"Should we build a defence around someone who is 30 and slow? Or would it be wiser to replace him?"
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I wouldn't go as far as to start building/(depending on Kos' long term fitness) re-building a defence around Merte, but as he showed today, as long as our game plan is right, he is still an important player for us.
comment by Lexington Sanchez 125.2 (U8879)
posted 18 seconds ago
"Should we build a defence around someone who is 30 and slow? Or would it be wiser to replace him?"
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I wouldn't go as far as to start building/(depending on Kos' long term fitness) re-building a defence around Merte, but as he showed today, as long as our game plan is right, he is still an important player for us.
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My issue is that we need to stay deep for Mert to be effective. With that we have no outball because Giroud finds it hard to stay compact and then have the pace to catch up the counter attack. He was very isolated today.
Today Santi was outstanding. But we can't expect someone so small to carry the ball out of defense every time.
We were slightly lucky that Pelligrini went 4-4-2 early. That gave us the extra man in midfield. On another day it could have back fired.
Wenger yet to identify defensive target?
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posted on 18/1/15
"Should we build a defence around someone who is 30 and slow? Or would it be wiser to replace him?"
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I wouldn't go as far as to start building/(depending on Kos' long term fitness) re-building a defence around Merte, but as he showed today, as long as our game plan is right, he is still an important player for us.
posted on 18/1/15
comment by Lexington Sanchez 125.2 (U8879)
posted 18 seconds ago
"Should we build a defence around someone who is 30 and slow? Or would it be wiser to replace him?"
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I wouldn't go as far as to start building/(depending on Kos' long term fitness) re-building a defence around Merte, but as he showed today, as long as our game plan is right, he is still an important player for us.
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My issue is that we need to stay deep for Mert to be effective. With that we have no outball because Giroud finds it hard to stay compact and then have the pace to catch up the counter attack. He was very isolated today.
Today Santi was outstanding. But we can't expect someone so small to carry the ball out of defense every time.
We were slightly lucky that Pelligrini went 4-4-2 early. That gave us the extra man in midfield. On another day it could have back fired.
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