He's a fantastic player and I'm sure he'd be great at rallying the team when we're down and definitely puts in the work rate, but I don't see him as the type to shout and
organise the team defensively when need be.
That solidity has been sadly lacking at Arsenal recently and one of the main attractions of appointing Simeone would unquestionably be his ability to
organise his team defensively.
Not exact matches
There were strong performances throughout the Arsenal
team as we played host to a very strong and
defensively organised Chelsea side yesterday, with players like Coquelin, Ramsey and Cazorla as well as all four defenders having a shout for the Man of the Match award but I am giving it to Mesut Ozil who linked our play and was all over the pitch and never stopped until the end.
And playing away at top
teams, we want to be a lot more
organised, everyone was aware of their jobs
defensively.
The
team were
defensively well
organised in the first half against Spurs.
For my tuppence we have had a squad capable of challenging both domestically and in Europe the whole Emirates era, with the attacking players we've had at our disposal just about any manager that could
defensively organise and setup a
team with grit and fight could've won something, or at least challenge, with this squad, never mind the relentless cries of who could possibly replace Wenger!!!
People don't picture him as a cog in our
defensively organised team, it's more the nightmarish flashbacks of accomplished, counter-attacking
teams breaking on us with numbers and space, and opposition by - passing him with ease.