Wenger believes `refreshed` Arsenal can win home fans back
Arsene Wenger is not denying that Arsenal have been seriously under par this season, especially at home. With just three wins from seven home games in the Premier league, the Emirates is about as far from being a fortress as you can get. Wenger knows that to get the atmosphere in the stadium that he wants, the impetus must come from the team first, and he thinks that the week’s rest that many players have had will help.
“There’s one thing I don’t question and that’s the attitude and spirit of this team.
“But I can say that all day – what is important is that we win the game when we play, and that’s what we want to do. I am confident that we have refreshed and we can show that tomorrow.
“At home I feel there is a little bit a lack of freedom to play. That is always our strength, we are a creative team who likes to go forward. It is important that we have that.
“To get the fans behind the team, the attitude has to come from us, and be united and turn that round. Away from home we have been quite positive and consistent. At home it’s true we hjaven’t found our flow yet.
“It is a very important game for us on Saturday and a very important period as well. But the best way to deal with that is what you do usually, to focus on defending well, attacking well and focus on your game.”
Wenger must feel like he has tripped over a black cat and dropped a mirror while going under a ladder with his injury situation at Arsenal. There is still no word of Diaby, and two of his three strikers will miss tomorrow’s game. However, Arsenal have the players to beat West Brom, they just need to show the attitude and spirit that Wenger insists they possess.
I think that Cazorla could be the key to this game. West Brom will try to close the Spaniard down as much as possible to restrict Arsenal, so we need Wilshere and whoever else plays to make use of the space, and drive Arsenal forward.
yeah we can + new signings in jan should do it for us expecting capital one cup + 3rd place COYG
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ac to media Arsenal are ready to bid for Everton star man Fellaini. Wenger is ready to pay 23m plus player for his services hope it comes true
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It would be a start but some new faces in January would go a long way
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Thy WIll
If team Selection vl b Best!
If We See Gervinho for Podolski n RAmsey For Walcott, than Forget Abt to Win The Game!
CAzorla on Left Rosicky as AMF n OX on right!
CAzorla n Rosicky can Swap Places AS well, Giroud as Target MAn!
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just read the article by nick miller on wenger from site life’s a pitch
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Hey ADMIN plz, Show this Poll SOme How To ARsenal AMangement
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***Thumb Up For CAZORLA-GIROUD-OX up front n Rosciky as AMF!
***Thumb Down For GERVINHO-GIROUD-RAMSEY upfront!
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***Thumb UP If U say Sell, GErvinho n KEEP WALLCOT n pay What HE want!
***Thumb Down If U want to Keep Gervinho n Sell Wallcot!
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Hey WENGER, Get Fabregas Back!
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Get Song back!
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please mr wenger buy new players in january fellani bines huntler adrian lopes coupe mbiwa and we resolve our proplem
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get rid of these players chamakh santos ramsey djouro squallaci manone yhey are weakest link gervinoho
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I couldn’t give a stink if we sell Walcott! If we keep him then I won’t complain, but if we keep him and don’t get Zaha (or someone that can dribble and has brains), then I would be pissed. What’s changed then? Nothing! Same old having to wait for this wsted 9M investment to improve. How many more years can Walcott fans wait trophyless!
If we want change, we have to improve our squad quality!
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Although we haven’t been playing well I’m still confident of a good result. Time to sort it out!
Also on another note if we are intending on signing a load of players (which i hope we do) where are they going to fit into the 25 player squad? and surely top top top players will be ineligible to play in the CL so they will be signed for strictly league and domestic cups?
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ARTETA CONCERNED!
I Vote For COQUELIN as DMF! He defending in 2nd half Against OLYMPIAKOS was poor but He can Improve if he is given 1st team league Start as he is very much Hungry n Frustrated on Bench!
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Arsenal DMF, just dont sit deep n Always Pass Back, He Always Lauches quick Counter n Drilled into Mid-field, Play Long N Through Risky Passes!
N we knw WHO looks Forward to defend than Attack, n who Always Want to pass back!
BE WISE!
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only if Rosiscky starts and ramsey doesnt. Jenkinson too still needs to learn a lot from Sagna b4 becoming a full right back.
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Bring Fellaini, Falcao, Armero sign Walcott n Sagnas contract BBB we will kick some ass for sure coyg make it happen
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@S.H I really do not know what your beef is against Walcott. I agree, he isn’t the most consistent player, but he’s a hell of a lot more consistent than players like Ramsey. Walcott is one of three players in our squad that actually look like they want to the get the bloody ball into the back of the net. Actually make that four after watching Rosicky against the greeks. We need players that go forwards and are more direct. We have far too many players that fanny about outside the box without any sort of penetration. It’s so bloody frustrating watching the ball getting passed backwards all the time. Arteta and Ramsey are the two biggest culprits of this. I love Arteta, but if you watch him, he doesn’t really do anything prolific except pass the ball sideways and back. Watch him closely the next game. Perhaps it is because he is being played out of position. We seriously need a solid DM. I don’t know why Wenger doesn’t play Coquelin more and let players like Arteta have more freedom further up the pitch.
