See that Allardyce is looking for a front man.
What about Niasse and Ross Berkley for Benteke.?
We could then buy another forward like walcott, a keeper and Bobs your uncle top 10 team.

Yes I agree. Criticism of individual performances last night should be shared around as more than Benteke was culpable.

In terms of Benteke's workrate, one wonders if he was just adhering to orders in not running around like a headless chicken, dropping off deep and not pressing so as to keep team shape and staying within the width of the penalty area when we were attacking.

Why are people tearing their hair out about bad performances last night?

Granted Benteke was ineffective but he was also not used to his strengths. Had we not blocked and tackled like f*** in our own area, had Speroni not made a number of saves, had Wilf not kept running and looking for the ball into the area, Arsenal clearly had the tools to demolish us completely and score a hatful. As it was we lost by a single goal to a team of class attackers with a squad value greater than ours probably by an order of mangnitude.

Nulle points but nothing to lose our s*** over.

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Given our recent resurgance, I believe supporters expected us to make a better 'Fist' of it against a side that could only recently draw away with Southampton and W.Ham and only narrowly defeated Newcastle at the 'Emirates'.Think a defeat by only a single goal flattered us.

I shall certainly be posting less frequently !
But NOT because of the reprehensible 'Baiting' - Those who know me will vouch for the fact that I am NO milquetoast and can fight my corner in robust fashion.

As for Benteke, maybe there are those who feel that Crouch or Carroll who are similar players would offer greater threat at this moment in time.

Edited by Willo (29 Dec 2017 3.39pm)

The 2nd half was very even, if anything we perhaps slightly edged it. The first half was pretty dominant by an Arsenal side that had a front 3 that totalled almost 150 million (2 of those having been bought at the market prices of 3-4 years ago) and played particularly well.

Your constant negativity in terms of the predictions you make ahead of games and statements like ‘supporters expected us to make a better fist of it’ are very tiresome and mostly ill informed. Most supporters will realise that when we play a top six side, if they play to 90% of their potential we, along with the remaining 16 teams in the league are very unlikely to win.