ag6789 wrote:How can you say manager not motivated, when you continuously concede after taking the lead for at least a couple of months?
It can't be the manager tells them to concede and draw an astounding number of matches, that too against very winnable opposition.
When these same players can beat or dominate teams like ManCity, PSV, Pool, and of course Real Madrid, keeps giving up points against the likes of Everton, Palace, WH, Fulham, Brentford and on and on.
Just , doesn't concentrate enough against small teams. Lapse of concentration against easy opposition... that's the only reason. Or in other words they tend to take the small teams lightly.
This bunch is the most frustrating to watch, at least for this season.
It has to be the manager. We all know the players are micro managed, we also know if you don't do what Arteta says you get booted out. None of the players look like they have downed tools, it looks like what they are being asked to do doesn't suit them at times.
Its no freekin coincidence that when the players play with a style that leverages their counter attacking ability, when we have runners and over lapping runs, we look devastating. We were incredible across the 2 Real Madrid legs.
Unless the players have downed tools you CANNOT blame the players, they are doing the best they can do in that circumstance. The manager is supposed to motivate, the captain is supposed to motivate on the pitch. If the captain isn't motivating he is the wrong choice to be captain.
Its difficult to be motivated when the system sucks half of your game away or if you are told to operate using a small subset of your tools. Micromanagement. Buck stops with the manager, thats why he gets paid the big bucks, this is a squad he hand picked and nurtured.
Suggesting the players are to blame is nonsense.
