Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
I expected a draw. It wasn’t a good performance and Wenger should have made changes early on. Giroud was woeful and had a pass completion rate of 59%. 23/39 passes, so we lost the ball a lot. Besides fluffing his lines, his first touch was woeful. He’s not first team material and the fact that he’s fatigued makes him even worse. Moves break down constantly around him, he gives the ball away, misses his chances and isn’t creating anything for anyone else.

Jack Wilshere was woeful too. 0/0 tackles, 0/0 interceptions, 57/70 passes completed (81%) 1 attempt on goal. He gives the ball away in bad areas and it’s not just bad passing, he’s getting tackled and left flat on his ass far too often which results in a counter. The RVP header that was tipped on to the bar from Szczesny came from Wilshere getting tackled further up the pitch whilst we had bodies forward. He’s reckless.

These two need to be dropped for the next game. More game time won’t help them. Give someone else a chance and see what happens. I won’t blame Wenger for starting them again, but after 60 minutes they should have been hauled off because there was no change in their approach.
That's the thing, I expected a draw too because that's what we do when we get a mauling, show no reaction at all, I'm use to it over the years, the lack of desire is atonishing.

Wilshere just doesn't work IMO, he's slow, gives away passes regularly, his tackling is clumsy and he's intent on doing everything through the center, it's like he's a mini AW on the pitch.

I think him playing slows us down and generally doesn't work for us, he'll occasionally be involved in a good move and score a good goal, but overall he's just not what we need, I know he came through the youth ranks etc but we need players that are going to work in the team and he doesn't.