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Wenger must cure Arsenal frailty (0)

  • Phil McNulty - Sport Online chief football writer
  • 3 Nov 08, 10:41 AM

Arsenal's capitulation at Stoke City reinforced every stereotypical criticism aimed at Arsene Wenger and his players in these recent, relatively barren, years.

To see a group of lavishly gifted performers bundled aside so unceremoniously - and deservedly - by a Stoke side showing greater heart and stomach for the fight would have presented an unedifying spectacle for Arsenal's fans.

The mantra "Arsene Knows" has been presented as fact by those inhabiting Highbury and The Emirates on a regular basis during his wonderful reign, and to write off Arsenal's season on the basis of events at The Brittania Stadium on Saturday is premature and folly.

But if Arsene truly knows, and his track record suggests he does, then the fears of Arsenal fans who rightly revere him are valid and should be acted upon.

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