EPL: Aston Villa v Arsenal - Saturday Nov 27th 12:45 - SS2

[Tony Montana]

How is Cahill so good in the air? Headed goal after headed goal.

 

[thegame24]

Wilshere only needs to remember he has a right foot, if he does he can become a star.

 

[Klaus Daimler]

Really? I think Wilshere is quite handy in that regard.

I think both of them are. In principle Nasri, Diaby, Fabregas, Wilshere, Song, Rosicky and Ramsey are more than capable of measuring up to most opponents in a challenge.

The problem - and this goes for everyone in midfield, and is a big reason for people believing that Song in particular is a clumsy tackler who picks up too many yellow cards - seems to be that we don't adjust our game quickly enough. We don't get into defensive mode until the opponents have moved across the halfway line and picked up some speed. We're caught wrong-footed all to often. They get too many freekicks and corners out of nothing that way.

 

[outlaw_member]

How is Cahill so good in the air? Headed goal after headed goal.

That's the only reason he's a footballer. If he couldn't head, he'd probably be playing Australian rules or something.

 

[Burnwinter]

Completely off topic, but I can see Cahill being a really useful small forward in Aussie rules.

The other thing (apart from physically heading the ball) that he does exceptionally well is time his runs into a congested penalty area. That ability to identify changing space in a moving group of players is a benefit in many sports.