Barclays Premier League 2014/15

Baker was brilliant in that game. Headed away virtually every cross that came in

I agree!

Kev Leitch: I don't often criticise Paul Lambert but starting Nathan Baker over Jores Okore is pretty much the same as giving Liverpool a goal before kickoff.

That is what an Aston Villa fan said before kick off on BBC sport made me laugh when got man of the match!

You're assuming Pellegrini will stick with the 4-2-2-2 all the time, there's no guarantee of that at all. We are definitely light in central midfield though, I suspect we'll make a rare January purchase for a new centre-mid.

Went to look for him on twitter to see if he posted anything more :L Unluckily his account is private

Aye, one good game means he isn't overrated, and makes the countless crap performances invalid.

Unfortunately for us this formation brings the best out of him whilst sacrificing the best of Ramsey and Özil. On current form if we went back to the 4231 you'd have to drop Ramsey and play Wilshere alongside Arteta.

I'd sooner drop Ozil or Ramsey than Wilshere right now.

Ramsey's had a full pre-season and has been just as bad than Özil and he hasn't been forced out wide. Özil behind the striker should be the first decision on the teamsheet.

The thing is he's had plenty of good games that are completely ignored whilst one bad game leads to him being slaughtered by the media and opposition fans. Today he was just incredible but he's had plenty of good games for us in recent months.

Wilshere wasn't that great before scoring his goal today and after that it was like he went to another level.

In fairness though he's only 22 and still got another 5-6 years until his prime so plenty of time to improve.

You don't get 5-6 years in a side that should ultimately be wanting to challenge for the title. Arsenal are obviously different and he'll probably get that as long as Wenger remains, but he's certainly going to need to lift his output level and maintain that over a consistent period of time.

He's been at Arsenal since 2001, I really doubt he'll ever leave, especially not whilst Wenger is there. He's still very young and hasn't had more than one proper full season playing football. Becoming consistent is another skill learned, he'll pick it up as he goes along. He strikes me as a confidence player and his second half performance today will have done him the world of good.

I think you're being typically overly-harsh about a rival player verse. He's not a bad player, in fact he's a very good one and would get into almost every side in the league at centre midfield, barring City and Chelsea where he would undoubtedly be a frequent feature at least if not in either sides best XI.

He's clearly been hampered by injuries that have set his development back, perhaps by as much as 2 or 3 years and he'll never make it if continues to miss as much football as he has, but if he can get on the pitch regularly theres no reason to assume he won't be a very important player for Arsenal in the coming seasons.

Certainly, he's far closer to being one of the best in the league than Ramsey was 2 years ago when he was pretty much a figure of ridicule before it all clicked for him. I get the impression that a lot of people don't like him, he seems a cocky twat and has been caught smoking a lot, and confuse that with not thinking he's any good, but as long as his character doesn't stop him from putting in the work then it doesn't really matter if he's a nice person or not.

I think you're being typically overly-harsh about a rival player verse. He's not a bad player, in fact he's a very good one and would get into almost every side in the league at centre midfield, barring City and Chelsea where he would undoubtedly be a frequent feature at least if not in either sides best XI.

He's clearly been hampered by injuries that have set his development back, perhaps by as much as 2 or 3 years and he'll never make it if continues to miss as much football as he has, but if he can get on the pitch regularly theres no reason to assume he won't be a very important player for Arsenal in the coming seasons.

Certainly, he's far closer to being one of the best in the league than Ramsey was 2 years ago when he was pretty much a figure of ridicule before it all clicked for him. I get the impression that a lot of people don't like him, he seems a cocky twat and has been caught smoking a lot, and confuse that with not thinking he's any good, but as long as his character doesn't stop him from putting in the work then it doesn't really matter if he's a nice person or not.