Mastadon
Established Member
Our defensive personnel has changed and we finally have 3 quality (not world class but surely good enough?) central defenders, good fullbacks and our best keeper since Jens yet we somehow managed to concede the most goals in a season under Wenger AND match our record for goals conceded in a Premier League season (94/95).
While the game at Old Trafford accounted for 16% of the 49 conceded and we did go through a spell without fullbacks, we also conceded 4 against Milan and another 3 against Norwich and 2 against WBA in our last 2 games with at least 4/5 of our first choice back 5 on the pitch. We have also seen plenty of errors from individuals and the defence as a unit this season which could have cost us our place in the top 4.
So the question I have is what the hell is wrong with our defence when on paper we look more solid than we have been for a while?
While the game at Old Trafford accounted for 16% of the 49 conceded and we did go through a spell without fullbacks, we also conceded 4 against Milan and another 3 against Norwich and 2 against WBA in our last 2 games with at least 4/5 of our first choice back 5 on the pitch. We have also seen plenty of errors from individuals and the defence as a unit this season which could have cost us our place in the top 4.
So the question I have is what the hell is wrong with our defence when on paper we look more solid than we have been for a while?