Personally, I feel Wenger honestly belief his present
squad is good enough for the epl title. And In some ways, he
isn't wrong... But the thing is... the present Arsenal squad has
too many youngsters... And with youngsters, they are great and
advantageous but when the pressure starts to build... They crack up
and can't perform consistently... They perform great in the CL cup
match but coming back to the epl... these youngsters suddenly find
it hard to perform again... I think there is some truth in what
previous Pool captain Alan Hansen said "You don't win anything with
youngsters"...
If we look back, the last time Arsenal team was able to take
this kind of pressure was when they had many senior players on the
team... Players like Sol Campbell, Lehmann, Pires, Ljungberg,
Henry, Cole, Kanu, Gilberto, Vieira, Edu... These were experience
players that know how to handle the weekly match build-up pressure
that happens from March till May... Seems like the present
youngsters are finding it harder than they thought...
Wenger seriously need to spend some money on "older" players and
not always go for the sweet young things that he seem to like...
They are the ones that can help the youngsters to cope with the
pressures... Anyway, the league title isn't over by any means
yet... and apart the from the United and Pool games now that they
have got the chelsea one out of the way, their run-in isn't that
tough...
personal view.....I dont think the problems is lie on too many
youngsters. infact, most of them are already wif arsenal 3 or 4
seasons liao ( beside Segna, 1st season, but is doing extramly well
).
from the past few games, even the last nite game. I would said,
they are doing pretty well in the mid field & attacking build
up!! but always no good quality finishing.....reason very obvious!
we do nt have a quality striker....to produce a good run wif good
positioning....
