Match Reaction v Fulham

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Still dont understand whats happened with Jenkinson

Yeah hes shit but hes a full back and a shit full back is a better than no full back

He's not shit just inexprienced at this level.

[Niall_Quinn]

I thought some people were being a bit harsh on Squillaci but as a defender you don't really want to be heading it back across goal. He was a bit unlucky where it fell but if you head it that way it's liable to happen.

The fact we can sign 3 new defenders and still find ourselves down to our "break glass in absolute emergency" defender is so us.

[Letters]

Looks to me like he was off balance cos he was competing with 2 Fulham players and when youre off balance, cant help where the ball goes.

You're always going to be under pressure in the box when a ball like that comes in. If you can't help where the ball goes then you probably shouldn't be playing at this level. I dunno, it wasn't an easy header but that's why he gets the big bucks.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Squillaci ballsed up but we probably all expected him to do it. Wenger was happy to bring on Miquel against Citeh away but not today? Just plain weird.

[Gubby Allen]

rubbish. prove it.

Here you go - 2010 - actually alongisde Schneider at the top.

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionslea...ics/index.html

Still been shit this season, but he'll be gone anyway. It's the players that look settled in for the next few years where the problems will continue to be, unless something is done now.

[Xhaka Can’t]

ok, fair enough.

maybe he was good for longer than the 5 months I suggested. now he is deadweight tho and its players like that who are most to blame for this situation.

look at united, they have been able to bring in valencia as ashley young went off the boil and he has largely done the business. they can drop/rest players like rooney and welbeck. we are asking for more from our front 3 than any of our rivals.

but yeah walcott needs to pipe down with his £85k a week wage demand. absurd for a developing player.

We should offer him 85 grand an assist and 170 grand a goal.

[Gubby Allen]

Be interesting to see who the full backs are for the Leeds game, particuarly so if they play well.

Will Djorrou just be banned for that?

[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.

[Xhaka Can’t]

[Niall_Quinn]

We should offer him 85 grand an assist and 170 grand a goal.

No way will he play for us for free - get real.