We were shit in the first half. Every single player was poor. But whereas most others stepped up their game at least a bit in the second half, Diaby Sagna and Coquelin in particular were just appalling.
Sagna is all over the fucking place – has been for 5 or more games. Whatever the reason for this drastic loss of form and confidence, he is (at present) a liability to the team. Drop him and give Jenko a run, he couldn’t do any worse if he tried to ffs!
The Arshavin substitution was hilarious for all the wrong reasons. The guy has regressed so much he doesn’t even have a first touch anymore. Congratulations Arsene – whatever your dislike of Russians is, it has finally come to fruition; you have destroyed him. 007 would be proud as fuck!
Diaby and Coqulin were simply awful. They just stood back and watched the chav midfield run around, through and past them for a laugh. On several occasions you could see Wilshere yelling at them to move up and at least try and compress them a bit.
Cazorla again was a spectator. He is a luxury player and unless we change our system and style of play to utilise him more effectively, he will become the next Arshavin.
Giroud was wasteful. He still fought for everything in the air but what is the point of winning (or even contesting) a header 25 to 30 yards out when every single time it just drops to an oppo defender behind you? What is the point in playing a target man in a 4-5-1 when your entire midfield play tippy tappy? If you are going to play a target man then do it in a 4-4-2 so a striker can feed off his knock downs. Giroud is no world beater but the few things he can do well are negated by Wenger trying to fit him into the wrong system.
FIT THE SYSTEM TO THE STRENGTHS OF YOUR PLAYERS YOU GOBSHITE – NOT THE OTHER WAY ROUND!
