Fair enough Stoke were pretty physical but what do you expect? newly promoted sides usually are. It has happened so many times before and will happen a number of time in future probably a lot this season. Physical strength is an Arsenal weakness its obvious but as soon as Wenger starts whinging about it in press conferences and interviews does he really think that will solve the problem? I think it might just build it up a bit more and teams will go in hard when they play us. I also think the injuries to Theo and Ade did not affect the result. Neither were making much of an impact. Arsene is coming under fire from some pretty fickle fans and I do support him but football is all about evolution and the Arsenal team needs to evolve rapidly or we are screwed.

The problem is that at the moment our Carling Cup side is probably better than our senior team. With defensive woes and midfield mediocrity a number of these players need a rocketing. If we don't defend properly against Man U we are going to be ruined.

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