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Eric Wynalda Has It Right, Arsene.

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Arsene Wenger

Wynalda’s point on Fox Football Phone-In was basically this:  Pick five guys from Arsenal and five from Chelsea.  Drop the ball in the middle and place bets on who will come up with the ball.

Presented with this scenario, I think most people will come to the same conclusion, which sums up the issue with Arsenal.  On any given day, Arsenal can beat anyone.  But over the course of a season, a number of games will come down to Wynalda’s scenario.  Can you win a fight or not?  Pretty football might be successful most of the time, but if you can’t win the Wynalda scenario, your chances of success in the Premier League are limited.  And that’s precisely what we saw over the weekend.

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