Mertesacker was fucking garbage against Chelsea. Defense looked suspect until the SH when Santos manned up and Vermaelen came on.

You can say Santos shouldn't allow the cross for their first goal but a player that's 6 foot 6 shouldn't be so pathetic at blocking a basic cross into the box. For the second, you would have thought he was a 3 foot midget the way he was barged over by the Big Man.

He hasn't been good at all for the reason he was bought, which is to help us out at set-pieces. He's good along the ground but we already had Verm and Koscielny who are two of the best in the league at that. He's been poor in the air in a few games this season, notably Chelsea, Stoke and Blackburn. Vermaelen and Koscielny must be our first choice when available.

To be fair to him I still think he was a decent buy and I suppose if Wenger tells him to man up in the air he'll be a solid performer for us. Would like to see him play more in the cup games and such until he is fully adapted.

Also don't think Djourou played too poorly against Chelsea, he wasn't spectacular but dealt with his side of the field relatively comfortably and most of the problems (in the FH) were from Santos' side. Trust him a lot more than Jenkinson atm although the latter will obviously develop into a far better player.