Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
That’s exactly why our defence is exposed. He runs all over the place and has no sense of positioning or discipline. It leaves huge gaps in the middle and it’s energy wasted.

To top it off, we have Vermaelen and our full backs bombing forward....no discipline and Wenger needs to teach these guys about positioning and effective pressing. It’s exactly why we need more experienced players in our squad because he can’t see for shit. I don’t think Arteta has been told to curb his attacking instincts, he can just see that it’s required when playing in this team because players are so reckless when attacking.
of course we need to defend from the front but its a bit silly to offer the spearhead of our midfield, ramsey, up as the first example of why our defence loses its head.

verm? couldn't agree more. both him and kos are to cavalier taking it in turns to bomb forward and that is why we need merts back in the starting eleven to anchor the defence instead of using last ditch recovery pace all of the time to get out of jail. arteta's start position in the team indicates his role is to play deeper and curb his attacking instincts and boy do we miss him atm.