Barely an Arsenal game goes by these days without some of their fans finding a reason to have a pop at Arsene Wenger.
On Tuesday evening, disgruntled Gooners had found reason to moan about their manager before their Champions League opener against Paris Saint-Germain had even kicked off.
With just over an hour to go until kick off in the French capital, Arsenal announced their starting line-up.
In fact, it's team news time right now…#PSGvAFC pic.twitter.com/dX2tGAu6th
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 13, 2016
Immediately, one name stood out more than others on the team sheet.
Why is ospina starting?
— KZA 🤞🏾 (@GenioBambino) September 13, 2016
Wenger decided that the time was right to bench Petr Cech in favour of Colombian David Ospina for an important Champions League match. What could possibly go wrong there?
Although Southampton’s goal at the weekend went down as a Petr Cech own goal, the former Chelsea goalkeeper was unfortunate to concede it, with a Dusan Tadic free-kick rebounding off the cross bar on to his back before rolling into the goal. Not exactly grounds to drop him, surely…
It didn’t take long for Arsenal supporters to question their manager’s choice of goalkeeper for the match.
https://twitter.com/rsc_90/status/775757916125163521
What the fuck is that French prick doing picking Ospina ??
— Smithy 🏴 (@dgsmith1971) September 13, 2016
Why weaken the team. Ospina made a mistake in the group stages last year. Bollocks
— Sean Higgins (@Higgins__7) September 13, 2016
But the issues with Wenger’s selection weren’t limited to the the man between the sticks.
The introduction of Francis Coquelin also raised eyebrows.
https://twitter.com/AlexFortyNine/status/775758049013268480
https://twitter.com/arsenalabroad/status/775749237959172096
I thought Coquelin started vs Southampton to rest Xhaka. But seeing Xhaka on the bench again questions what's going through Arsene's head
— Passenal (@Passenal1) September 13, 2016
Imagine spending £30m on a quality CDM only to start Coquelin ahead of him…….
— Jag (@jagsb_) September 13, 2016
But at least the decision to stick Alexis Sanchez up front went down well…
Sanchez isnt a striker, when is this old man going to stop his crazy experiments
— Allan Takunda (@Mombez_AT) September 13, 2016
What the fuck is wrong with Wenger. Sanchez is not a striker, when are going to get that through your thick skull.
— OvO (@ddr4in) September 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/Joshh_Paynee/status/775758157289254912
Or maybe not.
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