Szscesny, Sagna and Santos were appalling again, get them all out of my club man.
What did Chez do wrong other than the attempted Cruyf turn because I can't seem to recall anything?
It's sad how far Sagna has fallen, that leg break really has fucked him up something rotten. Easily the best RB in the league prior to it.
Unfortunately I agree with most of this.
Szczesny isn't good when it comes to set pieces and gets beaten in the air too often, and he also runs out to the edge of his box when he's no chance of getting to the ball. Also he attempts dumb shit like that turn, and when the ball's at his feet and he's put under pressure he doesn't clear it like keepers should. Instead he attempts to pick a pass to Mertesacker or Vermaelen, a very risky pass at that. His clearances forward can be wayward too, occasionally going straight out.
Sagna hasn't been the same the past couple of months. He's slow to track back, his crosses always hit the first man, and he's been exposed defensively. Nowhere near as bad as Santos, but for Sagna it's strange. He was definitely the best right back in the league, but since his leg breaks he's not been the same.
Mertesacker is just disappointing for somebody who's a regular international for the Germans. He's slow to run and turn, he poses zero threat at set pieces for a guy who's 6 foot 6, and he makes risky passes from the back. For example, against Liverpool he passed it straight to a Liverpool player (can't remember who) which gave them a promising counter attack against just two defenders.
Now as for Santos, he's just fucking terrible. He was incredibly bad against Brighton, a Championship side, but not so much when he came on against Liverpool... but only because they didn't target him like Brighton did. He's a major worry, especially now that Gibbs has been ruled out for the next three weeks. Can you imagine Santos up against Arjen Robben? That is what we're faced with, and to put it simply that should be Plan A for a comfortable Bayern victory.
The transfer window is nearly about to close, and the main man we have been linked with is David Villa. Do we need a striker before the end of the season? No, I don't think we do. We haven't had trouble scoring goals, and although Walcott and Giroud are our main options, we've got Podolski who can play there too. We have no issue with scoring goals, so a move for a striker makes little sense to me. It's not an area we should've looked to improve until the end of the season after we ship out Chamkah, Bendtner and Park Chu-Young permanently. They go, we replace them with a top striker, and we'd be just fine there.
What we need is this:
- A top goalkeeper; Szczesny is proving not to be good enough this season, and really I don't think Fabianski or Mannone can cut it. Don't get me wrong, Mannone was decent at the start of the season, but he's barely played in the past couple of months which goes to show Wenger doesn't really believe in him.
- A defensive mid; Song was one of our best last season, he was a very important player in our side, we sold him like we do with all our top players, we haven't replaced him, and it shows alot when our defence is exposed. Arteta has done well but ISN'T a defensive mid. Ramsey has done well in Arteta's absence, but ISN'T a defensive mid. Diaby isn't one either, and frankly I'm not sold on Coquelin who IS a defensive mid.
- A winger; This isn't as desperate as the other two, but I think it's still needed. When Giroud's up front we've got Walcott and Podolski on the two wings, which is great. There's also Oxlade-Chamberlain, but that's where it ends. Gervinho just doesn't play well with us and is by far a better player when playing for his country, Wenger has lost faith in Arshavin and he'll probably be sold (even though I'd like to see him given another chance), and then there's Ryo Miyaichi who's had a bad season with Wigan because of injuries. He's just a little older than Ox and has been sent on loan three times, but he has a future. We need another option apart from Podolski, Ox, and Walcott, an option not crap like Gervinho, not lacking the manager's belief like Arshavin, and not one inexperienced like Miyaichi.
Wenger's not shy with saying how good our squad is, constantly papering over the cracks, but they're all pretty obvious to see.
@ Liverpool losing to Oldham.
