I really wish Miyachi and Gnabry would be given more of a chance. They might be our most natural wide players. We could have won yesterday if we had true wingers, as Ridgewell and Jones aren't great fullbacks. If we had Walcott yesterday, I think we would have beaten West Brom. He's made Ridgewell and Jones his bitch in the past.

West Brom simply wouldn't be dragged out of position by our movement. Also Ramsey looked knackered after the 60th minute. Would have been a good game for Gnabry to start.

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Posted on 10/7/13 at 12:03 pm to crazy4lsu

yeah, i was surprised we went with the same lineup as with Napoli. feel like Rambo should have played centrally and gnabry started wide right. i don't have the passing stats, but flamini and arteta constantly spraying the ball out wide, unable to really push forward centrally, hurt us, i think. we weren't really able to get Ozil and Giroud involved as much as we have been recently. Ozil had to drop deeper in the second half in order to get the ball. it may not have just been on the double pivot (fatigue played a part too), but they played how i expected them to when i was more doubtful of their ability to pair together. i suspect going forward, their partnership will be somewhere in between their napoli and WBA performances.

i prefer rosicky to rambo and jack at CAM, LW, and RW. he probably should be #2 on our CAM depth chart (because santi is our best LW). his workrate and energy works well. his assist yesterday was very nice.

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