Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Gabriel and Kos were all over the place today because Coquelin couldn't be in 3 places at one time. A tiny flaw in Wenger's fucked up midfield policy. Coquelin must get mightily dispirited when he's abandoned like that in the centre. Bellerin and Monreal shouldn't get off lightly either, their passing was atrocious. But really, the absolute standout waste of space was Theo Walcott. Again. A nothing layer when there's no money on the table. It's such a shame we didn't sell him or loan him to Leicester or the spuds so we could have fucked their seasons up. Although neither manager there would have been crazy enough to play him after the first two outings. Can you imagine if we did bring Simeone in? He'd have a heart attack the minute he saw Walcott on the training pitch.
Looking at the first goal, can you really blame anyone else but Gabriel for not clearing that ball? Mistakes were made in the build up and everyone involved can only blame themselves. I can't blame the midfield for Theo losing the ball there. You just have to get the basics right. Sanchez should have been marking better and tracking better and Gabriel should have made contact with that ball to clear it. When it's as simple as making a clearance, you can't blame the midfield.

2nd goal...how again can you blame anyone but the CB's for not picking up that kid on his debut? No one else can be blamed.

3rd goal ok. That's the only goal where the midfield were nowhere to be found. But it's hard to pass the buck the other goals. Collective errors in all of it but excuses can't be made for the errors.