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Arsenal Till I Die wrote:Drop Mertesacker, start Gabriel.
No doubt we'll make Lukaku look like Drogba
I have been as critical of the bfg lately as anyone has, but if you think that dropping him is the cure for our woes then you are deluding yourself - mert is only one of the several sub standard players we have (wellshit, ozil, gibbs and kos) at the mo and all should sitting on the bench (or in the stands) for the coming matches
Arsenal Till I Die wrote:Drop Mertesacker, start Gabriel.
No doubt we'll make Lukaku look like Drogba
I have been as critical of the bfg lately as anyone has, but if you think that dropping him is the cure for our woes then you are deluding yourself - mert is only one of the several sub standard players we have (wellshit, ozil, gibbs and kos) at the mo and all should sitting on the bench (or in the stands) for the coming matches
I agree, we have a team full of under performers but dropping the big coward of CB is a long time coming. He has been consistently shit (arguably so have others) since the season began and becomes more and more of a liability as each match passes. Playing Gabriel cannot be any worse than Mertesacker at this moment in time.
Arsenal Till I Die wrote:Drop Mertesacker, start Gabriel.
No doubt we'll make Lukaku look like Drogba
I have been as critical of the bfg lately as anyone has, but if you think that dropping him is the cure for our woes then you are deluding yourself - mert is only one of the several sub standard players we have (wellshit, ozil, gibbs and kos) at the mo and all should sitting on the bench (or in the stands) for the coming matches
I agree, we have a team full of under performers but dropping the big coward of CB is a long time coming. He has been consistently shit (arguably so have others) since the season began and becomes more and more of a liability as each match passes. Playing Gabriel cannot be any worse than Mertesacker at this moment in time.
Agree with everything.
Don't think it's a quick fix by any means. In fact I have said the same about DM - although we desperately need a quality DM, one player wouldn't suddenly turn all of our woes around. Probably wouldn't make any difference in the grand scheme of things.
But Mertesacker has been shite this season and deserves to be dropped, especially as a message needs to be sent out to our mollycoddled heroes. The comments about struggling to motivate himself are really starting to rankle now...
Maybe 'attitude' was the wrong word used. What I mean is he has the ability to tell other players what to do and is passionate. There's not many others that do this.
The missus has just told me she's out shopping all afternoon so I have the pleasure of viewing this alone......just me and the League Table alone in the house. Bet you're jealous eh Rodders? I'll be on 'do not disturb' for a while....
SteveO 35 wrote:The missus has just told me she's out shopping all afternoon so I have the pleasure of viewing this alone......just me and the League Table alone in the house. Bet you're jealous eh Rodders? I'll be on 'do not disturb' for a while....
If you really want to get nasty you could look at the league table AND our newly released financial reports simultaneously - it will be the ultimate threesome!
SteveO 35 wrote:The missus has just told me she's out shopping all afternoon so I have the pleasure of viewing this alone......just me and the League Table alone in the house. Bet you're jealous eh Rodders? I'll be on 'do not disturb' for a while....
If you really want to get nasty you could look at the league table AND our newly released financial reports simultaneously - it will be the ultimate threesome!
Don't tempt me mate....all that talk of commercial deals and spending BIG in the Summer......I need to go and have a cold shower already
Save it Steve, save it..it will make the glory day in the month of May all the more enjoyable...look on the financial figures as the ultimate foreplay.
Midz wrote:Maybe 'attitude' was the wrong word used. What I mean is he has the ability to tell other players what to do and is
passionate. There's not many others that do this.
I agree. He has been shite whole season and will be probably rest of the season too, but that guy has or at least had potential. You remember how he attacked Özil after that one lost game? Has everyone forgot how he was for example last year? He was totally different player that we see now. Something has happened to him, but what that is I don't know. Losing faith to the manager, losing faith to our ambitions or just losing faith on what Arsenal as a club represent? I don't know.
