I don't think our problem
comes from players missing games (though this is obviously an element) but rather players being injured and playing despite these niggles until they literally drop.
Not exact matches
Some NBA
players have
come back
from a dislocated shoulder in as little as two weeks, while others have
missed as many as 57 games.
We really
miss Santi there and the backup option of Coquelin again doesn't fit the idea of dominating teams with possession by putting a
player who's success in the squad
came from breaking the play of the opposing team.
However, Alexandre Lacazette
came in for more stick than most
players for the Gunners, as he
came off the bench and
missed two chances at the end of the game which could very well have allowed Arsenal to snatch something
from the game.
«There's a lot of
players who have
missed pre-season after
coming back late
from the Euros.
There are so many issues that the memory fades
from many of them, however I always thought the Suarez debarcle was one of the worst, Regardless of if Suarez was an «Arsenal
Player» or not noone can doubt that he would have scores all of the goals that welbeck, Walcott and Giroud have
missed and scored a number on top of that had he played for the AFC, the problem
came with the desultory bid of $ 6 million plus a pound, this was always going to get right up the liverpool owners nose and was an insult
from the offset in my mind this was done deliberately by Wenger and the board in order to say to the AFC fans that «well we tried to get him but....»
Wade, who
came in at No. 8 on SI.com's list of the best
players in the NBA, clearly felt some kind of way when Kevin Durant, who
came in at No. 2, sent a veiled shot across the battle lines when he was asked if anyone was
missing from the list's top 10.
They are
missing key
players as well and I do not think they will be banking on getting anything
from tonight but they will be confident of picking up points in the games to
come.
One
players return shouldn't be crucial to the team but regardless of that it would be awesome to have him back, ive
missed him dictate the tempo of our team with his transition
from defending to attack, hope that he's ready and raring to go
come January
Sessegnon may well be overlooked as we may prefer to look at more experienced
players to
come in and overthrow the duo, but I would hate to see us
miss out on this youngster, who has already attracted interest
from the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool also.
It has
come to this thanks to Wenger,
missing out another above average
player such as Giroud, we had hopes with Welbeck as he had a couple of good games, but don't forget he is a REJECT
from MANURE and he was the best that Wenger could find the stingy POS brought ARSENAL to this a midlevel team....
Arsenal have seen some disastrous penalty
misses these last couple of seasons, many of which
coming from our star
players.
Walcott have pace, excelent positioning and speed but when he remain one on one with the goalkeper, he doesn't score, doesn't gave composure and finising and many times when the ball
come from up, he
miss to stop the ball and ruin the chance.I like him very mutch and I whish him all the good in the world us football
player, but he's already 26 and probably will not play anymore in our first XI, we can't bunch Ozil, Ramsey or Sanchez for him.He need to play, he need to leave.
The Hull City equalizer
comes to mind, Mkhitaryan
from a Dortmund side suffering 5 straight defeats in the Bundesliga, Eden Hazard going past 5 Arsenal
players and earning a penalty for Chelsea and again I am probably
missing a lot of other situations which were not that obvious.
Let's also remember that any
player coming into the side will require a good amount of time to sync in with the way we play,
missed passes
from the holding midfielder invites disaster.
From years of working with basketball
player's mental game, this problem of losing confidence after
missing a few shots has been the most common issue that
players have
come to me seeking help.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it
comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to
come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that
player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special
players and certainly can't help make the
player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again
from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper
players in the final third... he was never a good defensive
player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent
from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply
missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a
player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it
comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it
comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand
players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally
came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those
players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
It's appalling that a
player coming back
from his lengthiest injury,
missing months on months, looks brighter than the rest of Arsenal's forward options.
Dismissing the concerns that the
player may
miss the first few weeks of the new season, Ancelotti said that everything would be clear after results
from the scan
come up.
As usual, this handset
comes with a special key for the music
player, however the previous / rewind and next / forward keys were
missing from this handset.
Yes,
players want story, but they also want content they
miss from before, even if that means newer content
comes a bit slower.