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Centre back Do you really think he will get all those next summer.
How one earth we throw these games away year after year and yet Wenger never signs a midfield general or decent
centre back I do not know!!!
But although Arsenal are without Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Mathieu Debuchy, Yaya Sanogo and possibly Laurent Koscielny, the man who might replace the French
centre back does not think that we can use the long injury list as any excuse for a failure to get the right result on the pitch.
Oz \ il was brilliant pulling the strings, the two
centre backs did a brilliant job stopping Costa and all and Bellerin was brilliant but Alexis Sanchez is my pick because he got the ball rolling by robbing Cahill and beating Courtois, he provided the assist of Ozil and was involved in almost all our forward play.
I know the Arsenal and Brazil
centre back does not speak very good English yet, but maybe he could have a word with himself in Portuguese because he needs to start taking his own advice.
And as for
centre back i did rather play debuchy dere wid calum chamers at, rite back.
Our centre backs do find themselves out of position and scrambling back towards goal a little to often and, Laurent Koscielny's propensity to give away penalties can't be overlooked.
Not exact matches
When I stopped by the Horseshoe, he was buying drinks for everyone who showed up — friend, acquaintance or media — urging people to try out a bike or enjoy a complimentary taco and then settling in the
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centre court —
did a DJ set.
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That very day he offered his services and time to the Way - Out
centre of the Wayside Chapel in a
back lane where people could get a cheap cup of coffee and paint and talk and
do what they felt like
doing.
The married couple who don't come out of themselves and live both for each other and for their children, will sink
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Even though I don't like cream, there's just something about that crackly top and custardy
centre that keeps me coming
back for more!
If the
centre is still softer than the edges after cooling, break into smaller pieces (setting aside the
done, crisp edges), and put pliable pieces
back into the oven until dried out.
The French international is the better defender and he is quick to boot, but that would also weaken the
centre of our
back four and I don't think that is the way to go.
While it is clearly the defensive side of things that matters most to our France international
centre back, Laurent Koscielny has been lavishing praise on the way the whole team has been working to deny our opponents and he feels that a lot of the work is
done with the way we have been starting games.
The reason we are being linked with Gimenez in the first place is supposed to be that Wenger is not willing to match the # 30 million valuation that Spanish club Valencia have slapped on their German international
centre back Shkodran Mustafi, so I
do not understand why we would then pay more for a player with less experience.
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Centre
I feel we need a
centre back but don't think we'll get one.
Getting a midfielder and a
centre back are astute signings but all this is nothing if we don't keep our players and offload some unneeded players.
Our chances of
doing it have been handed a double boost this week as the Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and their first choice
centre back Toby Alderweireld picked up knocks during their Champions League win over Real Madrid.
Monreal has been very composed in the
centre back position and I don't expect him to really struggle much against Anderlecht.
Do we need 4 back up centre backs and could we do better than Debuchy Holding Chambers and mertesacke
Do we need 4
back up
centre backs and could we
do better than Debuchy Holding Chambers and mertesacke
do better than Debuchy Holding Chambers and mertesacker?
at this point i would say carvalho and the colombian kid and if latter is too much go for vargas... ozil will add quality but
do nt have a starting XI that is top quality yet... on bright side chambers looks like quality sanchez with a bit of tweaking will trouble any defense kos is a top drawer
centre back and wilshere is getting
back to his best..
We
do not yet know the extent of the injury or how long it will keep the Brazilian
centre back out of action, but from the words of Arsene Wenger after the match, reported by Arsenal.com, it is clear that the boss is not very optimistic.
Our Big Effin» German turned 30 years old a couple of weeks ago, but Arsenal should still get plenty of service out of him at
centre back, where age
does not tend to cut a player's career off quite as soon as other outfield players.
Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls
back and across to the
centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I
do like him but his game has declined Play him as a sub as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna
did CB
In an Arsenal.com report the German
centre back spoke about the need for the forwards to relax more when they get into goal scoring positions as the missing of these chances is really hurting Arsenal and has been
doing for the last few months.
Back to the subject at hand and I
do not think the French
centre forward had such a shocker as a lot of Arsenal fans think.
We're not asking him to play
centre back which he obviously doesn't have the physique and mentality for the role, we're asking him to
do more than he was
doing so he fits IN to us, just as much as we adapt to him.
You are all panicking Walcott up front Rosicky in with CoquelinsSanches right side Podolski left Oxy as sub that should
do it got to work sometime why not now then buy
Centre back out BFG CB
Pattern 3.3.1.3, yes a shocking one us most people don't fancy playing with three
centre backs.
Gabriel will likely remain our
back - up having
done well in the role this term, and with Per Mertesacker and Rob Holding also able to fill in at
centre -
back, we would still have plenty of cover without both Jenko and Mathieu.
Yes he
does not look like a «typical»
centre back, he isn't big and strong and doesn't make crunching tackles etc. but he has been our best player by a country mile this season, so I feel he should carry on playing at CB until his levels dip.
Xhaka for all his advantages,
does struggle to compensate positionally if the ball is lost deep in our half and with our wing
backs are stationed out like wingers, we leave a big chunk of turf around Xhaka and particularly between him and his
centre backs in which counter attacks can and will flourish.
There's a well known rumour
doing the rounds at the moment that Arsene Wenger is toying with the idea of signing another
centre back following on from Per Mertesacker's long term injury announcement.
Well it's
done now...... but I'd hazard a guess he wanted an established central midfield partnership with strongest possible defensive qualities (Coquelin / Elneny) infront of an untried, young, emergency
centre back pairing.
Although not being entirely convinced by Chamber's performances, I must admit when Arsenal signed Rob Holding in the summer I
did see a future of Chambers and Holding being that
centre back partnership for many years to come.
Perhaps we
did pay above market value for mustafi but with only one established
centre back we were one injury away from disaster.
If we
do play a
back 3 next year I feel we should let Gibbs go and sign another
centre back.
You could even say that we don't really have a concrete
centre - forward any more, as while Sanchez is moving
back into midfield to get the ball, then other players like Walcott, Ozil and the Oz are moving into the
centre to replace him, like a rotating diamond formation.
Chambers will come good given game time, so Arsenal simply
does not need a
centre back.
Theo can not jostle man to man with a bigger
centre back, but he can make him take a step to the side so that someone else gets half a yard and he consistently
did this.
Out of interest are you suggesting that we don't sign a
centre back and just hope we make it to the new year in touch with the top sides?
He has great talent and has already shown versatility in playing right
back and
centre back, but can he prove himself a good enough DM to challenge Coquelin for a first team place as Bellerin
did last year?
However, we
did sign a
centre back towards the end of last season (damned if remember his name) it «s an age thing.
Although Arsenal have three top central defenders in Laurent Koscielny, Gabriel Paulista and Per Mertesacker, the general feeling is that with suspensions and injuries the Gunners could really
do with one more talented
centre -
back.
It worked perfectly as a brilliant breakaway pass from Mustafi found PEA on the wing, and his
centre was perfect for Lacazette to
do what he
does best and put it in the
back of the net.
I am sure that they amount of work that Wenger's scouts
did in the run up to buying Gabriel in January they must have identified many other possible
centre -
back targets that could replace our ageing BFG.