It wouldnt surprise me if Wenger is pissed off at Sanchez for being direct. Sanchez must be considering Euthanasia playing the style of football we play.
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It wouldnt surprise me if Wenger is pissed off at Sanchez for being direct. Sanchez must be considering Euthanasia playing the style of football we play.
Oh great so he's linked to an Eastern Bloc team already!Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
The news of new contracts being offered to Giroud & Arteta are exactly the reason why Wenger has to go. We have to have better than Giroud or Arteta to compete at top level, none of the other top teams in England or Europe would have either of these in their teams.
Giroud is an excellent back up but Arteta is woeful. The thought of him being at the heart of our midfield for another 2 years is soul destroying and worrying.
Arteta is way past his best, and what happened to the policy of getting rid of over 30s...... if Pires wasn't offered a longer deal then no way should arteta!!Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
giroud is a bit shit. but decent 3rd choice.
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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
The part I have highlighted I have thought for a while, Wenger simply doesn't use his resources wisely and their are countless examples to backup the claim, stuff such as refusing to pay an extra million or two to acquire our principal target, ignoring problem areas in the team, Central Midfield for a good few seasons, then the goalkeeper issue, even Central Defence was a major problem for a while. I don't think now and didn't think then the solution was to spend like "Chelsea", it was more about squad management, planning and as you say using the resources wisely.
Ironically we now have money and he still isn't spending it efficiently or wisely! We all know what the problems are.
I don't know, I can still see the value in keeping Arteta and other older players around the place, even if it's largely for the benefit of younger / newer players, so they know what kind of professional standards are expected (plus it sends out a good message to any peak-players that we're looking to sign that there's long-term security at this club, and that we take care of our own)? The only problems I see with this arrangement are a) if we end up keeping players on massive salaries, when they're not playing enough to justify it, and b) if we start using it as a reason not to further invest in certain areas of the side (but that one's not really the fault of the player, or even the policy of keeping over 30s on)...
There is NO value in doing this - it simply clogs up the squad, wastes good money on wages & gives Wenger the excuse not to have to buy because he has third rate cover on the bench - this costs us games like it did on Sat having to bring Flamini on who is no better than a Sunday morning park player. Wenger has consistently kept players in the squad when he knows deep down they are not good enough to take us forward. Flamini, Podolski, Rosicky & the Swede with the bad back are simply not good enough for a team with top ambitions. I would add Arteta & Monreal to that list.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Giroud is excellent back up for Stoke but not Arsenal. The football we play demands movement, pace & quality from the striker - Giroud has none of these, nor will he.
If we play more direct he could be useful but can you see that under Wenger?
I think Sanchez did lack a bit of confidence when he first came into the side, every time he was required to do anything but keep the ball on the floor the ball was overcooked.
If Wenger didn't like players with raw pace he wouldn't have signed Welbeck, Oxlade Chamberlain, Walcott etc so this stuff about drilling in tippy tappy nonsense is nonsense. We play that stuff because we have no real pace in central midfield and because apart from Wilshere, Ozil, Rosicky nobody really has the ability in our central midfield to do one touch passing as opposed to two or three touches.