No Defence

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1962er
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No Defence

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Once again it is our defence that has let us down big time this season, as it has since 2008, when we should have won the league, but everything went wrong at Birmingham, and we never seem to have recovered from that game, as the same thing has happened every season since.
We have full backs who cannot stop a cross coming in, and centre halves who cannot win a ball in the air when it matters.

I am sick and tired of reading that Djourou is the answer to our central defensive problems, when he is no better than a fourth choice centre half. He cannot defend against a tall, strong centre forward, even when they are quite useless; see West Ham, Ipswich, Bolton games to name a few for confirmation. He has no idea of positional sense, continually ball watches, and is totally unaware of what is happening around him.

We need a centre half in the Cahill/Dawson mould, players who put their body on the line to prevent a forward scoring, and know how to defend properly. A Cahill/TV centre back partnership would be a great prospect, but will Wenger pay the money?

We also need a top quality holding mid-field player, which Song patently isn't. He cannot tackle for one, gives away frequent free-kicks in dangerous areas, and his passing is poor, particularly when playing against top opposition, when he has less time to make a pass.

We also require a 20-25 goals a season forward if we want to win the Premiership/ Champions League.

Will Wenger put this right? Probably not, because the top players we need will be needed by the likes of Man U/City, Chelsea, Liverpool,and Spurs, and Wenger will not be humiliated in the transfer market by losing out to any of these managers.

A massive clear out is required, everyone knows who they are, and all the wages saved would pay the wages of the three major signings requires, so the £40m Wenger has supposedly been given could be used for the transfers only.

Wishful thinking probably, I am already dreading next season.

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