S-Clarke

We need to get them employed by the club. Alpine, DPS, Dock-p. We'd be Barcelona before we knew it. All our failings would be fixed within an hour. As, of course, it's all so easy to do.

One of your better, and more informed posts in my opinion. Don't agree on the Lambert bit though.

He'll be given more time, but I would imagine NC would be wobbling if we lose at Villa...and then at Everton, let's be honest. 6 games, 0 points, possibly 7 adrift. He might be forced to act at that point - but it's pointless debating that, because we'll be on 6 points ourselves.

Good post. That's all that really needs to be said on this.

Ramirez seemlessly fitted in, and that has to be a major positive for everyone in my opinion. Sometimes these foreign imports take time to adjust, get hassled off the ball etc. - but he was on it, from word go. Winning the ball back, holding off challenges, winning headers. Looks a perfect PL player, and add that to his obvious technical genius and his brain, then we're in an incredible position to have someone like him in our first team. Astonishing signing really.

Play Yosihida as a CB, that's his position. We're going to have to stick with Fox, as we have no other options. I don't think he was too bad today, but he just caught at this level and we will be punished by that in future games as well. But putting square pegs into round holes isn't likley to improve the situation. Agree on Fonte, wasn't bad today - looked assured. Probably best CB, which is a bizarre thing to say after a 6-1, but hey ho. Kelvin - looked lower league. Couple of the goals he conceded were awful, just seems too slow to move.

Nothing to do with bad luck, we deserved that spanking based on that first half. It was only a matter of time.

Wasn't that one 6-1 as well? Pennent and Pires hat-tricks IIRC? on a weekday evening. depressing reading everyone's views that the FA Cup final would be the same.

It was always going to be like that, a bolt out of the blue for some. I'm honestly surprised at our first half display though. Arsenal didn't really need to play that well, we handed it to them on a plate along with knives and forks. Not sure what we've been working on in training over the last 2 weeks if that's a result of our defensive work (as we spent a few days just on defensive shape)

The first half was as bad as we have played this season. If we start that off the pace at Arsenal, then it's game over very, very early. Which was the case. We showed promise in the 2nd half, but it was all too late. Defensively we're not great, there's no denying that. The goals we conceded today were, on the whole, lower-league quality goals. We've got to be doing better than that, otherwise we'll be doing a Derby. But it's only 4 games, we've got this hellish start out of the way. It's done. Put to bed. But, we now need to get points on the board - starting next week. If we get beaten by Villa, then something is horribly wrong - but I think we'll be ok in that one. It's going to be a **** week building up to that though, let's be honest.

''It's only the 4th game, we have 34 more to go''

what an unbelievable ball by W-P. unreal.

fair play to Theo for not celebrating. Respect.

Seeing Theo and Chambo, running at us, from both sides, makes me feel slightly sick.

what is with the amount of space we're giving players on the flanks? seriously? wake the **** up.

Down the left, usually. Can't see that changing through any sort of coaching, unfortunately, as it's just a limitation in Fox's game at this level. I reckon it's going to be a case of score more than you in this 1st half of the season!

Good save by Davis there.

He's had a bit of a bad one. Bright sparks for me - Yoshida, looks assured. Ramirez, looks too good for us. Other than that, players like Morgan and WP have dropped well below the levels they've set this season.

another very, very, poor goal.

Morgan has been really poor today, IMO.

Arsenals goal keeper really is ****

The introduction of Rameriz has taken our attacking play to a different level. He seems so aware of what's around him, even in his first appearance which is a good sign that he has one hell of a football brain in there.

Nice football, much better 2nd half which has lifted my spirits somehwat.

Mayuka on to the right, possibly. Some pace to get us in behind.

Chamberlain making a complete fool of fox.