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| Subject: Poor player evaluation |
| Posted by: KCHoo on Wed Dec 12 2012 5:31:19 PM |
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from today's Fiver
That could be construed as a valiant rationalisation if taken in isolation. But instead it must be tallied with the blizzard of similar hooey that he unleashed following Arsenal's limp Milk Cup exit at the scrawny hands of Bradford. Bradford, if you please! Wenger explained that the defeat was "not down to a lack of quality, we just couldn't convert our chances", a classic specimen of Wenger double-speak, since the reason they couldn't convert their chances is because they lacked sufficient quality. Perhaps the hilarious ongoing skit that is Gervinho really does have the technical quality to tap the ball into an empty net from six yards but he evidently does not have the psychological qualities required to do so on a regular basis, hence he has racked up more staggering misses than a drunken beauty pageant. Wenger spent £10.5m on Gervinho (at the same time that Newcastle got Demba Ba on a free), £6.8m on André Santos (at the same time that Liverpool got José Enrique for £5m), £15m on Andrey Arshavin (that's eight Michus, give or take a leg) and what feels like a lifetime trying to coax reliability from the likes of Marouane Chamakh, Johan Djourou and any number of other duds in whom the manager has invested heavily. So let's not have any guff about the Arsenal board clamping Wenger in an enormous sleeping bag-shaped straitjacket. He may not have been given as much lolly as certain competitors but he has still managed to waste plenty. And he has definitely been given enough to be expected to beat Norwich, Swansea and Bradford, all of whom have this season shown Arsenal up as a shower entirely devoid of gumption. All teams slip up from time to time but Arsenal have made stuttering their hallmark and their seven barren years and countless feeble-minded lapses are, Monsieur Wenger, entirely down to a lack of quality players. Either that, or a deeply entrenched defect in the club's culture. Which, no matter how you look at it, is embarrassing. |
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Wenger really seems at a loss to explain what's wrong -- southdenverhoo Wed Dec 12 2012 3:57:59 PM |
test ** -- Hoos Traveler Tue Mar 12 2013 7:02:18 PM |
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Poor player evaluation -- KCHoo Wed Dec 12 2012 5:31:19 PM |
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Didn't Wenger historically pull up younger guys or build from academies? -- fishbowlwahoo Thu Dec 13 2012 12:59:30 PM |
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Yes, guys brought up in the "Arsenal Way", and they produced -- KCHoo Fri Dec 14 2012 9:56:13 AM |
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