Our defence isn't as good as Chelsea's, but it's still very good if you look
at goals conceded, especially considering Coquelin and Kosc weren't there for a lot of the season.
Well, to be honest, looking
at the goals conceded I am not sure whether goalkeepers like Hart, Courtois, De Gea and even Bravo would have let those in.
Man U and Tottenham had the best defense last season... Completely meaningless when you only look
at goals conceded which is what you did.
To help in this analysis you might want to look
at the goals conceded and how they came about.
Also a warning, look back
at our goals conceded this season, most of them come from the left side of our defence.
Look
at the goals we concede and tell me how many could've been avoided, had it been for better defending.
Just look
at the goal we conceded against Leicester, a good keeper would have dealt with Ulloa's effort.
Reid and Fonte don't seem to have gelled as a partnership if you look
at the goals conceded, although Reid has put in some good individual performances, and for whatever reason, Cresswell is a shadow of his previous self.
Though he has rarely come in one - on - one situations, this campaign, he should have a look
at the goals conceded against Liverpool earlier this season, against Wigan and Norwich late on in the season, to see how he can position himself better, when the defence is outnumbered by the attack.
Not exact matches
At last summer's Women's World Cup, she played every minute of every game and
conceded only three
goals.
They are not as secure
at the back as WBA and are therefore more susceptible to
conceding goals.
Spurs have only
conceded like 5
goals the whole season... whoever plays upfront needs to be
at the very top of their game... Sanchez is the man.
Wenger was asked today about our lack of solidity
at the back, which has been highlighted by our recent games against Man United and Southampton when we
conceded early
goals and then tried to come back.
At this stage of the season Man City have won more games,
conceded fewer
goals, and scored nearly twice as many
goals as Arsenal did during our best ever season under Wenger.
Arsenal
conceded 36
goals last season, 1 more than Man United and Tottenham, hence by your logic those teams also need to strengthen
at the back, and have not done anything worth talking about so far.
The Gunners have
conceded at least three
goals in four of their last six first leg matches in the last - 16 of the Champions League.
Sead...... [Both for the tough games, and for weaker teams use Ramsay]... Mustafi - Per - Holding... [Best line would be Mustafi - Per - Koz; most stay
at home back 3, zero
goals conceded.]
Defensive organization Looking
at our defense structure so far this season has been terrible, we gave free kicks easily,
conceded goals in silly scenarios, and defending set - pieces and dead ball situations very poorly.
But after we
conceded that penalty and Lionel Messi converted it to give the Spanish champions a two
goal cushion, the Frenchman had to accept that everything points to another European exit
at the first knockout stage.
If you look
at the 2
goals conceded, our centre backs are right
at fault for them.
Since the rise of Coq we have not
conceded more than 2
goals in any game except the ridiculous Monaco match and have looked securer
at the back consistently.
if we switched to this formation coz we
concede too much
goals but
at least we use to score more....
New Wolves boss Stale Solbakken will be keen to tighten things
at the back having seen his Molineux side
conceded 82
goals in Premier League action last term, the highest total in the division.
Since losing to Ipswich in December, our FA cup opponents have
conceded just one
goal in the eight games that includes an away day
at Man City.
Wenger: «When the first game is
at home, you play with the desire to score but know that every
goal you
concede can be deadly.
Tottenham are the only unbeaten team left in the Premier League this season and, although nobody is tipping them to lose
at Bournemouth, Merson thinks they will
concede two
goals — something Spurs are yet to do in a domestic match this term.
Jose Giminez
at Athletico Madrid, one half of this season's best central defensive pairing in Europe - hardly
conceded any
goals in La Liga or the Champions League this season.
The last time Napoli
conceded four serie A
goals at San Paolo was TWO AND A HALF YEAR AGO vs Lazio.
Paul Lambert will be left angered by the manner in which his side
conceded their opening
goal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
There is said to be interest from other clubs, but
at this stage it looks as though Mourinho could be moving in on a solution for his defensive troubles so far this season which have seen United
concede 16
goals in just 14 games.
I think alto of people need to have a look back
at the game yes we should never have
conceded 3
goals to stoke but the ref was poor they should definitely have had
at least 2 players sent off Adam should have gone and crouch wasn't jumping for balls he was continuously climbing players we were being pulled and shoved by numerous stoke players but poor chambers gets the softest red card ever..........
Man United have
conceded 10
goals in seven Premier League games and the loss of veteran defender Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand has definitely been a factor and youngsters Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett have been thrown in
at the deep end to say the least.
As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues
at the other end of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record of the top seven Premier League sides this season having
conceded 36
goals in 27 games.
However, having
conceded 3
goals at their own den, Wenger's wizards needed to score again on the night, which was always going to be tough.
Over d 180 minutes we played, we missed 5 - 6 easy
goal scoring chances, and we
conceded goals dat everybody laughs
at.
Look
at how many
goals we have
conceded so far.
If you look
at the
goals we have
conceded since the start of the season, [most of them] are headers in our box.
Liverpool are yet to
concede a
goal in this campaign but they have hardly been impressive
at the other end of the pitch.
They are really efficient as a team, Liverpool are highly offensive although they
concede goals at least they score
goals and are entertaining, infact Liverpool is the new Arsenal, as they are just like the Arsenal of Fabregas era, fun to watch, terrible defence and no trophies.
Is it quite hard to believe that Arsenal failed to bring in a top class centre - back in the January transfer window as it is blindingly obvious that this is the Gunners most pressing concern
at the moment after
conceding 36
goals already this season after just 27 games.
We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS league match in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them
at 1 - 1 for much of the game before
conceding two late
goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.
«We are of course disappointed with the result because when you are
at home, to [
concede three
goals] looks terrible.
Only the Latics (25) have
conceded more
goals at home than the Royals (21).
However, Luis Enrique's side have dropped four points in their last two matches by
conceding late
goals — first versus Valencia and then blowing a 2 - 0 lead to draw 2 - 2
at home to Deportivo last weekend.
Bad day
at the office?it's always a bad day
at the office, we've
conceded the same amount of
goals as Brighton, West Brom and Leicester.
Interesting to note that Arsenal have already won as many games as they did last year and scored more
goals... for all this talk of needing a striker if you look
at the number of
goals we have
conceded that is where it has been lost!
We leaked 21
goals away to the top 7 teams last season and you would think that this alleged chasm in class would have lead to something better when they played us
at home — but none beat us and we
conceded just 2
goals in 6 matches.
• United have won their last five FA Cup ties
at Old Trafford,
conceding just one
goal in the process.
We need to score
at least 22
goals and not
concede more than 5
goals in the final 10 matches.
The guy put a decent shift
at cb and can not be faulted for
goals conceded in the games he played.