Why did we lose the way?

Dear Fellow Gunners,

Why did we lose our way this season? Many people gave many views and dimension on how we lost the plot. Some say Henry some say Fab while others were mumbling about crazy Lehmann and/or our youngsters' inexperience.

So What happened?

1) The youngsters' inexperience. We knew about this before the season started, but the Gaffar placed his faith in the team and felt that the older ones were able to lead them through. However, due to some unlucky injuries, Henry, Gallas, Ljungberg and Gilberto took turns being out of the team. While the most experience one (i.e Lehmann) remained crazy with his antics resulting in sometimes brilliance and sometimes despair.....

2) Major injuries to our goal getters. Between Henry and RVP, i figured we lost about 4/5 of our possible goals scored if they are out. And how long they are out? probably 1/2 or more of the season. You do the maths. The basic rule is if you dont score goals, you dont win games.

3) Lack of confidence. A lot of our players thrived on confidence. The more games we win, the more confidence we have and the more likely that we would steamroll the opposition. Take a look at Hleb and Rosicky. These 2 players are really on song once they score a goal or provided an assist. The look, the swagger and the cross over dribbles are out of this world once they have the confidence. Ditto the reverse.

4) Overworked playmaker. Cesc Fabregas is only 19. He is the team's official playmaker but he has played more games than his body can take it. In fact, it seems that he has played more games than any other Gunner in the team for the past 2 years. He has also played in the World Cup games.

5) NO big signings. I know this is very debatable for many people but somehow a big signing seems to lift the team to greater heights. There is no one in the past 2 years. Wenger has refused to pay big money for a big player. And when he does get interested, there is always a United or Chelski that had more money to pay...

That in a nutshell is why we failed this season...

Lets wait for the next one...

Go Gunners!