Arsenal Fans Too Unrealistic?

We expect what any fan in the upper tier of football wants.
Also, for a lot of us, we clearly remember when we were on top, destroying teams, looking unbeatable,with the same manager we had then too, so that is why we expect so much.
Also we have a bit a money for the first time too, hence why expectations rising.

Great points Dastudogg! People like to conveniently forget that John Terry is rubbish in a highlife! It's not like we can assume that due to lack of pace. We all saw this under the AVB era. It's interesting how when people bring up Mertesacker's lack of pace as a weakness it's never brought up for the likes of Terry.

No doubt for raw skills alone Kos and Ozil would easily make what ever stupid top 10 list anyone wants to come up with.

A few weeks back Chelsea and United fans were saying Sanchez is way behind Hazard and Di Maria, all of a sudden he is in their league. A lot of people tend to forget last season quickly. I saw a u it's post say Yaya was over the hill and Felliani was looking a better player. I mean Yaya was the best player outside Suarez for facts sakes last season. How does he suddenly become a bad player.

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Only Sanchez, and even then, he'd be up against Ronaldo, Bale, Suarez, Neymar, Di Maria, Hazard, Rodriguez, Reus, Gotze, Muller, Silva and a few others just off the top of my head for a wide forward role. Not a certainty, though I'd have him ahead of any bar Ronaldo, Bale, Suarez, Di Maria and Muller personally.

comment by Ramböue (U12551)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Courtois, Cech, Azpi, Terry, Matic, Cesc, Hazard and Costa would get into top 10 in their positions. Ivanovic and Oscar maybe

From City Zabaleta, Kompany, Yaya, Silva and Aguero would. Hart, Fernandinho maybe

From Utd De Gea, Di Maria, Falcao, Rooney, Rvp would and Rafeal, Mata maybe

From Liverpool Sturridge maybe. No one definite

From spurs Lloris would
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Sturridge????????????????????????

Kos would defo get in the top 10 if fully fit, fantastic player.

comment by DaStuDogg (U9291)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
I think a key point is that the system someone plays in can greatly affect their form.

For example, I remember a few years ago many people suggesting Terry was passed it. But under Mourinho, in a well-organised defensive unit, he once again looks like one of the best defenders in Europe.

Similarly, you mention Ozil hasn't been one of the best since he moved to Arsenal. Is it that he's just completely lost most of his ability since putting pen to paper on a deal at Arsenal? No; the reason he's been poor is because he's being played in a position and a system as a whole that doesn't suit him.

And this is one of the things that I, and many other Arsenal fans find frustrating; we have some great players, but the attempts to crowbar as many good players into the side as possible has left our team completely imbalanced.

And it's not just the offensive players that are suffering. Whilst I can appreciate why opposition fans disagree, I firmly believe Koscielny is one of the best defenders in the country, but has suffered greatly as a result of a complete lack of defensive structure this season.

Against Dortmund, for example, I thought he was our best player by a mile - not saying much, perhaps - but I saw a number of opposition fans laughing at how poor he is based on the ease with which Dortmund cut through us. Whilst this may seem like a damning indictment of his defensive skills, the truth is that we set-up with our full-backs like wingers and with an ageing DM trying (and failing to track) Mkhitaryian, and Mertesacker's complete lack of pace/ability to cover the channel, Koscielny, at times, was pretty much being asked to cover both channels and the gaping whole that was left in-front of him by our seemingly non-existent defensive midfield.

It was the same against Liverpool last season; after conceding from a set-piece, Wenger switched to play a high-line against arguably the fastest front-three in world-football (SASAS).....with Mertesacker as Koscielny's CB partner! You could have had Thiago Silva, Chiellini, or even a peak Paulo Maldini in place of Koscielny - ultimately there's pretty much nothing a defender can do when he's constantly being outnumbered and overran because of the complete lack of support.

I don't think we have the best team in the world, but I certainly think we should be expecting to do better than we have done against teams like Leicester and Hull this season, and IMO, the system is the main reason pretty much everyone in our team, bar Sanchez, seems to be underperforming.
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Fantastic post!

comment by I'm Simply Amazing. (U18042)
posted 10 minutes ago
Kos would defo get in the top 10 if fully fit, fantastic player.
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For opposition attackers

comment by M.U.D.D - Luke Shaw makes me throb with desire (U9612)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by I'm Simply Amazing. (U18042)
posted 10 minutes ago
Kos would defo get in the top 10 if fully fit, fantastic player.
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For opposition attackers
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It's not often you see comedy genius like that.

Another obsessed article from a May 2005 Chelsea fan