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Where's the passion? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Philip Branigan   
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 21:33

arsenal_passionWhat it means to be a Gunner? Just look at Martins face! Those were the days, when we fielded a team full of passion with a desire to win EVERYTHING!

Fast forward to 2012 and what have we got? A few world class players and a bunch of excuses!

Let's get the most obvious rant out of the way, our Twitter account and Facebook have been full of the same thing:

Arsene, when you field a fantastic player like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and he runs the mighty Manure United ragged with his endless energy, and your Captain mouths 'No!' when you go to substitute him...do the right thing and listen to the 60,000 voices around you.

An 18 year old does NOT get tired, play to his strengths, the kid was a bloody nuisance to the Theatre of Wet Dreams defence and he should have stayed on.

That was a very bad managerial call, and if you ignore the wishes of your players and your fans, it might be time to move on!

And whilst we are talking of possible moves: what is the point of Andrey Arshavin? If you are putting him on the pitch to highlight him in the transfer shop window, as the youngsters would say, that was a great big epic FAIL! His head is not right, he does not look like a team player and he is probably the second worst substitute you can bring on.

It's not all bad news though, you got the Djourou call right, next week leave him on the bench please, his 18 year old apprentice Yennaris looks much more capable.

Right now Arsene, after the football we have been presented with recently and the dire performances from some over-rated, over-paid individuals, I have been asked to publish the 'Player of the Year' poll on this website. At the moment very few players should be in the poll, let alone get any votes.

Bad games are best forgotten, but bad management decisions should be learned from, and Arsene, you'd better start doing your homework as the lacklustre games we are seeing at the moment, don't lead us to believe we can win anything!

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Unfortunately alot of the comments we have received are unprintable, here is a small selection of what our fans think and some of their questions:

Facebook - 'What is the point of Theo Walcott? It's a serious question, we purchased him years ago, wrapped him in cotton wool and saved him for what?" (Eds note, I'm not a Walcott fan either but he wasn't the worst offender on Sunday)

Twitter - "Arsene out!" (Eds response, OK Arsene out, who do we replace him with? No reply received as yet)

Facebook - "We are sh*t, they are sh*t, but they win because they take their chances, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!"

Twitter - "If the ref had been the usual Man U fan it would have been 2-8" (Eds note, not sure we really understand that)

Facebook - "Come on Gooners, it's a bad patch, let's unite and get behind the team and the manager"

Twitter - "That's the last we see of RvP" (Eds note, we bloody hope not!)

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So where do we go from here?

I try to be an eternal optimist, I see the good in everything, as previously mentioned Alex looks like he could be a very tasty player. I also think that Laurent is becoming a very good defender.

Per is a typical donkey, but his goal-line clearance was brilliant, he never stopped running even though he knew he was second best...just why does he fall over so easily at corners? Djourou? He just does not seem to be improving, he has all the experience to be a good defender, yet at times he plays like a youth who hasn't got a clue...why?

Rosicky? If he was sharper and more consistant, he could be a useful player, but he goes awol so often, sometimes it's hard to tell if he's on the pitch. Andrey? he's living off his Liverpool goals, if he doesn't produce soon, he'll be sold, such a shame as he has shown flashes of brilliance combined with dumb indifference, does he not understand our club? His fans? Someone translate it all to him please!

Walcott? Waste of space, he see's a space, races into it, and wastes it.

Robin van Persie? Legend, but he can't do it all.

And last but not least, Wojciech...a legend in the making, but like Robin , just can't cover up all the cracks alone.

Oh well, that's the rant over, it's Aston Villa next in The FA Cup on Sunday. At the time of writing, there are loads of tickets still available on general sale...I wonder why?

Dare we dream again?

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:36
 

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