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Why our lack of patience is destroying our players

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Arsene WengerArsenal have been unbelievably inconsistent in the past six or seven seasons, and as a result, the club has experienced the longest period without a trophy football in their Premier League history. This trophy drought stretches back to 2005 when Arsenal triumphed over then arch-rivals Manchester United in the FA Cup at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Since then, we have only managed to come close to winning something, but have fallen short. We have reached two League Cup finals and lost to Chelsea and Birmingham, as well as the Champions League final in 2006, losing to Barcelona. Of course, this has been attributed to a number of reasons, one of which I believe is down to the impatience and negativity of Arsenal fans.

It is true that all Arsenal fans, myself included, are more than desperate to win silverware. But in spite of such desperation, we need to give the players that Arsene Wenger brings in to the club time to gel. It is common knowledge that the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world, because of the speed at which the football is played. The Premier League is by far the most physically demanding out of the top five European leagues.

This brings me the bug that has eaten into myriads of Arsenal fans. On paper, Arsenal has one of the finest squads in the league, in terms of talent. For me, we have a more talented squad than Manchester United, but look how separated we are in the table! A whopping 24 points, yet none of their midfield players can get a starting place in our team. I attribute this among other reasons to the trust the United fans put in their players. You can never hear United fans boo or hurl insults towards their players, yet at The Emirates, this is starting to be the norm! Emmanuel Adebayor was abused by his own fans when he failed to replicate the season in which he scored 30 goals in 48 games. This made him disillusioned, felt unwanted and finally left for Man City. We destroyed him! Emmanuel Eboue was practically abused by Arsenal supporters against Wigan at The Emirates for putting a string of passes wayward, despite the fans being well aware that that was his first game after a long-term injury, we made him lose any confidence he had left, and eventually lost him!

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  • Winston says:

    All those calling on aresene out are dilusioned,he bought in carzorla,giroud and poldolski,and on stats not media fuelled arsenal hate propaganda have all made an impact,so the man knows what his doing + non of the ex gunner have issues with arsene they all love him but they all have issues with arsenal fans..,and if he goes who U going to bring in?…am an gunners supporter,I prefer the club being financially healthy and being competitive(3 finals and 4semi finals since 2005),rather than Making a 500mil dollar half year lose as man city.

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