06 Aug 2017 17:00:43
Good win in quite a feisty charity shield game. We dominated much of the game possession and territory wise especially in 2nd but still need to be creating more shooting opportunities from the dominance we have. Defence decent on open play considering two 1st choices were not playing but still don't like this zonal setup on corners still this is still an Achilles heal we need to sort out.

If we can keep Sanchez, Giroud and the Ox we look pretty good attacking wise with what we have. My main area of concern is that Ramsey and Xahka partnership I don't think it is defensively secure enough when playing the better teams. Yes Lemar would be nice to get but I don't think he actually an essential purchase with the cost need to get him over a strong physically commanding central midfielder that we need.

1.) 06 Aug 2017
06 Aug 2017 17:21:19
Agree completely. All of the great teams of the Wenger era had a strong spine with the likes of Emmanuel Petit or Gilberto in the role of a physically commanded central midfielder. A player like this will allow Ramsey to do what he does best as well.