Quote Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE View Post
The thing is, when Martinelli comes in as a sub, he rarely does badly.

This fixation that Arteta has that players can play out their bad spell is a bit funny if you ask me. He should probably call a friend (hopefully an experienced coach) who could give him some advice.

I don’t think it’s so much playing players back into form it’s more about not trusting the players in the squad. Trossard I get because he lacks the raw pace of Martinelli, and he sees Nelson more as an impact sub. I think Nelson has been a bit muted this season, now possibly it’s because he’s not getting the starts to get going but I haven’t seen anything from him that suggests that he’s gunning for Martinelli’s position.

The thing is, it’s not an inexperience thing. Every coach of Arsenal in my memory has persisted with players I think could have been dropped. Emery, Wenger, Rioch and Graham.