re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

I really think chance creation, good chance creation, was our biggest weakness (besides depth). We are strong everywhere on the pitch. what we needed was a world-class gamechanger. Anywhere on the pitch. that it came at CAM is just as helpful to us as if we had signed a top FW or deeper MF. we've got a good backbone of the squad. we just need to continue to add quality in future transfer windows.

as for his DM contention, it really doesn't hold water to me that we need a traditional DM in this squad. sure we could use a body due to Arteta and Diaby's injuries. his thought that Diaby is the only one on the squad that "adds bite" besides Flamini is seemingly based solely on size or that we've always considered him the next Vieira, despite their differences. Rambo and Jack both have more bite than Diaby has every shown. Diaby is not a DM.

Jack might damn well have the most bite on our team. he's definitely grown physically too. kid has been hitting the weights. i really think he needs to put the dreams of being a no. 10 aside and focus on positional awareness as the deepest of a midfield 3. he has all the qualities for that position but the awareness.

Wilson's right Rambo/Jack got exposed against Villa but it was a new pairing. They looked better against Fener, and even better than that in the first half of Spurs. As crazy has mentioned earlier, familiarity will only help that partnership continue to grow.