From James LeBlanc:
I am incandescent with rage after that truly pathetic performance against Liverpool.
The absurdity of not starting both new signings beggared belief.
Sadly I knew we would not win today & expected to lose in such manner, as in recent years we have been frequently feeble at Anfield.
Arsenal are Liverpool’s ideal opponents as we always p!ay into their hands. Lower league teams show more nous playing at Anfield than we do.
That is YOUR fault more so than the flaky weak players who clearly no longer respect you whilst enjoying a cosy no pressure luxury life at Arsenal.
After the match I note that Ozil & Ramsey have ‘sincerely’ apologised for the abysmal performance. Such words are not enough & if truly sincere then every participating player & yourself should donate one week’s wages to charity. That is not unreasonable when you consider that Danny Rose was fined 2 weeks wages by his club for mild criticism of it in a newspaper article.
Additionally each & every member of the travelling contingent of Arsenal fans should receive a refund on their match ticket & reimbursement for their travel expenses.
The club is in a disorganised mess on & off the field.
The contract situation at the club is ludicrous with so many so-called star names in their last year of their contract.
The players neither love or even respect the club, that’s those who are looking to leave & most of the rest who enjoy their easy cosy existence.
I had agreed with making Sanchez stay but it’s senseless. We may as well cash in & sell to Man City. After all at this moment we are not rivals as we are NOT Title challengers.
Oxlade-Chamberlain should be sold but NOT to Liverpool. Selling him to Liverpool would be yet another colossal disrespectful slap in the face to us fans after the failed Suarez buy where Arsenal were wrongly ridiculed when Liverpool brazenly lied. Liverpool who have been shown to be a dishonest immoral club with the fraud they committed regarding a Stoke City schoolboy & the admitted Van Dijk tapping up.
The idea Mesut Ozil is holding the club to ransom for a massive new contract is a frightening joke. A player with World class talent but no fight & heart who rarely dominates any match & NEVER a big match especially away from home where he hides. He should be sold immediately or allowed to go free next year. Paying him one penny more would be immoral.
Arsenal are continuously linked with signing attacking players whilst you fail to deal with the obvious defensive weaknesses of our midfield & defence.
It was a no brainer to try & sign Fraser Forster & Virgil Van Dijk. Petr Cech should now be no.2 goalkeeper & Ospina is not up to the hurly burly of English football.
It is staggering you continue to fail to sign a strong defensive midfielder. All of your Title winning teams had at least one yet for years you stubbornly have not remedied that failing.
I had hoped that after garnering a new contract thanks to the gutless Owner & Board Arsenal have that finally common sense change would occur but instead the club is in a worse mess.
The dearth of young homegrown talent making the first team is so disappointing. Even a rare one like Iwobi has a bright start then tails off. There is clearly an institutionalised problem.
Where is the invisible Gazidis who trousers enormous salary & laughably huge bonuses whilst the club embarrasses the World’s highest paying fans?
Kroenke’s invisibility is a given. Today he was probably esconced in his massive remote ranch not even aware let alone caring about the result of the match. It feels so hopeless that the club is owned by a man who let alone having no passion for Arsenal he also has zero passion for Football.
You blamed the players & whilst they deserve huge criticism, you seem to ignore the fact they are a reflection on you.
10 years of great success does not excuse the subsequent 10 years of repetitive ‘Groundhog Day’ failing.
Furthermore, it is because of your stubborn arrogance Arsenal’s great teams failed to win the Champions League.
That was down to your ignorant lack of respect & consideration of the strengths of opponents which back then you could get away with in the Premier League but in the latter years has often embarrassed us.
Repetitive failings are frustrating but the numerous humiliations are unacceptable & Jose Mourinho is right saying NO other manager would ever have got away with it.
YOU were responsible for the shambolic state of the squad when we were humiliated 8-2 at Old Trafford & should have been fired immediately thereafter.
I used to idolise you but gradually emotions changed to frustration then anger to now pure hatred towards you.
You do NOT love Arsenal, you only love the unprecedented power of your managerial position in the modern game.
You behave as if you have been the Messiah of Arsenal FC as if the club did not have an illustrious history & respected place in the game prior to your arrival.
In the 1930s there was no European Cup but if there had have been it is not unreasonable to believe Arsenal would have won it at least once.
In 1934 an England team with 7 Arsenal players beat World Champions Italy 3-2. The match was important enough to the Italians that Benito Mussolini had reportedly offered each player an Alfa Romeo car and the equivalent of £150 (about £6,000 in modern terms) if they beat the English.
Only 7 years before your arrival Arsenal were denied due to the English clubs European ban a great opportunity to win a first European cup under the old knockout format with the basis of the great defence that you were fortunate to inherit.
The manager at that time George Graham fervently believed in the necessity of a solid defence as the basis of a winning team.
In your 21 years at Arsenal I have never heard you respectfully refer to him.
Whilst you had a vision regarding the new stadium, it was not yours alone & it was the vision & project management of Danny Fiszman sadly no longer with us who was responsible for its delivery. Being the passionate Arsenal fan that he was, he would not have tolerated the numerous humiliations & repetitive failings/mediocrity of recent years.
For goodness sake show some dignity man & RESIGN!!!
You should give a copy of this letter to each participating player in the Liverpool match as an example of fan anger.
I know you will not do so as you are so prickly regarding criticism of yourself & will definitely not allow your players to see it.
In fact I doubt if you will read this letter yourself as you have made it abundantly clear you do not care a jot about the opinions of Arsenal fans.
cc Ivan Gazidis & Stan Kroenke
Myles says:
Is Oxlade good enough to play for Liverpool?
Wenger’s “team” have become rabbit-killers.
The facts speak for themselves:
Arsene FC have played 21 games against Top Six teams since 2013/14.
They’ve won 2 and drawn 6 and lost 13.
Scoring 24 goals and conceding 52.
By indulging his employees year after year, Wenger has created a feeble & decadent squad.
That’s why the old dictator should sack himself.