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I love Arsenal and I love Arteta but I'm a product of Wenger. I believe in this project, I really do, but that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated.
When I see the team performing badly because we're unbalanced, it's frustrating. I can accept when players lose form but when the manager isn't giving chances to our best options, it's frustrating. I'm not saying that Nwaneri is ready, but he can't be worse than these dire toothless performances and if he's truly not ready. Why is he training with the first team? Why didn't we sign cover for Ødegaard in the summer?
We lost our first match of the season and then we've just persisted with the terrible team selection. Trosaard can't play in central midfield. He's an impact player. Jesus just isn't good enough. Neither is Stirling.
I just want to see Arsenal move forwards. That means the manager needs to trust his squad and the recruitment needs to be right. But mostly I need the manager to judge with his eyes. I was watching Partey get run past so many times yesterday and we're persisting. Try something new.
Our players are young and I think keeping their confidence and belief high is important. It might be frustrating as a fan to see few changes, but a culture where one poor game or one mistake will see the manager swap you out for an unproven player or otherwise give you less responsibility is not sustainable.
But we're not talking about one game. Since Ødegaard got injured, we've been disjointed and struggled for meaningful possession in the final third. And don't get me started on the rest of midfield. Rice is decent doing box to box but he's a better DM where his limited passing isn't such an issue and Partey can't even defend any more.
I'm not asking for sweeping changes, I'm just asking for the manager to react. Partey has had ten games to prove himself and it's not working, let's move on. The same with all the things we've tried to plug the Ødegaard hole.
The game last night was a chance to try out what we were gonna do against Liverpool and we wasted it to see how ineffective we could make Havertz.
The problems are there for us all to see. The eyes say it and the numbers confirm it.
We struggle so much without odegaard. I feel like Arteta's tactics rely too much on the starting 11 players , any slight team rotation our entire midfield becomes significantly disjointed it's like a complete different team.
I haven't liked the midfield all season. Partey flatters to deceive. This is why I was so excited about Merino coming in and playing in the left 8. It's a position that we've failed to fill and a role we're in desperate need of filling.