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In today's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast we have a full house of Elliot (@YankeeGunner), Tim (@Stillberto), Paul (@PoznanInMyPants), and Clive (@ClivePAFC) talk about the 3-1 defeat at the hands of struggling Swansea City in the Premier League. Granit Xhaka’s defensive limitations are discussed, is it time to replace him for an internal solution? Lacazette’s form and character is questioned, does the Frenchman face a spell on the substitutes bench? New addition Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a big talking point. What will he provide the team that the team does not already have. Scott (@oh_that_crab) looks at Aubameyang's impressive numbers. Mesut Özil’s new contract and how we have to hope it’s not like Thierry Henry’s final Arsenal contract. Did Joachim Löw play a role in Özil’s contract? All this and plenty more in this week's Arsenal Vision Post Match Podcast.

Who is Arsene going to drop? Alex Iwobi was one of our better players at Preston, including a poor first half from the team. He looks like he is on the way up again, does Arsene put the breaks on that rise? Lucas Perez has given us some massive contributions in the box in the last two games. Without him we may have lost both matches. And what of Giroud? It’s a funny one for me. I share the opinion that we are a more fluid and creative team with Alexis playing as our centre forward, Giroud is a great option from the bench etc. But he is fresher than most in the squad and is banging in goals for fun

Time is ticking down, our mix and match team were looking a little tired in the second half as Arsene alluded to post match and dropped points were looking likely until a wonderful sequence of events. Mesut Ozil should be thanking Oliver Giroud as well as Mohamed Elneny for the assist as the big Frenchman showed some real battling qualities to sprint back and launch himself at the Ludogorets player who would have been the clear favourite to move the ball onto his team mate but Giroud showed the kind of fight we all appreciate from Alexis Sanchez. Giroud appeared out of nowhere to dispossess the player and Elneny took over. Spotting Ozil’s run which unfortunately I haven’t been able to see in it’s entirety because of the camera position. The Ludogorets keeper came racing out to meet the ball and Ozil

From that point on it was Mesut Özil’s turn to steal the show, his first of the night was a thing of beauty. Koscielny sprinting back after the Ludogorets forward, making a last ditch challenge and then Santi’s dink over the top to Özil, who seems to have a new hunger to get forward into striker positions. His first touch was typically Özil, getting it out of his feet and into his stride, then the cool finish with his weaker foot