Quote Originally Posted by Steve French View Post
There are two key things being discussed here:

Our expectations for the season and last night's match.

Over the course of the season, we have performed very well and are in the running against two teams who we really are doing well to be in touch with or slightly ahead of. That those two teams are the ones that have seemingly unlimited resources is no coincidence. Over the course of the season, it would be some achievement to be even pushing them.

The second thing is last nights performance. This has nothing whatsoever to do with those two teams. By all accounts we stunk the place out. And it is that which we need to sort out.
That's about right. The team and manager deserve credit for a good season overall where we've seen improvement in some key areas, notably the defence. But last night, when we needed 3 points, we saw a negative team selection and negative tactics from the manager. The dropped points last night were down to Wenger more than anyone else. He deserves the plaudits for a good season so far and he deserves the criticism when he fucks up, which he certainly did last night. He'd already had a taste of the result of such negativity in the Everton game, lesson NOT learned. He refused to make any significant changes last night, which compounded the fuck up. If we're to fight to the finish then the manager as well as the team will need a set of balls. Wenger had no balls last night. Hope it's the last time we see this shit from him but I doubt it.

Now we are two thirds through the season and top (which I still think we'll be once the weekend games unwind) there certainly should be an expectation of winning this league. Why not? We have come this far against the dopers, so we keep the effort going for the final third of the season. Yes we have injuries, but now is the time for others to step up. Including the manager. Get it together Wenger, you get all that money for challenges like this. No shrinking please, find your balls and let's go for it.