Simonin could find the step up to the MLS level tough in a back four due to the aforementioned defensive concerns, but on the left side of a back three, with his ability to step
out of defence with the ball and build from the back, he becomes a more interesting option.
The pair could even be made available for the upcoming tie with Watford this weekend, with Gabriel Paulista and Per Mertesacker already ruled
out of the defence with injury, although the striker will more than likely start his Arsenal career on the bench.
Not exact matches
He thought that you wouldn't necessarily get a guy's personality revealed playing one - on - one or playing horse, but over an hour and a half
of playing [on a team]
with a guy when he's tired and his
defences are down, ultimately his personality is going to come
out.
«It is consequently not the case, that first the parable clarifies Jesus» conduct — although Jesus makes use
of it in
defence of himself; rather it is the other way around: Jesus» conduct explains the will
of God
with a parable which can be read
Out of his conduct.»
In that game City didn't play
with their starting 11, specially their
defence was weak.They were
out of Pablo Zabeleta, Vincent Kompony, Dimichilis, Mangala, Fernandinho, Silva and Auguero.And now all are fit and present, so don't expect last time result.
The problem is our
defence and cdm Flamini: always help the other side Arteta: never was the player than we expect him, he injured most
of the time, and lost the ball in dangerous situation Per: he is good just in corners but he is lazy and slow Our good defender is just kosc and chambers And also debuchy but we must play
with out him aleast 1 month Gibbs and monreal are good players but they are not good
defence So we are very delicate in big and important games
He steps
out of defence well, and sets us on an attack
with his surprisingly good range
of passing.
With Arsenal already looking as short as a sausage dog in defence, with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent ba
With Arsenal already looking as short as a sausage dog in
defence,
with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent ba
with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled
out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one
of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent basis.
On positioning, while i have little problem
with his positioning from set - pieces or edge
of the box, on the break he is is inadequate and while that in some part speaks to his inability to change from a high line keeper he often relies on his
defence to cover for his poor decision making to get him
out of trouble on those occasions.
We didn't get burned down that wing because Bellerin is in his position, Mustafi and the lads are in theirs,
with Iwobi being the first line
of defence out wide, Welbeck similar on other side but came central more.
We are becoming established at the center
of defence since Kostafi duet
with only 4 conceded
out of 10 games.
A fair minded manager would admit that our so called
defence with the ruinous and way
out of his depth Chambers was dead lucky we did not get hammered by 3 clear goals against Chelsea (mainly thanks to Moratas rubbish finishing) even though, overall we did deserve a draw, since Chelsea were also rubbish at the back.
The Boss has been tinkering
with our formation a lot this season after opting to go
with a three - man
defence at the end
of last season when we started grinding
out wins as we attempted to return to the Top Four.
The excellent
defence of Nancy and Bekah and the mid-courters were turning over balls
with ease and feeding the shooters
with Fran in particular sinking balls from the edge
of the circle
with Chloe taking advantage
of the excellent feeds in from Kate and Rach we saw
out the quarter 18 - 7.
just go all
out for Aubameyang... Gabriel ll learn English and
with more games will develop an understanding
with Koscielny at the heart
of defence.
In addition, Sunderland's
defence, which consists
of players like Wes Brown and John O'Shea, is not very equipped to deal
with raw pace and Le Prof can duly take advantage by starting Alexis and Theo
out wide.
If Arsene Wenger and his assistants decide against adjusting their tactics to get the best
out of their marquee summer signing by letting him run
with the ball at
defences, Lacazette needs to take the initiative by training and watching game film to learn how to thrive in Arsenal's system and in English football in general.
You cant escape he fact that Podolski was played rarely and when he was he was played
out of position much the same way that Wenger has assembled a squad
of players most
of which are a talented bunch, but, Wenger has failed to build a team who fit n
with each other, we have a midfield that overtly populated
with players who al excel in the same role BUT have no solid defensive midfield talent and no options in
defence when players have crap periods or are long term injury problems.
I beleive this team in form will get the best
out of barca and even beat them Barcelona plays
with high line
with high pressure
with cazorla, ozil and sanchez ability to get the ball from tight spaces we can pass the first
defence line and go counter attacking
with theo and sanchez
with some magical passes from our wizard we can put the fear in there team and could get a win atleast at the emirates but since cazorla and coquelin are not sure to be playing i feel it will be very hard to get a positive result but let's give it a go we have nothing to lose
Theo fit throughout a season guarantees between 20 odd and 30 odd goals
with his assists and goals, thats not to mention his ability to scare the life
out of defences making them likely to error.
Pace only part
of his problem... though a big one... his distribution
of ball
out if
defence is awful... one
of worst in EPL... slows down our forward movement massively and often puts receiving player in akward situation wher only option is back pass... He is also average in air... So his one quality is positional sense so he is alright as a bench player which is how Germany use him... So yes the guy is right we will not win league
with this mertesaker starting
As you can see, Rob, Lawro and Merson all fancy Leicester City to begin the
defence of their Premier League title
with three points and a clean sheet against Hull City, who barely have enough players to put a team
out.
The Slovenia international has had a strong
defence in front
of him in Diego Simeone's side, but has also stood
out with some great reflex saves between the sticks for Atletico.
So the fact that he confirmed his interest in the young English defender Tyrone Mings, as reported by The Mirror, is fairly
out of character for the Prof.. The 21 - year old is currently playing in the Championship for Ipswich Town and his usual role is as a left back, but at 6ft 3in and
with his power and pace, it is thought that he could easily make the switch to central
defence, which is coincidentally the weakest part
of the Arsenal squad right now.
