The Official Arsenal - 14 x FA Cup winners thread - Vol 4
Discussion
Cheib said:
Wenger's put teams like that out before with similarly weak benches in domestic cup competitions but generally has got away with it. That line from The Independent is brilliant.
The problem with this squad is what we all know and clearly Wenger does because he doesn't rotate.....we have a decentish team that can compete for fourth place but we have a huge fking gap between first team regulars and the Plan B. Also what was very,very obvious was that they targetted BFG....he's absolutely toast. When you get targetted as a defender and you're at the end of your career that's it....shame he didn't go out on the FA Cup Final win.
Debuchy
Coquelin
Elneney
Iwobi (he's massively lost his way)
Walcott (maybe off anyway)
Welbeck
Ospina
Chambers
Holding
BFG
None of them put any pressure on the incumbents int he first team.
It looks like you'll be selling, either now or in the Summer, Debuchy, Coq and Sanchez, Campbell, possibly with Walcott going out on loan/sold too. Possibly Ozil and Giroud was rumoured to want to leave as well.The problem with this squad is what we all know and clearly Wenger does because he doesn't rotate.....we have a decentish team that can compete for fourth place but we have a huge fking gap between first team regulars and the Plan B. Also what was very,very obvious was that they targetted BFG....he's absolutely toast. When you get targetted as a defender and you're at the end of your career that's it....shame he didn't go out on the FA Cup Final win.
Debuchy
Coquelin
Elneney
Iwobi (he's massively lost his way)
Walcott (maybe off anyway)
Welbeck
Ospina
Chambers
Holding
BFG
None of them put any pressure on the incumbents int he first team.
Sounds like you guys are needing to completely rebuild your team?
Two seasons ago, the start of our league campaign was made bearable by Francis Coquelin's performances. He was on fire, and many of us couldn't believe he was on loan at Charlton. He went on and had a decent start to the league campaign until injuries and suspensions phased him out of the first team selection.
Whilst he's not the finished article (still fairly young) what does it say about our planning and foresight that a year after extending his contract (and only using him as a bit part player) the club is willing to sell him to Wet Spam.
I can see this one dividing opinion. I've always liked le coq and thought he could potentially give us the midfield bite we were lacking. He lost his place to Xhaka who isn't exactly the midfield general we need (gives away far too much possession).
Sadly, he joins a list of promising young Gooners who fell by the wayside trying to realise their potential.
Whilst he's not the finished article (still fairly young) what does it say about our planning and foresight that a year after extending his contract (and only using him as a bit part player) the club is willing to sell him to Wet Spam.
I can see this one dividing opinion. I've always liked le coq and thought he could potentially give us the midfield bite we were lacking. He lost his place to Xhaka who isn't exactly the midfield general we need (gives away far too much possession).
Sadly, he joins a list of promising young Gooners who fell by the wayside trying to realise their potential.
jammy-git said:
Cheib said:
Wenger's put teams like that out before with similarly weak benches in domestic cup competitions but generally has got away with it. That line from The Independent is brilliant.
The problem with this squad is what we all know and clearly Wenger does because he doesn't rotate.....we have a decentish team that can compete for fourth place but we have a huge fking gap between first team regulars and the Plan B. Also what was very,very obvious was that they targetted BFG....he's absolutely toast. When you get targetted as a defender and you're at the end of your career that's it....shame he didn't go out on the FA Cup Final win.
Debuchy
Coquelin
Elneney
Iwobi (he's massively lost his way)
Walcott (maybe off anyway)
Welbeck
Ospina
Chambers
Holding
BFG
None of them put any pressure on the incumbents int he first team.
It looks like you'll be selling, either now or in the Summer, Debuchy, Coq and Sanchez, Campbell, possibly with Walcott going out on loan/sold too. Possibly Ozil and Giroud was rumoured to want to leave as well.The problem with this squad is what we all know and clearly Wenger does because he doesn't rotate.....we have a decentish team that can compete for fourth place but we have a huge fking gap between first team regulars and the Plan B. Also what was very,very obvious was that they targetted BFG....he's absolutely toast. When you get targetted as a defender and you're at the end of your career that's it....shame he didn't go out on the FA Cup Final win.
Debuchy
Coquelin
Elneney
Iwobi (he's massively lost his way)
Walcott (maybe off anyway)
Welbeck
Ospina
Chambers
Holding
BFG
None of them put any pressure on the incumbents int he first team.
Sounds like you guys are needing to completely rebuild your team?
I am convinced Wenger is gone at the end of the season.
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