Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser View Post
Knew Traore and Jenkinson would have it tough but they had no cover. Ramsey is ponderous, he's becoming a second Rosicky. Arshavin and Walcott were pathetic defensively. Coquelin was our best midfield performer defensively. Djourou is fucking shocking. RVP bottled the pen - I could tell, it would happen.

Worse than the result were shockingly poor jokes by cunting Man Utd fans who thought themselves brilliantly original in their comedy.
I just don't get it. In a 4-3-3, the two wide players of the attack shouldn't have to drop back so deep to cover their wing backs, with the extra man in the middle of the park, Ramsey, Coquelin or Rosicky, should be able to shift over to cover that side, while the remaining two midfielder players cover the middle and make sure we're not over run. Considering they played a 4-4-2 and only had two central players, this should have been impossible.

The middle three just don't work as a unit, I'm not saying the front three shouldn't defend, but the middle is useless and get torn through every time. That shouldn't be happening when you have an extra man in the middle.