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God willing.This will only happen if Laca goes.
God willing.This will only happen if Laca goes.
More likely if Auba goesGod willing.
Let's do this.
Zaha 3000 dribbles completed, 2 goals and 3 assists incoming.
That's because he constantly gets doubled and tripled teamed in a Crystal Palace squad where he's clearly the best player. Pepe gets dispossessed by one defender.Zaha does win quite a few penalities
His best seasons are 15 and 16 G/A contributions
He gets dispossessed way more than Pepe I hope people are ready for that if he were to come. Loses the ball twice as much
Zaha would go up another level or two if he were in our squad playing with better players.
Zaha does win quite a few penalities
His best seasons are 15 and 16 G/A contributions
He gets dispossessed way more than Pepe I hope people are ready for that if he were to come. Loses the ball twice as much
He also tries to actually beat a player which is bigger risk bigger reward. Zaha one on one tries to beat the man on his own to continue the play. More often than not it doesnt work but when it does it's usually a goal/assist or a penalty won.
Pepe run to the man not trying to go beyond him but beat him or cut back and make a square pass or lay in back to the full back.
The only area in the pitch where Pepe is a threat is around the edge of the box. Anywhere else on the pitch and he is useless.
Just to be clear... I don't expect Zaha to be a goalscorer if he came here. I would expect assists and chance creations from him. That's what we're in more need of at the moment, especially from the wing and in midfield.Yeah I've seen a lot of people say this. Could do
And yet, Pepe has more goals and assists, 10x the through balls, twice the crosses, created twice as many big chances in 2/3 of the minutes played in his first season
I'm not anti Zaha and I think Pepe needs to and will improve but who's to say Zaha hasn't lost his motivation now and this is as good as you get?
We are not blowing most of our budget on a winger. As I said the only way this happens is if we have 200m to spend. Now considering Arteta has been saying how reliant we are on Europe it's unlikely.
Pepe gets double and triple teamed in an Arsenal team where he’s clearly the only threat with the ball at his feet.That's because he constantly gets doubled and tripled teamed in a Crystal Palace squad where he's clearly the best player. Pepe gets dispossessed by one defender.
I disagree. I don’t see him being defended in the same way that Zaha does.Pepe gets double and triple teamed in an Arsenal team where he’s clearly the only threat with the ball at his feet.
What’s your point?
A lot of people overlook this and seem to expect Pepe to take on and beat both players. Bellerin doesn't overlap or even make a run on the inside to draw the other player. He waits and Pepe eventually has to pass the ball back to him majority of the times. If we can get that overlap then Pepe could do much better and if we have Zaha on the left with Tierney overlapping we will be very dangerous.Pepe gets double and triple teamed in an Arsenal team where he’s clearly the only threat with the ball at his feet.
What’s your point?
Zaha is probably the best one on one dribbler in the league, up there with the best of them in the world.I disagree. I don’t see him being defended in the same way that Zaha does.
And I still view Zaha as the better EPL player, especially in one-v-one situations.
But Zaha would have the overlapping fullback in our system. It's clear we've favored the left side of our attack since Arteta has taken over.Zaha is probably the best one on one dribbler in the league, up there with the best of them in the world.
But Put him in Pepe’s position with a wide forward coming in off the opposite wing and a fullback that doesn’t overlap and he wouldn’t be that much better.
Palace actually try their best to isolate Zaha against his fullback with PVA bombing forward to take the spare man (part of the reason why PVA is regularly in the defenders top scorers list) and he still doesn’t produce due to the defensive attention he gets.
Arsenal come up against even more deep blocks than Palace do and Pepe doesn’t even have the luxury of an overlapping fullback like Zaha does.
Well yes, but I think we need to give up on Auba playing CF. It’s not happening.But Zaha would have the overlapping fullback in our system. It's clear we've favored the left side of our attack since Arteta has taken over.