Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
My previous posts in other threads, I give him credit for doing a commendable job.. Also, we had our bad start coz of AW and his 'waiting period'. Its like he pushes you in a well and when he pulls you out, you should be thankful to him!And yet you give him no credit for our good run which has seen us recover from our awful start and get into contention for the top 4.
He dug the hole we are in right now! He is the one not playing OAC, Park or even putting them on the bench. Its not that they looked like deer in headlights when they have started! Why did we buy them?
I have made peace with the fact that Arsene is going to stay till the end of the season but the thought of him being manager next season makes me sick to my stomach!
I have tears in my eyes..
I must have missed those.
Yep, and yet he does it all the fucking time - takes all our pace off when we're 1 up. He never learns. I'm still fuming this morning.
Bit of objectivity here I think.
Utd dropped points over the weekend, as did Chelsea, as did City etc. All against teams you'd expect them to beat.
I know we're not as good as we could be. We all know this, and we all know that we need additions to the squad in the right areas. But this constant bullshit coming out whenever we don't get three points is fucking childish.
We know Walcott is not producing. We know Gervinho has lost what he had at the start. We know RVP can't do it all on his own. We know Arshavin has gone missing. We know Chamakh isn't the answer. Nobody knows why AOC isn't playing.
But. We also know that, we've had a horrific amount of bad luck defensively. Djourou, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Koscielny, Coqualin, Santos, Sagna, Jenkinson have all had to do a shift at fullback. To lose all four of our fullbacks, and then lose the stand-ins is fucking terrible luck.
Let's not forget that we're missing Jack too. I mean, come on, any team is going to miss that kind of player. Arteta as back up for Jack, or Ransey as back up for Jack doesn't sound that bad does it? Or do we have to have someone with an expensive price tag?? Mata....good little player....Chelsea, practically where we are in the league....go figure.
We also know that this team has dragged us back from the abyss to a relatively (in terms of where we were) good position in the league.
I don't buy that "Arteta is shit" or "Ramsey is shit" or that "Gervinho is shit". Because they clearly aren't. And many of the new additions have added so much more to a team bereft of confidence, bottle and will to play for the team (and not just money).
This "first 11" up top has been overplayed IMO. And we need to address the issue of back up. January spending is a must.
That said. For professionals like Arshavin (a clearly gifted player), we should be able to rely on him comfortably as back up. So we can't just point fingers and say, we don't have good players in reserve, because cunts like him, SHOULD be MORE than adequate coming off the bench. But you can't predict that before a season starts. He could have been magic....then we'd have shitloads of overpaid wingers in the team (sorry Theo, didn't mean you, bless...80k, fuck off you little shite).
Questions need to be asked of AW regarding Park and AOC. Why buy if we don't play them? We need players who can play...not for "the future". We need players who can get us back into contention NOW. Therefore, I hope that this is addressed very quickly. Either by buying, or by playing the players we've already waged cash on.
Looking at the other teams above us. I don't see one team that scares me. I think with some additions, we could actually haul ourselves into second by the end of the season. I'm not looking through rose-tinted glasses. I just see 4 teams who aren't as good as people think they are. We're not that great, but with a few shrewd signings, and the RIGHT signings, we could be a real threat to those above us.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
You did. Also remember the word commendable, I did not go out and sing his praises. I mentioned how the players look like they are playing for the shirt and AW seems to be on the right path and we need a few players to make this a better unit.
I blame my mates misses for our defeat we were listening to the match on the radio and at the time we were winning but she decided that she wanted to watch Emmerdale and when it had finished we had lost so its her fault....
Spot on.
And we haven't been able to get these "few players" until now. Because we couldn't sign anyone.
If AW is to blam for yesterday, it is because of the tactical decisions he made (so I hear). Players of the calibre we had on the pitch should have been more than adequte to see off Fulham.
But when you have the likes of Arshavin et al off form and not performing when you need them, and a horrific deficit at fullback, you can see why the first 11 we've relied on might be a little "in the red zone" after playing 2 games in 3 days, having pulled us back tirelessly from 18th spot.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I think he is doping very well for his first season in the EPL to be honest, his pace and dribbling are a constant worry for the other team and he can beat his man pretty much every time he gets the ball. The two drawbacks are that his decision making is still catching up with him and that we dont give him the ball in the fables "areas of greatest productivity" enough.
Lets face it, he is at least as good as Walcott and he has been in the EPL for many many years.
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