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Well - I watched the Fulham - Arsenal match last night. Once again a bad result!!
The match itself was good to watch - plenty of action, bookings,and endevour but, all the brightest moments came from Fulham.
Once again Monsieur Wenger made some surprising changes to the lineup - Hoyte in for Eboue (in fairness not Hoyte's worst game) Song in for Fabregas, Flamini in for Clichy??
Henry looks unhappy - almost bored - a couple of flashes of his old self but nothing really like the player he really is. I wonder if he regrets staying??
Gilberto used to run the midfield but he looks out of his depth at the moment, Hleb and Rosiscky both seem to be willing but no cutting edge!! Mid way through the second half Arsenal resorted to long balls.
6 or 7 Arsenal players booked with Senderos getting 2 and sent off. Not one of the bookings was even dubious - cynical fouls after their man had gone past them - like they are off the pace!!
We were well down on goal attempts - about half of Fulhams.
For Fulham's first goal the defending from a corner was shocking. The second goal was a piece of skill by Boa Morte to feed the ball to Radzinkski but Flamini was poor at the back stick!!
I dont know what the answer is - the way things are going, on current form we coud see ourselves beaten by Spurs, dumped out of the Champions league by Porto before we even face Chelsea in a fortnight!!!
Good players dont turn bad overnight but my theory is that Wenger whinges so much that its rubbing off on the players. They are going out with such a chip on their shoulders that they just cant play. Like last night, Wenger blamed fixture congestion?? Whats wrong with just saying that the players didnt perform?? Every week its the same old thing - Pardew celebrated too much , Bolton kicked us too much, pressure of the new stadium etc...
There needs to be a spark - the team need to realise that they cant just go out and expect teams to roll over - Sam Allardyce has shown other teams the way forward - give em a bit of stick and they will roll over.
Im not in despair yet - Im still believing that someone is gonna get a real tonking very soon!! What bothers is me is another season struggling to qualify for the champions league again - if we fail it will have a big impact on the club - they are bankng on the money generated to pay for the stadium.
If we dont qualify they will cut their cloth accordingly and that will impact on buying players and possibly selling someone to balance the books. I cant imagine there is not a big Spanish club that hasnt got its eyes on Fabregas and a £10 million bid if we dont qualify might be enough!!
Anyway - I am now the founder member of W-SM !!(Wenger-stop moaning) but i dont want to have to start WO - (Wenger Out!!) not least coz I dont think there is anyone much better about !!
The match itself was good to watch - plenty of action, bookings,and endevour but, all the brightest moments came from Fulham.
Once again Monsieur Wenger made some surprising changes to the lineup - Hoyte in for Eboue (in fairness not Hoyte's worst game) Song in for Fabregas, Flamini in for Clichy??
Henry looks unhappy - almost bored - a couple of flashes of his old self but nothing really like the player he really is. I wonder if he regrets staying??
Gilberto used to run the midfield but he looks out of his depth at the moment, Hleb and Rosiscky both seem to be willing but no cutting edge!! Mid way through the second half Arsenal resorted to long balls.
6 or 7 Arsenal players booked with Senderos getting 2 and sent off. Not one of the bookings was even dubious - cynical fouls after their man had gone past them - like they are off the pace!!
We were well down on goal attempts - about half of Fulhams.
For Fulham's first goal the defending from a corner was shocking. The second goal was a piece of skill by Boa Morte to feed the ball to Radzinkski but Flamini was poor at the back stick!!
I dont know what the answer is - the way things are going, on current form we coud see ourselves beaten by Spurs, dumped out of the Champions league by Porto before we even face Chelsea in a fortnight!!!
Good players dont turn bad overnight but my theory is that Wenger whinges so much that its rubbing off on the players. They are going out with such a chip on their shoulders that they just cant play. Like last night, Wenger blamed fixture congestion?? Whats wrong with just saying that the players didnt perform?? Every week its the same old thing - Pardew celebrated too much , Bolton kicked us too much, pressure of the new stadium etc...
There needs to be a spark - the team need to realise that they cant just go out and expect teams to roll over - Sam Allardyce has shown other teams the way forward - give em a bit of stick and they will roll over.
Im not in despair yet - Im still believing that someone is gonna get a real tonking very soon!! What bothers is me is another season struggling to qualify for the champions league again - if we fail it will have a big impact on the club - they are bankng on the money generated to pay for the stadium.
If we dont qualify they will cut their cloth accordingly and that will impact on buying players and possibly selling someone to balance the books. I cant imagine there is not a big Spanish club that hasnt got its eyes on Fabregas and a £10 million bid if we dont qualify might be enough!!
Anyway - I am now the founder member of W-SM !!(Wenger-stop moaning) but i dont want to have to start WO - (Wenger Out!!) not least coz I dont think there is anyone much better about !!
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