Cedric Soares: Back It Up

[NieThePiet]

It's always the same with a right footed player as Left Back.

He has shown that he can do a solid job as Right Back.
It's not his fault, we have let go our only Leftback Back-Up without replacing him.

 

[Red London]

Even though we were stupid to not get a left back in, we have been kinda unlucky on the Cedric at LB front. Thats twice now he has really exposed the fact he is a right footer playing at LB. First against Villa and then today with that poor pass to Gabriel that led to the goal. I know that can happen but his mistakes have been game defining and have come too fast a rate.

He actually had a good game before that in my opinion, usually doesn't let you down going forward. He's always doing things which kind of surprise me considering he's always being called a 'bum'. But yeh he has made two costly mistakes playing at LB now.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

It's RB or nothing. He's a tryer but even more limited out of position

 

[Goonger]

It's RB or nothing. He's a tryer but even more limited out of position

Yeah, don't mind him as back up right back. Not good enough as a left back though, we need a more natural option in there.

 

[Rex Stone]

Why couldn’t we have played AMN more this year?

I get he wants to play midfield but come on I’m sure he’d rather play left back than sit on the bench for 6 months like he did.

Had a MOTM performance against Liverpool there in the Shield and was never seen again.

 

[mirrorstare]

Don't see the need to talk about AMN, he doesn't want to play there at all and prefers to go be a Championship CM instead so what's the point.

 

[Hunta]

Why couldn’t we have played AMN more this year?

I get he wants to play midfield but come on I’m sure he’d rather play left back than sit on the bench for 6 months like he did.

Had a MOTM performance against Liverpool there in the Shield and was never seen again.

AMN/Cedric
Saliba/Luiz
Nelson/Willian
Martinelli/Lacazette

Why play the future when you can go down with finished pros?

 

[OnlyOne]

Not sure the slander for him is necessary really, he's absolutely not meant to be playing these kind of games, let alone playing out of position.

He's a back up player who's happy to sit on the bench and when he's had his games at RB he's proven that he's not bad back up.

What we failed to do again was ship on Bellerin and bring in someone capable of being our 1st team RB & bring up someone be Tierney's back up.

Can't slate this guy for the bad planning.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Yes its not his fault that he is here. When someone offers you a 70k per week for 4 years when alternative was going to play in Russia you take it.

But lets be honest here. He is not good enough. He is completely out of his depth. People always use 'oh he didnt cost much and he doesnt do any obvious mistakes. Well most of the time' but the truth is he offers us nothing moving forward as a club.

To improve we need to buy better players. Not back up for players that should be back ups.

So weird seeing people going mad about the situation of the club but still finding time to excuse players like Mari and Cedric.

 

[dashsnow17]

The deal for Soares has had a funny life. At the time it looked and felt *terrible*, then it felt less terrible when he put in some decent performances, but how does it look now? Less than a year since the deal and he's not being used as either a back-up RB or back-up LB. Chambers and Bellerin are playing ahead of him on the right and Xhaka is playing ahead of him on the left.

So why exactly did we give him a 4 year (FOUR YEAR) deal?

 

[El Duderino]

The deal for Soares has had a funny life. At the time it looked and felt *terrible*, then it felt less terrible when he put in some decent performances, but how does it look now? Less than a year since the deal and he's not being used as either a back-up RB or back-up LB. Chambers and Bellerin are playing ahead of him on the right and Xhaka is playing ahead of him on the left.

So why exactly did we give him a 4 year (FOUR YEAR) deal?

Is he injured?

My point has always been that he's too expensive for a player his age who's supposed be a back up. Now he's not even that.

If he's fit and Xhaka is starting at LB than this is all by design and not because we don't have a back up for KT.

 

[dashsnow17]

Is he injured?

My point has always been that he's too expensive for a player his age who's supposed be a back up. Now he's not even that.

If he's fit and Xhaka is starting at LB than this is all by design and not because we don't have a back up for KT.

Don't think he's injured. He made one mistake and Arteta replaced him with Xhaka, who's played there until he's made a mistake, he'll probably be replaced by someone else.

It kinda stinks of very reactive management, just no real plan. We used to be 'very solid defensively but sh*t in attack', I mean at least it was a definitive style, now I don't know what we are.

It's reminiscent of Emery's later days, when it all just sort of collapsed into a shapeless mess.

 

[El Duderino]

Don't think he's injured. He made one mistake and Arteta replaced him with Xhaka, who's played there until he's made a mistake, he'll probably be replaced by someone else.

It kinda stinks of very reactive management, just no real plan. We used to be 'very solid defensively but sh*t in attack', I mean at least it was a definitive style, now I don't know what we are.

It's reminiscent of Emery's later days, when it all just sort of collapsed into a shapeless mess.

It has been a constant with Arteta tho, whenever he tinkers and it somewhat works, he runs with it regardless of why it worked in the first place.

 

[Gooner416]

It has been a constant with Arteta tho, whenever he tinkers and it somewhat works, he runs with it regardless of why it worked in the first place.

Non-negotiables mate.

 

[krengon]

Can’t even get a game under these circumstances, what a massive waste of a signing.

 

[Rimaal]

I still can't believe they gave him a 4 year contract ffs.

 

[Macho]

Can’t even get a game under these circumstances, what a massive waste of a signing.

Absolutely pointless.

 

[krengon]

Absolutely pointless.

I was open to being wrong about him when people were hyping him up a few weeks back, should have known better lol.. It's weird how he seems to have completely lost Arteta's faith though. Only 3 more years...

 

[Hunta]

Imagine Kia and Edu have made a bit of money with this deal.

That’s all that matters.

 

[Hunta]

Chambers signing a new deal. Club looking for a RB and a new backup for Tierney.

We gave this lad a 4 year deal to be third choice.