Written by Omomo14 on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 10:45

Hello Friends, My first post of the year and also my first post in a while. We lost yesterday and by all standards not a good way to make a comeback. I'm back today just to rant.

Ok, we lost yesterday after leading at the break. Like I always say when you are on the ascendancy and you have chances to put it to bed then do it with aplomb.

We had chances to kill the game off but we did what we are familiar with .....cock up and lose the game.

The ref was massively at fault in our demise, penalty claims not given and a soft red shown to Djourou still we can't blame the ref.... We messed up.

Now to my rant proper...... Theo hasn't had the best couple of weeks and me for one feel he can do better. Theo as we know blows hot and cold and at this stage he should be able to offer us a huge source consistently.

Theo was poor yesterday and at some point during the game after one of his poor showing I wanted to hit my head on the wall but I wouldn't go as far as saying some disgusting things about him.

Twitter was like a market place yesterday, 'the know it all' brigade came out in their large numbers saying in my own words..... Absolute Trash!!!

Some went as far as saying he should be sold in this window.... Someone, explain to me how this is logical? Another one said, he has no brains, another said he should f*** right off and not ask for the supposed £85k he is asking for.

RVP scored 36 goals last year and 10-15 goals scored by RVP were set up by Theo. RvP himself has reserved full praise for Theo, that's someone that knows what Theo can offer on a very good day.

Theo has racked up 5 assists this season in the league and goals have been hard for him but still I feel he has done quite well. His performance has dipped largely because he is running out of gas. IMO he needs rest and he also needs to be coming off the bench sometimes.

Against Villa the other day, Vermaelen made a short pass to Mertesacker which led to their goal, check out twitter on that faithful day - Curses was rained on the easier target which was Mertesacker when the person clearly at fault was Vermaelen but as we all know Vermaelen can't put a foot wrong reason Mertesacker targeted.

Arsenal fans are amazing in their doings, very fickle bunch and at times I get ashamed knowing they support the same club I support.

Fickle fans.... We win they shout to the high heavens, we lose they show their f**kin' stupid self! Why??? I get angry when we lose, I know what I have lost when we lose because of sheer anger but I don't go sprouting trash. I don't lose my sense of reasoning rather I try to get a sense of calm and focus.

Does Theo deserve the £85k he is supposedly asking for, only the board and Wenger knows. Would I give him the £85k if I was in Wenger shoes, I would gladly do that. Theo is nearing the age where things would start working for him, why lose him to a rival?

Well, that's that for now and by the way pardon my manners. Happy New Year to y'all. Good things I wish for you guys this new year.

Till next time I leave you with this; "Over land and sea, in victory and defeat, in league with friend or foe, wherever you shall go. Forward Arsenal"

Cheers!!!

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Comments (34)

• 03-Jan-2012 11:05 | | g clarke  - fans
  

  a lot of wenger out fans waiting to stick boot in on any bad result

• 03-Jan-2012 11:07 | | mervyn victor  - supporter
  

  should we give Theo £85k -well hell yes - we can't afford to lose him
  THIS STUPID WAGES POLICY IS WHY WE ARE NOT TOP OF THE LEAGUE - IMAGIN WE STILL HAD FAB AND ONE WHO WILL NOT BE MENTIONED WITH TODAYS TEAM -UNBEATABLE
  should we get rid of ..... Chamak -hell yes - too long without any improvement
  should we spend - well hell yes - spending improved us both in terms of squad strength and morale - lets do some more spending - come on board -you got to speculate a bit when everyone else around you is spending like its going out of fashion - spend spend spend ( yes i understand basic economics ) but if we don't we are going to get left behind -no euro for us .
  no euro means less income .
  do we want to finish outside the top 4 .
  do we need more defenders of high quality hell yes - we need the depth in the club .
  as for another striker - we need more than just one spend some money and get us 2 more -this gives us rotation and rest times for our beloved RVP . he is getting tired we all can see that -too much pressure on just one person ( no matter how good he is its just not right )
  only my humble opinion
  mervyn victor

• 03-Jan-2012 11:37 | | Harry  - Spend Spend Spend
  

  Yes, let's spend like fuck, it works for Man Citeh.
  
