We are all over the shop. Everything I feared would go wrong in this game has. Couldn't have gone any worse.
Soo it looked like we may have fixed our striker problem by playing Sanchez upfront. Until Wenger decided he preferred his mediocre French striker instead.
We need to get one back before HT, the trouble is though at the moment, we look more likely to concede again.
Any good manager would make a host of changes at half time. What are the chances Wenger waits til 60-70mins?
True - Things ar'nt looking great with Ozil etc out. What did Perez do to get dropped? He was arguably our best player against West Brom.
This for me is the biggest worry. They look sharper, hungrier and have more desire than us, yet Xhaka on his own cost more than their entire team. We wilt like flowers every time a team presses us. We could easily be 4-0 down by now. This type of performance is guaranteed to happen several times every season for the last decade now. A lot of this has to be down to the manager because despite all the changes in personnel, we always make the same mistakes when there is only one constant in all of this.
Utter ****ing ****. Wenger needs to give these players a ****ing rocket up their arse at HT because every one of them has been 2nd best. Get Giroud off, he's been useless, put Sanchez up front and bring Perez on the wing.
We need to take Giroud off. He slows us down too much. As I alluded to earlier, Bournemouth are not afraid to play a high line and harry us because they know we have no-one to make runs in behind/that will stretch their defence. The Coquelin-Xhaka axis isn't dynamic enough either. Bournemouth have been so comfortable in defending against us because they know we are inevitably going to give the ball straight back to them. It wouldn't be unjustified if they were 4-0 up. We've been catastrophic.
Sanchez was smashing in the goals upfront. Its ****ing outrageous that Wenger has moved him back outwide.
I guess Giroud has reverted to type. The players really have to shoulder some of the responsibility, they just have not turned up.
Yup we always have performances like this - every Season. The big issue is Wenger doesnt DO tactical changes mid-game. This is why we get beaten 8-2(Utd), 6-0(Chelsea), 5-0(Liverpool).
I understand why he did it against Palace and West Brom, but against a ball-playing side like Bournemouth, it was a ridiculous decision. Along with playing Ramsey on the right when we had two natural wingers on the bench. I didn't think we would win the title before the season had even started, but you'd have to say any hopes we had have now been dashed.
The next 45 mins are massive for our season. If we don't get back into this game then we run the risk of being caught by Spurs and Utd. I guess we'll see what we're made of in this half. COYG
Is Wenger getting worse? Our squads have been getting better over the last few years but our performances haven't improved. Im starting to think Eddie Howe, Pochettino, Koeman, Slaven Bilic could all do equally well with this squad.
I think they could do better. I think the players know he is done. he leaves at the end of the season...
