I hate statistics as a rule because they can be so easily manipulated. I'll wager those 12 games we were behind in at half time were over quite a few seasons. you have to remember we are rarely behind at half time.You can put any name you wish to a side that when its behind gets nothing from a game and lacks the ability to dig out a result.
When we have been behind at half time in our past 12 games our record is 0-1-11.
This season we have blown leads against very average sides in Juventus and Spurs.
I do agree the massive injury list ( what resources are we putting into player management FFS ) has unbalanced us and Saturday was one big cock up starting from the management team down after we took the lead but overall our management team and the playing group lack steel and this combined with the injuries will derail this season unless we get smarter on match days and lift our intensity over 90 minutes.
I hate statistics as a rule because they can be so easily manipulated. I'll wager those 12 games we were behind in at half time were over quite a few seasons. you have to remember we are rarely behind at half time.
When Kompany, Hart, Mangala , Clichy, Bony and Delph return it should help us as well.Our sublime Dave when he returns will knit our collective into a cohesive, drilled and organised troupe once again. That's how good he is, and boy have we missed him. Welcome back Silva our maestro.
Point taken blue. It's a team game.When Kompany, Hart, Mangala , Clichy, Bony and Delph return it should help us as well.
How anyone can direct this accusation at a team that that has won 2 of the closest titles in the history of association football is unreal. That the accusation is coming from our own fans is all the more annoying. Stop listening to the media propaganda and get behind your team .
We're one of the mentally toughest sides around,our weakness is the same as it's been for a few seasons
the way we set up for certain matches.
When we bought Strerling and De Bruyne in the summer I thought bingo this will address our problem
and allow us to sit a little deeper in tricky matches especially in Europe and some domestic ones and
utilise the pace of these two.
Unfortunately looks like we bought them just cos they were available and not for tactical reasons.
At the lane we were one up and the game screamed for us to sit back and pick them off cos Spurs
will always try to press at home.Instead we pushed on and on a few occasions had everyone bar Hart
in their half if was fucking lunacy.
Until we learn that you don't need to try and dominate the opposition for 90 mins we will keep having
these lapses especially against the stronger organised sides.
Arsenal don't put up sustained title challenges because Wenger refuses to buy a top class defensive midfielder and a top class striker. Vidal was there to be bought this Summer and so was Edin and Lacazette if the right money came along and he bought in nobody and again they will not put up a proper challenge for the title this season because of it.Arsenal's squad are mentally weak. This is because of their inability to convert the talent in their squad into a sustained title challenge; moreover, the reason for this perpetual underachievement is that particular club's record in the last decade against those clubs around them in the league. It is an appalling record. Quite simply, they bottle it in the big games.
To describe our players in such terms is more than a little absurd.
How do you explain their appalling record against other top four sides in recent years?Arsenal don't put up sustained title challenges because Wenger refuses to buy a top class defensive midfielder and a top class striker. Vidal was there to be bought this Summer and so was Edin and Lacazette if the right money came along and he bought in nobody and again they will not put up a proper challenge for the title this season because of it.