28 Sep 2014 16:17:56
Hi all

yesterday was an unbelievable draw but we should have walked away with all 3 points considering the amount of possession we had.
our soft underbelly was for all to see yesterday and it will keep on appearing until we rectify our problem - THE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD POSITION.
arteta is not good enough period- flamini is not good enough period. both unfortunately are on their last legs as footballers and are causing many gooners sleepless nights knowing that the defence will be left exposed and the opposition will run riot. if a team like spurs can exploit our weakness which they did on numerous occasions when they broke through on a counter - both flamini and arteta seemed as though they were jogging on the spot - just think what better attacking teams will do. if we do that against chelski we will be obliterated with the quality they have upfront.
I am writing this now and still know deep down wenger will pick flamini on sunday and in the champions league. all this BS about their experience in big matches is nonsense they haven't done nothing to make the position their own.

me personally I would drop both and put in diaby and coquelin atleast until January. diaby will give us power and coquelin will give us speed, he was like a terrier against Southampton and showed hunger and desire which our defensive mid lacks. he has a point to prove and even if its till January he will put in a shift. if diaby does get injured jack can come in alongside coquelin. I know it will mean upsetting the jack - ramsey axis but with ramsey injured and arteta aswell we need to tighten our defensive side to stop teams running riot on us. we can't afford to go a goal down and then start chasing a game leaving our defence exposed.
why wenger played ozil on the left again after probably his best game against villa beggars belief! wengers stubbornness to do exactly the opposite of what the fans can see is detrimental to the club, if you have a winning formula stick to it, its like the 4141 - WHY? I would go 4231

szecs
chambers merti kosci gibbs
coquelin diaby
ox ozil sanchez
welbeck

this formation is imo more solid. ox sanchez and welbeck are all happy running back and closing down defenders but can also attack with pace - coquelin with his terrier like play can break down play and diaby can add power and height plus they can support the defence - ozil can have a free role with no defensive duties. with jack santi and rosicky and ramsey when fit rotating it looks a much stronger team, with theo coming back soon it will only get stronger.
I know this is all hypothetical but atleast it will be something better than what we have now. we are not far off from being the finished article, but our soft underbelly and wengers stubbornness and unwillingness to make quicker substitutions to change the flow of the game will be the undoing of the team everytime.

over and out

hulk hogunner

1.) 28 Sep 2014
28 Sep 2014 17:42:48
You were going good untill you mentioned Coq/Diaby

2.) 28 Sep 2014
I'm confused. Coquelin? Speed?

There's a very good reason Coquelin hasn't played for us for quite some time. He's not good enough. He's on the bench for 1 reason. We have no other defensive cover.

3.) 28 Sep 2014
Sheeny

so you would rather carry on with arteta and flamini. if you wish to carry on with the same old atleast justify it, with reasons why? if you can think of something better than coq/diaby until January I would be happy to read it.

hulk hogunner

4.) 28 Sep 2014
Rockyv11

are you seriously telling me coquelin is slower than flamini or arteta. come on man! he is a better option atm up until January.

hulk hogunner

5.) 29 Sep 2014
Its a shame about debuchy and jenks (different reasons obviously) because if we had one or both we could play 3 5 2 Calum Mert Kos in the absence of a DM worth talking about

6.) 29 Sep 2014
Hulk.

Speed apart he's in my opinion like I said defensive cover on the bench. He's not very good. It's quite something wanting a player who hasn't played for us in a long time who couldn't hold down a place in a poor french team while out on loan. The only reason he's still an arsenal player is because we didn't sign enough defenders. It's desperate times when we want poor players to start.