Arsenal are in real trouble of drifting away from top four contention this season and for seasons to come, according to former academy player Steve Sidwell.The ex-Premier League midfielder believes the Gunners impressive unbeaten run merely papered over the cracks in their performances, saying they have not performed consistently well all campaign.Sidwell joined talkSPORT to share his thoughts on Arsenal following Thursdays shock Europa League defeat to Belarusian minnows BATE Borisov.
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It also represents the latest example of the wheels coming off their impressive start to the campaign, which saw them go 22 games unbeaten between August and December.Since that run was ended by Southampton losing 3-2 at St Marys Arsenal have suffered defeats to Tottenham, Liverpool, West Ham, Man United and Man City and have slipped down the table as a result now sitting fifth.And Sidwell, who came through the Arsenal academy and won two FA Youth Cups before going on to have an excellent career with the likes Fulham and Chelsea, said it was only a matter of time before the results stopped and the teams shortcomings were revealed.Ive watched Arsenal a lot this year and I think that run papered over a lot of cracks in their performances, he said on Fridays Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast.It hasnt been great, there were plenty of games where they could have lost. They rode their luck on a few games, they werent blowing things away at all. It was only going to be a matter of time before that came to a halt, and theyre on a bad run of form at the moment.It was always going to be a tough transition, but theyre doing better than I thought they would, I thought they were going to be around the mid-table mark, I really did.And then youve got the politics going on upstairs with transfers, the ownership, directors and sporting an all that now there is not an alignment from top to bottom and it really needs to be restructured or they could be in real trouble.Sidwell also reflected on Aaron Ramseys looming exit to Juventus in the summer, and believes it indicates Arsenal are becoming a selling club and have fallen way short of their expectations when they moved to the Emirates Stadium in 2006.
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Inconsistency has crept back in, though, and Sidwell believes it was inevitable that the wheels would fall off at some stage. He said: "I've watched Arsenal a lot this year and I think that run papered over a lot of cracks in their performances. It hasn't been great, there were plenty of games where they could have lost.
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The ex-midfielder Steve Sidwell, who started his career at Arsenal, thinks that there are real problems at the club, despite that incredible 22-game unbeaten run at the beginning of the season. "I've watched Arsenal a lot this year and I think that run papered over a lot of cracks in their performances." Sidwell said in Goal. "It hasn
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