Arsenal: Alex Iwobi Should Not Have Said Any Of That

Arsenal has struggled in recent years to mount much of anything in terms of a title charge but if you ask Alex Iwobi, he’d just tell you to be patient.

Arsenal’s title “challenges” in recent years have amounted to a couple months near the top of the table before the wither and die like a shriveling leaf. It’s the same thing every year and you have to start to wonder (or continue to wonder, more like) if it has to do with the fact that it is the same cast of characters every single year.

It’s far too often that the definition of insanity is used to describe Arsenal, but seriously. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a silly endeavor.

That is, unless you ask Alex Iwobi.

I have had my frustrations with Alex Iwobi this year, but they haven’t been his fault. Arsene Wenger has just refused to sit the kid no matter how poor he has been. It’s led to worries that he might get complacent and be the next Theo Walcott, a bit old “what could have been.”

Now, however, we have a reason to be seriously frustrated with Iwobi himself. And it comes on the backs of some rather silly statements. Have a look:

"They need to have a bit more respect in my opinion .I mean, he’s been at the club for 20 years, he’s achieved a lot, obviously they’re a bit impatient with the results and where they want to finish. We also want to finish there, we want to win the league like anyone else. I can guarantee we are trying our hardest. Whatever happens we are the players, we affect the result. We don’t really look at the banners or what fans are screaming, we focus on trying to do our jobs on the pitch."

There are so many things here that are oozing with problems, but I think it’s easiest to start with the namesake of this article. Iwobi called fans impatient. Seriously, he did that. He was seven years old the last time the Gunners won the league.

But we are impatient.

Since 2004, Chelsea have won the league four times, Manchester United six times and Manchester City twice. The other three in the supposed “big four,” yet Arsenal has not won it once. They have flirted with the top and made us believe that there was hope but through it all, the same problems have always emerged with the same types of players.

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Yet we are being impatient. And should just wait a little while longer.

I have no problem waiting. I have no problem with patience. Not when there are visible signs of progress. That’s why there was a bit of optimism last year. We pushed up to second and it looked like we were getting better.

But now that this full-on collapse is happening, patience is no longer an option. Not unless we want to be the next Liverpool, trudging along for two decades wondering when we fell from relevance.

Hint: If nothing changes, it’ll probably be pointed back to around 2008 or so.

And wait, there is more foolishness in what Iwobi had to say. He said that they are all trying their hardest. No really. He said that. As if that was supposed to make it better.

We have seen an Arsenal side devoid of all hope, yet they are trying their hardest. Not exactly doing you or your team mates any favors by admitting that.

Not only that, but he also admitted that they don’t even notice the signs in the crowds, which means that when Wenger says the negative atmosphere at the Emirates is effecting the players, then someone is lying, either Wenger or Iwobi.

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This was a statement full of “why would you even say that?” moments. Please, Iwobi, no more.

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