  Oh, hang on....

• 03-Jan-2012 11:48 | | Gooner till I die
  

  Good article and I agree with you but why do you have to write all those dots in your sentences? What do they mean?

• 03-Jan-2012 11:58 | | pika
  

  nice article regarding them arsenal bashers who cant wait for results like fulham to show their true colours but i have to disgaree on theo and expecting consistency from him. he is 22 i think...still a baby..van persie had to get to 28 to reach maturiy and be consistent...... henry became consistent after his 25th year... not all youngsters are a phenomenon like cesc.

• 03-Jan-2012 12:15 | | Ugandan Gooner  - stop the blame games.
  

  i'm surprised with all the noise people are making especially after a defeat, this team has been consisted even a times when we had no full backs; who are very influential as well in the Arsenal attack, by making runs upfront, the situation got worse when they natural deputies sadly got injured as well.
  This has limited our attacking ability especially from the wing, and i believe there are not many team in the PL who can cope with such an injury situation.
  Otherwise let's get behind the team and hope the injured players return as soon as possible to give in a helping hand.

• 03-Jan-2012 12:19 | | Bridgers
  

  Soft red? I could see it coming for at least ten minutes before the 2nd yellow so why couldn't Ms Wenger. Having been booked Djourou then committed at least two more bookable challenges before he was sent off, it was an accident waiting to happen. Miquel should have been sent on at left back and Coquelin (who had a terrific game) moved to right back. As the advert says "simples"!
  A great manager but a poor tactician once the game has started.

• 03-Jan-2012 12:49 | | colesy  - Damned if we do, Damned if we don't
  

  I notice that the non-Wenger lovers that visit this site get a bashing 'cos we "come out when the team suffer a bad result" and yet we also get accused of being non-existent when the results are favourable.
  
  Anyway, bad result. No issues with the sending off. Poor defending -Again!.
  
  Theo concerns justified- he's been with the club 4-5 years now and still making the same mistakes. Lots of pace. Inconsistent in front of goal and poor crossing ability. How many more years is he going to be allowed to 'develop'?

• 03-Jan-2012 12:57 | | Anonymous
  

  im just fed up with it all

• 03-Jan-2012 13:01 | | pika
  

  and i notice that anti-wenger brigade mugs like the above only talk when results are bad.
  
  you want your critique to be valid in our eyes ? ...you will critisise the good and the bad....not only the bad
  
  now go cry somewhere else ..as you can see many of us are pretty satisfied with the collective efforts of OUR team in the last 4-5 months ... and we simply dont care about YOUR team, whichever that may be

• 03-Jan-2012 13:09 | | pika
  

  and yes..from me at least, you will always receive a bashing. being ungreatful to what this particular manager has accomplished for arsenal is something i dont appreciate at all. just thank god the bashing you receive aint real and actual and that you aint anywhere near me when you practice your masterdebation speeches with your keyboard . theo will be incosistent till he is 27 years old ...live with it....are you gonna back him up like a real fan or bust our balls with your negativity ?

• 03-Jan-2012 13:27 | | dkgooner  - Theo
  

  Well, maybe we shouldn't be expecting consistency yet and he should be given more time to mature. My problem with him is that he seems more of a natural athlete than a natural footballer. Very often, his first touch is bad; he can't dribble; his final ball is frequently exasperatingly poor. I know some of these accusations are becoming a bit clichéd through repetition but that doesn't mean they aren't true. Also, he failed to score at the Emirates in 2011. OK, RvP always acknowledges his assists and seems to appreciate him, especially this season, but is that just RvP being a good captain?
  I accept that Theo had a run of 3 or 4 games where he seemed to getting his act together and that he can be a potent weapon on his day - it's just that most days are not his day.
  On top of this, he's very predictable and easy to knock off the ball. Arshavin is a little guy but he's tenacious with the ball and has worked out how to hold bigger players off so they have to foul him to get the ball.
  So by all means give him time to mature, but that also means he shouldn't be an automatic first choice every week. Wenger says that Chamberlain is going in the right direction - why not give him the first 60 minutes now and then to learn and show what he can do in a match situation. On Theo's form yesterday, OC could not be worse.
  As for the money, all Premier League footballers are grossly overpaid anyway so I can't even be bothered to get into what he's worth.

