Time For Bonfire Of The Mediocrities Wenger Contradicts
By Boris Mellor
March 13 2011
To lose one major cup game is unfortunate, to lose two is a coincidence but to lose three is downright careless and incompetent. It is also not good preparation for winning the league. Nothing is entirely impossible when a team is three points behind the leader with a game in hand, but it seems to me that the possibility of winning the league is now receding.
Losing cup games is not good for creating the winning mentality needed to win the championship. The extra games argument doesn’t wash. When Man United knocked us out of the FA semi Final, after Bergkamp missed a penalty, it is they who went on to win the treble, not Arsenal who had less games. Nothing succeeds like success, and failure is no success at all.
Wenger Lauds Mental Strength Contradiction
Wenger tells anyone who will listen, and they are getting fewer, that his team have mental strength; yesterday he told us that his team lacked confidence at Manchester. Surely that’s a contradiction?
But ability is also an issue, you could convince Denilson he is Puskas but he wouldn’t play any better.
Mediocrities
The problem is that Arsene’s squad is packed full of mediocrities, after the first eleven there is very little left. The test is to look at the bench, who was there yesterday who could turn a game? Chamakh and Rosicky, I bet Man U were wetting their pants at the thought of those two coming on.
Best Squad Ever?
Oh come on don’t take us for mugs. Denilson, Gibbs, Eboue and Diaby would have got into the Invincibles first eleven? I doubt if they would get into Wolves first eleven. Gibbs just stood off as Man U broke away for the second goal. No attempt to tackle, no tracking back, I hate to take anyone’s dummy away but he is not the future let alone the present.
Denilson wasn’t terrible, it’s just that crab football doesn’t cut it at this level. Man U were direct and deadly. Diaby completed numerous circuits of the pitch but none of his running caused any damage where it mattered. Rarely did the team do any damage in the box, yes lots of pretty possession but no end product.
All that stuff about 80% effective passing, where does the 20% go astray? I would suggest it’s in the opponents last third. Man U could concede two thirds of the pitch and then do the damage twice when they got the chance.
No excuse
The team were outfought by Birmingham, outfought by Manchester, and outplayed by Barca. Only in the Barca games did the team show real spirit, they never did enough against the other two. On paper Man U put out a weaker team. They had exactly the same number of injuries, yet they won, mental strength made up for mediocrity. Why does Arsene’s second eleven always fail to challenge?
Wenger must change things
At the end of the season it’s time for a bonfire of the
mediocrities, out they go with the sick notes. The no money argument doesn’t wash,
not every player has to cost £40 million, nor is it worth paying top wages to
players like the Double Ds who do not work wonders.
If Wenger had signed a quality striker, a quality centre back, keeper, and a midfielder
- four players max; and saved money by getting rid of a few mediocrities
Arsenal might still be in a cup or two, and be on track to win the league. With
Djourou now out for the season Wenger’s failure to sign a quality centre back
may come back to haunt him.
If Wenger won’t change his approach then the board must convince him, if they can’t then maybe they should make way for those who can.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011:03:19:09:44:02 by Padre Pio.
After we have been promised by Wenger over and over again that this team is reading to win something. I seriously doubt that will happen. If we do go on to win the Premiership it will only be by default because Manchester United mess their games. I have always been a supporter of Wenger and defend him when other people say he should go. I now find myself questioning his approach. With Djourou injured we are left completely exposed at the back. The chances of us winning the premier league has now almost vanished.
