But watching the 1st half was all too familiar experience. Disgraceful defending, as it has been for over a year now. Predictable, lack of fire & passion. 2nd half proves that the team CAN play with passion & effort, but the fact the team goes on the pitch time and time again in such a lazy way for so many games is, for me, a damning slap in the face for Arsene Wenger.

We all know about the technical deficiencies of the team – yes, we can point the blame to the board for that in terms of lack of quality signings. But for everything else, I put the blame firmly on Wenger, for putting up with this crap, and justifying this crap to us the fans. Read this Wenger – we dont need world class players to have world class effort. If the shit on the pitch put half as much effort in as they did in the 2nd half yesterday, we wouldnt be the laughing stock we are in now.

The win yesterday was a case of short term gain, but more long term pain. The club is decaying slowly – like watching a car crash in slow motion. Utterly predictable. A win that justifies Wengers position, tactics and players… no need to buy players because everything is rosy again in Wengers garden – we will probably go on another micro-run of good results before the utterly predictable decline. I am craving for the day we win with a manager that believes Arsenal and really has a vision of us being the best, with players that love the club and wear the shirt with pride.

PS – For all those AKBs – I can accept the fact that we cannot compete for the best players. I can even accept the fact that we may never win the league again. But what I cannot accept is the way we play in a clueless lazy way with tactics that time after time just dont work. Wenger just cannot motivate players consistently anymore, and for these reasons it is better for the club he is kicked out and a new, more motivzted & passionate manager is brought