Another huge problem we have is our defensive high line, one ball over the top and our defenders can’t cope. I’m still trying to understand why Wenger persists in playing the high line when season after season we suffer from it. A new CB in the mould of Cahill or Samba would suffer greatly from our defensive set up. Mobility isn’t their best attribute and that’s what we crave for in a new CB apart from

If you have signed up for twitter like I do and have followed lots of Arsenal fans like I have done then you would have read different views on Arsenal. Views that hold water, ITK (in the know) views, views that are just views and views that are thoroughly rubbish. A select few stand out for me on twitter but I’m so sorry that I won’t be listing their names.

What brings me to writing an article today is the cry for a new defender whilst I agree that a new CB is a must and we should have concluded a deal for one before the start of pre-season, I don’t buy the idea that a new center back in the mould of Samba or Cahill solves our defensive issues.

What we lacked last season and what we might lack this season if the issues aren’t addressed is the one and only ORGANISATION. We have solid center backs in Vermaelen, Koscielny, Djourou.  My first choice pairing would be Vermaelen and Koscielny even when a new Center Back arrives.

Another huge problem we have is our defensive high line, one ball over the top and our defenders can’t cope. I’m still trying to understand why Wenger persists in playing the high line when season after season we suffer from it. A new CB in the mould of Cahill or Samba would suffer greatly from our defensive set up. Mobility isn’t their best attribute and that’s what we crave for in a new center back apart from being a dominating figure.

I saw in lots of games last season how our team lost shape while defending. Lost shape in the sense that our forward three failed to close down the opposition, our midfielders didn’t track down our opposition’s runners there by leaving our defenders vulnerable to defensive mix-ups and that very ugly defendable goal we concede with reckless abandon. This shows lack of organisation in our defensive play which a Vidic or a Terry will suffer from if they played for The Arsenal.

The best defensive performance of last season was the game against Chelsea at the Emirates where we won 3-1. Check out the work-rate of Theo, Nasri and RVP in closing Chelsea defenders down or the stability of our Midfield three, it left our Defenders with little to do but ready to clean-up any slips.

We need a new central defender in my opinion to increase our options at the back because we are going to have a long season ahead and that’s about it. Wenger has to preach and teach and drill organisation into all players and maybe we can start having solidity in our defending.