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[Molly]

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[Strudog]

good result for Arsenal last night, good to see Benteke and Giroud scoring again

[Tor!]

good result for Arsenal last night, good to see Benteke and Giroud scoring again

We have become way to complacent with our leads lately. Although Villa only got back in it after a huge error by Cazorla, who has been quite dissapointing this season. Good to see the Ox again though, hope him and Poldi can have a good run on the wings from now on 

[bagge]

GREAT too see these guys back in action

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Offence best defence

[Tor!]

Defence best defence

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[Strudog]

We have become way to complacent with our leads lately. Although Villa only got back in it after a huge error by Cazorla, who has been quite dissapointing this season. Good to see the Ox again though, hope him and Poldi can have a good run on the wings from now on 

I would like to disagree, Cazorla has been an integral part of the team, he had a good game against Spurs and has ahd a few others, can't really remeber. Santi is playing on the left wing at the moment, which i dont like at all, its not his position, he plays more of a Number 10 role and central, he hasnt got the pace to play on the wing, thus he heavily relies on the Left Back making runs past him, otherwise he just cuts back in. I would like to see Cazorla play central and OZil out on the left wing or Podolski and Ozil out on the right.

This would be my ultimate Arsenal team:

Scezsany
LB - Gibbs
CD - Merts
CD - Koscielny
RB - Sanga
DCM - Arteta
DCM - Wilshere/ Ramsey
LM - Podolski
CAM - Cazorla/ Ozil
RM - Walcott/OZil
ST - Giroud/ Walcott

[Gurnisson]

It was nice to see Blackburn getting a well-deserved draw against Man City at Ewood Park 1.5 weeks ago. Now I just hope I won't watch them getting stuffed at the Etihad tonight

[Strudog]

It was nice to see Blackburn getting a well-deserved draw against Man City at Ewood Park 1.5 weeks ago. Now I just hope I won't watch them getting stuffed at the Etihad tonight

I do like watching Man city when they play well though

[Tor!]

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I would like to disagree, Cazorla has been an integral part of the team, he had a good game against Spurs and has ahd a few others, can't really remeber. Santi is playing on the left wing at the moment, which i dont like at all, its not his position, he plays more of a Number 10 role and central, he hasnt got the pace to play on the wing, thus he heavily relies on the Left Back making runs past him, otherwise he just cuts back in. I would like to see Cazorla play central and OZil out on the left wing or Podolski and Ozil out on the right.

This would be my ultimate Arsenal team:

Scezsany
LB - Gibbs
CD - Merts
CD - Koscielny
RB - Sanga
DCM - Arteta
DCM - Wilshere
LM - Podolski
CAM - Cazorla/ Ozil
RM - Walcott/OZil
ST - Giroud/ Walcott

He was amazing his first year around, but I can only think of two / three good games he had this season. Much due to his injury, no doubt, but I would rather see Poldi on the left wing for now. He is anxious to play and has the drive and such an incredible good cross, and not to mention his shots. Right now most crosses come from Sagna, so we really need someone to threaten with crosses from our left. Gibbs / Monreal tend to run in or stay in the linkup play, leaving Giroud pretty dry of crosses. I dont think anyone else than Ozil will play in the attacking midfielder role as long as he is fit, Cazorla for cup games maybe. Cazorla plays left for his country and played left / middle for his previous club. If we field Cazorla it will be like an extra midfielder, while if we play Podolski we actually get someone who can threaten from the wing and bring in those good crosses. I wouldnt leave any of them out when they are in shape, but the roles Cazorla can play are already occupied by better players at the moment. I hate to say it, but until he finds his form again, we have better options everywhere on the pitch!

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I'm surrounded by Man U & Liverpool fans where I live, so I dont really get the chance to discuss my team as often. Sorry for the rants 

[Strudog]

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He was amazing his first year around, but I can only think of two / three good games he had this season. Much due to his injury, no doubt, but I would rather see Poldi on the left wing for now. He is anxious to play and has the drive and such an incredible good cross, and not to mention his shots. Right now most crosses come from Sagna, so we really need someone to threaten with crosses from our left. Gibbs / Monreal tend to run in or stay in the linkup play, leaving Giroud pretty dry of crosses. I dont think anyone else than Ozil will play in the attacking midfielder role as long as he is fit, Cazorla for cup games maybe. Cazorla plays left for his country and played left / middle for his previous club. If we field Cazorla it will be like an extra midfielder, while if we play Podolski we actually get someone who can threaten from the wing and bring in those good crosses. I wouldnt leave any of them out when they are in shape, but the roles Cazorla can play are already occupied by better players at the moment. I hate to say it, but until he finds his form again, we have better options everywhere on the pitch!

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I'm surrounded by

Man U & Liverpool fans where I live, so I dont really get the chance to discuss my team as often. Sorry for the rants 

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This is all true, but for now Podolski is still recovering from his injury and isnt match fit just quite yet, i excpect podolski to be coming on from the bench for the next couple of games and then back for the full 90 after that, but one thing i have learnt from Wenger is that he will stick with out of form players because he knows how good they are when they are firing on all cylinders. Take Ramsey for example, truely shows how great a manger he really is.

And what do you think about a move for Draxler? Worth the money?

[Tor!]

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And what do you think about a move for Draxler? Worth the money?

If he plans to turn him into a striker, yes. He's got talent like few others. Otherwise our midfield is full 
I know Wenger is a genius in sticking with players, and doing so last season was a brilliant move as we saw in Ramsey. But this half of the season remaining I think we gotta go with our best options from the get go, because with this few points separating everyone in the top flight we cant really afford to go with our 2nd best options! And there is no way I will accept if Bagge's Liverpool even remotely threaten us 

[bagge]

Just a few more quality players and we'll be title contenders for realz.