Santos is still yet to convince me that he is a solid left back. He's great going forward and all but I noticed last night that he was caught out of position and his passing last night was shocking. I lost count of how many times he sold our attackers short. To be fair there were very few players that impressed me. Ramsey had a shocker, myself along with the whole of the Clock End saw the opening for him to smash it in, but he delayed and was blocked off. To be fair to the lad hes still young and its a lot of pressure on his shoulders so the odd off game is to be expected.
Song had an average game, losing the ball and retaining it at will. Arteta was appalling, for a player with so much hype and build up apart from a free kick he had a poor game. Jenkinson showed his inexperience as he hesitated from time to time. Overall we just looked lethargic going forward, Walcott had a better game and may have scored if he had been released how he needs to be, quickly with a man to beat. Gervinho also struggled to get going.
There were some positives, Vermaelen had a good game and showed what we've missed so far this season. Park showed his potential but didn't really settle in to the game. When he came on Rosicky put himself about and again played well, showing that maybe hes over his injury issues.
So the big question, why didn't we start RVP? well I can understand the view of we don't want him to get injured but had he won us the game last night then we could have rested him in the next 2 CL games. He came on and had a great chance, but he tried the sublime and failed to chip the huge Mandanda. That was about that.
Apologies for missing another build up. Tonight there will be the WBA at home build up and prediction.
COGY!
