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I would like us to look at squad depth, specifically in defensive areas. Not sure Christensen is a long term answer, Rudiger has been hurt and I'm not sure how much longer he'll be at Chelsea, and Alonso has to be replaced. It's time to start thinking about Azpi's replacement. We need to shore things up defensively. Might want to start looking at replacements for Pedro and Willian as well.

If 20 November is when they hear the appeal, when might we expect a decision?

What a perfect weapon to have to help open up spaces in and around the box for our intricate little passes.

We have a long history of this. The media is still waiting for Freddy Adu to make it big...….

He needs to be chained to a lounge chair on a beach somewhere for a month to rest and heal.

Nor should he be expected to be, given the enormous differences in managerial experience.

I wasn't criticizing him. You've missed the point......

Nice to see such criticism in this forum. What happened to all of you that said you wanted to see our Academy players? What happened to all of you that wanted Frank & Jody back? What happened to all of you who were saying we need to be patient as we give youth players and an inexperienced coaching staff time to develop? We're young, we're naïve, and we need to learn how to play in this competition. We are in the CL because of Sarri and the players from last year. This is a totally different team. Some of you need to readjust your expectations. Again.

That's a bit of an unfair comparison for a 20 year old kid who is 3 months into a new team/new country/new culture.

Wonder if there's an issue in training with Pulisic? Seems to be a preference for the Academy boys.

And a passion for his performance and the club. A very important quality

Except that your previous posts about him have been quite negative, so you're really not just basing your opinion on last night's performance. You have a negative opinion of him that seems to influence what you saw yesterday.

I found your observations to be way off base.

Might want to lay off the bargain booze before posting here

Might of had it if Michy didn't take it off him for the goal. Michy needed it more though.

True. He always treats the ball like it's a grenade about to go off.

Don't think Zouma has seen this much of the ball in a match ever. He looks gassed.

Looks really tentative tonight

Liam Twomey of The Athletic says he's been told Guehi and Gilmour will start, and Anjorin & Maatsen will be on the bench.

He should have come on....at 60 minutes, we were crying for someone with pace who could challenge some tired defenders. Having said that, he barely had a break this summer coming almost straight in to pre season, then played a bunch early on. I applaud the fact that he wanted to get in early, but maybe he's a bit fatigued?

The emotional lift and momentum that ruling out a goal with VAR gives the opposing team & fans coupled with the let down of people that have celebrated a goal that won't stand has a direct affect on how the game is playing out. A team under pressure gets a rest break from that pressure. Referees aren't sure whether to play continue, or blow whistles. I was someone who wanted VAR because I wanted decisions to be right. But I'd happily go back to debating whether the ref got it right versus the way VAR has changed the way I react to a goal.

Finally. I was skeptical, but happy it's done.

It used to be that he could delivery a free kick (and occasional goal). Can't even do that anymore...…. And why he is allowed to continue to take corner kicks is a mystery.

Remember when Morata complained that teammates had stopped passing to him? How long before teammates stopping passing to Willian? He's like a black hole. Balls go in, but they don't come out.

You can take the player out of Arsenal, but you can't take the Arsenal out of the player.