Being at Arsenal is like any other day job. You're there because you need to pay your way in life, but if you work hard (at certain times) and catch the eye then an exciting company that's going places might come along and sign you up. You can't go over half a decade with zero ambition to win anything other than the share price sprint and expect there to be a culture of desire in the club. It starts at the top with those vile ****s who configured the club in such a way as to ensure their pay day. Now we have a new **** in charge who's setting us up for round two. Wenger seems to pride himself on being able to sustain mediocrity while shovelling cash as his paymasters, the players soon learn the score and take the money while they wait for a knock at the door. This is a limbo club and not in the dancing way. All about the money. Football doesn't even register here any more. Tip tap, tip tap, slllooooooooow, 99% possession, aren't we wonderful, just look at all those past glories we have to live on. We need Mourinho in here just to disrupt everything and cause a bad atmosphere. I'd rather have chaos than this self satisfied complacency. We have players that know they won't play but won't leave either. Chamakh. That's an incredible indictment of any sporting outfit and shows just how badly wrong the focus is.
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I think a lot can be said from the fact that even the consistent 7/10 types (Arteta, Mertesacker) were terrible. You know things won't go well when that happens. Awful performance, one of the most listless of the Wenger era. Gnabry stuffed up a couple of times after coming on, but he did two things most others couldn't manage all night; a forward pass into space to create a chance (for Gervais), and the impression that he wasn't actually running through treacle. Really there was nothing more to be taken from it.
Just about right. But Mourinho wouldnt touch us with a bargepole. Can you imagine him having to listen to fat, stuck-up, bloated, red-faced Old Etonian toff Hill Wood telling him what a great club we are, and how happy the board have been over the last 8 years coming fourth each season and getting into the Champions League. Mouirnhou would shit himself laughing and walk out.
Didn't think Arteta was bad at all. Thought he fought well in a fairly violent encounter where space was a rare commodity. Same with Cazorla. But they had nothing to hit. The front three were invisible. Ox caused a fuss when he came on so Norwich quickly kicked him out of the game. It's tough fighting these half-football/ half-wrestling teams that populate the lower half of the table. You have to be up for it. Our lot plainly weren't apart from the couple I mentioned who seemed okay in the fight. Cazorla's corner taking, that will have to improve though.
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Was it me or did Wenger not even seem pissed off when he was inteviewed on the box. Maybe he doesnt really give a toss anymore.