Quote Originally Posted by Tony C View Post
It's not just the Emirates...it's been the entire team pre season.

Would have like a bit more commitment to the back 3 after it served it so well in the last few games last season.

Not having a recognised defence for the first game last season came back to haunt us and I hope we're not doing it again
I would suggest maybe waiting and seeing what 11 the French puts out next weekend at Wembley.

Players like Mustafi, Holding and Chambers have only just returned to training with the group having been given extended holidays due to summer football, throwing them straight into weekend games may well have been seen as physically counterproductive, perhaps even ill advised.

People just need to relax a little, no game the club has played since the Cup Final matters one jot, it simply a case of proving or improving fitness. Different players need different things.