{"id":464346,"date":"2011-07-19T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/tony-woodcock-slams-former-club-arsenal-for-a-lack-of-drive\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T22:45:00","slug":"tony-woodcock-slams-former-club-arsenal-for-a-lack-of-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/tony-woodcock-slams-former-club-arsenal-for-a-lack-of-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Woodcock slams former club Arsenal for a &#8216;lack of drive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Jul 2011 23:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"102.535600907\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger, Arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/130500\/130542_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsene Wenger, Arsenal<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/760\/fc-k%C3%B6ln\">FC Koln<\/a> striker Tony Woodcock believes the current Emirates team lack the drive and consistency that they need to challenge for the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Woodcock was talking before Saturday\u2019s friendly clash between his two former sides, and is of the opinion that the Gunners have lacked the bottle in the past two years, pointing out that they were given several opportunities to win competitions but ultimately failed in their quest to end the trophy drought that is now six-years long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to Koln\u2019s official website, Woodcock said: &#8220;In the past two years, Arsenal have not had enough drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis, of course, is at a much higher level than Koeln. Arsenal were given the chance to be champions. In the decisive games, they lacked consistency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ahead of the pre-season friendly between the two sides on Saturday, Woodcock is looking forward to seeing the teams pitting themselves against each other, adding that Arsene Wenger&#8217;s side are very much the favourites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued: &#8220;I saw both teams very many times. If Arsenal fulfill their full potential and Koln too, then Arsenal will win. I&#8217;m an Koln fan, but everyone should approach this game realistically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cArsenal have great players and play a great style of football. Nevertheless, there is also criticism in London, because the fans want to live titles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn the past five years, Arsenal won no titles, and the upcoming match will be very exciting. I think the game is very interesting for both teams. Arsenal are the clear favourites, but last season Koln looked good against many favoured sides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I seriously hope that Koln win. The great fans in the RheinEnergieStadion deserve it. But it will be very difficult. One must not forget that it is a friendly game, wherein the focus is of course that no one gets injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut especially for Koln this is a great opportunity to measure themselves against an absolute top club in Europe. It will be a great game.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2582390\/tony-woodcock-slams-former-club-arsenal-for-a-lack-of-drive\" title=\"Tony Woodcock slams former club Arsenal for a 'lack of drive'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Woodcock slams former club Arsenal for a &#8216;lack of drive&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 19 Jul 2011 23:45:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Former Arsenal and FC Koln striker Tony Woodcock believes the current Emirates team lack the drive and consistency that they need to challenge for the title. Woodcock was talking before Saturday\u2019s friendly clash between his two former sides, and is of the opinion that the Gunners have lacked the bottle in the past two years, pointing out that they were given several opportunities to win competitions but ultimately failed in their quest to end the trophy drought that is now six-years long<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tony Woodcock slams former club Arsenal for a &#039;lack of drive&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/tony-woodcock-slams-former-club-arsenal-for-a-lack-of-drive\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tony Woodcock slams former club Arsenal for a &#039;lack of drive&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 19 Jul 2011 23:45:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Former Arsenal and FC Koln striker Tony Woodcock believes the current Emirates team lack the drive and consistency that they need to challenge for the title. 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