Blackburn loss highlights Arsenal’s dumbing down on standards

Good article, i know AW says we need 2-3 players but i can think of 8 that can go straight away, 3 keepers, Arshavin,Silvestre,Eduardo,Vela,Denilson are definately not up to it. I think the thing that angers us is where is the passion, Blackburn had nothing to fight for yet they wanted it and other than SC no-one did our end, we need Flamini back, Cahill, players that can fight and play…Diaby, Nasri, Eboue, Walcott are all squad players not first team players!

Once again, as always, Arsenal players fell to the trap of being unable to handle physical sides while their manager, also sounding like a broken CD, blamed everyone else except those paid to get the job done. And it is so painful that for 5 seasons, we have been unable to respond to the English game(at least the rugby-like side of it) and while all the so called ‘less technical sides and their dumb managers ‘improved’ on how to bully, intimidate, systematically foul and even beat Arsenal, Wenger and his overgrown, lazy and petulant ‘babies’ have refused to this (now terminal) Achilles heel.
The situation is further aggravated by the knowing, looming and disturbing signs that show that once again, the mediocre as well as the lazy and the nearly great will be group together by our ALL-KNOWING Professor!

[quote name=Danish Gooner]Tactics and insisting on playing players out of position doesnt help,i guarentee you all that Mourinho could get this side to play proper football[/quote]spot on mate its easy to blame the players week in week out

Arsenal supporters who less than enamoured with yet another season of relative failure, and finishing in the top four without a significant result in either cup competition and only a quarter final in the Champions League, is failure for a “top four” club, should give the final game of the season a miss.

Perhaps when the board look at The Emirates with only 15,000 people in it they will realise that unless the club buys top quality players then the likelihood is that in two or three seasons that figure will be regarded as a good crowd.

Manchester City are in poll position to overtake Arsenal next season and it’s likely that Spurs will up there as well.

Neither Chelsea or Man. United are going to suffer a disastrous drop in form so we will be scrambling for fourth place at best.

Fans have only to look at Liverpool to realise just how cold it can be outside of the privileged elite.

Wenger has been papering over the cracks for the last two or three seasons, well now the paint is peeling off the woodwork and the ceiling is about to fall in.

We have a threadbare squad that can play pretty football but it can’t defend and does not have any sort of killer instinct.

Wenger has faced teams put out by Alladyce for years yet he has not once been able to come up with tactics to combat the combativeness. He just does not have a Plan B.

I can’t see our supine Chief Executive and equally remote board putting any sort of pressure on the manager and I fear he will be left to stubbornly pursue his own agenda to the further detriment of this once great club.

With Arsene, it is mainly about “economics”, maybe his masters in that field is leading to a P.H.D. (permanent head damage). Stubborn in making decisions and wanting to be acknowledged to be right most of the time, he is not helped by his “not-so-effective” coaching staff:

Asst Mgr: Mr Yes man – Pat Rice (please give effective solutions to help the team, even if they might contradict with Mgr’s ideas. Say “No” sometimes)

1st team coach: 2nd righthand man – Boro Primorac, who advice Arsene on decisions in team tactics, players recruitment, training etc.

GK Coach: Gerry Peyton – what has he been feeding Almunia, Fabianski & Mannone ?!?!

Fitness & Conditioning Coach: Tony Colbert – Have our players been getting body core strengthening exercises in minimise serious injuries and fatigue?

Physio/Asst Physio: Colin Lewin/ David Wales/ Neal Reynolds – Slow recovery rate from injured players, can the process be improved?

Club Doctor: Gary O’Driscoll – Any prescription for the state of our first team players?

Offnote: Chief Scout, Steve Rowley, and team: Please recommend useful players for recruitment to Ivan and Arsene (not Primorac) this end season (before WC10).

If the players do not wish to put on the Arsenal jersey with pride and are in no mood to play and win against Fulham next, we could just inform the FA that team Arsenal shall forfeit the match, giving Fulham a default 2-0 win.

No, we don’t want that, neither would I want Mourinho at our club, but surely there’s a compromise between Mourinho and this pathetic, laughable, weak-minded, prima donna, undisciplined AW-inspired team.

