Per Mertesacker

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If BFG had gone to Diame, Diame would've had an easy cutback in the space that would be left. As it is Diame went for the more difficult option but nailed it.

[Power n Glory]

That was Ramsey's fault for getting beaten so easily. Merts could have gone in to cut the angle more, but I suspect he was worried about the cross and what was going on behind him. It was a cracking shot and put it in the only place the keeper had no chance of reaching.

But you can't forget, Merts saved us from conceding another goal with that tackle on Nolan. If it had gone 2-1 at that point it would have a tall order to collect 3 points.

[Power n Glory]

If BFG had gone to Diame, Diame would've had an easy cutback in the space that would be left. As it is Diame went for the more difficult option but nailed it.

Yep, agree with that. If he had a chance to shoot like that again, he'd probably miss the target.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Ramsey was to blame

This, Ramsey Did a Denilson tbh. I agree with Png though, the boy is not good enough and needs to be dropped, or a sub at least.

[GP]

That was Ramsey's fault for getting beaten so easily. Merts could have gone in to cut the angle more, but I suspect he was worried about the cross and what was going on behind him. It was a cracking shot and put it in the only place the keeper had no chance of reaching.

But you can't forget, Merts saved us from conceding another goal with that tackle on Nolan. If it had gone 2-1 at that point it would have a tall order to collect 3 points.

Merts did really well there, notwithstanding Nolan was about five furlongs offside.

[GP]

I put him at fault for the goal today. Very, very slow off the mark to allow the shot in after Ramsey didn't cover himself with glory either.

I think almost any goal can be analysed to death like that, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up to what is a very good goal.

[Harland]

I think almost any goal can be analysed to death like that, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up to what is a very good goal.

Yes i fully agree. Merts I thought had a generally solid game and his tackle on Nolan was vital to us securing 3 points

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Plenty of quality CBs lacked it but made up for it in other ways

cygan

[Kano]

I put him at fault for the goal today. Very, very slow off the mark to allow the shot in after Ramsey didn't cover himself with glory either.

I think he's an excellent defender - and so are the other two. But it seems that every goal we are conceding these days is down to the CBs so maybe they're not as 'excellent' as I think they are.

those issues will exist for a while in the defence as there are years of misorganisation to eradicate back there. the shape of our team is much more solid than it has been for quite a while and having the bfg anchoring our defence - instead of having two cbs who charge upfield - helps us keep that shape.