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Maybe its just me but the words tactical genius don't spring to my mind when I think of Wenger at the current time.
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You made some excellent points in that last post, I'm proud to call you my father.
I just think that some of the decisions Wenger has made this season, in key games, has cost them dearly. The farce of playing Eboue right wing and as a consequence playing Senderos in the middle should be enough to cost him his job! Its like he enjoys making life more difficult for himself.
Why after 5 years, Senderos is still able the get a game at all is a mystery to me. Let alone given the job of marking Torres in a Champions League Quarter Final! Surely Arsene has had enough time to look at him and decide that he isnt good enough - plain and simple.
Plus, you spend around £10m on Walcott and then never play the cunt. When he did come on, he looked far and away the best player they had.
I think you're spot on about the Alex Song point as well. Again - its almost as if Wenger likes making life difficult for himself and creates problems that are solved by his 'genius' and speed of though. Why create yourself a hardship when a commonsense solution is there.
Another big mistake was failing to strengthen in January. They let Diarra go for a start to Pompey and then when some decent players were available in positions that needed to be strengthened, they failed to act. Imagine how much better Arsenal's title challenge would have been with any of: Jermain Defoe, Woodgate or Anelka. You can bet that Woodgate wouldnt have lost his man like that.
Wenger took a gamble, he gambled that his team would be strong enough to see out the season and that he was better off not strengthening in order to retain the unity among the players. I think he almost feels that to buy in January, is admitting you havent done your job properly. In that you didnt anticipate the challenges of the season properly and that you have in some way failed in you duty.
Last season, Ferguson wasnt afraid to strengthen come January. He brought in Henrik Larsson, this year Grant bought Anelka and Benitez bought Skrtl - buying in January isnt an admission of failure. Maybe its something Wenger wasnt afraid to do.