Tiredness, injuries, playing players out of positions because of those injuries, and youth players being thrown in = inconsistency in performance. You start our preferred 11 and you know how we'll play. Without that starting 11 it becomes up and down how we'll perform, thus Arsenal win & lose...
Those injury time goals put a totally different spin on the result. At 85 minutes we're pushing them for an equaliser. Not sure any team would expect much from St James Park going into it with only 2 fit senior defenders.
We're knackered, down to bare bones, and playing away at Saudi FC who are in the Champ League places. Sanchez, Veltman, Webster, Colwill, Lallana, March, Sarmiento, Lamptey and Moder all unavailable for various reasons/injuries. Given that it would be impossible to maintain Arsenal level...
Obviously they all look knackered, but there's no fight at the moment. It's like the fact we've rested players means the 11 out there feel this isnt a fixture we're really going for.