Match Reaction vs Ludogorets (away).

[Kano]

I'm tempted to bet money Kane will be back but Dembele is much of a muchness and virtually no direct goal threat despite his ability and Alderweireld's a big miss for them but Dier (who I assume is deputising) is very good.

The ArsenalVision did go to town on Xhaka to my surprise a little but our midfield really was bypassed far too easily against Cluedo and in no small part due to Xhaka.

Dembele is a scrote that keeps them ticking over from the back, Pochettino rates him very highly, sees him as integral. As soon as he went out last season, they fell to pieces. Dire is another scrote. Like Lamela and Alli. A big part of their game is constantly fouling, breaking up flow of opposition, running around like cockroaches. Hopefully they play just as bad or worse than the other night. They've been dull since the start of the season.

We had Elneny and Coq against Boro and they had better chances than we did, little was done to protect the back four then. Doesn't come down to Xhaka alone. The right pairings have to be found and they don't always happen by design, as we found with Cazorla and Coq. In fact, all of the best teams over time haven't been planned down to the last atom. The other problem now of having so many options for the first team is figuring out which ones work best and the only way to do that is in game time unfortunately.