bosnian_red
Worst scout to ever exist
I agree on the second paragraph, the first half was awful and we let them in constantly (mostly first 30 minutes until we calmed down). But like I said, it was fine after that. Wasn't a change of tactic or anything, it was just the players got to grips with the game and starting performing like they should have from the start. In the second half, what clear cut chance did they have? Took a wonder strike by Giroud to score really, all their other chances were shots from range or just half chances, which when you're 1-0 up away to Arsenal, will always happen. We haven't been allowing sides to have 20+ shots against us or anything though. Arsenal away was the one time that happened.The plan may have been to counter attack but it certainly wasn't to sit deep and do it. We played with a very high line which got regularly exposed by a simple pass into the channels or between the CB's. Even when we were 2-0 up the Arsenal goal came from a simple lob over the top that even Giroud could get on the end of. In all the years we did it with Fergie never did we get so thoroughly outplayed and give them so many gilt edged chances, the entire idea of sitting back is to be compact and limit the chances they have but they walked the ball into the final 3rd with ease and had they got the goal or 2 the entire game dynamic has changed, I see no real difference in that level of performance than the one vs Leicester except Leicester were clinical.
You can't let the result get in the way of the fact we have major problems and if you regularly allow sides to have 20+ shots and 12 corners in a game you'll find yourself getting beaten plenty. First half was arguably our worst performance of the season.
And yeah, I agree we have major problems. Any side with 40 injuries in the first 4 months will have major problems. Is it a problem that extends much further then simply injuries stopping us from getting consistency or form? I don't think so.