Arsenal has only won two of their past six league games. This
equals to only one league win a month, starting in January. Not even as of late,
but since the beginning of this season Arsenal’s form has become something of a
question mark. On Wednesday Arsenal loss the first leg of their Champions
League game to AC Milan 4 - 0. Arsenal’s woeful luck continued onto Saturday
after facing elimination from the FA Cup by Sunderland 2 – 0 on Saturday. Their loss against Milan and Sunderland
has literally taken away any chance of Arsenal winning any type of silverware
this year. The last piece of
silverware Arsenal had won was the FA cup in 2005 and the last time they have
won the league title was in 2004. Even Tottenham’s current form is better then
Arsenal’s and it is Tottenham and not Arsenal who are known for their
mediocrity. It is not as if they haven’t had their opportunities. Throughout
the years Arsenal has always been known to scout out young talent and turn them
into absolute wonder kids; Clichy, Nasri, Cesc Fabregas, Adebayor, Henry, Yaya Toure,
Van Persie just to name a few. Where the problem lies for Arsenal is their
inability to keep their young star players and their lack of attention towards
signing developed star players. Arsenal’s last big signing was Samir Nasri for £11m
in the summer of 2008 who was only 20 years old. Nasri is now excelling at
Manchester City in his prime. Even at this point Arsenal still has a lot of
very good young talent such as Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, but their lack of
experience on the field has expressed itself into offensive and defensive
breakdowns. Arsenal is a prestigious club with a great history and their
dedicated fans deserve a team that will play to their true potential. What it
really comes down to is how transparent are the board's decisions and attitudes
among their fans. Until this happens the veiled finger will start pointing in
different directions at who is at fault for the current mediocre form of the
Gooners? Arsene Wegner or the Board? Who ever it is the fans deserve an answer.Saturday 18 February 2012
WDF News: Arsenal FC - Guns but no bullets
Arsenal has only won two of their past six league games. This
equals to only one league win a month, starting in January. Not even as of late,
but since the beginning of this season Arsenal’s form has become something of a
question mark. On Wednesday Arsenal loss the first leg of their Champions
League game to AC Milan 4 - 0. Arsenal’s woeful luck continued onto Saturday
after facing elimination from the FA Cup by Sunderland 2 – 0 on Saturday. Their loss against Milan and Sunderland
has literally taken away any chance of Arsenal winning any type of silverware
this year. The last piece of
silverware Arsenal had won was the FA cup in 2005 and the last time they have
won the league title was in 2004. Even Tottenham’s current form is better then
Arsenal’s and it is Tottenham and not Arsenal who are known for their
mediocrity. It is not as if they haven’t had their opportunities. Throughout
the years Arsenal has always been known to scout out young talent and turn them
into absolute wonder kids; Clichy, Nasri, Cesc Fabregas, Adebayor, Henry, Yaya Toure,
Van Persie just to name a few. Where the problem lies for Arsenal is their
inability to keep their young star players and their lack of attention towards
signing developed star players. Arsenal’s last big signing was Samir Nasri for £11m
in the summer of 2008 who was only 20 years old. Nasri is now excelling at
Manchester City in his prime. Even at this point Arsenal still has a lot of
very good young talent such as Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, but their lack of
experience on the field has expressed itself into offensive and defensive
breakdowns. Arsenal is a prestigious club with a great history and their
dedicated fans deserve a team that will play to their true potential. What it
really comes down to is how transparent are the board's decisions and attitudes
among their fans. Until this happens the veiled finger will start pointing in
different directions at who is at fault for the current mediocre form of the
Gooners? Arsene Wegner or the Board? Who ever it is the fans deserve an answer.
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Essentially Arsenal has become a feeder club for the rest of the world. Yes they do find fantastic young talent but Henry was the only one they kept for a long period of time.
ReplyDeleteTheir purchases usually consist of veteran players that are past their prime while they sell players heading into their prime. How can you win with that kind of strategy?
Arsenal's most recent struggles have come in defense with the loss of Per Mertesacker to injury. Before they purchased Mertesacker in August we saw the Gunners lose 7-1 at the hands of United. We could have all seen this recent stretch coming, this team is too young and too raw to compete with the like of United, City, and Spurs or the Superpowers around Europe.
Wenger will not go, he has this job for life if he wants it much like Sir Alex in Manchester, it's going to take commitment from ownership to keep their top level talent and then add to it rather than continue with this current strategy they have been trying to get by with. With Van Persie's contract set to expire after next year it is likely we will see him get sold this summer if he can not get the deal he wants. Arsenal being in a Champions league place come season's end will play a factor in that as well.
But this is how the Gunner's have operated for years so there is no reason to expect it to change anytime soon.