What would you do?

[bignev]

Imagine you are the Arsenal manager right now.

We all know the current problems but realistically if you were in charge what would you do?

We've not played well all season, we don't have enough defenders and those we do have are injured, bang out of form or being played our of position. Those in front of them aren't much better, Alexis aside.

What do you do in the short term to get us by until January?

What do you in January, signing wise? Would you prioritise a CB over everything? Or would you try and get both a CB and a DM bearing in mind the more players you sign the harder it will be to get decent players.
Try to be realistic. For instance we're not going to sign Hummels for 40m and Carvalho for 30m. We're not going to spend that kind of money and there's no way their respective clubs would let them go in January anyway. The media are reporting we have 20m to spend in Jan but I suspect that if Wenger made a case to board we could spend 30-40m if they felt 4th was in danger.

I still have good memories of when Keown came in short term as a defensive coach and we went 10 games in the CL without conceding. I vaguely remember reading that he was keen to come back but we never asked him to. So first things first I would get him back to work with Bould and sort out team out defensively.

I would also move Chambers to CB and put Bellerin in as the right back until Koscielny and Debuchy are back. Monreal has never filled me with confidence anyway but at CB he's just not up to it. That's not his fault because he's not a CB but we need to call time on the experiment.

I would also be looking at players that out of form. Carzola isn't playing well at the moment so I would be looking to give someone else a run out for a few games.Maybe even the same with Ramsey!

In January I would look at loan deals for a CB, mainly because I can't think of a decent CB that would be available Then spend serious money on a CB in the summer when they are more likely to be available.

Try not to be too negative. We all know the problems we have. This is more about what your thoughts are on how to make the best out of the current situation.

So come on guy. How would you fix this?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Chambers cannot play any more at right back, Monreal cannot play any more at centre back

we will have to risk beasting a back four of bellerin, chambers, mertesacker and gibbs (gibbs can alternate with monreal)

if we get a point against dortmund the game against galatasaray should be a dead fixture so we can give isaac hayden a go at centre back

rosicky, campbell and podolski need games and they need to be put into the first xi in certain fixtures....podolski and campbell with the idea of resting sanchez and welbeck

We need to go back to basics defensively, we need to identify why we are conceeding so many goals from headers...we need to sit back more in games especially after we have taken the lead

When the opposition have the ball in their own half we press only when we have enough players back to cover, when the opposition have the ball in our half we need to close them down instead of dropping off

In January a centre back is the number 1 priority, a defensive midfielder would also be beneficial but it depends on what funds are available and it might be preferable to wait until the summer when they are more and better options.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I'd probably have a danger wank.

[fakeyank]

This is a great thread..

For starters, I would play Chambers and Per as CB with Gibbs and Ox as full backs. I would strongly drill into their heads that when one full back is overlapping, the other cunt better stay behind to help in defense.

I would play the following formation:

Sczesny

Ox Mert Chambers Gibbs

Walcott Rosicky Cazorla Sanchez

Welbeck Podolski/Giroud

Subs: Martinez, Hayden, Campbell, Arteta, Ramsey, Wilshere, Gnabry

Ramsey would be advised to sit the fuck down and stay back with the defense, unless we are absolutely peppering the opposition goal. He might not even start if we are playing away from home.. have Arteta and Wilshere in the middle perhaps. I also would go back to playing with 2 up front.. we havent won anything of note with our lone striker and its time to move on. Ox might come as a surprise at RB but he is going to play there assuming we are playing at home or if the opposition is shit. If we are away from home against the big boys, I'd play Flamini there..

Football wise, I would try to break free from the tippy tappy crap we are doing. We have some of the fastest players in the PL and yet we play like dumb pieces of shit. I will encourage the players to shoot from outside the box. Any player(s) guilty of over-complicating shit near the opposition box will be fined!

In the Jan window, I would bring in a solid CB from any of the bottom feeder teams (West Ham, Stoke, Sunderland etc). As for a CDM, I wouldnt mind going back in for someone like Song! Oh, and bring back Carl Jenkinson from loan.

Lastly, I would bring in life coaches or anybody that I can bring to make the players believe in themselves.. not the Arsene Wenger loser mentality of believing themselves... I would set out different formations for them to work with. Plan A, B, C and if needed.. a D!

[KSE Comedy Club]

I think, I think I would..... Errr....um......

[Power n Glory]

I'd hand in my notice!

[Xhaka Can’t]

I think, I think I would..... Errr....um......

Beat me to it.

[selassie]

I'd hand in my notice!

you beat me to it!

[GP]

Sit in the garage with the engine running.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Hit the whore house.

Then a bottle of whiskey.