any coach or team worth the salt will always look at it’s strengths, weaknesses and the tactics of the opposing team…which is a wholistic approach, the players should have the intelligence during games to make adjustments as such…that is what they are being paid for.

To disregard the fundamentals of this approach is tantamount to operational suicide…

With regards to simpson i see you have no confidence in him…any explanations…stats?

you do not have to be a coach to analyse games…i dare you to take a dispassionate view of the games that arsenal have lost and you will see a similar pattern on the way teams attack us….even at sundeland you had bent, richardson & a third player always on the wings and diagonally…look my frind it works…i can bet you aston villa will attack us the same way..agbonlahor, carew & ashley young

on simpson he is the most direct striker we have has he been given opportunites in the first team no…what he may lack in flair he makes up for his direct and bustling style currently non of our strikers have that…the closest we have is sanchez-watt wenger himself has described him as one who plays street smart soccer..that style no one can teach you…you either have it or you do not…that is what drogba has..it gets to a point were you have to fine tune your game ..

it is not all about running around or trying flicks it is what you call direct efficiency..you cannot teach that cos you vary that style per the kind of defenders you play against…tell me if drogba played against gallas the same way as he did against senderos

I know that you will all probably moan about me doubting us but I can’t help it.

I would put Rosicky ahead of Arshavin at the minute as he showed a hunger fair greater than the russian has so far this season.

We have to accept that we got beaten by a better team with the right tactics. it also didnt help missing our top strikers. all in all wenger has lessons to learn ..he has built this team and there are obviuos dificiencies with this team when it comes to playing certain teams…wenger has to find the right personnnel especially for such a long season.

remember when we played spurs redknapp setup his team the same way as chelsea putting 10 men behind the ball… man utd also adopted the same tactic when we played them difference is that terry and cavalho did not make the mistakes that bassong and co made…then again you could argue that our top strikers were available and hurried them into those mistakes hence the2 quick goals…in yesterdays match the roles were reversed..conceding 2 goals before half time…i can bet you that the blue print for playing arsenal has been laid out by man utd, teams that have powerful athletic players will always sit back flood the midfield with 5 players which is not new in itself …what has changed is that these teams will counter attack us on either wing or diagonally across the field with 3 players all the time see drogba, anelka & lampard

with man utd see giggs, rooney & valencia…speedy players (partly accounts for rooneys penalty against us)though almuna was so daft that he got drawn into commiting the foul

unfortunately for spurs they had crouch, keane & jenas not exactly the kind of players to make that tactic work albeit spurs varied it with the long ball to crouch and then jenas or keane could strike from range…this tactic worked last seaon in the 4-4 drawn game

i thougth prior to conceding the goals if arsenal had an out and out striker we could have nicked a goal…Edu’s first touch was so bad …that the split advantage we had in the final third just vanished as soon as he touched the ball

Moving forward…

i hope wenger is listening to me…put your money where it belongs…take a gamble on carlton cole…he is the only striker in the league who can make a difference in our team

the players have to learn to play the game with grit and with simplicity …there are a lot of teams that we can pass off the park but when it comes to other teams the players have to take collective and individual responsibility to vary the game…i saw countless times when theo could have played a pass quick and simple…and vela on the attack could have been direct…its time to take a look at jay simpson…the no frills and direct approach is critical in games such yesterday’s…