i thought with the starting xI when i saw it, it was right. full defence, an attacking mid who supposdly can help calm things down and play thorugh the middle, looking at the wings, i thought nothing would happen, i was right, even the ox couldnt do anything. more experience in rosicky to help gibbs, dont blame wenger for the starting 11, i thought it was right and set up right. what then happened was the players choked, i blame them last night not wenger, thought he made the right decisions. however, i do blame wenger, for taking off the ox against united etc. not last night, that was players
perhaps the most sadning indictment was wenger not even getting up off his arse. just sat in the dugout, and for the first time, admitted complete defeat.
even worse was pat rice shouting at theo in the 1st half to track back. theo's reaction? didn't blink an eye.
proof we need a change of management. players aren't responding.
wenger out.
This is a weird season. Early season I'd have agreed with you but then we went through that good run and they really looked like they were playing for each other and for Wenger. Now...I don't know any more. The squad isn't good enough, that much is clear. Whether they're playing for Wenger...dunno. The next couple of weeks will be interesting![]()
and before people say 'who do we get in' there's plenty of managers.
rijkaard, koeman/van basten+bergkamp as assistance coach, klinsmann. theyre all there.
but my first choice would be steve bould.
appointing internally worked for barca with pep, steve knows the club inside out and will drill that fucking defense until they understand what defending is.
They can't be playing for Wenger.
People are right when they say the players shouldn't need motivating for a game like that, however they clearly did need a kick up the arse. I'm sure Wenger did everything he could to prepare them but to turn up as they did for a game of that calibre suggests the manager and the team are on a totally different wavelength.