And leave Benteke out for MacArthur....need no free passengers when Pep comes to town!

Shackling De Bruyne would be useful but you can guarantee that Silva will return from Spain and run us a merry dance like he always does. Need to shackle him as well. Unfortunately they have so much quality they will find the space. Who knows they will come a cropper one game, let's hope it is Sunday.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

I thought Jules had a good game. One save in particular from Ozil.

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Someone who was really poor and could have won us the game tonight was L-Cheek. Near the end he first shot into three Arsenal defenders when Wilf was ahead and to his right and available in front of goal and then a few moments later shot selfishly versus passing. Really pissed me off that he has admitted he wants to start scoring, But don't try to do it for the glory at the wrong time. Be a team player Ruben!

Yeh I guess, if he moved across the defenders he’d score 2/3 a game, just like the last prolific premier league Palace striker, I forget his name.... scape goating on this site, always one player, mental. There were plenty of players that made mistakes tonight, support the team, they win and they lose.

Happiness Stan

Thought that was a really frustrating performance. Played so weakly in defence with no aggression or bite. Thought their first two goals were soft, especially the second, which was awful from Benteke. The only time we really got in their faces they were rocked by it, then we went back into standing off. Should have just gone at them from the start and battled them. Benteke was so weak and lacked aggression. Really sick of him now. One goal all season is a joke for such an expensive player. Sako was just garbage when he game on, surprise surprise. Kelly was w*** all night, and at fault for the first goal. Loftus Cheek one of the most overrated players we've had IMHO. Decent in short bursts, but so inconsistent and drifts out of games, wasteful tonight too. Tomkins played ok, and Zaha was our only threat going fwd. We really are such a one man band it's embarrassing. Luka was ok but gives the ball away too cheaply. Lots of easily intercepted chips and floated balls instead of drilling them...Sorry to sound overly critical, but that game really got to me, far more than many recent ones TBH. Just thought they were there for the taking, and we weren't up for it. Point(s) dropped IMHO.

Think this is rather harsh. It was from Sako's cross that Zaha headed wide, and although he missed a good chance himself, Sako showed good energy when he came on. I can't see how Kelly was directly reponsible for the first goal as the cross came from from the other side of the area. Arsenal a very good side but if our finishing had been better (a familiar refrain) we could have got a draw or even a win. I think we can take positives out of this, but let's rest our best players against City and go again against Southampton.