Two straight losses, conceded five and scored zero. Gallas stripped of captaincy. Injury list getting longer and longer. How much worse can we get?
Alright, we don’t have Adebayor, Eduardo, Walcott, Rosicky, Eboue, Toure, Sagna, Gallas and Fabregas for this match, so I supposed a defeat was still somehow excusable. But having lost five matches even before Christmas is certainly unacceptable. This team is going through a crisis, no matter how Wenger denied it.
What Wenger must do in January:
1. Get a proper partner for Fabregas. Denilson is still too raw, and he obviously isn’t comfortable with the DM role. Denilson should be used as a sub to Cesc, or when Cesc is suspended or injured or need a rest.
2. Get a new world class CB to partner Toure. Gallas is definitely out after stripping his captaincy. Djourou has potential but its too risky to depend on him.
3. If Walcott and/or Rosicky are not going to return any time soon, we’d better buy a proper wide midfielder. Diaby and RVP are shit on the wings. Eboue is inconsistent. So we are only left with Nasri on the wings.
Wenger should really stop having the mentality that buying experienced players would halt the development of young players. If the youngsters are really good enough, they would push for the first team places when they are ready. You don’t have to create vacancies to cater for these youngsters and jeopardise our title hopes. If the youngsters are not even strong enough to fight for first team places, how do you expect them to fight against older and more experienced opponents in the premier league?
Let’s hope we are not too far off the top come January.
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