The equaliser came with 15 minutes to go, as Sigurdsson scored a wonderful free - kick which was given away in desperation, due to
the Gunners lack of players at the back.
Not exact matches
Alexis Sanchez need to go to club with a more ambition unlike arsenal, cos he is a winner and he needs to win more trophy, he scored 30 goals last season yet arsenal couldn't make top 4, that's to tell u a tree can't make up a forest but till now what has Wenger done to improve the squad to convince Sanchez to stay?nothing, and u expect him to stay with those
players who don't have winning mentality and a coach that
lacks ambition, Sanchez don't need money what he need is quality
players...... my
gunners fans all over the world let's be truthful to ourselves, how many
of us will still remain in arsenal fc if we were Sanchez, with arsenal transfer activities so far in mind?
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Wenger also has Rob Holding at his disposal, who despite having a
lack of experience, is a very promising
player for the
Gunners.
Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard
of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative
of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part
of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the
players chosen and / or the management style
of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class
players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some
players regardless
of their glaring
lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other
players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this
of course is just one example
of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former
player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure
of this club, yet several former
Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!
Arsene Wenger's
lack of presence on the sidelines is a major issue that generates a lot
of the media attention surrounding Arsenal's dire spell, and the
Gunners legend Thierry Henry reckons the continued
lack of passion and leadership, particularly from the
players, could be one
of many factors which have led to the club's downfall.
Even though I thought that the way Norwich had set up and the
lack of width from our so - called wide
players was not helping him, I thought it was sure to be Giroud to get the hook, especially with his confidence at rock bottom after his longest goal drought since joining the
Gunners.
It really felt like a turning point and if Tottenham can help us out by at least stopping Chelsea from winning then I think the way that the
Gunners came back from the dead will give the
players a huge boost and will give us fans reason to believe that the fighting spirit, or
lack of it, that has been one
of the big problems in recent years, really is there.
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He is saying that the
lack of pressure to deliver success, a slap in the face to Mr. Wenger, is essentially the reason why teenager Wilshere is even a first team
player at the
Gunners.
I have heard a lot
of football pundits questioning the
players and talking about the
lack of leaders in the
Gunners squad and they may have a point but surely this sort
of thing is really the preserve
of the manager.
I know (in fact all Arsenal fans do) that it is a very dangerous thing to count your chickens before they are hatched, but this time around the Newcastle manager himself has admitted that he expects an extremely difficult game when the
Gunners come to St. James Park this weekend, due to the
lack of players at his disposal.
As Arsenal failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in two decades, the biggest worry
of most Arsenal fans would have been that the
lack of Champions League football will reduce the
Gunners» drawing power in the transfer market, considering that the more coveted
players on the market are likely to look for a club that plays in Europe's elite club competition, but club legend David Seaman does not think so.
Whilst Ozil was initially holding out for wages in the range
of # 350,000 - a-week which would see the German on par with the Premier League's highest - earners, the report from the Sun claims that a
lack of leverage in terms
of lucrative offers from other clubs has resulted in the
player having to settle for Arsenal's offer
of # 280,000 - a-week, with the
Gunners clearly breaking the club's wage structure to keep the World Cup winner in North London.
But although the
Gunners also conceded first before beating cologne in the Europa League, the fact that we have done it in all three
of our last matches does make me wonder whether the stinging comments about the
players lacking cojones, made by Troy Deeney after Watford did their own comeback special on us, have galvanized the
Gunners into not giving up.
Arsenal have been consistently criticised this season for a
lack of defensive stability and physically imposing
players, an assessment that Davies seemed to agree with, particularly the Hull City equalising goal scored by Mo Diame where he charged through the
Gunners» defence — albeit seeming to foul Mathieu Flamini in the process.
Arsène Wenger, if not publicly blaming his
players, pointed out
lack of goals while linked it with
Gunners season's failure.
Arsenal managed to cope without these
players in the FA Cup replay against Orient, but their absence was largely felt in the stalemate against Sunderland, as the
Gunners were denied a win by dubious referee decisions and a complete
lack of creativity in the first sixty minutes
of the game.