As a one off today would have been just that, but in the context of the season so far and recent seasons, we are seeing a worrying trend, a sad demise, a great manager reaching the end of the road and a team that is failing on many levels on a repeated basis. Recent performances against Swansea, Villa, Everton, Manu, Schalke, Fulham and Norwich have been concerning, to say the least.
We lack quality and certain attributes in the squad, however the players we have are still not as bad as recent performances would suggest. The most worrying thing in my eyes is that Arsene is not managing the players well. Our formation and tactics are tired and predictable. Teams have worked us out, we lack an attacking cutting edge, we are poorly organised in terms of the team's whole defensive shape and we are tactically naive. The sum of our parts is mediocre, and this is not good enough given the size of the club and our expenditure in terms of wages.
I am not angry, I am just sad at what we have become and how our manager has lost the plot. There is little more to say. The end of the road is not a pleasant place to be, I have massive respect for the manager but it is obvious that he does not have long left at the helm. Finally great credit to Swansea who are an excellent side and thoroughly deserved the win today.
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Completely agree with this. My fear however is that the powers that be don't see it as the end of the road. I would like to see a caretaker in till the end of the season, the obvious candidate being Roberto di Matteo. We might actually get 4th if we make the change now.
Spot on 1979 Gooner well written
Arsene knows Japanese cultures and should do the honorable thing,we are not interested in who in the board is causing the situation enough is enough
Am happy to know that am not alone calling for a change at the helm of the gunners affairs. Wenger has tried in the past when he came on a mission but now he has lost vision. The board should please show him the exit. We don't trust him anymore !
If Arsene "did the honorable thing," he'd take a samurai sword and kill the black scarfers. He is not the problem. When are you nitwits going to wake up to that?
@ Uncle Mike
I like your turn of phrase - tres amusant - but the point you don't seem to get is that talking about money all the time is a distraction from fixing the stuff that can be done for free - tactics, organisation, morale, leadership, method. He is 100% responsible for those things.
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