Quote Originally Posted by fakeyank View Post
Dont you think that statement says a lot about the competency of our manager when we have to question whether he can even get his squad to turn up for a match like this? Dont get me wrong.. I can see something different in the team since the Man City win (despite the Spurs loss) but the last thing fans should be worried about from a top team should be "Is my team going to turn up?"
IMO Wenger's two major flaws are a lack of tactical nous and motivation. His successful sides were simply better than everyone else, you don't need to be a tactical genius when you've got Henry and Bergkamp up front and people like Pires, Vieira and Overmars in midfield. And you don't have to be a motivational master when you've got a captain like Adams or Vieira.

Wenger has never been able to get an inferior side to win a title, which is a problem with the billionaire cheats around. And he's always needed a strong captain which is a problem because we haven't had one for years.

I do have hope for this tie though because I do think we are better than Utd this season - no idea how they're ahead of us, they've been on a ridiculous run without actually playng well - and I do think this side have a bit more character than those over the last few years.