Published: 26 November, 2015

ARSENAL lost at West Brom on Saturday because of two defensive mistakes and a missed penalty. 

The real shambles, however, came in the summer. The loss of Francis Coquelin early on to injury was, of course, a blow. But if we had bought Morgan Schneiderlin when we had the chance we would not be in the precarious position of now not having a recognised ball winner. 

Arsene Wenger’s failure in only buying a goalkeeper in the summer and keeping hold of all of the club’s money has yet again come back to bite us in the Arsenal! 

Another major concern is why are all of our injuries always long-term? Has Wenger really done all he can to get to the bottom of this problem? Clearly not. 

So, here we are, yet again, hoping that we can hang on in there over the busy Christmas schedule until we get all of our players back in the new year. 

However, as we still need a centre-half and a holding midfielder, I fear we’re whistling in the wind! 

GEOFFREY GILBERT, NW8