Arsenal - (A) - Post Match

[Fosterbloke]

Arsenal - (A) - Post Match

Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Coutinho.

These four will strengthen us no end.

[Sarb]

Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Coutinho.

These four will strengthen us no end.

Depends how you can get Agger into the team though at the moment. I'd like Sakho to stay in and play central defence. I don't think him and Agger can play in a back 4 unless one moves to left-back

[Yozza]

Both should be available for the next game v Fulham....Enrique has taken a lot of stick on this site,goes to show he is a player we need in our team

Yes he's better than Cissokho.. but he's still not very good!

[G]

I like Enrique, it's not his fault he's thick. He's a he's good strong defender but is prone to lapses, he can also spot a good ball to Suarez but 99% of the time his final ball is a hit and hope to no one in particular. He's miles better than Cissoko on current showing but we still need a massive improvement on both of them, it can wait til summer though.

[Fosterbloke]

Who could we sign at left (wing) back?

[Chazza]

Luke Shaw.

[Sarb]

Will we even persist with 3-5-2 long term though? Need a good left back. Never seen much of Luke Shaw

[Maxiedge]

Man, that was embarassing. Just starting to get over it. As a few have mentioned, we were completely outclassed.

Arsenal are a very good side but we got it completely wrong. They actually set out with a game plan to exploit our weaknesses and to nullify our strengths while we just seemed to think turning up and playing the same formation might get us a result.

I just want to forget about that game and try and believe the gulf really is only 5 points

[wiw]

Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Coutinho.

These four will strengthen us no end.

Yep agree, but this also highlights how weak and fragile our squad is. To even have a chance of top 4 we need to keep everyone fit and over the course of a season I just can't see that happening. We're going to struggle due to lack of strength in depth rather than first team quality. Our first team is decent. The backups (e.g Cissokho) just aren't good enough

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Luke Shaw.

He'll end up at Chelsea.

[Sarb]

He'll end up at Chelsea.

Chelsea fan isn't he? How about Bertrand then? Didn't we bid in the summer for him?

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Chelsea fan isn't he? How about Bertrand then? Didn't we bid in the summer for him?

Yeah and with the age of Cole it just seems like a no brainer. Not too sure on Bertrand to be honest, just assume he's half decent and nothing more for some reason.

Coentrao might be available, not sure if he'd want to come here or not though.

[Sarb]

We were linked with Alberto Moreno in the Summer from Sevilla. I think Utd and Madrid now want him

[little dave hedgehog]

guillherme siqueira.

[spider-neil]

Brendan said the arsenal midfield had "5 wonderful technicians" in it whereas we had 3 in ours. So why set us up like that Brendan?

Because we were awesome against West Brom.
He keep the formation and shape of a winning team. I definately think we should have matched Arsenal's 5 midfielders with 5 of our own but it's understandable Brendan didn't want to change things.