• 03-Jan-2012 14:20 | | Kovie  - Agree and Disagree
  

  Hi,
  
  Firstly, I like your writing. Secondly, I will agree that some fans are absolutely fickle. But also let's try and understand where some people are coming from. Believe it or not, I think yesterday's performance was Arsenal's worse of the season. Yes, even when we lost to Man Utd 8-2, I think that there was more spirit from the players in that game.
  
  The reality is, and I can only speak for myself, as someone who truly loves this club, is that Arsenal has become very frustrating to watch. Literally, I feel agitated, anxious and frustrated whenever I watch Arsenal games these days. Now, will I get on twitter and rant "Wenger ou"t, and X and Y player is full of _____. No, I won't. Why? because we as fans owe Wenger too much to just turn on him when he needs us the most. Now, as for the players, let us be frank. Consider some of the players who have worn some of their numbers over the years, some of them have been legends and some of them have not. But for the most part, most of them have given their heart, most of them were fit to wear the shirt.
  
  So will I get on twitter and rant about how I feel some of the Arsenal players play like they couldn't give a crap about the result? Yes. Will I get on twitter and say some of the deadweight in that team needs to exit? Yes. Why? Because it's the truth. Even the players who play with heart are probably exhausted and mentally out of sorts because they must feel like they are doing all the work. As a fan, I feel I am entitled and even compelled to complain when I see that some of the players who put on their shirt and call themselves Gunners do not play with the heart and the spirit of players who came before them.
  
  It isn't just about yesterday's game. It's not when we don't win or that we haven't won trophies that gets to me, it is when I see some of these players play without any Gunner blood and heart. That is what kills me. Thats's what I've been seeing for a while and that's what I saw yesterday. All I know is we do need more quality if we want to remain a top club and we need to get rid of the players that are there solely to make the numbers. More importantly, we need more people who really love this club playing for it. We need players who are fit to wear this shirt.

• 03-Jan-2012 14:57 | | alex  - THEO
  

  Lets please be realistic.Look at the team we have and what more could you ask ?The big name Arsenal is gone long time ago.Big name top performance no is gone.
  It is only a very good team spirit that kept us so far other than that tell me me how many player we got that can make an immediate impact or let say the opposition team can run scared off.
  It is the only known few ,GERVINIO harasses continuously the defence with his dribbling skills.Van Persie the untouchable one and the lovely Song.Only this they merit to wear the arsenal shirt.
  
  Theo : This guy is with as for almost five season.Five season,five season five season.Hear that ????
  In five season with all this top medical -top instructors -top wages what we got ???
  Because is an english player the usuall hype of the media will not foolish forever anyone.Southampton they sold as a sprinter and not a footballer.Bolton Usain the quick runner on earth has been visiting the Oldtrafford but RED NOSE did not sign him or try to convert into footballer.One cannot convert a Jew to Islam even though theyr both human being in the eyes of many.The Olimpic 2012 is not that far and please somebody tell this Theo go and do the sprinter there please.
  
  Sometimes i look at our summer buys and the only explanation i can get in regard Park and MYACI are not a buy of Wenger but of that Ivan Gazidis.The whole purpose rather than to sell few shirt in ASIA surely nothing has been demonstrate in terms of football in the last six months or so.Blame endlessly to Wenger you foolish guys but i can see clearly that is not and never will be Arsene buy.
  Ramzi : This endless Hype has to have an end.The usual excuse is "learning his trade" .Thank you if the migthy ARSENAL is a place to learn your skills......In my opinion this type of player must be loaned in the premirship and not in europe.That is what he does the red nose and look at WellbeK
  Add to all this the dead woods ARSHAVIN -CHAMAK-ROSICKY-SQUILLACI .......... What more can we expect?????
  
