lomekian
Essays are my thing
Mavropanos is a bit raw but his problem has been a really bad run of injuries. He's got a lot to like about his game, but I think will need another loan at a higher level because of over 21 squad number limitations.
Mahrez? He was a player in the second tier of France. Glad we didn't sign him, otherwise we'd be in the Championship like Leicester and Man City are.
Rare cases and exceptions. Why not throw Kante in for good measure?
In case you didn't realise Mavro is on our books, Robertson played in The Premier League for Hull. Silly comparisons.
We have a young promising CB coming in from Ligue 1 this summer why the **** do people want another before seeing the first?
We have six senior CBs at the club right now. Two on fresh deals & two on wages we will never shift.
But how does Sarr answer that?Because no matter how quick Saliba hits the ground running which is highly unlikely hes still going to be paired with one of Mustsfi, Luiz, Holding, Mari, Chambers. None of whom I believe are good enough to get us into the top 4. And that's on the basis that Saliba has a brilliant season.
Look at the other teams around us or above us. Individually their defenders are better. We have a **** show for defence who every couple of weeks makes a huge error and is posted all over social media and sports outlets asking the question "why do Arsenal continue to play and reward such school boy mistakes".
But how does Sarr answer that?
Playing him with one of the senior CBs or with Saliba? The first option same as Saliba scenario & second just pure unknown. Arteta has renewed two CBs & spoken about what he sees in them.
We have six senior CBs at the club right now. Two on fresh deals & two on wages we will never shift.
I think we’re in serious trouble here and the other teams in the PL know our defensive frailties which is why José Mourinho was targeting it.
Mari
Luiz
Sokratis
Mustafi
Holding
Chambers
I don’t even know how we ended up with a bunch of bang average defenders and with the PL getting harder every year, teams like Chelsea improving their attack (Werner, Ziyech etc) and our “experienced defenders” ageing, I think there could be 4 or 5s next season if we don’t reset.
We have a real problem with cutting the cord with crap players. And that is where the mentality issue comes in of let's go to Arsenal. Not perform and it's ok. We will still play and pick up a wage. At other teams those players would have been moved on.
Chambers was a starter for Soton. Not a child.
He came to us had loans at Boro and Fulham. We are about 4 years on and is he better? Who knows because hes always injured. And when he isnt injured hes bang average. Bad? No. Just not good enough. Sell.
Holding is another. Been at the club for years. Had about 3 good games and because he got the better of Costa in one game people think hes brilliant. Hes again either injured or not in the team? Why? Because hes not good enough. He got tortured against Leeds.
Mustafi not good enough.
Luiz. Not good enough but at least has some winning pedigree.
Mari. A complete unknown quantity. Didnt impress in Spain.
Sokratis. Actually looked like a sound buy for 15m a few years back. Is ok as a defender but his best years are past him and he lacks agility and mobility to deal with top strikers. Also rash at times.
There isnt a single good one in that pack. Not a single one of them starts for our rivals. Not 1 single CB.
Says it all.
We have a young promising CB coming in from Ligue 1 this summer why the **** do people want another before seeing the first?
We have six senior CBs at the club right now. Two on fresh deals & two on wages we will never shift.
I totally agree but I’m not sure who our rivals are.
I’m not even trying to troll or anything but that trio (Utd, Chelsea and Leicester) will improve if they get CL football and we’ll fall further behind.
We could find up to 10 better defenders in the teams below us than what we have now never mind those above us.
Yeah and they would all make the same basic mistakes in our set up.
So the set up is why Luiz makes unforced errors? Like against City? Kolasinac couldn't make a 10 yard pass because of our set up? Mustafi sliding on the ground while Kane walks past him is because of the set up?
Pull the other one. Individually they are poor. Conte had to play 3 at the back to cover Luiz flaws. Mustafi has and always will be a liability. And Kolasinac is a squad player at left back at best.
Individually they’re obviously not great. But the lack of leadership, organisation, preparation and a defined philosophy for me is the root of the cause.
The mistakes these clowns are making is nothing new. It’s been a reoccurring theme going back to the latter Wenger days. Vermaelen, Mertesacker and Koscielny etc were making these same errors and we were regularly losing to our closest rivals.
The culture is all off and has been for a decade. For me Arteta has to fix that first and foremost before we worry about bringing better defenders in.
Luiz would not have lasted at Chelsea as long as he did and won nearly 60 Brazil caps if he was as bad as you claim. When Conte switched to 3 at the back why was Luiz not making the kind of errors he’s been making here even after Arteta made the same switch? I’ll tell you why it’s because Chelsea were a more organised, well drilled and balanced team. Plus he had better quality players in front of him.
Mustafi had just come off a good season in la liga at Valencia before we signed him.
Kolasinac made the Bundesliga team of the season prior to joining us. Plus he’s not a central defender.
You have to ask yourself why these players turn to **** after playing us? For me it’s mainly due to the reasons I specified above.
I remember one of the ex-players Squillaci criticising Wenger’s methods. He felt that our style left the defence far too open to counterattacks. He said it’s much more difficult for central defenders at Arsenal.