this zonal marking nonsense is doing my head in

[gco40203]

how many more corner/free kick debacles do we need to witness before AW lets Bouldy sort them out. The Swansea equaliser was a classic example of everything wrong with the system. A host of arsenal players marking nothing but space and the opposition stand in our box unmarked and end up with a free shot.

[Chief Arrowhead]

When our first touch is flicked neatly into the box rather than out of play I don't know that man marking would have helped either on that one. I blame more the lack of effort to close him down once he had the ball.

[Redflag]

You just knew that Swansea would score from that late corner.

[gco40203]

the problem is no-one seems to know their job and what is their responsibility and what is somebody elses. In man-marking everyone has a straightforward task, no confusion....mark that man and don't him an inch.