Arsenal vs Schalke 04. Weds 24th Oct. 19:45

[Gervinho's Forehead]

By changing nothing I suppose Wenger is waiting to see if the gameplan works out. But what could that gameplan possibly be? The statistical inevitability of Gervinho doing something right?

Ah well that could be it, afterall Wenger is a numbers man.

[Özim]

Santos has had a mare, what's amazing is noone at the club seems to be able to see this, that's the only way I can explain why we haven't made any kind of change or substituted him.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Ramsey is dire..

The whole match is dire and the "team" is tonight as well.

[Özim]

Yet so many teams use it. There are just as many flaws as with man-to-man.

They'e highlighted the problem on MOTD many times, if you're very disciplined you can get away with it but for us we more often than not don't really do our job at the back. At least with man to man you know your job.

[fakeyank]

Another two back passes to Mannone!!

[Niall_Quinn]

He played this badly before and then scored. Maybe that's the gameplan.

Anyway, one hour gone, Chamakh for Cazorla surely?

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Fucking hell still half an hour to go! Please hurry up and blow the whistle!

[Özim]

Choice between Giroud or Chamakh, we're really spoilt!

[Niall_Quinn]

Hour gone, no shots on target.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They'e highlighted the problem on MOTD many times, if you're very disciplined you can get away with it but for us we more often than not don't really do our job at the back. At least with man to man you know your job.

It fits in with the narrative of English defending being above that sort of foreign nonsense. If you go man-to-man with many people moving about in the box, it would cause just as much havoc. And what happens if someone makes a run in to the box you can't account for?