Players suffer dips in confidence after defeats or not playing well, some players are strong minded enough to get through it, but motivation from a manager is important.

Ferguson is a great man manager and motivator, when the chips are down he picks his team up and this is priceless.

We've had some bad defeats in recent years, I'd have expected players to have been especially up for the return matches against teams they've suffered these losses against but everytime it's like those losses never took place.

The lack of leaders and strong personnalities is compounded my Wenger's inability to motivate.