Wenger "Euro trauma affected us against Man United"

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Wenger is blaming this on poor form this season?! He must the world's worst motivator!

He said that Arsenal were "mentally stronger" at the beginning of this season. I'd really be worried if I was a Gooner right now, Arsenal are going backwards so quickly that it's scary.

Team Brian GB

Obviously Wenger is not content that Benitez looks a bigger idiot than him at a press conference.

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marchi-91

Sometimes the man should just shut up. The other day when he stated that the Carling cup should mean nothing just compounds on this fact.

Cal?

They lost 3-0 at home and only 2-0 at away. Well done.

Dyslexic Untied

If you read it it's not really that bad.

He is basically saying that perhaps the players thought of Euro exit when we took the lead last week.

It was the same sort of game to be honest, so it isn't that far off.


Getting them mentally done with some things, and ready for new tasks is his job though.

Sunny Jim

so they've implode once again.

lysglimt

Isnt that what happens every season ? So why should they be worried - next august they will come back convinced this could be their season - and the players who never were good enough surely have learned their lesson

What really would have annoyed me if I were a Gunners-fan - they had created the almost perfect mix of players 6-7 years ago - and somewhere along the line it was like Wenger said - "ok, that worked - now let's see if I can do it using technical players only - bye bye Campbell, bye bye Vieira. "

BAMSOLA

Post traumatic stress disorder.

Eto'odinho

Sol Campbell would have offered a far better assessment of the situation facing Arsenal

Cal?

Have Arsenal start to fit into the Scouse boom-bust cycle?

x42bn6

kouroux

Why did it take so long for Wenger to play Bendtner not that he changed the game but maybe he should have introduced him earlier.Leaving Arshavin against 2 giants ( for the second time in a row) was ridiculous

peterstorey

I'd have given Clichy some Eurotrauma by dropping him after the Villa game.

noodlehair

Eurotrauma

CnutOfAllCnuts

- Too many similar players; Nasri, Arshavin, Rosicky, and even Fabregas.
- Lack of half decent goalie
- Lack of strikers
- Refusal to understand that you can't pass yourself to victory in games against the top teams

Those are the issues Arsenal have.

noodlehair

The main issue seems to be how appallingly easy it is for decent sides to play through them, despite usually having far less of the ball.

MelvinYeo

Nasri is a player that has always confused me in that he doesn't actually bring much to the side, Rosicky should be ahead of him imo when fit. That and Arshavin has been trying to do everything on his own and failing miserably for the past couple of matches.

The main problem is definitely Arsenal's organization at the back though which is terrible especially on the counter. Vermalaen might get a few goals but he ventures forward too often and forgets his job is to defend. Both him and Gallas like to get forward and usually have a couple of chances a match each, but that's not a good idea against big sides especially when the fullbacks have a tendency to go AWOL.

sincher

They are too cavalier as well. It was embarrassing watching them yesterday, all streaming forward, waiting to be picked off. They didn't learn a thing from our match.

Playing only fannies up front didn't help either.

CnutOfAllCnuts

That's what happens when you try to pass yourself to death against a decent side. They only need to break you down on the break once and you're one down, despite having 78.49% possession.

peterstorey

That was largely because of that match since we'd put ourselves in the position of having to win at Chelsea. Still too gung ho mind you.

Pogue Mahone

Apart from the silly goals conceded, the lack of a striker is what has really cost Arsenal dear in the last two games.

Wenger is getting a lot of stick but, to be fair, he's got three strikers absent at the same time. The equivalent of United missing Rooney, Berbatov and Owen. Which would be a really big blow.

The thing is, if this happened to us we could play Macheda and/or Diouf. Do Arsenal really not have any specialist strikers in their reserves who could have helped them out?

noodlehair

It was embarassing enough in our match. They do the same thing in every game, and the better sides always pick them off. Look at their results against decent opponents this season. Speaks for itself.

The other thing is, when teams get caught on the break, they usually flood back in an attempt to get numbers behind the ball again. Arsenal don't. Apart from their defenders and maybe one of the midfielders, everyone just seems to stand there waiting for the ball to come back again. It's some pretty basic fecking stuff really.

Guess that's what happens when the closest thing you have to a captian/organiser is Cesc Fabregas

peterstorey

Sanchez Watt is too raw, Jay Simpson is on loan and Rhys Murphy is injured. I don't see why he didn't start with Bendtner though.

acnumber9

Vermaelen's defending for the second goal was scandalous. He was covering Drogba before at the last minute leaving him to cover the centre and pointed for Clichy to go there. Clichy had no chance of getting to Drogba and Vermaelen left him on his own. Schoolboy stuff.

Sunny Jim

which we played in May. they lost 3 vital games in the exact same manner.

Pogue Mahone

Didn't he say he wasn't fully fit?

He looked rusty as hell when he did get on, that's for sure.

Who was the young striker who scored in the Carling Cup? Was that Rhys Murphy?

sincher

Mindless. That wasn't the way to win.

Count Duckula

Eh?

x42bn6

An unfit Bendtner did much better than Midgetshaving in the time he was given. Bendtner should have started even if only to win headers.

peterstorey

He was obviously fit enough to start and give us better balance even if he had to come off after 50/60 mins. Watt scored against WBA, he's a talent but nowhere near ready. There's also Vela, who has been disappointing this year.

F-Red

If Wengers blaming the Euro trauma as a component for the United defeat then it highlights the lack of mental strength amongst his side. There are no leaders or anyone with captain material at Arsenal.

sincher

Should have played Song and Diaby in front of the back four and told them to behave, then played s-thing like Ramsey--Fabregas--Arshavin behind Bendtner. Would have given you a shout. As it was, the whole midfield poured forward, they muscled you out or sat back waiting to get the ball, and they just picked you off.

peterstorey

Fabregas played too high and tried too hard. We should have dropped Clichy along with Denilson, played 433 as we have all season and started with Nick to give us some focus and make for less of the frottage,

kouroux

Or at the very least he should have been introduced at half time.

Moriarty

That's the first time I've heard a manager raise PTSD as an excuse for his team.

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Wenger is an excellent spotter of football youngsters, may be a good or very good tactician and a shit leader. He can't do anything related to the social or psychological aspects.

Suedesi

We've played Arsenal two more times at OT since knocking them out of Europe, his theory is stupid.

Team Brian GB

And Chelsea have played them four times since around them, scoring 11 and conceding 2.

MadDogg

Anther amazing thing for Wenger to say. Second time in a week where he's said something to the media that can have no possible effect on his team except a negative one.

Now that he's come out and said that, it's guaranteed that the media will jump on it next time we play, increasing the pressure on his players to beat us. And if we win, it'll grow and then be done even larger the following time, etc.

Basically, he's created something that will get in his own players minds, crushing their confidence and belief when they come up against us.