Chamber and Debuchy ?

As good as Chambers is at CB, I suspect that Wenger has concerns about the Mertesacker-Chambers partnership.
Chambers' main problem at CB is his proclivity to try and win the ball-back early and get caught out when diving in - we've seen this on numerous occasions this season, with the likes of Dzeko, Ba, and Lukaku all getting the better of him because of this rashness.

Whilst this is always going to be a problem, at least when we had Koscielny alongside him, he had a partner with enough pace to cover for his errors. Alongside Mertesacker, if Chambers gets caught out, there's no-one who can make up the ground and bail him out.

Similarly, if Mertesacker gets beaten, Chambers' all-or-nothing style can leave us very vulnerable. Take the Naismith goal against us for example: Lukaku takes Mertesacker out of the game (arguably illegally), and instead of holding the Belgian up and waiting for defensive cover to arrive, Chambers flies in, misses the ball, and leaves us completely exposed.

We've only seen him play there twice, but Debuchy seems to be very comfortable covering in-behind Mertesacker, which is perhaps why he was preferred to Chambers at CB.

How is Jenkinson doing at West Ham?

Would love to be able to take this article at face value

Is this the longest gibbs has lasted?

bellerin-----debuchy------monreal------gibbs
rb------------rb---------------lb-------------lb

that formation maybe mobile enough for us to push up to the half way line and man to man.

Lets abolish the cb position.

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bellerin-----debuchy------monreal------gibbs
rb------------rb---------------lb-------------lb

that formation maybe mobile enough for us to push up to the half way line and man to man.

Lets abolish the cb position.
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Crazy as that looks, I think it could help reassert more midfield control on games as compared to fielding Per at the back.

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Because Per is a Frenchophile and only plays well with a French partner.

*Francophile