I agree with your post, people expecting defensive improvements after just 6 months are living on cloud cuckoo land.

Not at all I have criticised him and will again

1) he’s getting it wrong with Lacazette
2) whilst I understand his feelings about Özil you have to play him. We literally are at bare bones and have nothing else. He’s biting his own nose off until he’s sold.
3) he doesn’t need to make subs every half time. If the game requires it do it but I think there’s been 2 occasions when it wasn’t needed.
4) he should have played 4 at the back more often. It’s making us lose control of midfield a little in some games.

But this aside there’s not many more mistakes as far as I’m concerned as I think it’s a pretty average looking squad we have right now with few dynamic players in it.

Not sure it is unreasonable to have expected some improvements defensively, after all Emery was starting from a very low base. At the very least I expected us to be be better organised and more professional in the way we approached the defensive side of the game, just through work on the training ground alone.

Indeed Haz, I'm watching Everton vs Leicester and there are two very good left backs on display in Chilwell and Digne. Also the Leicester right back Ricardo has been excellent lately. Bournemouth have a promising young player in Brooks. Felipe Anderson at West Ham. Doucure at Watford.

Plenty of promising players in the premier league to go for.

But weren't there some improvements? i.e. before our wobble, which is largely due to injuries?

A couple of links

http://vipboxing.top/soccer/watch-34982 ... =145406993

http://vipboxing.top/soccer/watch-34982 ... 1454069935

Thanks Soc - I'll give them a go

Didn’t work for me unfortunately

Disjointed and sloppy so far. Very subdued atmosphere. Need a goal to lift things, both the crowd and the confidence.

Sounds like a good job that I can’t get a link then.

Did you try that link I posted - still working for me.

Hopefully lots of empty seats.