By ogeewitty on Skatehive
People have recently accused Arsenal of lacking the mentality of a title challenge. That the draw with Brentford and Wolves were evidence of this, that they were crumbling under the pressure of title expectation. Okay join me in my sms to an elderly man in his early eighties on Sunday, after the Everton win: "ZUBIMENDI TAKEN OFF & ARSENAL SCORED TWO. THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR WEEKS NOW- ZUBIMENDI OFTEN TIRES IN THE 2ND HALF." I keep telling people, THAT'S NOT IT, the mentality factor they kept raising recently. Now I ask, did Manchester City drop points lately because of a lack of title winning mentality? Ofcourse not. But that's the Man City that was being used as the perfect example of mentality, how that they have become consistent with victories in this tail end of the season. As important as mentality is, there is more to football. The issue with Arsenal was not upstairs, but downstairs– fatigue! Fatigue, folks. And that's on the coach, not the players. The players were