Arsenal should just stick with 4-4-2.
Hleb works hard, nothing wrong with him, but he is no Bergkamp. The
'hole' player should be the one opening up the opponent's defence
with his passes. Maybe the problem is Hleb and Rosicky is too
similar in their playing style. Also Rosicky needs to up his game a
little bit and to improve communication with Clichy, just like
Pires-Cole partnership few years ago.
Robin van Persie plays better when he is on the wing, cutting
infield to have a shot on goal. Yesterday he played centre and it
didn't seems to work well for him. Hence the need for another
striker by his side. RvP as the right striker, with Bendtner/da
Silva/Adebayor as the left striker.
Gilberto needs to be back as soon as possible. Flamini and Fabregas
work hard, but their defensive works need to improve. Eboue and
Sagna play well together on the right side.
Lastly, Lehmann. Look on the bright side. He let in the goal in the
first 51s. It was way much better than to let in a goal in the last
51s of the game (assuming the score was 0-0 at that time).
Hopefully it will be the first and last mistake he did this season.
Better to happen now than during the crucial part of the
season.
