Arteta

ijjysmith · December 28, 2010

Why is he a shadow of his former self?

He seems lightweight and a bit afraid.
Won't attack players or really do anything of any use.

Anyone got any ideas wants up with him cos at the minute I'd rather he didnt play.

Gary_Lineker.85/86x4 (stephenneedley@googlemail.co · December 28, 2010

ijjysmith said:
Why is he a shadow of his former self?

He seems lightweight and a bit afraid.
Won't attack players or really do anything of any use.

Anyone got any ideas wants up with him cos at the minute I'd rather he didnt play.

It's all the extra money he's on weighing him down...

SuffolkBlue · December 28, 2010

Looled like he was wearing Puma boots today a change from the Adidas boots of previous seasons. Think they come with the invisability function, I didnt see him today and it's not because of the work he put in off the ball, he just didnt want to get on it. Surprised he was'nt pulled off after 45 minutes and replaced with a striker.

davek · December 28, 2010

If Osman had been fit Arteta would have remained on the bench. That's where he needs to go back to. Tell him to get home for a few weeks and sort his head out. He's no use to us right now.

daz4matty · December 28, 2010

He is so slow at the moment and not in the groove but he will be back.
What about that 16 stone useless lump of lard upfront yakubu he cant be bothered

Brownie · December 28, 2010

He's just a bit off the pace for some reason, his movement and his touch were alright. Maybe he needs a Rooney-style fitness camp.

bluebloodinmyveins · December 28, 2010

He has probably gave the ball away more this season already than in all his other seasons combined.

scouselad · December 28, 2010

daz4matty said:
He is so slow at the moment and not in the groove but he will be back.
What about that 16 stone useless lump of lard upfront yakubu he cant be bothered

lol the yak arteta should have been sold end of and we should have give peanuts the big contract

toffeebhoy · December 28, 2010

i missed sum of the game just after half time and i thought he was taken off tbh then around the 70+ min mark he got mentioned i was dumbstruck

my dog would have done more with the ball today then arteta

Andriy.EFC · December 28, 2010

His play makes me insane with rage, useless. At least we have Fellaini.

kenada_blue · December 28, 2010

davek said:
If Osman had been fit Arteta would have remained on the bench. That's where he needs to go back to. Tell him to get home for a few weeks and sort his head out. He's no use to us right now.

No he wouldnt have been....Coleman would've

kenada_blue · December 28, 2010

bluebloodinmyveins said:
He has probably gave the ball away more this season already than in all his other seasons combined.

On the back of mouthing off the to press that the whole team need to shape up too

Andriy.EFC · December 28, 2010

kenada_blue said:
On the back of mouthing off the to press that the whole team need to shape up too

Someone should let him know he's a bit [Poor language removed]

toffeestillidie · December 28, 2010

today i really didn't think he was that [Poor language removed], he didn't give the ball away at all, the only problem is he's completely afraid to take any risks (probably because he's given the ball away so much recently). whenever he had the ball in the middle of the attacking side of the park, he'd try to play a simple short pass or hit neville on the wing, its like he didn't want to take responsibility at all.

i think it might be time to move him back out wide, and give pienaar a little break. at least when we used to play him there he would work hard, and send crosses in which he was pretty good at. when osman plays he generally has to play out of position, the only reason we stopped doing that for arteta is cos he was too good to be forced out of position. now that he's playing like a squad player, i see no reason not to throw him back out wide. it'd be nice to give coleman a bit of a rest and he runs 100% every game, and it would free up rodwell to play a bit more offensively.