GunnerShy
Well-Known Member
Mate... Our attacking play has been largely dreadful all season. We've a £180m front three and cannot buy a second goal most weeks.
This is all fair enough, but it completely blows your squad cost argument out the water. West Ham are 4th with 7 games left and Chelsea to play at home. I also don't think its fair to put the full blame of Auba's form on Arteta. Before he signed his bumper contract he was firing for Arteta, afterwards its like he's taken a back seat. He doesn't look as if he wants to pull this team through despite being the captain. I see top players dig in when the going gets tough, work hard and ultimately play themselves into form, but Auba has some what downed tools and thrown his toys out the pram multiple times this season. Alexis vibes where he would throw his arms up in the air.
You can't fully blame the manager for one guys personal performances but then never think about crediting him for performances from Saka and such. It just doesn't work like that. There needs to be some consistency on here with what people say, it only seems to suit if it fits your agenda.