Looks like you did not watch last Arsenal's league game, Mertesacker had a shocker.
Germans perform best when playing for their national team.

I don't like it when people call us a one man team, it insults the excellent work that players like Song, Vermaelen and Koscielney do.
We'd struggle more without Song than without Van Persie in all honesty. Walcott,(well, not recently) Gervinho, Arteta, Arshavin and many others; they're all capable of scoring goals.

But none of these players have the work rate and sheer defensive steel of Alex Song

What you guys think arsene will play the youngster on match day 6 and rest first team players or not?

but he seams to be at the moment doing most of the work.

The 2nd goal v Norwich - that was all RVP. Absolute class, and nobody else in your team could do that IMO.

Gervinho scoring goals? His last attempt to back heel the ball in the open net will not win him any favours with Wenger.

As far as one man team goes, take Van Persie’s performances the last 27 matches (give or take a few) and scoring in every one of them, of course everybody in the team contributes and the coach and so on, but he seams to be at the moment doing most of the work.

The finish was all him, and I agree, no one else in our side could do that, but it wouldn't have been possible without Song's work.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 24/11/2011 04:19:48 PM

It is funny when you think about when we had Cesc we were a one man team and were fucked if he left. Now he's gone and RvP's stepped up. And in his absence what's the bet someone else steps up and we are a one man team again :lol:

It may just be me, but I find all this talk from the media about us being a one man team very disrespectful to every other player in the side, because RvP's goals would not be possible without them. So for anyone to actually seriously consider us a 1 man team, well I have some serious worries for their mental health :lol:

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 25/11/2011 11:29:10 AM

Also here's a good stat. Apparently that is the first time since like September 2005 that we haven't had a French player in our Starting XI in a league match :lol:

Wenger worried about wear and tear

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that leading goalscorer Robin van Persie is amongst a number of key players who are "in the red" and in need of a rest.

Wenger's comments follow on from a lacklustre performance against Fulham on Saturday, where a late Thomas Vermaelen header rescued a point for the Gunners in a 1-1 draw.

Abou Diaby, who was playing his first Premier League match of the season, suffered what Wenger hopes is only a minor muscular setback against the Cottagers and Theo Walcott had what the Frenchman described as a "hamstring alert", although the England winger played out the full match.

And after analysing all the stats and ProZone information, Wenger, who rested defender Laurent Koscielny and forward Gervinho at Emirates Stadium, has recognised the fact he will need to rotate his tired squad in the coming weeks.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday's Carling Cup quarter-final against Manchester City, Wenger said: "We have a few players on the edge like Van Persie and Walcott, who had a hamstring alert, and Aaron Ramsey. We'll have to see how they respond to 24 hours of rest.

"It will be easier for you to pick the Man City team because you can look in the stand and on the bench (against Liverpool) and you will see who plays on Tuesday. We have red alerts on a few players but I will pick as strong a team as I can."

With Van Persie, Walcott and Ramsey all left out of the provisional squad for the City game, Wenger said he felt that on-loan Israeli Yossi Benayoun, combative midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong, England under-21 starlet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and South Korea captain Park Ju-young - who were both on target in previous rounds - can all rise to the occasion.

''I believe that some players are on the fringe of being really limited. I will rest some players, but I still want to play a team that has a chance to win the game,'' Wenger told Arsenal Player. ''Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Emmanuel Frimpong will play, but I consider them to be first-team players.

''Park is adapting to the level he is facing here and he has another opportunity against Manchester City tomorrow night to show that he can do it. Yossi has been absolutely fantastic, but we have so much choice in midfield and we play with three strikers. The chances for the midfielders are not so big and that is why he has not played as much as he deserves.''

Wenger has generally looked to his young players for the League Cup but, with City possessing such strength in depth, there will be a slight adjustment. "I will change my philosophy a little bit," Wenger said. "I've always said that I will play a team that has a chance to qualify. We will give them a game, don't worry."

No surprise he's worried about wear and tear. That's why I think there will be some major changes for the match against City. I think it'll be a mix of mostly experienced first teamers with some youngsters like Chamberlain and Coquelin thrown in there. I don't think City will be playing a big chunk of their first XI anyway.

So just rest them #-o