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We collapsed last season when he got injured.
This guy is crazy. Our most composed player in this run at the end.
We don’t this season when he stayed fit.
We collapsed last season when he got injured.
This guy is crazy. Our most composed player in this run at the end.
World class player.
And the best bit? He can still go up a level and will.
Maldiniesque tackle. Before anyone has a go at me, I am not comparing him to the GOAT but that's a tackle you simply do not see executed anymore.That play he made on Garnacho was a thing of beauty.
All that momentum as Garnacho is racking down the side, the crowd was roaring up and Saliba just nonchalantly puts a stop to it.
Liverpool PR. The reality is that he has been better than he was in the last couple of seasons after his ACL injury but he's still not the guy of old and he's been frankly shocking during their collapse which is damning for a club captain of his experience.How has he not got a nomination for player of the season ahead of Virgil..
I believe if he plays the 90 against Everton he will be the first outfield player in our PL history at least to manage that.Played every minute
I was reading somewhere he is one of the few around the league that started all PL games this season.We collapsed last season when he got injured.
We don’t this season when he stayed fit.
not only started but played every minute (ie never subbed even once).I was reading somewhere he is one of the few around the league that started all PL games this season.
Liverpool PR. The reality is that he has been better than he was in the last couple of seasons after his ACL injury but he's still not the guy of old and he's been frankly shocking during their collapse which is damning for a club captain of his experience.
Dude won the league and a CL (although it's the least impressive CL in history because nobody loses to the Spuds in a Cup Final) and was bragging about an energy drink cup right before turning into a pumpkin yet again.
Goofy van Dijk form collapsed like two weeks after this clip as well lol
Him De Bruyne and Courtois the biggest cuckks in world football, all top or former top players with extreme pencildick aura.Dude won the league and a CL (although it's the least impressive CL in history because nobody loses to the Spuds in a Cup Final) and was bragging about an energy drink cup right before turning into a pumpkin yet again.
Which is my point that we got extremely lucky this season with injuries. The lesson is we need more depth and quality depth. At Arsenal we had so many guys play constantly at not get hurt; this year. It would be foolish to think we will be so lucky every year or next year. On Arsenal we are super reliant on Saka, Ode, Gabriel, Rice, and Saliba. The drop off is too big between them and their replacement. Of City misses one or two starting CBs no one even notices. Maybe Rodri is only indispensable guy they have. We have too manyWe collapsed last season when he got injured.
We don’t this season when he stayed fit.
Vidic won five titles and the Champions League with United, and is the only defender to win Premier League player of the season award twice — though things started awkwardly. “My first big game was Liverpool away and I had to play against Peter Crouch and Craig Bellamy. That was like ‘Welcome to the Premier League’. I had never played against a player who was two metres tall. How am I going to jump against this guy? And [Crouch] is a good footballer too. And then you have Craig Bellamy. He was the fastest player in the Premier League. We lost 1-0 and I realised I had to improve.”
What does he think about defenders today? Certainly very few seem as brave, ruthless and skilled at the fine details of opponent-stopping as he was. “I think football is becoming more offensive and coaches are more positive,” Vidic says. “Look how many goals we had in the Champions League semi-finals and quarter-finals. It feels like teams have started playing for that one goal extra.
“For fans it’s very good. But, for me, finding the balance between defending and going forward is still important. If you look, it is still Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool who have the best defences in the league,” he says.
“One big difference from when I started playing as a professional is the lines between the centre backs, midfield and forwards are getting shorter and shorter. Look at a game from the Sixties and Seventies and the gaps on the pitch. Now it looks totally different. Everything is tight areas and you have to be good in quick thinking, making decisions fast, putting yourself in good positions.”
The best defenders now? “I like talking about the young ones. Micky van de Ven [at Tottenham Hotspur]. He’s fast, strong and good in the air, and has capabilities to really improve. The two from Arsenal [William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes] are doing well. Watching them, I feel they like defending and want the clean sheet. I like the mentality they show.
And they are a partnership. That is important. Arsenal, this season, have not been conceding many goals and the situation when they went to City and didn’t concede — that was a statement of Arsenal as a team. That they want to win the trophy. Not just play nice. I think that’s good. Finally!”
I think he's the closest thing you can have to a defensive talisman. You just know that he's going to make the tackle he needs to make, get himself out of trouble in the buildup, carry the ball to start an attack, make a difficult pass to advance the play, do that little bit to snuff out a transition. I agree with what he's saying, it feels to me like the whole team has more belief in what they do defensively with him out there.
Don't forget Varana. Man said winning the Carabao Cup was better than winning the CL's with Real.Him De Bruyne and Courtois the biggest cuckks in world football, all top or former top players with extreme pencildick aura.
People actually crowned this fruity fraud best ever in England after two seasons of good performances, even if he hadn't crashed so spectacularly someone who puts perfume on his kit and whose eyes are glued to the screen during matches so he can see what he looks like could never be part of that conversation.