Afraid Arsenal are going to surrender even more possession with that formation. Walcott can't operate deeper, not really comfortable around tight space while Giroud is a box striker. Remember how Manchester City and Spurs were overrun in the center against Arsenal not too long ago? It'll be similar like that. Maybe it's better as Plan B at the moment. In my opinion, current setup functioning well. It's just sometime the player doesn't perform according to the standard. Arsene shouldn't rush to tinker with the setup just to accommodate two forward.

Edit: Anyway, it's still an interesting prospect. With Walcott, opponent are forced to defend much deeper. That's when Giroud can showcase his strength and ability around the box. However, the possession is still important part of Arsenal play. It's much easier and organized to play with ball on your feet rather than spend most of time chasing it.

This post has been edited by Angel of Deth: Dec 30 2012, 11:30 AM

Ic2...thx

we just need consistency from walcott n giroud.then we can focus more on defending.

Gibbs certainly need to be more aware on his side. Also, very should take some blame, he as a captain and closest to Gibbs, shout really shout at him and make sure he is close with his man.

However, there is still lots to learn from this young lad and if able to train to improve his passing able, much better.

i dont like the prospect of arsenal signing ba

because theo doing so well in the cf position beside we already have giroud

we should show theo some faith, he want to play cf and we should give him that and hopefully he will show his faith to us

imy, if we sign ba, theo will move to right and ox will lose his place

i see a lot of potential with ox but he need more games

if you ask me, i prefer a left winger, a very consistent left winger

if you noticed, there is a few game when podolski went invisible and then gervinho came to replaced him and nothing changed

FELL ASLEEP AND WOKE UP WTF I MISSED THE MATCH ! OMG THE SCORE

4 wins out of 4, it's been a while since i felt that back to back wins

anyways, the more we win the more the fear of slipping up comes into picture
no matter how good we are from now on wards, a slip up draw or lose is inevitable at some period

i just hope when we do slip up, we kelong at the right timing, and then insta come back in the following game
many tough games lies ahead, FA Cup and UCL Bayern is coming soon
hopefully we can enter our UCL game in the best possible shape

oh good they gave a trofi for motm instead of giving a bottle of wine. good change indeed.

there's a danger of developing too soon and the pressure of expectation. no doubt Ox is good but he needs to be rotated, he's still young and bound to mistakes. look at raheem sterling... shines for a few games... now gone into oblivion already. when he got any impact on Liverpool games?

Sign ba... sign Walcott... them we have a formidable attacking trio.

it's sad to see Arshavin go because he is a player that could be shit for 90 minutes... but turn up with the winning pass/goal.

maybe bcos got many muslim player?

You are not ambitious enough. I am personally not impressed with Walcott cause he is inconsistent & lack of clever moves/finishing like Henry/Pires/RVP/Cesc.

I rate him as an average player who suits to play for mid-table team like Liverpool & Stoke. He DEFINITELY can't survive in big teams like MU,MC, Chelsea, RM, Barcelona, Juventus & Inter Milan.

Walcott is not fit to get 100K/week with Arsenal. AW would hv offered him that pay rise long time ago if he was really worth for the money.

Dem Ba would be my choice to replace Walcott in January. He has better finishing skills & definitely much smarter move with physical strength. This guy would be useful during big games.

For god sake, be prepared to lose Walcott this January. He is nothing compared to RVP, Cesc or even Song.

With half a year to run down on the contract, I doubt clubs will come aproach him in January unless they are in dire need of striker to score goals. People would rather wait for him to become free agent and we're unlikely to sell him given our inefficiency in final third.

Kieran was responsible for Newcastle goal number 2 and 3, no 2 ways about it

the good things are 1) he realized they are his faults based on his reactions to both goals and he can learn from it and 2) if ever it is OK to make 2 mistakes -that lead to goals, it is in a match that your team won 7-3

nice one

anyone has link to motd with the analysis by hansen n keown... the link apis posted is without one btw...

another thing i am happy about is that the team started to familiarize themselves with the way Giroud is playing as top striker; see Aaron cross near the end of the game and of course Theo amazing cross for goal number 5. Giroud a good header, and like to attack the ball for cross ball. i remember Podolski is another 1 who always cross with expectation that Giroud will attack it

Based on this stats:http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/261751/stats
Arsenal actually did pretty well when defending, apart from that 3 odd goal. They won 60% of 50-50 duels, won another 60% on aerial duels and 92% tackles won from 24 attempted tackles. And i don't think the shape and defensive line were unorganized for most of the time.

Bratford's game really gave Arsenal the wake up call.
From there on AW known who shld be in the 1st 11.

Pray hard Arsenal could maintain the momentum!
In Wenger We Trust!