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Was revealed a while ago that Emery never wanted Torreira because he wants his DM to be tall to clear up balls in front of the back 4. That’s why he was always played further forward (which is dumb).See I think the opposite, people on this site exaggerate the positives of a player they do like. Torreira has never been fantastic or an amazing DM, if he was he would never have been moved forward by Emery or dropped completely by Arteta.
He's literally our worst midfielder but you claimed he's the best multiple times, his performances were poor in the majority of games played here. People just put this idea in their minds that he was this amazing DM because they watched him in the World Cup.
I think post Arsène Wenger you're very generous to these players, remember when he was still here and you were a harsher critic. You had a whole profile pic about Giroud being a donkey ffs!
When Arteta has used him, he’s used him in that deeper role (where he was great). However, we don’t play with two DMs and our midfield is devoid of creativity so his time on the pitch has obviously been limited.
We’ll see who is right when he moves to his next club. I think he will be great if bought to play DM in a more traditional setup.
I try to be positive when I can. Just four seasons watching Giroud bumble around up front absolutely broke me.