I hate to see articles berating Koscielny labelling him average when he is clearly one of the best CBs in the Prem. For a guy who played in Ligue 2 a few seasons ago, I'm very very impressed. Wenger is an outright genius for spotting a talent like Kos.
I can see him surpassing Vidic in a few seasons time. He reads the game like a top midfielder, his one-on-one tackling is second to none, his passing for a CB is excellent and is confident when bringing the ball out of the defence.
One thing I'm very impressed with is his recovery tackles. Last season in the CL vs Barca 2nd Leg there was a moment where Messi was through on goal and Koscielny was jogging!! yes jogging behind him. I was thinking 'yep it's over' next thing I see is the ball near the corner flag in Kossy's possesion. World class. Another time was in the CC against Spurs. He excuted to perfection one of the greatest tackles I've ever seen. Many people would point to that CC Final error but things like that DO happen when it's your debut season after having so little experience in a top flight league. Kos can only learn from that and get better.
When he gets paired alongside a leader like Vermaelen it can only bring the best out of him - he plays best when he has experience beside him.
I genuinely believe he can be a top European CB. Top three.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gJhOUKE6T0
This video highlights the quality of this guy.
Just watch and be awed into silence.
Koscielny On Par With Vidic If Not Close
posted on 4/9/11
Can someone tell me why Vidic is the one hailed as the archetype for top centre halves?
His "skill" is a mixture of cynical fouls and handballs which naturally goes unpunished by refs and is glossed over and even praised by pundits
Makes me mad that players like Koscielny and Luiz are lambasted as error prone and accidents waiting to happen for doing what gets Vidic hailed as the bets in the world
posted on 4/9/11
looking at some of the comments in this thread i really don't think that football is for some of these people.
posted on 4/9/11
Vidic is far better. End of article.
posted on 4/9/11
Koscielny is good and has the potential to be fantastic, but I'd be careful about comparing him to the likes of Vidic, if only because it invites all the manc WUMs onto our board
Why would we bother, plenty of Arsenal fans on our board, mainly the muppets though.
posted on 4/9/11
WUM
posted on 4/9/11
Darko**Wenger Is My Long Lost Father**And Wenger's Father Is My Son Eboue** (U10337)
Why is there no footage of him heading a ball?
posted on 4/9/11
Ledley King
posted on 5/9/11
Mata(U3630)
I think your description of Vidic is a very acurate description...
of Terry
posted on 5/9/11
It's clear that the fans of Arsenal Football Club believe they're players are better than everyone elses.
I've got a couple of question though;
1) If your players are the best in the world as you claim, why have you failed in every single competition you've been involved in, in the last 6 years? Why no league titles in 7 years?
2) If your players are so great and fail time and time again. What does that say about your manager?
Answers please
posted on 29/11/11
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/34681