Quote Originally Posted by GB. View Post
Look, I see what you are saying. I think the only mistake was in taking both of them off in that respect.

As soon as Djorou got his first booking - the writing was on the wall for him and it had nothing to do with the substitutions - it's Djorou we're talking about here, and had it not been for a freakish number of injuries amongst the back line, we would not be talking about him, because he'd be at home toasting the new year.
And yet Wenger kept him on the field even though he was on a yellow and we had less cover on that side. The writing wasn't on the wall.