players were not playing for mourinho anymore, with solid reasons. i would not say it’s the same situation with wenger and his players (after all we can only speculate coz i’m not a mind reader). but players repeating the same bloody basic, schoolboy mistakes, chins down, shoulders drooping, complaining glances at each other, who’s job is it to motivate them. surely, it’s the manager. and what does he do? sit on his bum, with his hands on his head or face or wherever, momentarily flail his… Read more »
I think we need a new banner “Kronke Out”
We wouldn’t even be having these discussions the last few years if Dein hadn’t have left
There was a time when a striker would be more worried about the bollocking waiting in the dressing room than missing the chance.
Nothing to fear. Why not?
Fans: Yeah, no shit.
When you look at the way the Premier League is these days. Our vintage team of Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Vieira et al would be well suited. Pace and power. Wenger brought that to the league but seems reluctant to entertain that style of play any more. Gone are the days the ball would go from our box to the oppositions in a matter of 20 seconds.
Now don’t misunderstand me. I appreciate we had a very talented squad then, but the fact remains that that styled of play will not be entertained by Wenger any-more. I wonder why, Ideas?
To be fair they’ve made a lot of very good signings. Ozil, Sanchez, Monreal, Kos, Bellerin, Cech, Santa, Elneny looks promising, I can’t be bothered listing them all … You only need to look at united or spurs a few seasons ago to see what happens when you get it really wrong … Seems to me a lot of the negativity going around stems more from what has happened over the last ten years than the last ten months. We all know that the club has been short of cash in that time. The best players left, the team had… Read more »
I’ve run out of patience, and I’m running out of life.
You’re always running out of life. Join the club, it’s worldwide. Auto-membership for most.
If you truly believe there were no better strikers available than giroud then you are sadly deluded my friend.
Enough is enough, Wenger out!!!! For many a season I was blind but now I see the light!!! Wenger was blinded by the talent of fabregas and tried to replicate Barca. Wenger out
Its so embarassing when opposition fans predict in the middle of the season that Arsenal will bottle it and fall away. They know this team so well. Better than some of the actual fans. I recall reading Utd fans confidently dismissing Arsenal because they were 100% confident this team didn’t have the balls to get there, despite having a talented squad. And they were 100% right. No bottle.
My friends and I discussed the “Fabregas” issue at length lately. I don’t think Arsene ever recovered from that. It’s like a part of him left with Cesc and he’s been trying to find that next young midfield maostro ever since. Anyway not gonna ramble on I just feel a little sad for all involved actually. Hope there are better times for the fans, players and coach ahead.
Anyone seen this movie before? If I recall correctly the ending is disappointing and full of regrets 🙁
Per: We lacked killer instinct
Alexis: We lacked the mentality of champion
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Theo: Luckily i just signed da ting.
Fairly sure I read the same article on this website the day before this one…
guys please check this link
https://fantasyfootballfirst.co.uk/team-performance/
you can see we have a better run of games than others. so please get behind the team instead of spreading negatives.
First of all, Leicester did not spend more than 17m for their entire squad. There are NO world class players. Spurs spent less than us last summer. They are outscoring us. Secondly why complain about Per’s lack of pace. He is better than Gabriel. Gabriel and KOscielny were terrible together. Thirdly Coquelin has now shipped 7 goals in four games. Some were saying he would help the team with his return. Really. Ramini (and Flamini) have been much criticise but they were comparatively stable in light of recent performance, particular since Ramini had to do it without Alexis and Santi.… Read more »
arsene’s teams after the invincibles always punched above their weight.
he was getting the maximum out of the team.
for the first time we see a team under performing.
he should be getting much more out of the squad he has at the moment. no excuses.
why this team has no hunger and desire I have no idea.
I think Wenger has become skillfully limited on his ability to stimulate his players mentally The players have no fight in them n leave a lot to be desired when it comes to playing n fighting for wins from the heart..Leicester has put to bed excuses like financial clout. Football starts from the heart n mental strength