The Highbury Spy: I’ve had enough!

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The Highbury Spy: I’ve had enough!

Theo: Concedes possession… Arsenal concede goal


Enough is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough. I'm sick of seeing Arsenal dominate games and lose to last minute goals. Or dominate games and concede soft goals at the opposition’s first attack (as happens at the Emirates virtually every match). Or dominate games and draw. Yesterday at Goodison was the final straw. I am incensed by Arsene Wenger's inept tactics and his stupid and intolerable substitutions and it's about time we made him aware of our feelings.

Last season in the CL final we were dominating Barcelona with ten men and creating opportunities to finish them off with a second goal. What does Wenger do? Takes off our best player, Cesc Fabregas and brings on Mathieu Flamini for the final 20 minutes. Result? They realise we are now there for the taking and bring on Larsson. You all know what happened next. Wenger has said since, that if he were in that situation again, he ‘would do things differently'. Too f**king right he would. He'd keep Fabregas on. What he was thinking of I'll never know and the 'nearly man' of European football lived up to his name yet again after f**king up to Galatasaray six years earlier.

After eleven years of managing Arsenal, Arsene Wenger appears to have learned NOTHING, I'll repeat that NOTHING, about tactics and substitutions. Is he the right man to lead us into the next few seasons? Why hasn't he learned how to teach his defenders to defend free kicks and corners AFTER ELEVEN YEARS? WHY DOES HE ALWAYS TAKE OUR BEST PLAYER OFF (THIERRY HENRY EXCEPTED) TEN MINUTES FROM THE END AND HAND THE IMPETUS TO THE OPPOSITION??????

Yesterday, Baptista, who is not the ideal front man, but there's a lot worse, was our best attacking player. Cleverly linking midfield and attacking play and beating players outside their area, he was a constant threat and was bringing Rosicky, Aliadiere, Fabregas and Freddie into great creative positions. Watch the game again, he had two men on him all through the second half. Once Wenger stupidly and idiotically removed Baptista from the pitch Everton sensed their good fortune and went for our throats for a sustained spell which resulted in their winning goal. I hope Wenger is f**king pleased with himself for handing the impetus to Everton and doing nothing to instil confidence in Baptista during what I thought was his best game for us. I sometimes get the impression Wenger actually wants us to f**king lose, so inept are his substitutions. If he wanted to take somebody off it should've been Diaby who had a dreadful second half and was allowed to play the entire 90 minutes!! Work that one out.

As if that wasn't enough, the obsession with Theo Walcott is seriously worrying me. This kid is not good enough. He will not in a month of Sundays ever be a successor to Thierry Henry or any of the Invincibles. ALL HE EVER F**KING DOES IS GIVE THE BALL TO THE OPPOSITION. IT HAS TO STOP NOW. I know he's playing with an injury, then if so, don't play him. Again that's Wenger's fault, and why should we f**king suffer? Sure enough yesterday Theo attempted for the umpteenth time to actually beat a player, lost possession YET AGAIN and we conceded a goal. EXACTLY THE SAME AS AT F**KING BLACKBURN. And why was Senderos PLAYED AT RIGHT BACK AT EWOOD PARK?????? Doesn't Wenger know the lumbering ox has the turning circle of a cement mixer? ANOTHER HORRENDOUS DECISION BY THE MANAGER THAT COST US THE F.A. CUP.

I'm sick to the back teeth hearing about 'maturity' and 'we lacked a bit of the killer instinct' or - how about this one after yesterdays match - 'we were a little bit jaded.' WHAT????!!! 'a little bit jaded????' 'a little bit f**king jaded'??? Why don't you try being Chelsea or Man United and playing far more games than us and winning them and never complaining of being 'a little bit jaded'? Have you heard their managers moan about tonight’s F.A. Cup replays? They're glad to be in the f**king competition unlike us who couldn't wait to get out so we could devote all our efforts to the European Cup. What happened there then? Oh, I know ANOTHER LAST MINUTE F**KING WINNER FOR THE OPPOSITION FOR CHRIST’S SAKE. We've had one match in two weeks so how can the players be 'jaded' for f**k’s sake? The only thing jaded is my belief in Arsene Wenger’s management skills after YET ANOTHER 0-1 DEFEAT TO A LAST MINUTE GOAL. How much longer do we have to accept this???

And why is f**king Gilberto in the back four when Djourou, Toure and Senderos all could have played there?? He gives the ball away as if he were on a cash incentive to do so. His f**king passing is PATHETIC. F**KING PATHETIC. WHAT IS THAT C**T DOING IN THE BACK F**KING FOUR????? Every f**king match at the Emirates I bury my head in my hands and secretly shout to myself 'No, not f**king Gilberto giving the ball away AGAIN'. IT HAS TO F**KING STOP NOW.

What exactly does Pat Rice bring to the party? Why do the players never seem to be motivated? FOR F**K’S SAKE WE HAVE ONLY SCORED IN THE FIRST HALF IN ABOUT THREE HOME MATCHES THIS SEASON. IT'S A F**KING DISGRACE.

Don't talk to me about not bringing anyone in this summer and 'paying a little bit for the stadium' as Arsene said yesterday. GET REAL ARSENE. THIS CURRENT TEAM ARE THE NEARLY MEN. THEY NEED A GOALSCORING MIDFIELDER TO REPLACE PIRES AS AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY IN THE SUMMER. THEY NEED A STRIKER WHO CAN SCORE 20 GOALS A SEASON. NOT ALIADIERE OR ADEBAYOR. They need to cut their losses on Walcott and replace him. Ashley Young is the same age and I was horrified at how much better he was than Theo when we played Villa last Wednesday. WALCOTT IS NOT FIT TO LACE ASHLEY YOUNG'S BOOTS AND WE ARE THE ARSENAL. SORT IT OUT.

On top of that we need a keeper and an injury free Thierry Henry and maybe a coach who can teach the team to defend for 90 minutes instead of 85. Arsenal have not challenged for the Premiership for three seasons and THE TRANSITION PERIOD HAS TO STOP NOW. The boys have to become men and we have to start to get some pride back. I don't want to see c**ts like Moyes, Hughes and Warnock hugging their players like they had won the F.A. Cup every week when we lose to their sh*t teams and it is becoming an increasingly common site. IT HAS GOT TO F**KING STOP.

You have the power of the pen and the internet. Make the club know that you're not going to put up with sh*t management decisions any f**king longer. We make more money than any other club in Europe. It's about time we stopped being the laughing stock nice guys of the Premiership by dominating games and losing every f**king week. No wonder we're so f**king popular. WELL I WOULD RATHER BE SUCCESSFUL AND HATED LIKE CHELSEA. WE ARE A F**KING JOKE AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

All the best

The Spy

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