Match Reaction vs Southampton (home, league).

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Mesut O was at the game

Tartan blanket? What an old woman

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

As painful as it was we got there in the end. First time we beat a side in the top half of the table too.

It's all relative, we beat Aston Villa when they were in the top half of the table

Beating top sides means beating Chelsea (not since 2011), Man United (not since 2011) and Man City (not since 2012)

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Doesnt matter if he is sitting up in the stands or on the pitch, he is always a passenger watching the game go by. Hopefully he stays there!

[selassie]

It's all relative, we beat Aston Villa when they were in the top half of the table

Beating top sides means beating Chelsea (not since 2011), Man United (not since 2011) and Man City (not since 2012)

Yeah that's true.

Honestly...I don't see us beating Chelsea, Man United or Man City any time soon...it's a mental block.

I am not overly confident of us getting anything out of the Liverpool game either in a few weeks either.

[Globalgunner]

Yeah that's true.

Honestly...I don't see us beating Chelsea, Man United or Man City any time soon...it's a mental block.

I am not overly confident of us getting anything out of the Liverpool game either in a few weeks either.

The thing that you have to wonder is: Why with different players over several seasons, the mental block remains. Is it something in the water there at the training ground?

[fakeyank]

The thing that you have to wonder is: Why with different players over several seasons, the mental block remains. Is it something in the water there at the training ground?

No, its because of the manager. He cannot rally his players even if his life depended on it. And on top of it, we do not have a captain on/off the pitch who can do it either.

[Letters]

No, its because of the manager. He cannot rally his players even if his life depended on it. And on top of it, we do not have a captain on/off the pitch who can do it either.

Wenger's successful sides had a strong captain, Adams then Vieira. We've not had one since. No way are we slipping from 3-0 up vs Anderlecht to draw with a proper captain. There's no-one out there rallying them when things start going wrong. I don't see that as the manager's role, that's where a strong captain steps in but we don't have one.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

There it is, take the blame away from wenger again. But yes you want wenger out don't you

[fakeyank]

Wenger's successful sides had a strong captain, Adams then Vieira. We've not had one since. No way are we slipping from 3-0 up vs Anderlecht to draw with a proper captain. There's no-one out there rallying them when things start going wrong. I don't see that as the manager's role, that's where a strong captain steps in but we don't have one.

The manager brought in the players who are not good leaders OR did the players decide to become captains themselves? Wasnt it the manager who shipped our experienced players by the dozens when we went on a toddler shopping spree? Anyone above 30 got the boot when you needed their experience to win things. The manager knows that if he brings in a strong winning personality captain within his ranks, he will have conflicts with his tippy tappy philosophy, so he brings in as many 'Yes' men as possible.

He has 'yes' men around him everywhere- in the board (if he has no ideas, we shut up) and beside him as coach. Zero accountability!

[Letters]

There it is, take the blame away from wenger again. But yes you want wenger out don't you

Sorry, I really should spell things out for the hard of thinking...
It is not Wenger's job to gee the players up while they're out on the pitch, IMO that's the captain's job.
But, of course, it's Wenger's job to make sure we have a captain who can do that.