  Through tick and thin always a gooner.

• 03-Jan-2012 17:48 | | pika
  

  kovie we all get frustrated when we witness such shit. no real arsenal fan enjoyed what happened last night. its the reaction that bothers me. people are way to quick to make definitive negative criticism for a team that got assembled in october. as for this heart and spirit...please.....its a myth...before wenger all i remember is a bunch of dyfunctional alcoholics who couldnt train two days in succession..before wenger i remember the club finishing 12th ...before wenger i remember these "super players" with the arsenal spirit and heart lose finals in the 94th minute form a 60 mtr lob...so please..enough with this spirit. arsenal fans are confused. they do not realise that back in 06 when arsenal entered the emirates the club basically pressed the RESET button. EVERYTHING, started from scratch. new stadium, new facilities, new players. we started from 0 again...and no not 0 we started from a position of -450million. this new baby that was created was NEVER loved by the fans because the fans never understood its purpose. the purpose of that investment was not to win trophies from the off, it was to keep arsenal operating for another 125 years. this new baby has been castigated criticised shat and pissed upon on multiple occasions. the media and rivals are of course loving it but the arsenal fans to show such behaviour is equally sickening. in the end of the day i doubt you or anybody else in this country ever expereinced an arsenal as strong as wenger's. wenger;s arsenal , the one that won the league here undefeated has angered many from the english establishment who hate to see their national sport being dominated by a foreigner. due to financial reasons wenger has had to bank and hope on the professional ethos and courtesy of rosicky and squilacci and a few others who are clearly at a sub standard level and nowhere near fit enough or mentallys trong enough to do what vieira and co did. that generation had taken things personally. they wanted to shut all them mugs who were calling them dirty foreigners......... the players you ask who will love playing for the club , wenger is creating them in arsenals labs..the problem is will you wait till frimpong and wilshere reach maturity or slate them like you did to bendtner denilson and the others and demand that th emanager brings in a "rosicky"?.....

• 03-Jan-2012 18:01 | | pika
  

  yeah lets be realistic...arsenal never a big name ...start from there yes?
  
  theo is 21-22...henry became consistent after his 25th year..van persie after 27-28...the great xavi was getting bitchslapped by the whole of madrid and valencia and la coruna midifielders when he was at theo;s age. it is only after the 04 euro tournaqment that xavi started becoming this world class through ball master.
  
  if yu want to blame someone , blame the mentality of this country when it comes to football. here we have a world class manager who creates his own players and plays his own football and does it all on his own without kicking anyone bribing anyone or generally being a cunt to anyone. yet its ok for this manager to have his players kicked the shit out of, its ok for this manager to be abused a s a paedophile, and its ok for this manager to be doubted as if he is sam allerdyce and has relegated four clubs. oh and one last thing..fuck rednose and his wellbeks.... for every medal he wants to parade i can parade to him the advantage he got from the refs....and you knw what ...fuck england and its refs and all the myopic anti-wenger bastards too. as if this club ever had it any better. as if this club would ever be naything of importance on the football map had it not been for arsene wengrer. the man breaths arsenal and has devoted his life to sort out our club... he has had to do that while the shieks and russians are laundring money and he has had to do that with a 450 million burden on his shoulders. a few muppets getting frustrtaed becase of bad results are absolutely nothing. in the end of the day wenger needs those muppets to fill up the stadium...trophy or no trophy he has brought th eclub to 3rd richest position in world football...shut up with your complaints ...all of you...and find ways to burn the f.a headquarters and support your manager and players instead of playing right into the medias and rivals hands.

• 03-Jan-2012 18:23 | | pika
  

  cont....
  
  if only all you "passionate" arsenal fans who are so full of anger for wenger and his work had the balls to chase up the real people f*cking us up. the f.a!
  
