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Kieran Gibbs: The Backup Backup Backup Captain
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Country: England
Thehulk
Active Member
Gibbs has improved vastly since his debut.
Thehulk
Active Member
He's not ****, you don't play for England at left back if you are ****.
GDeep™
League is very weak
I don't know man, Seth Johnson played LB for England.
Thehulk
Active Member
So you're agreeing with the childish post, saying that Gibbs is ****, ok well done.
Furious
Emery Gone, Telly Back On
As if it takes much to play for England these days. Cleverley was playing regularly until recently, Delph is starting, etc.
Thehulk
Active Member
Left back is a position England are quite strong in, there is enough competition there, unlike midfield.
The_Roadrunner
Burned Out
Gibbs has something like 7 NT appearances in his entire career. He just fills in if all the better players are injured or unavailable.
He didn't goto the World Cup with the NT and isn't really close to being first choice on the NT. he's only ever been 3-4th choice at highest.
Lets not drastically exaggerate his status as an "international LB".
He didn't goto the World Cup with the NT and isn't really close to being first choice on the NT. he's only ever been 3-4th choice at highest.
Lets not drastically exaggerate his status as an "international LB".
Country: Iceland
It's weird to see someone spend pages criticizing Özil and then pages defending Gibbs... It's very weird...
Thehulk
Active Member
I've not criticized Özil, far from it, just given an honest level headed opinion on him and posted his stats.
I've not said, he is ****, rubbish, or dreadfull like people are saying about Gibbs, I said Özil is a good player.
Gibbs has athleticism on his side, which is good because without it, he would find it difficult to stay consistently near the Arsenal team IMO.
He's a solid player technically but he has poor concentration at crucial points IMO and positionally he's very bad. He's a player who should be far better than he is.
He's a solid player technically but he has poor concentration at crucial points IMO and positionally he's very bad. He's a player who should be far better than he is.
Obviously its a matter of opinion, but I would only rate Luis, Azpilicueta and Baines as significantly better. You can't be serious about Cresswell, Rose and Clichy can you? I'd take Gibbs over any of those three in a second.
Gibbs' real weakness, that people don't seem to mention, is how injury prone he is, which would be the reason to get rid of him rather than a lack of ability or his performance. When he gets a run in the team he is pretty strong.
Danskin
Established Member
I feel Gibbs hasn't impoved one bit since making the cut here at Arsenal. He's too predictable going forward at times and his delivery in the final third is often incosistent. He's also very suspect defensively - he can't mark a turtle and he's more often than not out of position. I guess you couldn't ask much from your second-choice LB, but I thought by this time he'd have pushed on to become an established England international.
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Country: Wales
Cresswell's a level above Gibbs, if he played for a more glamorous club there'd be no doubt.
Country: Iceland
Would swapping Gibbs and Jenks for Cresswell be fair?
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Country: Wales
I think he's going to Chelsea. I'd swap Gibbs and Jenks for Cresswell plus cash.
We should be looking at a young guy to take over, I always thought it was just injuries holding Gibbs back but in recent years he's had lots of chances in the side. He's no longer a kid and his game hasn't kicked on at all.
Personally if I were Wenger I'd reboot and sign a younger LB with a view to take over from Monreal in a couple of years. Unless he's willing to splash big on Ricardo Rodriguez of course!
If AW wants a younger home grown kid he should get Robertson from Hull like Roadrunner said on the last page. The kid's better than Gibbs already. Garbutt will be available in the summer on a free and is still very raw but I think has the tools to be a good player.
Artisan
Not Emery's Old Pal
The injury excuse doesn't fly anymore. He's been largely healthy these last two years, this year he had a full pre-season and has been fit for most of the campaign. If anything he's regressed. It's one thing to be short on confident as a defender and make mistakes, but it's completely another to basically completely abandon your position and play as a faux winger like he has been doing lately.
he has been doing that ever since the days of Arshavin...
chessygoal
Well-Known Member
Gibbs isn't a natural defender, but he's still young, and can still improve. Let's keep Monreal for the games that matters and play Gibbs as a second choice until it clicks for him. LB is IMHO nothing to be worried about.
Country: England
Cresswell has been great this season, Rose has balls which instantly makes him better than Gibbs and Clichy is still better than Gibbs, which is ****ing disgusting.
If Gibbs was foreign he'd be out the door in the summer, [rafa]facht.[/rafa]
