William Gallas has been disgusted on Arsenal's bickering young guns and has told them to take out their frustrations on the pitch rather than each other.
The Gunners captain admits a number of bust-ups have taken place in the Gunners' dressing room this season, including a half-time row in the 4-4 draw against rivals Tottenham last month.
Gallas has borne the brunt of criticism in the past - most notably after his public demonstration of emotion at Birmingham City last season.
"When, as captain, some players come up to you and talk to you about a player...complaining about him... and then during the match you speak to this player and the player in question insults us," Gallas said on the Times website.
"There comes a time where we can no longer comprehend how this can happen.
"I am trying to defend myself a bit without giving names. Otherwise I'm taking all the blame. It's very frustrating. I'm 31, the player is six years younger than me.
"There was a problem at half-time at Tottenham. The only thing that I could say at half-time was 'Guys, we resolve these problems after the match, not at half-time.'"
Gallas also believes the youngsters emerging into Arsène Wenger's team need to learn to roll up their sleeves and fight the right to play attractive football.
"We are not brave enough in battle," Gallas said. "I think we need to be soldiers. We have to be warriors. There are teams who can do it well against us, and we have to be able to face up to these attacks.
"We are coming up against teams who are not scared to play football against us, who are not scared to take us on at our place, and this is becoming dangerous for Arsenal."
The Gunners have endured a poor start to the campaign, losing four of their opening 13 Premier League matches and they are nine points behind leaders Chelsea.
But Gallas is confident there is still time for Arsenal to rescue their title challenge.
"I have to win something this year. I have to win something, Arsenal has to win something," he added. "It's four or five years since Arsenal won anything. That's nearly five years, and that's not good.
"For me the title is not over, it's true that we are nine points behind Chelsea, but you have to be optimistic and you can't give up.
"Four defeats is a lot, but it's a long season. I think it will be very tight this year and we will have to hope that Chelsea draw a few games and have a few defeats."
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The Gunners captain admits a number of bust-ups have taken place in the Gunners' dressing room this season, including a half-time row in the 4-4 draw against rivals Tottenham last month.
Gallas has borne the brunt of criticism in the past - most notably after his public demonstration of emotion at Birmingham City last season.
"When, as captain, some players come up to you and talk to you about a player...complaining about him... and then during the match you speak to this player and the player in question insults us," Gallas said on the Times website.
"There comes a time where we can no longer comprehend how this can happen.
"I am trying to defend myself a bit without giving names. Otherwise I'm taking all the blame. It's very frustrating. I'm 31, the player is six years younger than me.
"There was a problem at half-time at Tottenham. The only thing that I could say at half-time was 'Guys, we resolve these problems after the match, not at half-time.'"
Gallas also believes the youngsters emerging into Arsène Wenger's team need to learn to roll up their sleeves and fight the right to play attractive football.
"We are not brave enough in battle," Gallas said. "I think we need to be soldiers. We have to be warriors. There are teams who can do it well against us, and we have to be able to face up to these attacks.
"We are coming up against teams who are not scared to play football against us, who are not scared to take us on at our place, and this is becoming dangerous for Arsenal."
The Gunners have endured a poor start to the campaign, losing four of their opening 13 Premier League matches and they are nine points behind leaders Chelsea.
But Gallas is confident there is still time for Arsenal to rescue their title challenge.
"I have to win something this year. I have to win something, Arsenal has to win something," he added. "It's four or five years since Arsenal won anything. That's nearly five years, and that's not good.
"For me the title is not over, it's true that we are nine points behind Chelsea, but you have to be optimistic and you can't give up.
"Four defeats is a lot, but it's a long season. I think it will be very tight this year and we will have to hope that Chelsea draw a few games and have a few defeats."
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