Arsenal vs Southampton. 2nd Feb. 19:45

[Power n Glory]

Of course his record is patchy, he hardly plays. I'm talking about taking out a recurring liability and playing two CBs who are suitable for this league and giving them the time to strike up a partnership. I believe the risks in allowing the time would be smaller than allowing Merts on the pitch. We won't find out though because Wenger probably doesn't even see any problems in Merts. And no, I wouldn't have been singling out Merts for that hyper-shit performance against Burnley.

Personally, I don't think the Gabriel and Kos partnership is better than Merts and Kos and I wouldn't tinker with that understanding at the tail end of the season.

Check the stats and you'll see we've lost more games with the Kos and Gabriel partnership this season. We've lost 9 games across all comps this season but 4 of those games we've lost with Kos and Gabriel as CB pairings. They hardly keep clean sheets either. Best to explore that partnership next season but for I wouldn't switch things up now when they haven't been successful so far.

[Niall_Quinn]

Personally, I don't think the Gabriel and Kos partnership is better than Merts and Kos and I wouldn't tinker with that understanding at the tail end of the season.

Check the stats and you'll see we've lost more games with the Kos and Gabriel partnership this season. We've lost 9 games across all comps this season but 4 of those games we've lost with Kos and Gabriel as CB pairings. They hardly keep clean sheets either. Best to explore that partnership next season but for I wouldn't switch things up now when they haven't been successful so far.

Stats don't even begin to tell the story. But there's another way of looking at it. Which club in the top half of the PL would have Merts anywhere near their first eleven? It's like the terrible keeper syndrome, the shitty sideways midfielder affliction, Wenger will persist until the whole world is screaming at him and only then will he... sign him for another 5 seasons.

[Power n Glory]

Stats don't even begin to tell the story. But there's another way of looking at it. Which club in the top half of the PL would have Merts anywhere near their first eleven? It's like the terrible keeper syndrome, the shitty sideways midfielder affliction, Wenger will persist until the whole world is screaming at him and only then will he... sign him for another 5 seasons.

Well, Wenger has chosen Gabriel for this game so we'll see if we fair any better without Merts. Wenger's not so stubborn after all. But I don't think it's a wise choice playing Flamini and Rambo again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Well, Wenger has chosen Gabriel for this game so we'll see if we fair any better without Merts. Wenger's not so stubborn after all. But I don't think it's a wise choice playing Flamini and Rambo again.

True, he's finally made a sensible call defensively. We'll be much tighter at the back tonight as a result and Kos will have a much better game.

Flamini and Ramsey is idiotic, of course, but you can't expect Wenger to get more than one thing right at a time.