Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
It's not even that. The Kos and Gabriel partnership wasn't good. Gabriel was getting dominated in the air and we conceded as a result. Kos was all over the shop as well. Based of that recent performance, I can't say it's an easy decision to bench Merts.

As for Walcott, he'd probably play a lot better up front compared to on the left.
Walcott couldn't play better if you let him loose in Toys'r'Us. Giroud, for all his faults, at least has some clue where the goal is.

Kos and Gabriel can't be judged as a pair from that farcical team that was put out against Burnley. If Wenger can swallow his pride and start these two for the remainder of the season we'll be a lot better off. Merts causes most of the problems with the players around him. They are covering for him all the time because he's so immobile. He's not that good in the air himself, so weak for such a big guy. But a pointless discussion, we all know what Wenger will do.