Emery really wrecked his reputation here, was near enough a fan favourite before.
Might not be a first 11 player, but improves the squad greatly.
Might not be a first 11 player, but improves the squad greatly.
You would need to tell us which players do you prefer instead of him. Saying he's not good enough but then we end up with Xhaka, Douzi and Ceballos midfield doesn't make much sense to me.His potential is very much deniable, I really don’t see what others do. He’s never been good for us but certain people always hype him.
Agree on that part. Him going up and down on the pitch didn't work well for us. The thing is, Arteta doesn't play like that, we sit deep and that's something Torreira can play. If we start to play possession football with high defensive line next season, Torreira could play that as well by staying in front of CB's and winning the ball quickly.
The only formation so far where he clearly failed was when the gap between our defence and attack was huge and he doesn't have the legs to cover that ground.
I'm not concerned about his ball skills, he does the basics right with simple passing and that's all you want from you DMC
jealous because there’s no sizes that fit your weird long body?
He lacks aerial ability, he can't sprint over long distances and he can bounce off midfielders if they gain momentum. He hasn't played in his actual position since he has been at the club.
He is a specialist DM at the base of a 3. Play him there and he is no longer running large distances. All of his strengths are then highlighted.
That being said, this guy looks tasty:
He also has dodgy positioning and is constantly a hole in midfield (a problem shared by Guendouzi), which is why both Arteta and Emery didn't trust him to be in front of our defense. Even Xhaka defends more reliabily than Torreira.
Opponents dont spot him looking over their shoulder when he's in for the steal.**** me, he really does seem like @OnlyOne height on that pic
He came on when we were down to 10 men did won few balls.I can’t lie. I don’t remember what he did when he came on. Game had run tight past him imo.
He not being disrespected we already playing with 3 cb and 2 wingback we can't have another defensive minded player in the team. Also Ceballos Xhaka been good Torreira would definitely play if we play 433Really hate how Lucas is disrespected and not well used in this team. First Emery started using him as offensive midfielder and now Arteta doesn't seem to rate him at all.
Hope he can find a club that will better utilizes his skills and actually let him develop.
Not so long ago dude was winning 3 MOTM trophies in a row like nothing...