Wenger: Trust me in this summer's transfer market

[Shue]

Wenger did a pretty good job turning Cashley into the best LB in the world too, and converting Lauren from a midfielder to an Invincible RB.

 

[Lord Dula]

Wenger most certainly isnt a great defensive coach - of that there's little doubt

 

[law]

He created what was one of the best backlines in the world at the the time out of only one CB, a striker and two midfielders.

 

[Lord Dula]

come again? no new keeper taking a strain on ya jnuh?

 

[law]

jnuh? What are you on about?

You're claiming that the manager with one of the managers of coaching players from elsewhere on the pitch into top drawer defenders, who created a CL record breaking back line isn't a great defensive coach. A manager that managed to coach a striker and two midfielders into 3/4s of a world class back line? Do you not see how ridiculous that is?

 

[Lord Dula]

if he can do that? wotever you're trying to make out, why cant he make 4 defenders and a keeper, who are that by trade and who didnt need converting into defenders, into a robust defensive unit?

 

[law]

He can and has made robust defensive units.

 

[Y va marquer]

A robust defensive unit - it may develop over the course of this season?

A change in personnel, a new attitude, a new focus?

 

[lagos]

er what striker are we talking about here Sol? 'cos Sol was already a defender before he got here!

 

[Lord Dula]

exactly, i havent seen wenger turn a pro striker into a centre back!

silly

 

[USArsenal]

He can and has made robust defensive units.

what robust defensive units has Wenger "made"?

 

[Tony Montana]

Wasn't Cole a striker?

 

[Y va marquer]

Yeah he's not Harry Potter

 

[law]

Ashliey cole was a striker in the youth teams until Wenger moved him to left back.

 

[USArsenal]

Wasn't Cole a striker?

maybe when he was 13.. if im not mistake, hasnt he always played LB for Arsenal (and Crystal Palace before that)?

 

[Lord Dula]

Then the youth team coach turned cashley into a defender. Kudos to him then!

 

[law]

He can and has made robust defensive units.

what robust defensive units has Wenger "made"?

You'd think the invincibles never existed. You realise Wenger's teams were always fairly good defensively before we started basing our midfield around Fabregas? We have the most attacking set-up of any team in the league, of course we're going to concede more goals than most.

 

[TheEconomist]

No one has mentioned the fact that Martin keown came in as a defence coach when we broke that defensive record? It wasn't wenger's doing

 

[Lord Dula]

Most attacking set up yet didn't top the scoring charts.

 

[USArsenal]

i also recall a midfield pairing of Vieira and Gilberto doing a lot of the defensive work.. if you throw Cesc and Flamini in their places, we dont win the league undefeated (or maybe at all)

i do agree with you that our defence has gotten progressively worse since Fabregas became the focal point..