Match Reaction vs Swansea

[Dein-machine]

I'm sure he wouldn't even have to work at it

My missus would agree

[Dein-machine]

But again you agree that the signings he has made haven't been poor, they have just become poor with poor training and poor tactical deployment (Wengeritis I call it)

My point is that we need numbers at the back, that should secure top four and leaves a good platform when in our world of wishful thinking Wenger sods off in May.

Yes, defensive reinforcements in Jan would help to secure top 4 but I worry about injury to Sanchez. Unless Theo comes back twice as good as before I am also concerned with our goal scoring potential, especially as Rambo has decided to go back to being Wimpo.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Yes, defensive reinforcements in Jan would help to secure top 4 but I worry about injury to Sanchez. Unless Theo comes back twice as good as before I am also concerned with our goal scoring potential, especially as Rambo has decided to go back to being Wimpo.

Yep legitimate concern, he's being ridiculously over used....19 games in all competitions and he has started all but two of them?

[Power n Glory]

The cycle will continue. We'll pick up injuries in the midfield or up front and find ourselves needing to buy in those areas whilst agreeing to loan or sell Campbell, Coquelin Pod and Rosicky.
This is a tactical issue. We won't find the required quality we need in January and I'm sure Wenger will find a way to rush back Kos just to break him even more.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

The cycle will continue. We'll pick up injuries in the midfield or up front and find ourselves needing to buy in those areas whilst agreeing to loan or sell Campbell, Coquelin Pod and Rosicky.
This is a tactical issue. We won't find the required quality we need in January and I'm sure Wenger will find a way to rush back Kos just to break him even more.

Which seems to me to be bemoaning Wenger's lack of action in the transfer market rather than an argument for him not to spend money on defenders

Whether we like it or not he is here until 2017, so for me the only thing we can hope for is for him to spend and in the right areas.

Not to say it will necessarily happen, but all we have for the next 30 months is wishful thinking.

[Power n Glory]

Which seems to me to be bemoaning Wenger's lack of action in the transfer market rather than an argument for him not to spend money on defenders

Whether we like it or not he is here until 2017, so for me the only thing we can hope for is for him to spend and in the right areas.

Not to say it will necessarily happen, but all we have for the next 30 months is wishful thinking.

Nope, that's me pointing out the fact that we've been here before and spending in one area won't solve our problems if Wenger continues to blame 'fatigue' for our losses but still hammer away with the same starting eleven.

We'll only pick up more injuries in others areas whilst he neglects the bench options and will probably end up selling a few in the process. Just saying we need to think before adding another layer of shit to this already massive steaming pile. We all know the trouble this club has with January signings and if Wenger is right about the sort of quality on the market, we're in big trouble anyway.

[Power n Glory]

Which seems to me to be bemoaning Wenger's lack of action in the transfer market rather than an argument for him not to spend money on defenders

Whether we like it or not he is here until 2017, so for me the only thing we can hope for is for him to spend and in the right areas.

Not to say it will necessarily happen, but all we have for the next 30 months is wishful thinking.

Also, if we're talking 'wishful thinking' and being hopeful, I don't hope he spends in the right areas. That ship sailed already and he's proven time and time again that he's incapable of spending in the right areas. My hope is he walks or gets sacked!

[Niall_Quinn]

Yes, the last January window was such a success, I can't wait to see what they pull off this year? Perhaps a another DM with a broken back? Or maybe a wheelchair bound CB?

Spending won't help our tactics and that needs to be addressed before we decide to panic buy.

Well that's just a stream of speculation that skirts all around the issue without addressing it. What we did last year is irrelevant in terms of the next window which has yet to open. Nobody claimed spending would help the tactics, in fact I said it's not the spending that's the issue, it's the tactics. Also the assumption we'll panic buy is just that, an assumption. The point remains, we need to strengthen in key areas and if some fans don't want to see that happen and would prefer the season slides just so Wenger is discredited then that's their business. But I doubt it's the hope for most fans.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I think Wenger could ruin anyone in 4 months - if he was a sex therapist he could even turn me into a terrible shagger

[Power n Glory]

Well that's just a stream of speculation that skirts all around the issue without addressing it. What we did last year is irrelevant in terms of the next window which has yet to open. Nobody claimed spending would help the tactics, in fact I said it's not the spending that's the issue, it's the tactics. Also the assumption we'll panic buy is just that, an assumption. The point remains, we need to strengthen in key areas and if some fans don't want to see that happen and would prefer the season slides just so Wenger is discredited then that's their business. But I doubt it's the hope for most fans.

Is it not a fact that we signed a player with a back injury last January? That's not speculation.

Another fact, last January we needed cover for CB and a striker because our squad was wafer thin even then. We signed neither. The one area we had plenty of cover was central midfield and somehow, Wenger managed to burn out and crock so many players, the one area we had talent in abundance was down to the bare bones. As a result, any plan of signing a striker or defensive cover had to take a back burner.

See the pattern this season? If Wenger doesn't start using his subs more effectively and continues to burn out the starting 11, we'll have a injury crisis in some other area. That's not skirting over the issue. That's the heart of it.

Another fact, he's bought Chambers whose best performances have come at CB and where he's mostly played for us, but he has Monreal, a left back that's like 5,8' and never once played at CB playing CB for us. Now if he buys in January, not only am I worried that he'll spend poorly, I'm worried he won't even play the player in the right position.

Now, if we can someone rectify all our problems in January, I'm all for it. But it's highly unlikely because of all of the above. He's wasting our resources. We're not going to win the league, something he's conceded already and most fans would agree with him. Do we really care about CL football and are we in serious danger of losing our spot? Wenger is a risk and we need to watch the books so he doesn't leave the next manager without a pot to piss in.