Player:Saliba
haha he's played what 90 minutes since coming back from injury? Yawn
Wenger is full of sh@t. All he has to do is instruct him to sit back a bit more which shouldn’t be a problem at all. His main weakness is lack of stamina to go up and down the wing. You don’t have to do that as much as a full back. He was solid in the league cup against West Ham.Judging his skills and attributes I dont see why he couldn't play both equally well, even LB better than LWB imo, he was good at LCB ffs
It is a fix idea from Wenger for some reason
I remember hearing that Kolasinac doesn't workout. He's just naturally huge and strong, so I wouldn't be surprised if the physicality of the EPL is actually getting to him.
Thus far he's always been able to outmuscle opponents, but now he looks slow and off the pace, and he didn't at the beginning of the season.
Kolasinac might need to hit the gym. Imagine how good he could be if he got a little stronger and faster.
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tbf, he's not working out unless you include finger press ups
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As a professional athlete, I'm sure he works out more than any of us, but he apparently isn't known for hitting the weights after training as much as the other guys.
When you've never needed to seriously workout this makes sense.
It doesn't make sense.As a professional athlete, I'm sure he works out more than any of us, but he apparently isn't known for hitting the weights after training as much as the other guys.
When you've never needed to seriously workout this makes sense.
You are extrapolating far too much out of a quote.Every player will do certain warm-up and preventative exercises in the gym and the team will also go through gym recovery days. There's always required work you have/need to do, and there are some players which do extra based on their personal preference.
This is just based on what the players say in interviews, but it's quite apparent that Welbeck for example is one who's always in the gym, and on Kolasinac, Wilshere said "he doesn't even go to the gym". I take that as he's natural strong/bulky and didn't/doesn't build his physique in the gym but he obviously does do strength training, but the amount of gym work he does isn't reflective of his size/strength.
Guy has played most of his career as a common LB in a back four. According to transfermarkt, at Schalke he was fielded 89 times as a LB, 20 times as LWB/left winger.
His coaches were Keller, Di Matteo, Breitenreiter and Weinzierl, the last two being the only ones to use a back three sporadically, coinciding in time with the resurgence of the back three.
And now the guy doesn't fit a LB role in a back 4? Strange.
He wasn't average at all, Kolasinac was a big talent from the moment he was introduced to the first team. The only reason he didn't quite develop as expected was his injuries (especially when he did his ACL in 2014 which kept him out for almost a year). After coming back, he slowly got better and better until his final season with Schalke when he became the LB of the year. He also played as a CB as well, so the idea that he can't play LB is absurd.I posted this awhile ago, his breakout season with Schalke was at LWB. He was mainly a LB before that but was only average in the Bundesliga.
Do you have a source?