Match Reaction v Fulham

[Power n Glory]

Exactly, it's unbelievable that Wenger has assembled a squad with such utter garbage sprinkled liberally throughout it. We had the whole summer to get rid of the deadwood, and replace them with better quality. Instead, we lost some of our first team players and failed to replace them properly, and we didn't get rid of the turds making up the rest of the squad. Wenger has to take responsibility for that.

We had little chance of holding on after the red. And it was Mertesacker that caused the red by being weak and giving the ball away.

We tired in the second as expected. I don't agree with those who say we needed to keep Gerv and Theo on. They were garbage. The game had turned even with them on the pitch. Ruiz and Hangeland missed near-sitters and we were incredibly lucky to still be 0-1 up when they were taken off. We were tiring and struggling to inject any pace in attacks. But at that stage, a manager can do two things. He can bring on defensive reinforcements: Rosicky and Benayoun. Or he can bring on attacking reinforcements: Chamakh and Arshavin (Or a mix of both). Looking at those options, Wenger probably felt more comfortable going with Rosicky and Benayoun. But if we had something new in attack (Oxlade and Park) we might've had a better chance of nicking that second goal.

Mertesacker and Song were very poor in the second half. They were making mistakes you just don't expect from experienced players.

It turned into a one sided affair once they came off. Ramsey and Arteta should never have finished that game. Fulham were bypassing our midfield all day and it got worse as the game went on. Without Gerv and Theo covering the wings and tracking runners, we were open. We should have never lost that game. Bad subs flipped the game. The last 20 minutes was played in our own half. Theo and Gerv gave Fulham something to worry about at least. On fast breaks, Benni and Rosicky couldn't keep up the pace but it's not as if Ramsey and Arteta could find them anyway.

We've missed chances in games before and still come out on top. We surrendered possession with those subs. I hate the Arteta and Ramsey combo. Both aren't good enough and it showed badly today because once players weren't bursting forward, they couldn't play the intelligent pass and keep possession. They couldn't even foul the Fulham playere just to break their stride a bit.

But saying that, we could do better than Gerv and Theo. Terrible performances but they are the type of wingers you need for a 4-3-3. Direct, single minded and bags of pace. They're the right sort of wingers but the quality is questionable. Pace scares defenders. Well, these two can be described as rubber guns. They at least appear to be threatening.