Post match v Southampton

[Goonermerree]

I don't think the lineup was the problem

Jenkinson, Elneny, Gabriel, Gibbs, Ramsey, Iwobi, Coquelin......that's seven players in the team with a good amount of top flight experience

Perez is a 16 million signing not a player from the youth set up

So all this is nonsense, the fact is the players might change but the tactics and performances remain the same.

Calling Wenger all the names under the sun I find rather counter-productive, but at the same time i totally get the frustration. Tickets may be cheaper for the League Cup but still people are paying good money to watch squad players who get paid far in excess what they do a year in a week perform like contemptible cowards partly because that's what they are, and partly because you have a guy sitting on the bench who looks increasingly out of his depth in the modern game.

I agree, I kept thinking that all through the match, lots of those payers have started in the PL before, and Saints weren't up to full strength either.

[Letters]

The embarrassing thing is, Southampton only fielded three from the side that beat Everton at the weekend, so they weren't exactly their best team either. I agree with resting some players, but we could have had someone on the bench to help out when needed, I know it's only the league cup, but I think we could all have done with a boost at the chance of a cup.

So it was our second string vs their second string?
I'm not sure what, if anything, we should conclude from the result.

[Goonermerree]

So it was our second string vs their second string?
I'm not sure what, if anything, we should conclude from the result.

No a lot of people are saying that our line up wouldn't beat their tam, but it wasn't their best team. As someone said no strength in depth. Plus some of us would have liked us to have won.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

No a lot of people are saying that our line up wouldn't beat their tam, but it wasn't their best team. As someone said no strength in depth. Plus some of us would have liked us to have won.

Even if it was their strongest team, it would have been a poor result. With no offence we are not talking about Chelsea, Liverpool, City or even Spurs or United we are talking about Southampton. The team we sent out was better than the feeble capitulation we saw (or so we should believe given their first team experience and wages).

[Letters]

I would have liked us to win but I'm not going to wet my pants over a defeat in a competition I'm not that bothered about when neither side put out a first choice team.
The important thing is we don't let it affect our league form.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I would have liked us to win but I'm not going to wet my pants over a defeat in a competition I'm not that bothered about when neither side put out a first choice team.
The important thing is we don't let it affect our league form.

Come on, how long have you been watching Arsenal?

Our form is rarely if ever that compartmentalised especially in the last few seasons......last night was a defeat that's been on the cards for ages. Our league form has been largely wretched, Middlesborough, Man United and Bournemouth we got five points from those fixtures and frankly it's five points we were incredibly lucky to get. We have massively benefited from the inability of teams to finish us off.

When this game exhibits all the familiar frailties that follow us about in every competition we play, no matter what team we put out....well you can write it off as an outlier if you like, but you'll excuse me for thinking that this is wilful blindness on your part.

[LDG]

Some of mine have gone too

What happened?

Last thing I posted was a joke at your expense (which is par for the course, sorry).

Didn't see what happened after

[Power n Glory]

I think as the season goes on we're seeing more holes in the squad. At first it looked like we had the depth and quality but it's looking as though that's not the case. The cup is unimportant but the game does tell us something more about this squad. We lack cover and quality in a lot of areas.

[Power n Glory]

What happened?

Last thing I posted was a joke at your expense (which is par for the course, sorry).

Didn't see what happened after

The site is ready to pack it in. Old age. GW has Alzheimer's.

[LDG]

I think as the season goes on we're seeing more holes in the squad. At first it looked like we had the depth and quality but it's looking as though that's not the case. The cup is unimportant but the game does tell us something more about this squad. We lack cover and quality in a lot of areas.

Thing that is missing is Santi.

Same last season. As soon as he got injured, the balance went.