Comments on: A mentality that has become embedded at Arsenal

By: edward owen

edward owen — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:18:26 +0000

Spot on mate.

By: Antonio Jackson Cruise

Antonio Jackson Cruise — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:02:03 +0000

Arsenal really and truly need to buy this guy pronto before one of the other big clubs do and then hold our heads in shame as he terrines our very poor defensive back line. If one really looks at our first 11, it is not gelling one bit. We are all over the place. As it stands, Arsenal is currently not playing like a big club team. As it stands, Arsenal should not be rated among the ‘big clubs’. We can’t even string five passes together unless it’s done in slow motion.. As it stands, Arsenal, with the kind of ordinary players they have in the squad like Chamach the Moroccan, Ramsey, Podolski, the extremely slow Metsaka at the center of defense, Santos at left back and the avarage Arteta in the middle, we haven’t a chance in hell of ever reaching the top 4 status ever again, especially this season. None of the players are even as good as the aging and cocked Rosecky and can any one of those mentioned come close to being half as good as the players that Wenger has sold ie RVP, Alex Song, Nasri, Ashley Cole, Toure, Gallas, Fabrigass? One does not have to be a rocket scientist to know that both the Arsenal board and the Manager Wenger have lost the plot. All we need is a very good no nonsense quick mobile central defender who has the great ability to read the play in order to anticipate moves and one very active proven goal score who will terrorize any defense allowing for defenses constantly having to be on their guard. It is said that the best defense is to attack WENGER, ON BEHALF OF ARSENAL SUPPORTERS AROUND THE WORLD, EITHER RESIGN OR WAKE UP, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:58:43 +0000

Great article. I’ve come to realize that the club keeps spinning new excuses. Moving to a new stadium, no money, we have a young team, they lack experience, mentality, desire, etc, etc. And now we’re hearing FFP. But as you pointed out, FFP does not buy desire, team tactics, defending. So many things wrong with AFC and the saddest part is that the fans are being fleeced during the whole process.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:23:07 +0000

Arsenal will never win another title under Wenger! His past successes came to past when some of the most talented players graced Arsenal squad, most of them signed by Wenger. The football landscape has changed since Wenger’s glory days. Arsenal can no longer attract top talent and Wenger is not a tactician who can compensate inferior talent with a superior schemes and motivational speeches . Fabregas said it best when he joined Barca and realized the level of preparation it required to make the team. At Arsenal , he was told by Wenger to go outthere and do his thing, and by watching Arsenal play, one may get the impression more Arsenal players take the pitch with this mantra. We see managers pull players aside during games when things go badly . Guardiola used to do this for Barca virtually in every game, and not a lot ever went wrong for Barca during his tenure. Other top managers do it as well, but not Wenger. He’s more inclined to be in the fourth referee’s ear for big part of a game, rather than his own players. No one has ever heard him say ‘we got our tactics wrong today’, no matter how badly he got his tactics wrong that day . Sir Alex said it in the past , so did Mancini and Ancelotti. Wenger has blamed the pitch, referees, international friendly, bad luck, other clubs( for stealing his players). I think it is high time Wenger put some of that blame on himself.

By: Abbi

Abbi — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:25:35 +0000

Spot on!! So hard to be an Arsenal fan these days. No pride No fight

By: Giles

Giles — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:22:46 +0000

what a great article.highest paid manager in prem, highest paid ceo,no investment. highest ticket prices, selling best players every year, 4th place is good enough, don’t bother to dream of winning things, fair play will save us. what a joke. sack Wenger and the board. we deserve to be treated better than this.

By: olujersey

olujersey — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:19:58 +0000

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger already made up their mind. if we will or not it does not matter as long as we are making money

By: Jamali

Jamali — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:27:01 +0000

Excellent article. Kudos for telling it as it is.