19 Mar 2016 18:37:00
Why do we always chose the hard way when it comes to performance? We almost always leave it too late every season and start pulling off performances in the run-in when we could avoid that. It's shameful as a big club. However, let's keep winning and see if it pans out well enough to see us lift the trophy. Leicester refused to lose today too anyway. That's how bad it looks now.
19 Mar 2016 18:46:30
Choose*.
19 Mar 2016 19:13:13
I know Arsene gets very upset when people question his players attitude but?
A constant stream of selfies on social media when things are not going well doesn't help his argument on that at all.
We either get ahead then fall apart or are way off the pace but rally when the uafa league looks a real
possibility,
People can come up with every excuse they can think of but it will be a very very long time before another side completes 12 consecutive seasons of top 4 without once being in with any kind of realistic chance of the title after 34 games, that's an incredible under achievement by any ones standards.
19 Mar 2016 20:24:05
It's down to our weak mentality. No matter how Wenger tries to talk up about our great attitude and togetherness the hard evidence on the pitch proves otherwise. It is clear when it really matters and the pressure is on to perform and the expectation is on us, too many of the players shy away and hide from their responsibilities and just don't perform to the level of technical talent they have.
It really frustrating to see us only really perform when its too late when the expectation is off us. I would not be surprised if we actually win all our games now but it will just be too late regardless.
The cause for me is a lack of genuine leadership and real direction from Wenger and lack of leadership on the pitch to enforce such instruction on the pitch. We have no game plan and tactical nous from Wenger and hence on the pitch we lack disipline and responsibility in key points in game. This is more evident in the defensive side of the game but can also been seen attacking wise aswell sometimes.
When the pressure is off we can just play without restriction and beat most teams with our superior technical ability but against better teams you need a good effective tactics and a collective responsibility to carry out that Game plan.
This is why Leicester are where they are because they have rigid game plan that works with the player's they have and they all work with it collectively to a man with great desire. It is very much the sum of whole is more than the some of parts.
Were as for me we are still often a team of unstructured individuals.
Wenger is ultimately the cause, so if we really want to take the next step and change this re-occurring theme he has to be replaced.