  .you see dowd dean lambert and countless others fucking you in your face every bloody saturday and sunday and what do you do about it? nothing....you complain about wenger..... is it wenger;s fault that lambert is a little racist englander with xenophobia issues ? isnt this lambert the same cunt that asked dean to give wenger a red card for kicking a bottle??? WHAT DO ALL YOU ARSENAL FANS DO ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT ? oh i know...you complain to gazidis and wenger about tickets pricing...lol...well who is really robbing us ? have you figured that out yet? ....obviously not...

• 03-Jan-2012 18:54 | | richie
  

  Now that Kovie, I think most Gooners will agree with you on, and if they don't then they should! Players of the ilk of Vieira may be few and far between but they are nonetheless around. The difference is unlike when we had a director of football who had an extensive list of footballing contacts,one David Dein, now we have Kroenke's (American player buying) trouble shooter who has no footballing contacts and little knowledge of "Soccer" in general.
  
  So when Wenger and his scouts identified a Target like Paddy V or Freddy or Toure, Pires and RvP they sent out David Dein and he did the business. The difference now is the Moneythat after Wenger opened the doors and the rest of the Premiership caught on, every club is scouting all over the world just like us, so the price has gone sky high and also the moment we show interest in a player like we did Juan Mata another richer club steps in a buys them for more than we can afford. Which somewhat explains why Wenger keeps trying to do things on the cheap and develope players rather than buy them.

• 03-Jan-2012 20:06 | | Kovie  - Response to your responses :)
  

  Let's all keep it together when we are commenting. I appreciate all the responses to my thoughts, by the way. But there is no sense in losing our cool at EACH OTHER because I doubt any of us can claim to know ALL the answers. Furthermore, while we can disagree and we should as all human beings do when they love something, us turning on each other mindlessly in our corners of the earth, doesn't do anybody any good.
  
  I will say that the responses regarding building for 125 more years, and that the market has changed and so has our club structure are spot on. I remember as a a hopeful (and smart-ass/silly) teen a couple of years ago, I legitimately made an online petition for David Dein's return. Don't believe me? Put the following in your browser: http://www.petitiononline.com/123dein/petition.html
  
  -LOL. I guess even then I knew that David Dein leaving was bad for us.
  
  Anyway, my point is, I am not one for glory hunting and I think building for the future is necessary. BUT where I won't give-in on, is the fact that we had players who LOVED our club and who who were proud to play for it. One of the reasons as much as I loved Cesc, it's a good thing that he left, is because though he loved us, he loved Barca more and eventually that would be no good.
  
  What I see with some Arsenal players, is disinterest and indifference. Why does everyone love Jack Wilshere and why has he easily become a favorite to many Gunners? Because we KNOW he loves Arsenal, we know how hard he works and how badly he wants to do well. Same can be said for Van Persie, Szczesny, Song, Vermaelen, Ramsey and a few others. If they're not dying for this team, then, at least let those who just see it as a job go to work like they deserve to be earning all the money they're earning. (I don't care what anyone says but if you play football at Arsenal, you are making a decent living) All I know is, I have a career and if I don't do my work, I would get warnings and then get fired. Perhaps I don't have millions of people tweeting and yelling at me if I have a "bad day" (which doesn't happen very often anyway, hehe) but then again, that's why I don't make millions...yet
  
  Anyway, let's keep moving forward Gunners, that's all we can do. And yes, let's be willing to scold our players when they don't perform. I mean, it sucks to be scolded but sometimes it's exactly what people need. And sometimes loving a team means being willing to scold and calling them out. Yet, loving a team also means that even when they are at their absolute worst, we still do actually LOVE them and mean it, and continue to support them no matter how anxious and frustrating it may be, because usually when they're at their worst, that is when they need us the most.

• 03-Jan-2012 20:16 | | richie
  

  Well said Kovie thats something the negs should try to think about "When they the players are at their worst is when they need our support the most"!