But back to Walcott..you have to play him simply because he is a wildcard. He doesn’t always break through defenses, but when he does it normally leads to a goal. His skill and finishing has improved a lot compared to two seasons ago…the guy couldn’t a hit a donkeys backside with a banjo. But recently we have seen him score some very stylish goals.
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@ Big Gun…I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Walcott has been one of our most consistent players and Coquelin does deserve more playing time. Having said that I have seen a lot of comments on here slating certain midfielders saying that they only pass the ball sideways or backwards…now surely this isn’t the fault of the ball carrier but of the guys ahead of him. If there was a pass forward our midfielders would surely play it but due to the lack of movement there isnt a pass forward hence restricting our players.
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Again, what f???ing planet is Wenger on!
At home “we are a creative team who likes to go forward’
When’s that then and against who was that?
We play the ball backward, sidewards but very rarely forward and at such a pace I’ve seen snails move faster.
We may have the majority possession but we do sweet fa with it.
Wenger said, talking about Swansea
” they had a lot of possession, but didn’t do anything with it”
If he thinks that about Swansea, what does he think people feel about the current Arsenal team?
Wenger then states
“Away from home we have been quite positive and consistent”
What, did he not watch the Norwich or Villa games and how pathetic we were against united.
The only consistency we have had away from home is ‘consistently bad”.
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@leo I dont take arguments over internet personally,I forgive you mate…haha!!
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@Henry @ Big Gun
I don’t think you read Big Gun’s comments carefully. He actually said he thinks Walcott ISN’T consistent such as players like Ramsey. That I 100% agree on. Those are the 2 main culprits to Arsenal losing possession!
And Big Gun, I have nothing personally against Walcott, I just dislike the hype that fans like yourself build around him. He has so many flaws in his game. Can’t keep possession, can’t dribble, no trickery, no technical ability, no end product, dumb dumb dumb! I mean who the hell stops when he’s got the ball at his feet from a Cazorla pass? At 24, these rookie mistakes are killing Arsenal. Do you think Aguero would stop!? You and I have totally different opinions on true quality! Out with the old, in with the new!
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@ S.H..Lol! It appears i agree with Big Gun less than I thought. No-one can surely argue that this year Walcott has been one of our most consistent players though. He’s top goal scorer and has a few assists as well. Don’t get me wrong over the years he hasn’t been consistent but this year for a number of reasons, either the rest of our team are underperforming or we just aren’t that good anymore or simply he is looking for a better deal. Unfortunately in terms of giving the ball away I would say all bar a few are all guilty culprits! Lets face it the days of us playing teams off the park week in week out are gone, we need to adapt.
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Excuses excuses. Today we are tired, tomorrow we lacked sharpness in the final third. Wenger is full of sh!t. He stands bye while our best players get sold and now, we are so drained of talent that the team lacks belief. The team is scared! They are not tired. They lack self confidence and wenger and the board are the problem. Which arsenal player will be excited when they hear Ramsey is on the team sheet? Carzola? Giroud? Are you kidding me?
Wenger keeps fielding Ramsey to the detriment of the team. Everybody can see that Ramsey has been a drag on this team but wenger will never ever criticize him. What is wrong with this man? It is time to pack up and leave. We do not pay the highest ticket prices in the land to watch him experiment with Ramsey while selling our best players and refusing to reward our most consistent players (walcot and sagna). If he cannot compete, then it is time to go. He has done his best. Get us Pep Guardiola or Jorgen Klopp. These guys are winners . They still have much to prove and they are still very hungry for success. Wenger is a jaded old man who is more interested in a legacy of developing young players and converting average players to world class players so he can make a fortune selling them. Arsenal is a football team not the stock market!
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Klopp to Arsenal? Dortmund is a true example of a well executed project, their youngsters stay in the team,and when they sell young player,if he is good, they get him back(Reus for example).They were champions 2 times in a row against Bayern Munchen,wich is a much richer club,and they are making a fantastic run in the CL.Meanwhile, Arsenal is nothing close to what it used to be, we’re a joke of a club,selling great players,replacing them with worse quality,losing to teams we should crush,or at least winning or drawing in thigh matches. Maybe in a few years from now we’ll adopt the model of business that they use here in Brazil,buying players in the end of their carreers that are not even half as good as they once were,and paying for them with the money we got from selling great prospects.
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I never heard such ‘Refreshed MU’…coz they always win trophy or they always fresh or they play much lesser game than Arsenal?
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arsenal is sick
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