S-Clarke

Bertrand is probably the best fit for that position - without question. But we don't have a third centre half who is reliable enough to play every week.

I would agree with that, if you have a little bit of nous about you, you play on that....but we let him affect us too much.

Chelsea played well, great movement between their front players, it was very hard for us to contain them for 90 mins - which is why it was frustrating that the first goal was so weak. But we did play well for the majority of that game I felt, very organised and disciplined in our play and kept them at arm's length - although they did start to raise the bar after 60mins or so. We lacked a real threat once Long went off. I personally would have put Mane on instead, as having that pace in behind stretches teams and can make so much difference. So that was a bit frustrating, as that substitution did really play into Chelsea's hands. But lots of positives. Loved Romeu's performance, although the midfield did tire as the game went on I felt. Onto the ''Derby''...

Why is he talking about his own club in that way?

They really don't rate morgan. I'll have him back, please. This guy doesn't deserve his own thread. Should be closed and he can feck off. I said he was ****e from day one and he's just getting worse. An absolute waste of £25m. Makes me sick when I think of the players van Gaal turfed out for the likes of Schneiderlin, Darmian and Depay. His season has been worse than Fellaini's debut season He's not good enough to play for the club, he has been a passenger in pretty every single game he's played in. He was giving it the big I am and wanting to leave Southampton to move to a bigger club and now he has he looks overwhelmed and completely out of place. His ability on the ball has pretty much died. Thats not LVG's doing, thats just him being crap. I hope he can still come good though

What a mess of a team Villa are. Hopeless at playing football. They should just give up.

To be fair, given his knack of being involved in relegated teams, I'm happy he's gone. Plus the fact that he was ****ing ****!

I'm still confused by Newcastle's business to be honest. Lots of money spent on attacking midfielders and strikers, yet probably the weakest part of their team for the last 2 years has been the back 4 - yet it's still the same. It's horrendous and that is the reason they will be battling until the end, no matter how many good attacking players they have. I think they've spent around £100m this season, and they've only added Muevmba at the back - and even he's a bit off the pace.

We love our 1-0's at Swansea. We've totally turned our season around, no one at the club panicked and we're not reaping the rewards of that. I really like Romeu to be honest, I think he's a damn fine player. Clasie is growing into a key component of our setup and Virgil is class. Still plenty to look forward to.

I'd have him back, Wenger's management of him has been a disgrace. He'd be so better under a manager such as Poch for e.g

If FCM are as nigglly and time-wasting as they were against us, then it won't be straight forward. Although they have lost their top CB to celtic..

upwards of £70 i think, I'm sure I saw £78 quid somewhere. Crazy really.

What the hell? Not sure if this is a serious post or not?

Have you seen what they're being charged though????

Everton winning 2-0 v Newcastle. They've really got to start picking up points soon.......but I still think their back 4 is absolute ****, yet all they did was buy offensive players. Seems as if they're taking a score more than you approach. But they can't score either. Up **** creek.

Spurs do look excellent, they're nailed for a top 4 in my opinion - but they will mount a challenge for sure. I like their spine and how they play, i say it with gritted teeth though!

You're so eloquent with the way you put your views forward and dismiss others. I think you're always going to be on the ropes at times at Arsenal, but keeping a compact shape for a good % of the game does help. I felt we were well organised and disciplined in our positional play. we were caught out once or twice, and luckily we had Fraser between the sticks - but I think our general display was deserving of a point.

I think he's seen as having a future, but he does need to start making a name for himself. Is this possibly his first loan? But I think he's a typical fox in the box type of finisher, seems to be in the right place, right time. Hopefully he can rack up the goals and get the same level of accolades which McCarthy is getting.

There was a similar game against Walsall. We needed a win to go up and Walsall needed a win/ or to hope results went there way in order to stay up. In the end, we won and went up, results went their way and they stayed up. I remember (possibly even before our game finished?) the stadium announcer confirmed Walsalls safety over the tanoy. Which was an odd move, but that was a serious party atmosphere!

They're not any better off than they usually are at this stage though. They've just had a crappy Utd and Chelsea side, which has made their position look a little more comfortable. They're not going to win the league, City will, probably 10 points ahead. They just don't have the mentality when the pressure is on, it's the same every year.

I think the first thing we do in the summer is 1) make sure we tie Koeman down 2) sort out Wanyama sooner rather than later and 3) get the obvious Mane transfer sorted out early doors. Personally I'd like us to go down the quality over quantity route. Top CB, Top CM and top attacking player. Enhance the spine right through the middle. Maybe a 2nd right back, but keep it simple - but let's not lose anyone other than Mane please.

Possession stats are meaningless, how does that equate to the fact we deserved to get thumped? We clearly didn't. It's down to us that they struggled to break us down, we were very compact and tight - not much space for them to play in. We were more than happy for them to have the ball in non-threatening area's, and that's where most of the stats will have built up from. At the end of the day, if you go to Arsenal and take them on with their passing game then you will get thrashed. Arsenal will out pass most teams and will have more possession most weeks, but that doesn't equate to results. As CB said above, we had low possession v Arsenal at home and we thrashed them. 35% possession to be exact. You're doing our display an enormous disservice if that's what you think.

Maybe didn't quite mean just run the channels, but I see him as part of a front 3 - one of the wide players, playing off of a central striker. So he'll be required to get wide, run down the channels and make space etc - but the freedom to make things happen as well. That's where I see him as a player, but who knows if we'll get to see him for a prolonged time doing that.

Hopefully he gets a hat-trick and brings out his ''dodgy knee'' celebration aimed at the directors box.

It's hard to say about Juanmi really, he's not had enough consistent minutes to gauge a real opinion on him. I think he's a Jay Rodriguez type player, someone who can play off Pelle and run the channels - I don't see him as a number 10 or a central player, which is where we seem to shoe-horn him in at the moment. I think there's a good player in there, but unless he can find himself a position that suits him then I think he'll be back off to La Liga.