We could do with some of what Mourinho brings to his teams: discipline, toughness, a bit of cynicism, total commitment, fight. This Arsenal team are easily bullied, easily figured out. Our players offered absolutely no protection or support to Fabianski, who was targeted by Fat Sam’s players all game long.

Would Adams, Keown, Dixon have just left Fabianski out there to deal with all that deliberate gamesmanship all by himself?

This team is pathetic, utterly utterly pathetic.

I’m all for a “white hankie” treatment at the Fulham game. Now that would be an excellent demonstration of supporters’ feelings, just exactly what AW and this miserable example of a football team deserve.

I would like Fabio Capello to be our new Mgr, if Arsene decides not to renew his contract after season 2010/2011.

Capello has won La Liga and Serie A titles and he is only missing the EPL title (for 3 of the big leagues in Europe). Lure him with this carrot to help achieve something for himself and the club as well. (over to you, Mr Ivan Gazidis)

Come to Arsenal, Fabio, after you are done with the England national team after WC10. (PS: Fabio’s contract with the national team ends in summer 2011, after signing in Jan 2008 for 2 1/2years)

what da hell is da arsenal goalkeeper couch teaching their goalkeeper, where is their strength in da field.
it felt like diaby never had mind to create da pass and walcott would should try to get inside and give something to robinson instead of striking da defender most of da time. he should really improve his dribbling abilities and try some left footed shot as he had done before.

I think Mourinho could get Hayes and Yeading into an FA Cup final. He isn’t the special one, but he is specila at making players believe they are nothing less than winners.

I think we are quite short of being as good as any team in the world. At one stage this season we looked as good as United and Chelsea, basically because they were playing likes dicks too. They both managed to stick at it until the end though. We crumbled under the hardships of a title play-off.

Yeah, Wenger hasn’t found a plan B. But isn’t it funny how Blackburn’s Plan A beats our Plan A? The Invincibles with the same Plan A would beat Blackburn regardless of what plan they bring, simply because they were better players.

Maybe its because they know that wenger will support them no matter what the fans or anyone else says about their performances. Its like the players have the mentality that whatever they do the manager will support them so they don’t feel the need to try and improve.

Well said Supa Sam. Most of these people making these comments are usually somewhat brighter.

Its ridiculous to say these kind of things, when 4 games ago we were in with a shout of the league. Whether it was down to luck, or others incompetence isn’t the point.

BULL SHIT our squad should be able to cope with the injuries we’ve had. you take 7-9 of united’s first team out they wouldn’t win the title, you’re living in a parallel universe.

As a Gooner you are not entitled to anything, that is what we pride ourselves on, and why we laugh at the likes of Spurs and L’pool. We ARE NOT a knee Jerk reaction set of supporters. Itis what the YOU can do for the club NOT what the club can do for you.

If you see it any differently then I feel sorry for you. I dont care where we finish, I am a gooner because I love Arsenal.

5 or 6 if we sell all fatras and promote some yongsters to the first team.

actually im sick of arsenal fans like you. the ones who think they are better fans than the rest of us because they support the team whatever. go on, say what you really feel because i dont buy into it.

Last 8 games

won 1
drawn 3
lost 4

You’re right of course that we were in with a chance before the tottenham game and I think that is why we are all so disappointed with the complete collapse since then.

The main thing which disappoints me is not that the squad players lack ability but that most of them seem to be coasting through games and they don’t appear to be motivated.

And the other thing is that we didn’t focus on the defence sooner. Remember last year when Rvp got injured we suddenly put song and denilson in a holding midfield role together and got several boring 0-0 draws and then built on those to finish the season strongly with boring 1-0 and 2-1s. Really i would have liked to have seen the manager realise that over the past 2 months or so we have been rubbish going forward and not really creating many chances and decided that we should be more defensive, not give away many goals and try and win some tougher games more boringly.

and i love arsenal so that is why i do care where we finish.

like the JFK ‘quote’!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/04/arsenal-manchestercity

how much khanty-mansiy would ask if true?