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Has Wenger got it Wrong? by Outlaw_Member

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As Daniel Cousin ran away celebrating the eventual winner at the Emirates stadium, the Arsenal team looked dejected with their second league defeat on the horizon. The work that had been done since the Fulham game all seemed to evaporate, with the Arsenal stars again failing to display any hunger or desire. One would say it was 2006 all over again, which still remains as Wenger's worst Premier League season to date. Losing twice to Fulham and Hull City would have been unthinkable at the start of the season, inspite of all the criticism Wenger recieved for his lack of transfer activity. To further compound problems, the Gooners had the easiest start out of the big 4 and were expected to build an early lead on their rivals. The only possible consolation was that they trail the leaders Chelsea by 2 points, whilst the Champions Manchester United languish in midtable, albeit with a game in hand.

Wenger claimed he was 'physically sick' from his teams performance, and threatened to weild the axe for their midweek Champions League encounter against FC Porto. This resulted in a guessing game amongst fans with Robin Van Persie and Kolo Touré favoured for the chop. In typical Wenger fashion, the Arsenal team only underwent one change with Samir Nasri returning from injury. The players replied back with a resounding 4-0 victory over the former 2 time European Champions. Strikers Van Persie and Adebayor both grabbing a brace as they silenced their critics. All seemed well again and talk of a possible crisis dissapeared as soon as the victory was in the bag.

Despite the victory, question marks have been raised regarding Wenger's handling of the two defeats. Lehmann was dropped last season due to goalkeeping errors at the very start of the season. One could argue that this set the tone for the season, where no player's position was set in concrete, which in turn reduced the chance of any complacency creeping into the team. If one of the most experienced players in the squad was no longer safe, than the rest of the team most definitely weren't either. In comparison to this season where Gallas has similarly been guilty of several high profile errors, has instead remained as a first choice player. So that beg's the question, if the team were not going to face any repercussions for their mistakes like Lehmann did last season, than would that allow complacency to thrive? 2 defeats in 5 league games may agree with that.
 

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