Hull City v Arsenal, Saturday 17th September, 3pm

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why does Wenget want Xhaka to be box-to-box anyway. Could we just not empty midfield once in a while?

He seems a player custom made to be like Alonso to me.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah, as Herb has said, he's had a slow start but looked to be getting better. It's a strange one because he's had a preseason with us and the only way for him to adjust is to get games. As said, Wenger was OK with playing Holding straight away, Mustafi and Perez started straight away and if Perez starts this weekend but Xhaka doesn't, something is up.

If I had to speculate I'd guess the reason is our manager is a fucking idiot.

[Goonermerree]

If I had to speculate I'd guess the reason is our manager is a fucking idiot.

[Power n Glory]

Why does Wenget want Xhaka to be box-to-box anyway. Could we just not empty midfield once in a while?

He seems a player custom made to be like Alonso to me.

No idea. It's not as if he's going to be encouraged to shoot once he arrives near the box anyway.

[Kano]

Phelan offered the managers job at Hull, it's only fair that we shit on his doorstep should he accept it.

[Power n Glory]

If I had to speculate I'd guess the reason is our manager is a fucking idiot.

It looks like it. With Xhaka we have a guy that can stretch play quickly from a deep position without having to leave a massive gap between midfield and defence but it sounds like Wenger wants to clog up the midfield even more.

[Alpha]

Mkhitaryan, Sane and even Slimani have hardly had a kick since the start of the season. Some players adapt more easily than others.

This is goonersweb . We question everything a coach of Wenger ability does . We are not going to be surprised next time when a fan with no experience in coaching at all would ask to take his place .

[GP]

Xhaka will start tomorrow.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is goonersweb . We question everything a coach of Wenger ability does . We are not going to be surprised next time when a fan with no experience in coaching at all would ask to take his place .

The guy's done nothing in the PL and nothing in the CL for how many years now? Millions spent. A whole stream of players through one door and out another and we're still nowhere near a settled team that can challenge for significant honours. It's perfectly valid for this guy to be questioned after all this time. And more than valid for the fans to do the questioning as in the end it's their cash that keeps Wenger high on the hog while he fails to deliver season after season after season. Nobody is saying an average fan could do his job, but plenty are saying that he can't do his job either and the long trail of evidence unequivocally bears that out.

[Alpha]

The guy's done nothing in the PL and nothing in the CL for how many years now? Millions spent. A whole stream of players through one door and out another and we're still nowhere near a settled team that can challenge for significant honours. It's perfectly valid for this guy to be questioned after all this time. And more than valid for the fans to do the questioning as in the end it's their cash that keeps Wenger high on the hog while he fails to deliver season after season after season. Nobody is saying an average fan could do his job, but plenty are saying that he can't do his job either and the long trail of evidence unequivocally bears that out.

Most Arsenal fans if not all , including me, are frustrated when we lose a game or do not win a major trophy . But it would be totally unfair not to recognize that Arsène is doing a fair job according to the money the club gives him .
I am not against a change of we have ready made replacement .