As a life-long (and it seems very long at the moment!) Arsenal supporter, this is the lowest I have felt in terms of season expectations. I didn't get to the game or watch it on tv but had to suffer the over-enthusiastic condemnation of our inept performance by that most intelligent of football pundits, Robbie Savage. As a fan I was embarrassed by what I was hearing. Whilst the message was that Liverpool were superb, it was also that we were appalling. One comment of his struck home when he described Wenger and Bould as just sitting there doing nothing when they should have, at least, been seen to be standing up and bollocking the team. I have remained a Wenger supporter for longer than a lot of others that contribute to this board but I have to admit that I thought his time was up when we won the FA Cup last year and was disappointed when he signed a new contract. He has obviously lost the dressing room and seems to have lost the coaching staff as well, and it is poisonous. There can be no credible explanation for benching Lacazzette, but we shouldn't have been surprised as he does something like this every year.
One question for those who watched the game. The radio commentator described an incident where Ramsey appeared to turn his back on the play to remonstrate to the bench about what was going-on on the field. Was that true and do you think that was why he was subbed? (ok - two questions..)
Yes there was an incident where Ramsey was looking at the bench and having a conversation/demonstrating with OXO to do something, which then led to a goal. This was a worrying incident i do wonder whether OXO wanting a move has something to do with this.Though the unfamiliar formation probably has something to do with it too. Add to the negative body language from most of the players, especially Sanchez, led to a more worrying situation. Maybe this was a one off, but if this leads to a poor run of games then we know things aren't right in the dressing room.
