Well, it may seem obvious to you guys but just last week Ollie was saying Theo was playing for himself and going against the managers instructions. Arseblog even suggested the same thing and there have been past discussions about the sort of respect Wenger commands in the team. The lack of effort from players week in week out has people wondering about the level of respect he commands with his team. Wenger being described in that way is different from the sort of passive, fatherly and 'arm around the shoulder' type of impression we get of him. It's worth thinking about instead of shooting down.

I've been wondering why the players don't press teams hard when on the ball and at first I thought it was down to laziness but now I think it's a tactic. We defend a lot deeper than what we used to and we're getting a lot more space behind defenders to attack space when before we used to have teams pinned back in the penalty box. It's probably a tactic by Wenger. I remember last season he was talking guff about Song and encouraging him to leave gaps behind him so the opposition would try and attack the space. Not sure if people remember that. But again, there was a suggestion back then that Song was disobeying Wenger but he later revealed it was a tactic and instruction.

In short, maybe he hasn't lost the dressing room, just lost the plot. Either way it's no good.