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How does Wenger ease in the Arsenal newbie?

The departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Barcelona this summer certainly left a strong defensive vacancy in Arsenal's backline for the first half of this season. When Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny have been fit, Arsene Wenger has seldom strayed from keeping faith in his two loyal defenders who have formed a solid partnership in recent years. They're actually a very effective duo, a compliment to one another. Mertesacker is a talismanic leader who reads the game and adjusts effectively, while Koscielny employs his fluid mobility to provide what his partner doesn't. Together, they're a complete duo. Arsenal kept 18 clean sheets last season with those two working in tandem, an...
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