Arsenal’s injury problems have been front-page news all season, leaving many to wonder whether their struggles are compounded by the inexperience of their squad. According to Transfermarkt, the Gunners remain one of the youngest teams in the league, with an average age of 25.7. This makes them the eighth youngest team in the Premier League. However, despite their youthful squad, Arsenal has been the best-performing team among those at the top of the average age chart, which highlights their potential despite their lack of experience.
For context, Liverpool’s average age is 26.6, placing them 15th in terms of youthfulness. This means they are a significantly more experienced team compared to Arsenal, and that experience has played a role in their ability to manage the demands of the league. While youth can bring energy and excitement to a team, it is often experience that allows clubs to navigate the pressures of a long season and challenge for major honours, such as the league title.
Arsenal’s injury crisis has certainly been a major factor in their struggles this season, and it has been something that has hindered their progress in ways that Liverpool has not experienced. However, another key reason Arsenal may have struggled to secure the league title in recent years could be their youthfulness. Inexperienced players often lack the consistency and composure required to win crucial games and push through challenging situations, and this has been evident at times in Arsenal’s performances.
Looking ahead to the summer, it is expected that Arsenal will make some key signings to strengthen their squad. However, it might be time for the club to consider adding players who bring more experience to the table. The team could benefit from players who have succeeded at other clubs, bringing with them the wisdom and tactical awareness that comes from years of competing at the highest level.
Bringing in more experienced players could help bridge the gap between Arsenal and the top spot in the Premier League, as well as in other important competitions. While the Gunners have shown plenty of promise, they will need more than just youthful enthusiasm to break into the upper echelons of English and European football. By addressing their need for experience, Arsenal could find themselves in a much stronger position to challenge for major titles, which is ultimately what the club and its supporters desire.
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8th youngest is literally average, mid-table. So no, we are not particularly inexperienced team.
MLS and Nwaneri didnt start the seasonwith expectations of playing as much as they have, and thats a fact. They were picked largely because of injuries.
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Inexperience has nothing to do with our current plight which is down to a lack of quality attackers and the clearly imbalanced nature of our squad.Accountability rests predominately with one man, and in my opinion, he is not the major shareholder.
Nothing like inexperience, it is all about the crop of players you have so that they also become experienced because the ones we see as experienced they also once inexperienced but took the chances at the big stages that is what our young gunners should do to make a statement of their own
As is with a lot of the articles on here, its just another one looking for ways to make excuses in the event of them not winning a trophy again.🙄🤦♂️
Always something, always an excuse why the team lacks mentality and underperforms.
Rather than age, there could have been an article about
1. The tactics that are rinsed and repeated and predictable, endless passing sideways and inverted LB.
2. How about a lack of specialists and an overabundance of “versatile” players in the squad.
3. How about how unbalanced the squad is
4. Loan moves leaving us short like Vieira, or selling attacking CM like ESR and replacing with DM like Merino.
5. Continuing to buy defenders and not addressing our attack
Perhaps the team is not as good as some fans believe it to be? Perhaps Arteta is only a good manager, not the great leader some believe he is?
Imagine being an owner, shelling out 800 million and trusting your executives and staff to manage the budget properly.
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It is not talked because it does not exist. In a sport where the average retirement age is 33, inexperienced can only be applied to under 20s.
Let’s talk about how the substandard coach is running players to the ground and has deleted the word rotation to keep legs fresh from his dictionary.
Give the poor man’s Pep a player who has never been injured in his life and he will run him to the ground to make him a permanent resident of the injury table.
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And they were experienced enough to nearly win it two seasons in a row. Inexperienced was not a topic back then was it not?
Have they unlearned that experience?
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Keep the excuses coming🥱
Yes, we went from youngest to second youngest and are now apparently eighth youngest except that no one is counting any longer. And it is only Nwaneri and Skelley whose extreme youth which puts us in eighth position. Fortunately they have been two of our best players which also tells us how necessary youth is. We also have a squad of wall to wall internationals. Outside of injuries, what other excuse is there? Did I hear someone whisper the manager?