interesting thread on Reddit where they're arguing about the formation i.e. Back 3, back 4, 442, 443, 4231 etc
Personally think at times we could have 12 on the pitch and still lose because the attitude of the players isn't right.
They can do it...we saw that when they mastered City and Chelsea in the Cup...maybe Wenger isn't ruthless enough with them.
Sure. No need for Him to be ruthless. His job is safe, imo. Players may worry about their careers but if they're getting well paid anyway, what difference does it make. Must be an unusual relationship in football.Originally Posted by Tony C
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
For sure. We lose too many silly games in similar circumstances year after year for the results to be down simply to individual error, it is a collective problem starting at Wenger and down through the players.
There are 2-3 players who will always be the lightning rod for fans anger, in some twisted world of reality I expect Ramsey is taking stick for Saturday even though he was absent. Xhaka stood still while Cleverley moved into space but the collapse in performance had happened long before.
The situation with Ozil and Sanchez, an absolute fúcking shambles which we created for ourselves in the summer. We are not selling, no way, we will stand firm, okay we will sell, shít it's too late.
Every bad performance or result turned into an over analysis of effort and attitude.
Long season ahead.
Agreed that this is not a problem re individuals but there is an issue with Ramsey. Not his fault, but the idea that a guy cant play at the weekend because he is too disappointed about a game in Cardiff on the previous Monday is ****ing ludicrous. If it was a family bereavement or something similar then yes, fair enough. But its ****ing football!
Anyone indulging their players like that is an idiot.
Was that why he didn't play?? I assumed he was injured!
Northern Monkey ... who can't upload a bleeding Avatar
All the same though, players are not robots. Perhaps, after representing their countries, both Ramsey and Alexis were *emotionally* tired
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Nonsense as then you are dealing with an issue here where your Manager/Coach and his staff are unable to motivate and prepare players, professional footballers after all, for a game.All the same though, players are not robots. Perhaps, after representing their countries, both Ramsey and Alexis were *emotionally* tired
I suspect you know where this is going.
Anyway, it's the other way about. It's because they're professionals that you don't need to motivate them, you just have to pay them. Football is a self-motivating activity; either you want to play or you don't. That's the rule.
Perhaps it's true, we're just not good enough and this is *how* we're not good enough and you just have to accept it?
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
This is a huge part of the issue, no point in getting massively upset when we lose to lesser sides, it is where we currently are.
We are on a given day capable of beating a City or whoever but equally we are quite a distance behind them. Our days of being brilliant and even invincible are well behind us.
So which is it? You first said they are not robots, and that they have feelings, which is why they're allowed a day off to go and cry about their international failure. Then you are basically saying that they are robots, and all you have to do is switch them on and feed them money and they go and play, and motivation doesn't come into it.
Second point is bang on though. We're not good enough because we are weak. Not every week, but too many weaks on too many weeks.
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