Poor poor Arsenal

Logging onto Facebook, everytime an Arsenal game gets over (win or loss) seems to be a bigger challenge than going through an economics text book. Arsenal fans (will be referring to them as Arsene Wenger's followers) change their preferences (their own players) game by game. One day, Almunia is the best goal keeper in the world, the other he sucks and what not (will keep the post clean). Others like Denilson, Song, Diaby, Walcott and Ebouye are not spared either.

For God's sake, they can't be THAT GOOD, if they're THAT BAD.

Once they're done with their players, it's the referees that are their next target.

Referees were blamed for the 4-4 draw against Newcastle and the 1-1 draw against Liverpool, amongst other games.

Before I get to the game against Liverpool, for those Arsene Wenger followers, a penalty is a foul inside the box.

The Liverpool game had two instances of that. Spearing committed a foul on Robin Van Persie and Ebouye committing a foul on Lucas.

While, obviously, no Arsene Wenger follower complained about gaining a penalty from a soft challenge by Spearing on Fabregas, the foul on Lucas by Ebouye was seen as a Christmas gift the referee handed Liverpool and a lolly-pop the referee stole from one of the Arsenal kids.

Face it, it was a foul. Ebouye's contact on Lucas would've resulted in a free kick from outside the box, so obviously since it happened in the box, it was a penalty.

Pity, that more penalties aren't given. Pity, more penalties aren't given to Arsenal.

Arsenal seem to be the unlucky ones.

Walcott was taken off for Bendtner. Diaby for Song.

These substitutions followed Liverpool having to make two emergency substitutions.

Taking off Carragher and Aurelio for Soto and Robinson.

A fresh Soto Kyrgiakos will never be half as quick as an exhausted Walcott. A fresh Bendtner will never beat Kyrgiakos in the air.

Basic managerial issues.

Champions create their own luck.

Arsenal don't get the rub of the green and they're not champions.

Or maybe they're not the unlucky ones. Maybe they're just not good enough.

The Newcastle game:

After going 4-0 up in the first half, nothing should prevent a team from bagging all three points.

Diaby's sending off didn't help, but then again even with 8 players, Arsenal shouldn't have reached a stage they should've cried at the refereeing decisions. Tiote's screamer sealed it and Newcastle looked likely to grab all three points at the end of it. Can't even imagine what would Wenger and his followers end up doing (on facebook), if THAT happened.

Against Newcastle, once the first goal was conceded shouldn't have Arsenal switched to a more conservative style of football? Shouldn't the manager of the decade take more responsibility in his teams performance than just chucking a bottle of water onto the ground and showing the customary dissent he shows at the end of most games he fails to win?

A ten man team does NOT attack at 4-1, 4-2 away on a ground like the St. James' park. The fans are way too vocal and supportive and go a long way in bringing their team back. 15 minutes without conceding would get the volume down and take out some of the life out of the team trailing.

As a football fan, in both the games mentioned, the referee would've never been an issue at all had cranky Arsene Wenger made the right decisions.

It's Wenger who got it wrong. Whatever the reason may be, Arsene Wenger's followers should mourn about that. He's been trophyless for seven years. For a club of Arsenal's stature, or the stature they claim to have reached, that's way too long. Referee's, players and the opposition have been blamed, its time for them to check on their manager and their policy.