Return to back four?

[GoonerAlexandre]

After today?

Now what do you think?

That was solid. That communication between Monreal and Kolasinac after they had some joy down the left was great to see. Kolasinac organising the defence early on there.

Still, if we defend in this formation, we can't attack, if we attack, we can't defend.

I know we had like 5 minutes after Luiz got send off but should have tried a switch then

[DiamondGooner]

The defense is not good enough for 4 at the back. So he plays 5 at the back to compensate for it. He already knows the midfield is not good enough....so he has given up on controlling the midfield.

Your description of the midfield issue is an interesting one and accurate.

Against Koln it was the other way round, we had better players to dominate midfield so switched to 4-3-3 to make the most of that, against Chelsea we conceded that idea and stuck with the 3-4-3.

I think one of the issues against Koln was our 3 at the back were moving to wide of each other, it looked more like Mertesacker was defending as a 1 with a LB and RB either side, today the CB's were a bit more compact thank god.

[GoonerAlexandre]

The defense is not good enough for 4 at the back. So he plays 5 at the back to compensate for it. He already knows the midfield is not good enough....so he has given up on controlling the midfield.

Your description of the midfield issue is an interesting one and accurate.

Against Koln it was the other way round, we had better players to dominate midfield so switched to 4-3-3 to make the most of that, against Chelsea we conceded that idea and stuck with the 3-4-3.

I think one of the issues against Koln was our 3 at the back were moving to wide of each other, it looked more like Mertesacker was defending as a 1 with a LB and RB either side, today the CB's were a bit more compact thank god.

Mustafi>>>>>>Holding
Koscielny>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mertesacker

Tbh