I am officially a stuck record! @#$% since bbc 606, I said we needed at least two signings and they had to be a defensive coach and a psychologist. This team cannot defend for their lives and it is NOT a personnel issue (except for maybe Djourou who has gone backwards faster than I can run forwards since his injury early this year).
We have no organization and the only defender I ever see shouting and organizing is Vermaelen. Without him, NO ONE takes charge of the back line. I feel for players such as RVP and WS13 who are definitely miles better than this team. The team does not press, and has no urgency. We see Dortmund pressing like mad...so it is all in the coaching. Who the hell sets up our tactics? And what is up with this team completely losing it and collapsing in games? For the first time ever, I will say.. Wenger needs to SERIOUSLY rethink himself or leave. His experiment has not worked and it is time to get rid of the deadwood (and not just players but what does Pat Rice bring to the table).
We need a Keown to take charge of the defensive situation as games are won on a solid back line. We used to play great football but we dont even do that any more. We always were a bit leaky at the back but no we are a bucket without a bottom. And we cant even outscore teams any more! Very troubled times for us but the signs have been there since last season and nothing has been done.
Oh and Well played Blackburn - They took their chances, played to their strengths and got 3 points. There is no shame in any sort of playing style as there is more than one way to win a game and a team should play to their strengths. If we have no plan B, not our opponents fault and Wenger should shut up about other teams playing styles.
Stuck Record
posted on 17/9/11
Great article,sums it all up perfectly,but nothing will happen,you just know it!
posted on 17/9/11
That's the sad thing. Surely the fans deserve a right to be heard especially as we somehow see things that are completely missed by the coaching team. If only there was a way to set up a board for ideas and whittle them down to get three concrete ideas of what needs to be done (from our point of view). We lack passion, aggression in getting the ball back and organization. Then we are prone to collapsing spectacularly!
posted on 17/9/11
It's not only defending. The failure to punish teams is so demoralising to us fans and the other players. I think this is causing a lack of confidence, and effects our defending too, it's making players edgy.
Today we could and should have been out of sight, and should have been 3-1 at one point but yet again we fail to score when it counts then concede. It's very predictable, we've seen it so many times over the years.