From a sober perspective

Watching yesterday's game this morning with a clear head, I found myself at odds with many fans and their perspective on yesterday. We played ok, we were quite fit or fluent but a very good run out. But there were some good positives.

Firstly Bellerin isn't ready, he has exceptional technical qualities, and is perfect when on the ball, but he needs to strengthen physically, he hardly made a tackle or block yesterday, especially from the flank, and needs to improve his arial ability to be more commanding at the back post. Fine run out, but no he is not ready. His positioning can be suspect as well, and pace alone will not get you out of that at the top level. I think that he could do with some time in the championship to learn some of the less fine arts of the game.

Martinez looked good, calm and in control, doing the simple things correct, 3rd choice keeper sorted.

Good to see sanogo get his goals, he's a very different type of player, I like his movement, needs to improve his first touch but bags of potential. Hope he can stay fit for long enough to settle his first touch a bit.

Our usual players all looked a little less than sharp, but worthy run outs.

Chambers looked good, very calm, comfortable in possession, and he covered the full back well. He'll learn a lot from mertsacker and kos over the next couple of years and could be an arsenal player for a decade - no pressure!

Campbell was interesting, good fitness, lacking a bit of sharpness in the final third, defensively he was good, and I think you could play him away from home against the big teams and he'd simply be a workhorse, nice touch, and with a bit of sharpness could be something we haven't had in a while. A player who lives for the big game, dirk kuyt for Liverpool, park for Man U, someone who will never let you down defensively and will then bust a gut to get in the box when they can.

Alexis looks good, he has that urgency on the ball that Suarez has, and I think that he will make a lot of room for Walcott and Ozil to utilise as well.

Looking forward to tonight, hope to see a bit more fluency in some of the players returning from the World Cup.