Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
Sad fact is he's not going, so all of this is a moo point.
The old goat just conned everyone by sending out a back three against the worst attacking unit in the league. Seems to have worked. Seems like he's changed and is finally listening to the fans. For me, that's enough to overlook the hopeless Giroud up front in preference to the once Golden Boot candidate banished to the wings. And the two central defenders who get bullied every match. And the chugging Monreal who was hilariously deployed as a wing back. And the shadow that is Xhaka, Mr Sideways. And the poor man's Kante, Coquelin. And the hot and cold Walcott who was finally showing a bit of fight so got benched. And the fragile Welbeck who is injured again. And the missing Cazorla who we haven't come close to replacing. And the Ox, who is surely shop windowing himself with his string of decent performances? And Ozil, who has learned quickly it's fine to turn up when you fancy under this regime. And, of course, Alexis who looks so out of place at this club, like a guy passing through on his way to more interesting destinations.
But we played a back three. So all in all I'd say there are more positives than negatives.