It is now for the club to start thinking about bringing players who are able to make the difference. I love watching Arsenal play the beautiful game, the breath taking passes but I also want to feel great after the game. Possession great passes are not enough anymore.
wish i could give u a hug for this..you are spot on..
i wish wenger will read this and admit to himself that he has been joking with our intelligence for 6 years... mediocre's are littered all over the team..i bet it will take a near empyy stadium to get wenger to stop this rot & madness
i just realized that saying we could win the league is like believing that wenger will teach defense...wenger is like a sales man but he is surely a chronic gambler who has gambled with fans while the board are 100% behind him..he tried this stupid experiment at monaco donkey years ago and almost got them relegated before he was SACKED.. somehow he has made money for the board while trying his scientifc experiment..the problem is that we are always short for 4 players that will make a difference at every point in time.
i agree with every single point you made but will wenger ever CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can We Now Trust The Process ๐ค๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ or Should We Still Remain Cautious ๐๐ฟโโ๏ธ
noble of course the youth policy is paying dividends, cesc, wilshere, walcott and nasri are all major successes, others like szczesny and possibly lansbury and JET look like they will or might make it too,club is keeping in top four with virtually no transfer out lay.
One other thing, if Arsenal win the FAPL title this season it will not be by default, no one has pulled out of the league, no has let anyone else win it, it will be won on merit, no matter who wins it
AJ he did not try any experiment either at monaco or at Arsenal, at monaco he had to sell his main stars as they were bust, marseilles bribery scandal etc had left monaco in bad way money wise, as you may know they have minute support too. The stadium cost, unloyal players and the emergence of sugar daddies in the english games led to alot of the situation we have been in for the last few years.
Wenger is unique to this situation compared to any other club..Wenger brings in the factor of a section of hardcore loyalists known as WKBs(infamously
) created the opportunities to run the show in shoe string budgets and Wenger takes care of the crowd control..this uniqueness is justified as his astonishing success in his 1st part of Arsenal era has created this support base..current ownership only gets the benefit of it..so noway you could expect any advise from board to Wenger on this..
So if fans expect more that is any form for success in terms of trophy etc Wenger needs to go first..I'm sorry to say..that's the reality. If you have some idea about Stan Kroenke or Usmanov they are the kind of businessman who wouldn't let their fortune burnt..you will see all sorts of damage control and pumping of funds when they will feel risk of their capital evaporation just in case AFC started sliding..
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Wenger will never get the sack.
The only way he will go will be quit/walk away.
Sad but true.
"๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
Wenger intended Diaby to be the replacement for Vieira not as a spare player. Flamini only got the place because Diaby was injured. Wenger claims the whole lot are quality - he calls them strongest squad ever - that means they are up to it.
Yes he has done well with 6 or 7 players, though paying 5 mill or more for Walcott is not really youth policy.
the problem is we are always three or four quality players short by the end of the season. He takes a good policy to an extreme, he should mix and match we need some wizened journeymen.
"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.
AFC
RULE!
"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.
AFC
RULE!
But, like all great men, he has his frailties.
Loyalty is not as blind as it is in AWs eyes
A lack of understanding of true leadership, that boarders on recklessness
And a lack of any plan `B`, apart from using `spin` to keep the fans faithful, when things don`t go according to plan, are just 3 reasons why the last 5 or 6 years have been fruitless for our great club, I feel. Rather than the actual abilities of those selected to play.
I can no longer view our clubs financial position as a reason for us being a `nearly` team.
Since the end of WW1, 1919, when the FA restarted its 4 tier football league, with Arsenal fc in the 1st div, thereโs only ever been one club to have never been relegated from Div 1/ EPL.
Arsenal fc
Letโs keep making history
"When we had to suffer the team is a lion because they suffer together." 4 July 2020 at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arteta on his team's first away victory at a club above them in the Premiership since September 2015 at Leicester.
Quote:eduardo
noble of course the youth policy is paying dividends, cesc, wilshere, walcott and nasri are all major successes, others like szczesny and possibly lansbury and JET look like they will or might make it too,club is keeping in top four with virtually no transfer out lay.
F.uck me Eduardo, you are one seriously q.ueer thinking c.unt! Always trying to be contraire even when the evidence is stairing you in the face!
And Nasri is not part of the youth policy, neither is Walcott he was a pre-1st teamer with Southampton!!!!
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