Yep, that's exactly what I've said :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
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Yep, that's exactly what I've said :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Most managers are flexible and can adjust tactics on the fly. Cesc will most likely play in as CM again for Jose but may also play as the number 10. You adjust depending on the opponent and especially if you have a player like Cesc that can play deep or further up. The problem with Wenger is that he needs to see something fail 50 times before adjusting his tactics.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBN
That’s the only thing left. This is a brand new squad and the have the same hallmark traits as Wenger’s other teams that failed. He’s spent money and it’s still the same problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve French
Just remember the old saying - there's no river in Egypt called de nile!Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
The worst thing is that he plays the same XI every week unless he's forced into a change and then wonders why we look so lethargic.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1_nilto the arsenal
We've got a lot of attacking depth up front - he needs to rotate and use it.
Wenger is going nowhere for 3 years. Let's just accept that.
So what realistic possibilities are there, if any, to try and take advantage of the fact we have the likes of Ozil, Alexis, Ramsey, Ox, Cazorla, etc in the team. Last night if you'd have swapped the managers Klopp would have used our resources to give Dortmund a good hiding. We have better players than them, but we don't have a better team. Could we do something like try to provoke Wenger every game so he reacts and gets sent to the stands? Could we kidnap him on Saturday mornings? Move the stadium and not tell him where it is? Hold up big signs during the match begging him not to do the things we want him to do, so he does them? Get our own substitution board and whistle so we can make changes during the match? Hire our really crappy cousins to pose as young French or African footballers and send Wenger on endless scouting trips to watch them?
There must be something that can be done?
The players we have are set up for a pacey game, the painfully slow style we have just makes them look really ordinary, alas Wenger is still obsessed with creating a mini Barcelona, this time one that can't even pass that well.
The way we stood off Dortmund yesterday is the same way we stood off Man City over the weekend. We were exposed yesterday because we faced a team that pressed higher up the pitch and have a mean passing game. That's the difference. We haven't been playing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
We bossed the City game till they scored, that did take the wind out of our sails.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Last night we were getting hammered from the get go.
There's no comparison in terms of the performance.
We cannot compete consistently at the top level with the players we have. Mourinho would have struggled last night with the players we have, ofcourse he may have attempted to change things tactically which he can do, Wenger can't, but if you have a slow dinosaur at the back & a non existant annoying little Spaniard protecting the back 4 along with a non winger/non moving German who thinks he's too good for us, a welshmen who's forgotten he was good last year & a striker who is a known non-finisher then you're in trouble.
To still have players in the starting 11 like Arteta, Merts & Gibbs & with back up like Flamini, Monreal & Sonogo in important positions, we are not going to compete & we are showing no ambition to do so.
This ofcourse is all down to Wenger. The FA cup win whilst getting the monkey off our back has actually derailed any quick future progress as we have shot ourselves in the foot with his 3 year contract. That contract should have been given to him on the basis that we show ambition to compete by strengthening the squad where needed WITHOUT FAIL. If Wenger accepted this but said "it will cost you" then its up to the board to back him.
To not have decent defensive cover, to not have a quality defensive midfielder, to only buy a striker on the last day of the window by "luck" - in Wengers own words, when we have needed one for 3 years is nothing short of negligence by Wenger & others have lost their jobs for far less.
What I would give for a board member to have the bollocks to tell him a few home truths. I firmly believe he wasn't going to buy a striker on the last day, the press put him under pressure to do the obvious all of that week - now the press are asking about our need for a defensive midfielder. It should embarras him that he isn't acting on areas of weakness that CANNOT be argued by anyone & that members of the press can attack him on this. He's attacked for not having a striker in the team, he responds that he has quality strikers in Podolski, Samchez, Walcott, Campbell & doesn't need anymore - he buys Welbeck. Yesterday he is asked why he wont buy a proper defensive midfeilder, he responds " If I find one better than the one Ive got then I'll buy one" - really Arsene, no one better than Arteta in DM in world football, there are plenty but you won't pay for whats required.
If these performances continue & they will, if our board have any ambition at all they must give him NO option but to strengthen in the Jan window. It will give us a better chance to finish 4th & maybe have another cup run, but above all to start to compete against the big teams.
I'm afraid the guy is an danger of becoming a real hindrance to AFC & the people around him shouldn't allow that to happen - we do have a lot to be grateful for & thats how he should be remembered.