• 03-Jan-2012 21:24 | | richie
  

  No issue with the sending off? Colesy are you sure? Did you see it? There was no clash, no late tackle, not even a coming together. No tug on a shirt, no holding. Both players battling for a ball had their arms across each others bodies. There was a big fat zero. The Ref must've had it in mind to send off Djourou because the second yellow was earned because he was on the pitch.
  
  If you don't have an issue with the sending off I again question you being on a Gooner blog. As a Gooner I see everything through rose coloured glasses, but even Martin Jol couldn't answer why it merited a yellow card.

• 04-Jan-2012 08:13 | | colesy
  

  Richie, you're sounding like Wenger more and more
  
  The guy was on a yellow. Everyone knows they have to tread carefully when playing and already on a yellow. This blaming the ref lark is tiresome. Refs & linesmen make poor decisions - this stuff happens during a league campaign- deal with it. Better still, teach the players to make better decisions if already on a yellow.
  
  If you and others who blame the ref and everyone else for our defeat cannot accept the blame lies with the manager and the performance of the team he has assembled, then you are living in a fantasy world. You need to accept that - you cannot keep blaming the media, Joey Barton, the wrong type of wind, grass too long, players tired, dressing room too small, Sepp Blatter etc, etc.

• 04-Jan-2012 08:17 | | colesy
  

  To prove my point, Szczesny thought Zamora “seemed to go down very easy” for the second yellow card, he also accepted that Arsenal had themselves to blame.
  “There was probably some tired legs but I think probably we should have kept the concentration and kept the focus and we would have been fine,” said Szczesny, the Arsenal goalkeeper. “I would imagine it was a very childish performance in the end from us. I thought for 85 minutes we defended really well with 11 men and they never looked like scoring.”
  
  Of Djourou’s second caution, when he was judged to have pulled back Zamora, Szczesny said: “Johan’s said he barely touched him.” Barely - BUT he did touch him - admission from the player himself. You cannot blame the ref for applying the laws of the game. Johan shouldn't have allowed himself to be in that position and dealt with the situation better.
  
  This is widely reported across several different media sources this morning and comes from our goalie- not me.

• 04-Jan-2012 09:49 | | richie
  

  I don't mind sounding like Wenger at all. Whenever he's interviewed he comes across as one of the very few intelligent managers around. I'd rather sound like Arsene than Jol, Rednap, or Pulis et all. Have you ever read the laws of the game? Obviously not! There is no (I repeat No) law against touching a player even in the penalty area. To commit a foul you have to have either intent engage in a dangerous action or attempt to gain an advantage by unfair means. None of the above apply to Johan Djourou's action. Barely touching a player even though you do touch him is not a foul, and certainly not a yellow card offence!

• 04-Jan-2012 10:33 | | richie
  

  I don't disagree with the idea that we only have ourselves to blame, we should've put the game out of range, by scoring a second. Our failer to do so yet again is one of our collective problems this season. Everyone knows that too much has been put on RvP's shoulders because neither Theo nor Gervinho has shared in the goal scoring responsibilities, in any meaningful way, and the support from midfield in goal scoring terms has been sadly absent. Manage to stop RvP and we aren't likely to score.
  
  Our keeper had it right for 85mins Fulham didn't look like scoring, it surely follows that in the 85th after Djourou was wrongly sent off they did suddenly look like scoring. In case anyone thinks I don't criticise our manager, I actually think Arsene Wenger holds a large portion of responsibility for our defeat. I don't think his team selection was anywhere near radical enough. The team looked tired which isn't surprising given that they played two days before.
  
  Its not really surprising that half the team looks out on its feet, our injury problems hasn't let Arsene rotate in any meaningful way but I still think that Arsene's natural conservatism has worked against him. I would've prefered a greater injection of youth and more radical changes to a winning team even though that often goes against the axiom of not changing a winning team.

• 04-Jan-2012 12:50 | | colesy
  

  Come on Richie- it's a figure of speech!

• 04-Jan-2012 15:57 | | richie
  

  It might be a figure of speech but come on yourself it was true Djourou hardly touched him. There was minimal contact up to the point where as the Ref was so close, questions have to be asked, not about Djourou's intent but the Refs? He obviously had an agenda to give a yellow for a foul that wasn't even that! It wasn't even one of those where you go well, sometimes they're given sometimes there not. Whtch it in slow mo nothing happens apart from a fall.

