Officiating aside - it was abysmal, but the team selection was terrible today! ... I am not one to criticize Arsene Wenger, but not including Cazorla or Podolski in the starting XI is absurd ... Don't give me the international duty crap - the entire world had mid-week matches ... It made me raise an eyebrow pre-match because I knew Aston Villa were going to score at least a goal with the likes of Agbonlahor-Benteke-Weimann ... The Gunners needed to play attacking football ... We invited the pressure and got raped for it - at home no less! ... My advice is to play the guys you pay and that list is below - I don't give a flip about formations - just make it work! ... After the dream start on Giroud's goal it was frustrating to watch ... Then the injuries mounted (heck, Arsenal looks physically weak compared to other sides) and the "possession" game only looks good when you are winning ... Total disaster at the Emirates today.
2013-14 Arsenal $alaries
http://www.tsmplug.com/football/arsenal-players-salary-list- 2014/
STARTERS
107 Podolski
90 Walcott
80 Rosicky
70 Cazorla
60 Giroud
60 Mertesacker
60 Sagna
60 Wilshere
50 Gibbs
50 Koscielny
50 Szczesny
BENCH
50 Fabianski
50 Ramsey
40 Oxlade-Chamberlain
20 Frimpong
20 Jenkinson
n/a Sanogo
INJURED
70 Arteta
70 Vermaelen
50 Monreal
15 Miyachi
available in the public domain.
Those salary figures are weekly amounts published at the website I included ... Whether they are correct or not, who knows.
If a player is injured then he sits. If he is on the bench then he is good to go. Amazing that he started the 2nd half in place of OX after Gibbs was already replaced by Jenkinson through injury. Really limits your options when you don't play the best as much as you can. To heck with "saving" players.
out tomorrow and having a BBQ while we're out on the water, though
on top of that he travelled to there & back to Ecuador & played 70 odd minutes.
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