Mannone...

Batmanu, even great CB partnership make the odd mistake and have a few stinking performances. Let's not count anyone out yet because of one performance.

this. Kossy had a day off. Simple

Hopefully it will shut up the Vito fanboys who jumped on the bandwagon as soon as Szczesney made that mistake vs Southampton, the sooner he is back, the better, he isn't perfect but he is the best we have got by miles.

--------------
There where no Vito Fans boys just Fans who though he should keep him place after 2-3 Clean sheets in a row. Nothing wrong with that plus Shez wasnt 100% fit.

TV and Kos are like Gallas and Toure unfortunatley. Great defenders don't make great partnerships. Imo Per is our best atm and should be starting alongside either of the two.

I've said it before, but Vito will only be as good as our defence will let him be. If they have a stinker, don't expect Mannone to bail us out. Simple fact is, Mannone is an average to decent backup goalie. Nothing more.

I hate seeing goals like the 2nd conceded, at any level. Kos, who is usually very reliable had a bad day at the office. Quite a few people were fervent in the belief that Mannone was not to blame for the 2nd goal. Completely disagree, he should have had that covered in my opinion.

"Batmanu, even great CB partnership make the odd mistake and have a few stinking performances. Let's not count anyone out yet because of one performance."

It's not just one performance though, look how we defended last season.

Agree Moist.

It's not just one performance though, look how we defended last season.
---------------------------------

That was a completely different scenario. We had the great Pat Rice coaching the defenders then, and Bouldy has show a completely new light.

Also, this was the first time Kosc and Verm had played together under the new Bouldy regime. I wouldn't be so down just yet. Besides, they had two poor moments which led to the goals. It wasn't as though our CBs were completely useless for the 90 mins.

"It wasn't as though our CBs were completely useless for the 90 mins."

I think our defending was horrendous for the majority of the game. But then again nobody has mentioned how poor Arteta was, he just seems to get a free pass.

Arteta has had 1 poor game all season. Our defence has had 1 poor game all season. I think we're overreacting. If Giroud had put that chance away () we would be a lot more cheerful now.