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So what's going on at Arsenal?
I don't know . We are pretty cumbersome in attack , once a cross comes in all the defenders are set right on top of our strikers most times or the cross is sailing over someone's head .
So what's going on at Arsenal?
So what's going on at Arsenal?
Who is even crossing for us? I can count on one hand how many good crosses and I’ve seen Bellerin do and that’s meant to be a our fullback lord and saviour.
Watch how TAA and Robertson whip them in all day, we’d have much more headed goals if we had better fullbacks.
We can't be a very good team then because the following players have had outstanding tallys against us; Anelka, Kane, Drogba, Rooney, Fowler, Sheringham and currently Salah. There are more with slightly less goals than those already mentioned
Bro are you sure about Sagan? I remember all of us complaining about his crosses but he was elite defensively.Sagna was the last full-back I remember for us who had a decent cross on him. Like thinking about the likes of Gibbs, Monreal was inconsistent at it, Bellerin quite poor at it, Clichy not that great either but Sagna stood out as someone who had that quality to put in a real good cross. One I remember specifically is Van Persie's header at Anfield in 2012. It was an absolutely brilliant cross. While when you combine that with the fact that our wide players were the likes of Nasri, Walcott, Rosicky, Cazorla, Chamberlain, Iwobi, Alexis, etc none of those players are renowned for putting in top quality crosses. It's just something that we never really utilised very well, I don't think it was something that interested Wenger, he'd never sign a player purely for his crossing it was always other attributes that he'd look for. Which is quite bizarre considering we had Giroud as our main striker for so long.
Even now we don't really have that quality, Tierney I think is decent at it, Bellerin's better a low crosses/cut-backs, same with AMN, Kolasinac isn't a footballer. Pepe doesn't strike me as a crosser and we decided we don't need a left winger.
Who is even crossing for us? I can count on one hand how many good crosses and I’ve seen Bellerin do and that’s meant to be a our fullback lord and saviour.
Watch how TAA and Robertson whip them in all day, we’d have much more headed goals if we had better fullbacks.
Bro are you sure about Sagan? I remember all of us complaining about his crosses but he was elite defensively.
I used to crucify him about his crossing. Wasn't a very good footballer in the last third imo. We could really do with him now though. Filled in at CB with some great performances. His level then would probably make him our best CB now.I certainly remember he was capable of producing some good crosses, maybe just in comparison to Gibbs on the other flank he appeared brilliant at it.
Tierney makes Robertson look like his replacement at Celtic that cost them CL.@BigPoppaPump TAA is a freak, it’s almost unfair to judge him against other fullbacks because he’s basically a CM playing at fullback. His low drilled pass against Barcelona from that quick corner is one of the best things I’ve seen a fullback do.
Robertson is closer to more normal fullback levels and tbf he’s probably the best in the league along with Mendy. Big hopes for Tierney but I don’t want to buy into this ‘as good as Robertson’ hype and be left disappointed.
I used to crucify him about his crossing. Wasn't a very good footballer in the last third imo. We could really do with him now though. Filled in at CB with some great performances. His level then would probably make him our best CB now.
Bro are you sure about Sagan? I remember all of us complaining about his crosses but he was elite defensively.
It was insanely bad , wouldn't beat the first man half the time .
Loved the leap Sagna had on him, rarely lost a header. But yeah, not much use in crossing on just general build-up play.
He scored two well taken goals but you'd swap him for Giroud ? Giroud wouldnt have scored today.No doubt world class goalscorer. Every other aspect of his game is flawed. We have to play short goal kicks because auba cannot win a contested ball in the air. This guy has to do more, i see mane/salah and kane fighting for the ball and this guy not fancying it. This is a huge problem for us, we desperately need his goals but games like today i would trade auba for giroud in a heartbeat.