I like the front 2. LaK7 dropped deep to link up with PEA who barely touched the

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ball in the first half.

And Mhikky again gave creativity and end product. But we were dire before that. The passing was woeful.

Could we start with this front 4? Cos that means a two man MF.

LaK7 and Ozil - and indeed HM7 - will all drop deep so it's no problem when attacking, but they won't really track back and tackle. That's why, and it pains me to say it, Cesc was so special. Goals, assists and proper MF tackling.

But having HM and LaK7 linking Ozil and PEA worked quite well.

But we only scored 3 set pieces against a bunch of donkeys. 2 pens - one soft, one silly - and a corner, which at least came after some nice build up play.

Well have to do much better against CSKA but our no.9 looked good when he came on. Hopefully the pen will give his confidence a boost.

I'm guessing that with Welbz being expendable against relegation fodder and PEA ineligible for the Europa big prize ( you know, the one where Wenger's ludicrous expectations of being in charge next season hangs by a thread ), then this was his opening front two gambit.
Of course, it didn't take long for him to realise that with Welbz on the field of play, relegation bound Stoke looked good value to steal the points and heap more misery on the senile old goats eye. Subs to the rescue and thankfully, no new injury worries, despite the Stoke cloggers best efforts to maim Lacazzette.