Before the Man United game, most Arsenal fans were regretting that Laurent Koscielny was taken
out injured and were worried that Per Mertesacker would have to partner Gabriel in
defence, but they held firm against the so - called deadly Man United attack force, and along
with Petr Cech (5 shots — 5 saves) stopped the Red Devils from making any sort
of comeback.
There are a couple
of surprises on the bench though, as
with Mathieu Debuchy ruled
out due to an injury niggle I thought the boss would go
with Chambers to cover both right back and central
defence.
This is the best game I've seen so far
of Kolasinac and I hope it will continue, I really do like his style
of play bar the moments in the game where he was caught
out in
defence but I am sure he'll improve
with game time.
so a first choice
defence of bellerin gab kos and darmien
with kondogbia in DM position would give forward players real confidence... debouchey, chambers mert monreal as backup... and then a quality attacking option reus sterling pedro lacazette whatever... all better than walcott...... thats 3 in and half a dozen
out... shouldnt be a big deal..
Play both leave xhaka
out go 3 -5-2 laca back into the team
with ozil behind laca and Abu n bellerin and miki on either side
of him behind them in front
of the
defence Ramsey and wilshere
with our
defence picking themself.
I am an Ozil hater and I will say why I hate Ozil, Ozil is not a goal threat which would allow other attackers more space, Ozil job is not only to assist but also to score goals, he drops
out of sight when placed under pressure, does not provide the team
with a lift in dire moments (for our so called big player) and only concentrate on team
defence for a few minutes.
Midfielders Elneny had a superb game, showed mobility up and down the field, was confident passing the ball
out of defence, i thought he was the MOTM, but nothing wrong
with the other candidates getting it.
He's more likely to win a hoofed ball
out of defence, then he can hold it up and allow the pacey players like Walcott and Alexis to sprint forward — they can run a lot faster when they don't have to take the ball
with them up the pitch.
The 25 - year - old was left
out of the Reds» 1 - 0 win over Stoke City last weekend,
with Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel preferred in the centre
of defence.
Football like life is uncertain... What is certain however is that following the same failed strategy year after year and expecting a different result is a sign
of ineptitude if not madness... Our best 11 ain't up to it largely because it doesn't threaten and unthreatened teams also mean there is more pressure on our
defence as well... So a bit
of tinkering in the middle
of park ain't going to deliver titles that is for sure... Draxler plus a mobile striker is needed... So unless the idiote grenouille is willing to shelve
out 80m can kiss titles goodbye now... He can recover 30 - 40m
with obvious sales
of mediocre attacking options so not too onerous but at this rate it's déjà vu all over again
The 24 - year - old AS Roma star is seen by Jose Mourinho as an alternative option to those within his current Stamford Bridge,
with both John Terry and Gary Cahill having both spent time
out of the starting eleven following a disastrous start to Chelsea's title
defence.
Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish
out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most
of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many
of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 %
out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here
with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top
defence now his luck has run
out
If you have 20m to spend add another 12 and get Mustafi that should be your only concern... Also Lacazette just scored a hat trick today albeit against Nancy not really the best
defence out there but worth mentioning that the movements were really those
of a poacher, a striker always looking to go forward
with an eye towards the goal at all time!!
Excellent signing
with super accurate long range passing
out of defence.
And will you stop protecting 8 million a year AW his messed up badly last two seasons by not bolstering
with necesery players, and explain to me when even most people who only have a small understanding
of football was saying our
defence is thin he AW goes and loans
out our RB Jenkinson to Westham who is ahed
of us becouse
of their great defensive work.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety
of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style
of play has become a shadow
of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play
out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch
defences into wide positions, without the aid
of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly
out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs
out wide, we've seen pace from the likes
of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play
of Monreal, but none
of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio
of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part
of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played
with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part
of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature
of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player
of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played
out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front
of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent
with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that,
of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one
of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one
of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already
of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs
of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack
of mobility is an albatross around the necks
of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because
of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
I have been looking at the French champions as we prepare for this match and they have quite a few problems
of their own, especially in
defence where both
of the left backs are
out of action, as is the right back Serge Aurier formerly linked
with Arsenal.
The game against shows Wenger is tactically
out of reality.Pool scored from a swift counter attack
with few passes.The gunners in contrast try to
out pass amassed
defence and that has been the trouble the last ten years.
Watford came
out fighting in the second half
with Holebas getting loads
of room down the wings, but arsenal were countering and we had the combination
of Mhki and PEA cutting through the Hornets
defence and Auba goes round the keeper and slots it cooly into the net.
The La Liga giants have had to use players
out of position to take the veteran Spaniard's spot in the centre
of defence,
with the likes
of Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal filling in for the 33 year old.
Arsenal still seem to be suffering from an inferiority complex away from home and West Brom came back into the game and started worrying the Gunners
defence with chance after chance and Arsenal were finding it hard to get
out of their half.
You're so angry and
out of control you can't tell legitimate comment from a fellow gooner (whether you're an AKB, AOB, or like me just a fan, who is fed up
with the current sh*te around Arsenal FC) from something that is somehow some thinly veiled
defence of AW.
The West Brom captain has attracted plenty
of criticism from his club's fans,
with his teammates even forced to speak
out in his
defence.
And it was looking as though Arsene Wenger had decided to use young Chambers in the centre
of defence or has a holding midfielder, so maybe the former Gunner who was a regular starter at Turkish club Galatasaray until a fall
out with the president and manager left him
out in the cold could get his wish.
SC19 is our best midfielders ANYTIME: He can play up to 3 or 4 positions; He will drive team
out of tight a
defence; He can use both legs efectively; He has a decent short taking
with high degree
of accuracy; He is a cool headed guy
with great skills (typical Spaniard).
Whether it was Micah Richards» questionable display in
defence to Jores Okore's horror show alongside him, there were several disappointing displays
with few, if any,
of the Villa players coming
out of the game
with any credit.