• 04-Jan-2012 19:58 | | Podge
  

  I'm nitpicking but Theo has 6 assists in the prem this season and whatever about stats nobody can argue that we look so much more dangerous when he is in the team it's not just pace and athletic ability he wears out defenders trying to chase him and can beat anybody even the most experienced fullbacks his runs are intelligent and very hard to predict as he can turn at pace show outside before cutting inside as well as any winger although he doesn't do it enough. He needs to start cutting inside more often his dribbling is very good and defenders have a reflex to back off of him allowing him to create room anywhere. His pace is a genuine gift but it is hard to make full use of it cut him some slack he has been excellent this season RV.P would know better than any of us

• 04-Jan-2012 21:00 | | Colesy
  

  Again I repeat the point that you are keen to blame the ref too easily. "too close"- you would complain if he was back in Fulham's penalty box!!
  
  I've seen the incident several times and from different camera angles and whilst everyone agrees the contact is minimal- he does raise his arm in an attempt to hold back or worst still pull back Zamora. The intent is clear and like I said before, these incidents are awarded as fouls (often with yellow cards) week in, week out. You should stop looking for excuses Richie and accept facts.

• 04-Jan-2012 23:11 | | richie
  

  I'm not looking for excuses I wasn't playing! I'm looking at the facts, like you I've seen the incident from multiple camera's angles in slow mo. As you rightly say the contact was minimal so what made Zamora fall? As I said there wasn't a late tackle, a clash with dangerous intent, nor holding or a tug back. It was a great big zero. If those were facts and this was type of incident that were awarded yellow cards week in week out then we'd have most games finishing 9 vs 9.
  
  I already said above that we have ourselves to blame because we didn't score the second when we had the chances. I only blame the Ref for the descisions he got wrong. I blame Arsene for being too conservative in his team selection (not being radical). The team was tired just about everywhere. I've just watch a tired Manu'er who reminded me of us vs Fulham. They got stuffed 3-0 by the toon

• 04-Jan-2012 23:21 | | richie
  

  @ Podge
  You make a very valid point, but for both our wide players clinical finishing is whats needed. If either of our wide players could help out in the scoring stakes then we'd have a lethal attack. Which would also aid RvP because if defenders were more worried about our wide players they'd leave more space centrally.

• 05-Jan-2012 01:34 | | richie
  

  PS I only blame the Ref for his "decisions" obviously a typo extra "s"

• 05-Jan-2012 12:43 | | colesy
  

  Richie, you blame Arsene - are you sure you're a Gooner?

• 05-Jan-2012 15:45 | | richie  - Contructive Criticism is Fine in My Book
  

  I've told you before I criticise Arsene Wenger for the things I know he controls. This time round I didn't agree with his team selection. Why? well I know he's constrained by injury in the choices he makes but after only 48 hours to play virtually the same team I thought was wrong.
  
  You've got it wrong to think I never criticise our manager. As I told you your new to this blog and compared to these old bones new to the Arse. I've been critical of his choice of defender since Sol Campbell left the first time round. Because I said continuously and I quote "No Team Has Ever Won The Prem Without A Centre Half".
  I hope you understand the difference between a centre half and a central defender?
  
  Or how about this one that I've banged on about since we adopted it "There's nothing wrong with zonal marking as long as you have the players in your team to mark zonally" We don't have those players and until we buy some our defense will be our weak spot" That was from more than 4-5 years ago.
  
  
  What I can't agree with are those people who criticise our manager for not spending money. i.e. not signing this player or that player without first knowing the actual rules the club is operating under, and more not understanding what Arsene Wengers contract with Arsenal stipulates. As I've said he's never since the day he arrived attempted to negociate a contract or call a club and negociate with them for one of their players. Or fly anywhere to sign anybody. Why?
  Well thats not what he was employed to do.

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