"The pitch was so poor in my opinion and the game suffered a lot from it," he said. "I ask
you, 'Do you want a good pitch or a bad pitch?' What do you say?"
There you have it. In order to protect his team, Wenger's rationalizations for Arsenal's
continued defeats against their peers now border on the very absurd or the very petty.
Space Oddity reminds me of Arsene Wenger. Especially these lines.
"Ground control to Major Tom, your circuits dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?"
Maybe it is Wenger's famously tone deaf personality.
Arsene has been on all fours against Chelsea. Will it end today?
In a few hours Arsene Wenger's cachet of excuses will stand another test. No one exposes the
systemic frailties of the Gunners in a more stark light than the Blues. And on one knows it better
than Wenger because when it comes to analyzing their recent history, the manager uses the classic
dodges of rationalization, denial, and projection.
It is an axiom that Arsenal will find a way to shoot themselves in the foot. And it was yet
another set piece that proved their downfall. Somehow for some reason, the Gunners transform into
drooling dolts dealing with corners or free kicks. After Vermaelen, it is clear that there appears
to be no take charge personality to organize the defense.
