Knee jerk reaction. Wait until the end of the season to judge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
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Knee jerk reaction. Wait until the end of the season to judge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
The interesting stat I wasn’t aware of is that apparently this is our longest run without a clean sheet in the league in sixteen years
In fact that particular run went on for 11 games, although not really same circumstance as even though we weren’t keeping clean sheets we were getting points. 6 wins 4 draws 1 defeat (conceding 15 goals in those 11 games compared to the 16 in 9 we have conceded and scoring 21 to our 20 which points to a more even distribution in goals scored and conceded)
And at the end of that run we won 13 league games in a row and won the title
In comparison to the 05/06 season which was without doubt the worst we have ever been away from home under Wenger, we are still a point better off that we were then after 14 games
Though our goal difference was marginally better. Negative 5 rather than Negative 7 :haha:
Cech's been waiting for his 200th clean sheet for about 9 games now :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ
I've also heard he's let in 25% of his career goals at Arsenal :lol:
Forward line was non existent yesterday as well, I know some point as Ozil but the same criticism can be levelled at Mkhitaryan from his Man U days, fine when it's all going well but in adversity is nowhere to be seen.
It's early days in his career of course, but this was an issue at Man U, was great against a poor Everton side, but today when it really mattered didn't do anything.
Ozil and Mkhitaryan might summer from the same issue and with no defence it's a major problem for us. Risky strategy signing a player the team need to carry when it gets tough, as much as I love Ozil the same argument can be levelled at him.
As for the season, no CL this season so no excuses about poor performances after those games, most teams when they drop out and aren't in the CL perform better when the following season without that distraction, we've got worse, quite an achievement.
Is that really the reason or is it because Wenger is no longer flavour of the day and the team are now dropping down because he's neglected his job and performed poorly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I mentioned it before but I find it ironic, because when Wenger was considered gods gift to football to Arsenal fans, those who questioned him were pretty much in the situation you are in now, but if anything it was worth as people use to pick on your posts and gang up, never bothered me personally, I and many other stuck around and continued to stick to their guns, we didn't decide now that people don't agree with us anymore we'll move on.
Wenger switching Mkhitaryan from the right to the left for this game maybe a factor. Also, Ramsey wasn't playing so even he was playing on the right would anyone be in the box when he crossed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Too early to judge if he's going to be a flop but both Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang were pretty shite. They all were shit. But it's clear that we can't depend on signings to change things around for this club.
I'm not blaming the strikers or Ozil or Mkhitaryan, I'm not blaming any of the players any more because it doesn't matter what players we put out, we see the same result over and over and over again. When our opponents allow Wenger to play his pitter-patter bullshit bore ball our technical players make the old goat look good. But when the opponents aren't accommodating, all the eye of the needle, 200 passes to get to goal shit doesn't stand a chance of success and Wenger is entirely clueless as to how to change things, so he never does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
His two tricks which pass as Plan B are to bring defenders on to replace forwards when we are leading (thus breaking up our play and putting the pressure on us because we can't defend to save our lives), or lobbing on every attacker he has an hoping for the best when we need to grab a goal back. A monkey could come up with similar childish plans, why do we need to pay somebody 10 million quid to do what a 5 year old who plays FIFA could do?
He's the only manager I can think of who could fail to get a performance out of a striker like Lacazette and then repeat the astonishing act by getting nothing form Aubameyang. He's got TWO Ozil's now, and can't get anything from either.
And he thought we were dominating and should have had the game won in the first half, btw. That's how delusional he is. So he can't even see there's a problem. That's the worst part. That's why he'll happily roll Xhaka and Elneny out again and expect some sort of result from that insanity.
It's sounds like the worst kind of bullshit when an armchair fan starts telling a 1,000 game manager how things should be done, and in most cases it's just that - bullshit. But in Wenger's case it's perfectly legitimate. Obviously the guy has had some sort of mental issue but has somehow managed to hang on to his job for a decade without having the forst clue what's going on. His reputation has carried him through the farce - like Peter Sellars in Being There, ever see that film? Where everyone up to the president is fooled into thinking a retarded gardener is a guru?
Well Wenger has been mistaken by almost everyone as a competent football manager. All the evidence says otherwise, but that myth surrounding him has prevented anyone from speaking the truth.
He's so out of his depth it would be comical, if we weren't the fans on the receiving end. It must be fucking hilarious for fans of other clubs to watch. An old dinosaur mumbling away - don't pass it to the fast guy, pass it short into congested space, and if they press, pass it to the man under most pressure, and keep doing that for the whole match! Pure genius. He must be a guru. Surely? Because the alternative would be horrifying.
And is.
Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang have already shown enough of what's possible with them. Aubameyang's pace is a gift that no other manager would pass up. And Mkhitaryan's ability on the ball when under pressure would have to be a big bonus for any sane coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
But Wenger has quickly found a way to integrate them into his fucked up spastic non-system. He said as much when they signed, he said they were the types of player who could play the Arsenal way. Poor bastards.
This is a manager who can't muster a shot on target from a squad containing Aubameyang, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Wilshere. This is a manager who signs Kolasinac, sees him play well and then benches him. This is a pratt who takes a 50 mill striker and systematically shatters his confidence, then has the fucking nerve to blame him for not securing a draw that would be daylight robbery.
What a hateful shit this bloke Wenger is. Selfish cunt. Dragging everything down to his pathetic, cowardly, selfish vision of what he thinks football should be. One long bore from start to finish, and the never changing march of mediocrity.
It WAS a joke he's still here. Now I don't know what it is. Some sort of punishment, or torture, or karmic retribution for something we collectively did in the past.
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The last time Wenger made a dent in a top 6 side away was 17 games ago against Manchester City. In our last 26 away games, we’ve only taken 26 points! Quite appalling really.
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You can shuffle the furniture. You can buy new furniture. You can sell the old furniture to make the new furniture look nice. None of it matters. If the furniture is on the Titanic, and the ship has hit an Wenger shaped iceberg, everything is going to spoil regardless.
https://le-grove.co.uk/2018/02/11/we...terminate-him/Quote:
Arsenal are deck shuffling. We have great data folk, but a manager not really interested in what it has to say. We have capable coaches, but there’s only one man empowered to make decisions. We have access to the best thinkers in the game, but one man runs the show and he is the most immovable bottleneck in world football. Arsenal FC is the greatest indulgence bestowed upon single paid employee in history. We are Arsene FC.