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		<title>By: Thomas Gaunt</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article mate. I will address points in the order they appear in the article. 

Full backs / crossing inot box. The focus should be on full backs or wingers getting to the byline so they can cut it back or drill in low, Robben does this with great success as does Malouda, doesnt need to go in the air for Arsenal to utilize the wings but i fear your wingers / full backs arent good enough to do this consistently.

Walcott is about as good as kalou and a very similar type of player, loses possession a lot but ocassionaly does something brilliant - perfect squad player and sub, but thats it, they havent got the brain to be any better and thus should be used sparingly as impact subs. Re: arsharvin, no idea what has happened there he seems tro have lost pace and obv knowing on his way no desire, but you should get decent money for him. 

Agree on the Bendtner front. What the hell is Wenger thinking? It makes me doubt him slightly when I have always thought him a top class copach, is he losing his marbles a little (bit like the late and great bobby robson did, rest his soul). He was talking Bendtner up in that position, btu it is as if he now believes his own bullshit, not just re bendtner but in general.

Chamakh, i thought he had a decent start to his Arsenal career when he was starting regularly, but now everyone is saying sell him, not sure what he has done wrong, first season in prem and he scored some goals and looked handy. Re those &#039;chalk boards&#039; not familiar but is 11%-18% particularly low for a striker, what for example is tevez, berbatov, or bent&#039;s  percentage for example.

Last point is prob the most frustrating for Arsenal - lack of spirit / not caring / lack of effort. It is Wengers fault, he has been there long enough that he sets the tone, attitude and is responsoible for the motivation. Doesnt help that he doesnt buy any big personalities, he has chosen to spend tens of millions (not ridiculous amount but substantial) on players who have the skill but it would appear thats all. On top of this i feel like Arsenal players arent as good as people think and this is the reason that they cant play badly and win because their players arent as good as Man Utd and Chelsea, and now City too. 

Up top Utd and Chelsea have 3 top class forwards, Arsenal have 1 - big problem. Next big problem is that you are now the 4th best team in England and i doubt you will be spending as much as City or Liverpool, so unless something drastic is done soon you will be the 5th best team....... bad times and unfortunatley I blame Monsieur Wenger.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article mate. I will address points in the order they appear in the article. </p>
<p>Full backs / crossing inot box. The focus should be on full backs or wingers getting to the byline so they can cut it back or drill in low, Robben does this with great success as does Malouda, doesnt need to go in the air for Arsenal to utilize the wings but i fear your wingers / full backs arent good enough to do this consistently.</p>
<p>Walcott is about as good as kalou and a very similar type of player, loses possession a lot but ocassionaly does something brilliant &#8211; perfect squad player and sub, but thats it, they havent got the brain to be any better and thus should be used sparingly as impact subs. Re: arsharvin, no idea what has happened there he seems tro have lost pace and obv knowing on his way no desire, but you should get decent money for him. </p>
<p>Agree on the Bendtner front. What the hell is Wenger thinking? It makes me doubt him slightly when I have always thought him a top class copach, is he losing his marbles a little (bit like the late and great bobby robson did, rest his soul). He was talking Bendtner up in that position, btu it is as if he now believes his own bullshit, not just re bendtner but in general.</p>
<p>Chamakh, i thought he had a decent start to his Arsenal career when he was starting regularly, but now everyone is saying sell him, not sure what he has done wrong, first season in prem and he scored some goals and looked handy. Re those &#8216;chalk boards&#8217; not familiar but is 11%-18% particularly low for a striker, what for example is tevez, berbatov, or bent&#8217;s  percentage for example.</p>
<p>Last point is prob the most frustrating for Arsenal &#8211; lack of spirit / not caring / lack of effort. It is Wengers fault, he has been there long enough that he sets the tone, attitude and is responsoible for the motivation. Doesnt help that he doesnt buy any big personalities, he has chosen to spend tens of millions (not ridiculous amount but substantial) on players who have the skill but it would appear thats all. On top of this i feel like Arsenal players arent as good as people think and this is the reason that they cant play badly and win because their players arent as good as Man Utd and Chelsea, and now City too. </p>
<p>Up top Utd and Chelsea have 3 top class forwards, Arsenal have 1 &#8211; big problem. Next big problem is that you are now the 4th best team in England and i doubt you will be spending as much as City or Liverpool, so unless something drastic is done soon you will be the 5th best team&#8230;&#8230;. bad times and unfortunatley I blame Monsieur Wenger.</p>
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