Arsene's Perspective - Is this the main problem?

[Tipsychubbs]

He use to break records, now he's the biggest broken record of them all!

lol

[Tipsychubbs]

Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
That's just it. The ability to adapt and to be able to surprise your opponents. The one season that we actually did well in the Champions League is when we moved away from our 4-4-2 and stopped trying to dominate possession and just focus on solid defence and counter attacks in a 4-5-1 formation. It took everyone by surprise and we've never played that way again.

Wenger does it now and again. Does something unexpected, tactically, and we end up getting a 1-0 win or something. I never understand why he doesn't do this more often. He can be a genius at times, but tactically, most of the time he resembles a spazzer.

We could dominate if we played this way but apparently its too boring and not pretty enough, it doesn't fit in with the "beautiful game" and Wengers philosophy of "the most attractive football you are ever going to see (tm)" :/

Surely you focus on being solid, hard to beat and defensively sound, BEFORE you play the pretty stuff. Once that foundation is there, like it was in the Invincibles with the defense and central midfield strength, you can then counter attack for fun and play stunning football.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I disagree, I categorically think they were wrong. Many of these players were kids, who not only hadn't achieved a thing but also didn't display a great deal of natural ability, it made absolutely no sense to give them big paydays, they didn't cost a lot so even if they did walk away we lost very little, players like Nasri on the other hand cost us what 15 million and thus should be tied down if only to recoup as much as possible if he left.
This all comes down to Wenger's beliefs that everyone should earn similar amounts to keep squad harmony, in fact there is no harmony in the squad despite him constantly referring to great spirit, attitude and togetherness.He seems totally deluded to me.

This...

This should be a lesson to AW this summer and the baord to show, They can't mess around with the stars of the team. They need to be the ones who are looked out for 1st then those who earnd it second.

This is Where AW should wake up and draw the line and start to tream them like men not boys/kids. Be their manager not their Friend/surrogate dad.