19 Apr 2017 10:28:54
With Coquelin proving he is not up to the task of holding our midfield together what are peoples thoughts on either Kouyate from West Ham or Gueye from Everton?

Both have impressed since coming to the premier league.

1.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 11:18:12
My own view is even Kante couldn't hold our midfield together simply because we are an undisciplined bunch of players rather than a well organised team, to many players don't do thier individual jobs well enough which has a knock on effect all over the pitch.
On paper the players we have available should produce far better results than they currently are or have for a long time now I don't think there is any question we are the most consistent under achieving club in the premier league when consider the players we have to the points we achieve each season.

2.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 11:36:53
Completely agree G62, it's all about bad management. This isn't meant to sound like Wenger bashing but it's his responsibility to manage/ coach the players to ensure they contribute to the team accordingly. From the outside looking in it seems like Wenger doesn't let his coaching team have much of an impact and this contributes to the disorganisation. When you have world class players, they tend to come pre-programmed and know their responsibilities and how to maximise their game. You can't help but feel Ozil and Sanchez would be better performing if the rest of the team were more disciplined and they didn't have to pick up the flack most of the time.

*I appreciate Ozil is a luxury player but he's absolutely world class. He just needs someone to do his dirty work allowing him to create opportunities.

3.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 12:17:26
Couldn't agree more, they all want to be the hero, or play the expert long ball. If they worked as a team then results would be better. I like Ramsey but too many times he tries an unnecessary turn and gets tackled or a cross field ball when two players are stood next to him. Same can be said for most of our midfield.

The protection offered to our defence is the main reason the defence looks so bad.

4.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 12:42:46
I'm possible or impossible?
Exactly the same letters but it's how you organise them that gives you a positive or negative.

5.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 13:27:12
If you think back a while we had a back 6 of Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Cazorla and Coquelin who went through a period of looking a pretty solid unit.

It pretty much started with that City game we won.

Since then we have lost a big part of that back 6 in Santi Cazorla, we have added Mustafi and Xhaka but it was Cazorla and Coquelin together that looked the best we'd seen for a long time.

Now we chop and change with the Ox, Gabriel, Ramsey, Xhaka, Gibbs, Holding and Elneny all coming in amongst that back 6. That in itself is a big problem.

We also just abandoned the way we played that way against City. Coquelin for me is now simply trying to do much instead on concentrating on what he was really good at.

Now no one rates him, Xhaka or Mustafi, in fact anyone who wears an Arsenal shirt. It's crazy really, we have a lot more talent that Leicester who won the league, but now we can hardly string two worthwhile passes together. We have played some great football, the United and Chelsea games spring to mind but how do we constantly manage to throw all that away.

The owners need to step up to the plate, there is no time for sentiment, Simieone and Allegri I'm sure would love the job here.

6.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 15:04:07
Nailed in Stoner. Buying players doesn't always fill the holes. These players are all internationals. Heck, I remember some coach saying Xhaka was the best player to come through Switzerland in years. The players are not the problem, the way they are playing is the problem. Confidence plays its part, and that is developed throughout the club as well as on the pitch, but training and direction is for me the most important. I genuinely think this team is good, the 'structure' above them however, geez!

7.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 15:42:28
Leicester certainly didn't have the best players last season and Utd won the league repeatedly at times with players we all thought were less than great but they were moulded organised into a team that functioned way beyond the individual talents of many of the players within that team.
The Barcelona side who beat us in the champions league final wasn't full of superstars in fact some were premier league​ rejects but they were moulded into an outstanding team.
It's not always all about signing the best players although it can help to have that option sometimes of course but it's what you do with what you have that's far more important than having the best of everything.

8.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 17:14:42
Just to add to my reply above
If Mourinho Conte Ancelloti Klopp had these exact same Arsenal players no more or less this season does anyone think our season would have been so poor under any of their management?
I'm not sure any of them would have made us champions this season but i do think all would have motivated organised and sent out sides that gave and delivered much much more than they have under Arsene this season that's for sure.

9.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 20:17:51
Gunner out of devilment I know but maureen has already hinted at that and I do agree with you. Maybe we would or wouldn't have beat bayern but we wouldn't have bee humiliated, that's juat one for instance.

10.) 19 Apr 2017
19 Apr 2017 20:37:27
Don't forget to include Allegri and Simieone mate. The former has given Barcelona a lesson in how to attack and is now giving them one in how to defend.