Vermaelen Surgery?

[Niall_Quinn]

Rather have Cahill than Djourou, no argument there but the major problem has been lack of organisation at the back as we only had one defender that could take a bit of responsibiltiy on that front, adding one more makes our options at the back a lot more secure, one of Merts or Vermaelen can form a good partnership with Kos and maybe help keep Djourou's head in the right place (i.e. out of the place it seems to get stuck in).Ofc, if it turns out Mertesacker is shit then we're in trouble.

But don't we have a track record of Kos being shaky (if we are kind)? I agree we have no choices now and we go with what we've got. I wonder when the club knew TV needed surgery? Before or after the transfer window closed? If it was before then Wenger is again saying Kos is good enough to start for us, or maybe JD is good enough. I think they have clearly demonstrated they are nowhere near good enough. Not sure what Wenger is looking for or what he sees in them. He also appears to count Squillaci as a viable option when he speaks about us having enough CBs at the club. This is the heart of it. Wenger says one thing and all the evidence contradicts him.

[Darth Vela]

But don't we have a track record of Kos being shaky (if we are kind)? I agree we have no choices now and we go with what we've got. I wonder when the club knew TV needed surgery? Before or after the transfer window closed? If it was before then Wenger is again saying Kos is good enough to start for us, or maybe JD is good enough. I think they have clearly demonstrated they are nowhere near good enough. Not sure what Wenger is looking for or what he sees in them. He also appears to count Squillaci as a viable option when he speaks about us having enough CBs at the club. This is the heart of it. Wenger says one thing and all the evidence contradicts him.

Yeah, he's made mistakes and he's had bad games, most of them coming early on in the season whilst adapting but it's as if people expect players to be perfect at all times which simply doesn't happen.

I'd have liked another CB as I don't trust Djourou and Squillaci isn't even really a defender but if you simply focus on errors instead of considering the effect of different partnerships and personalities on the synergy and efficiency of a defence then you're gonna ignore a large part of putting a team together.

From where I'm standing we have two senior defenders who can organise things and two junior defenders who need one of the others there due to their own lack of organisation in Kos' case and inability to concentrate in DJ's case, I reckon Cahill would fall somewhere between those two so would have been more useful than Djourou. It's not perfect but it's a damn sight better than last year.

As for what Wenger thinks, who the fuck knows? One thing I will say though is if Squillaci gets any gametime this season I will consider this summer a complete and utter failure.