David Seaman believes an attack of confidence is hindering Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, and feels the Gunners boss needs to be backed in the January transfer window to help move the club forward.
Arsenal are on a dismal run of just one win in their last nine Premier League matches - six of which have been defeats - but earned a point against high-flying Southampton on Wednesday.
Boss Arteta is now under increasing pressure to turn his side's season around, and Seaman feels a little faith in their own abilities may go a long way for Arsenal.
He told talkSPORT : “We all know how good Arsenal can be, especially the way they play with one-touch, two-touch – that is what they are known for, those hidden passes in between defenders.
“At the moment it isn’t happening. It’s a massive lack of confidence. Hopefully the [Southampton] result is going to push them on a little bit because, if I’m honest, it can’t really get any worse.”
Arsenal battled their way back level against the Saints following Theo Walcott's opener, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended his drought of 11 league matches without a goal to equalise.
That strike will have done the Gunners' skipper's confidence no bounds, though the same cannot be said for the red card shown to Granit Xhaka against Burnley, who may now be facing the end of his Arsenal career.
After failing to land Lyon's Houssem Aouar in the summer, Arsenal's technical director Edu admitted signing a creative spark in midfield remains priority next month.
And Seaman has urged fans to save judgement on Arteta until he adds a few more fresh faces to his crop.
“I see him on the sidelines, I see him speaking and I know people at the training ground and they say his coaching techniques are fantastic," the ex-Arsenal No.1 added.
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“The thing is, a lot of the team was under Arsene Wenger and it was under Unai Emery, so he hasn’t got his own team yet. But the club need to back him on that because we can all see that we still need players.
“We got Gabriel, okay he was stupid kicking the ball away and he looked uncomfortable all game [against Southampton], but then they have got [Thomas] Partey as well. You need to add to that. We need to get [Nicolas] Pepe back playing with confidence."
