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Poor Arsenal fans: always destroyed by the same club.
Giroud as a CF and Alexis Sanchez would have been a better option IMO Ozil is more useful on the wing.
I don't follow Arsenal but I can't believe Wenger has taken the right decisions
The problems go a lot deeper than just team selection. The last 12 years allowed Wenger to grow complacent. He was already an idealist. He wants to remain loyal to "his" development players and win with them showing that loyalty breeds success. Noble idea but not realistic in todays footballing world.
He won't change tactics. He believes just letting the players express themselves yields the best results. That never matches well against more organized teams or teams with equal or better players. He has always made these mistakes though. they have just gone unnoticed because he had a great blend of players for a number of years. 1999 vs. Galatasaray and 2011 league cup vs. Birmingham are the two real examples of lack of big game tactics and mentality from two completely different Wenger sides.
Its why I really have had no expectations to get past R16 for years now. Some Arsenal fans love to use "squad cost" as an excuse but the reality is, Atletico, Juventus and Dortmund all got to CL finals in last 4 years with lower squad cost, but Wenger's sides have been nowhere near that level of quality or form. Jardim outfoxed Wenger a few years ago and I thought then it was extremely obvious Arsenal should hire a new manager, like Emery. Not surprising result today for me at all.