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In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
or just a clear agenda.
On Arsenal Mania...never!
or just a clear agenda.
Why is the most sensible poster on here a ?
Why do you prefer the community here or are you on every other clubs forum?
He made maybe two bad passes in the first game of the season. Otherwise he was good against Zaha, but yeah, must have been terrible overall because his passing wasn't as sharp yet.I have no idea what game people watched if they thought he was terrible against Crystal Palace.
Very poor football IQ or just a clear agenda.
Arsenal kind of became my "2nd team" back in the late 2000s, mainly due to so many games being broadcast here (Denmark) as Bendtner was hyped to the moon. Stuck around because I find Arsenal fascinating to follow, partly because you tend to do things differently and partly because there's a big online presence for Arsenal discourse. Stuff like the Arseblog podcast as an example is a top tier football podcast.
I won't put on some facade and say I'm like genuinely emotionally invested in Arsenal, but I do tend to cheer you on against any club not named West Ham. I don't really post anywhere else when it comes to footy either.
If his job was to nullify Zaha threat, then that didnt work. Evertime Zaha had the ball...he looked a threat. Ben White competed to best of his abilities, but certainly never pocketed him.
Physically, he would never be able to keep Zaha silent.
I wonder how would Tomiyasu would do though as he is a giant.
He beat Ben White plenty...youbforgetting Saliba cleaning up several times after he got past White?What are you talking about? Zaha did the square root of **** all, looked hella frustrated and conceded a lot of freekicks trying to beat White and getting nullified constantly.
He beat Ben White plenty...youbforgetting Saliba cleaning up several times after he got past White?
Some bizarre takes Iām seeing about White.
Liverpool rotate Konate/Matip/Gomez next to VVD. Gomez fills in at RB as well.
City rotate Stones/Dias/Laporte and Ake who also fills in at LB.
White/Saliba/Gabriel is the type of quality you need these days - weāre still arguably a CB short considering Holding isnāt at the required level.
I think the issue with this compilation is it doesnāt show the few times Zaha skinned him. He also had a few errant passes early on.You sure about that?
What I'm seeing is a ****load of freekicks conceded by Zaha, a couple of unsuccessful takeons, a cross to nobody, a kick and rush that Saliba cleaned up and one single instance where he turned White, and White fouled him and took a yellow.
How do you work this out to White not nullifying Zaha, when he did?
I think the issue with this compilation is it doesnāt show the few times Zaha skinned him. He also had a few errant passes early on.
That being said I think he did fairly well and when you consider that he doesnāt play RB often lately it becomes even more respectable.
I think he did well enough agains a difficult opponent.
Thank you...Exactly!I think the issue with this compilation is it doesnāt show the few times Zaha skinned him. He also had a few errant passes early on.
That being said I think he did fairly well and when you consider that he doesnāt play RB often lately it becomes even more respectable.
I think he did well enough agains a difficult opponent.
White did well, but his only bad mistake almost cost us in the first time. The header that Ramsdale blocked. That actually could change the match and was completely on him. Saliba got his man but White didn't and let his man run freely to strike the ball with his head.
top post.Nope. If you watch it again, Gabriel lost his man, Saliba then covered Gabriel's man and White came across to cover Saliba. Watch it again, I just did. Additionally, White actually put in a good enough challenge to put him off getting a clean header.
Positionally talking a RB always needs to be there if a cross from the left wing comes. It's not like he did some outstanding. It's not even man marking tactic..it's zone tactic. Mar marking is something you don't see anymore in modern football. Yes Gabriel got no mark because his zone got no one. White needed to cover his zone and he didn't so well.Nope. If you watch it again, Gabriel lost his man, Saliba then covered Gabriel's man and White came across to cover Saliba. Watch it again, I just did. Additionally, White actually put in a good enough challenge to put him off getting a clean header.
This is some top level defending of White! Putting biased hater AMers to the mud.aaaaaaaaand the first half...
10 mins in - Zaha tries to beat White down the line, White reads it and the ball deflects off White, falls to an Arsenal player
13 mins in - Zaha cross, blocked by White
17 mins in - Zaha attempts to dribble White, is held up and crowded out
(Martinelli scores)
23 mins in - ball comes to Zaha, Zaha tries to wrestle White, fails, then tries to turn and run down the line and White blocks. Zaha fouls White, freekick.
24 mins in - ball over the top to Zaha, Zaha crosses the ball and its easily cut out.
28 mins in - blind cross, Zaha gets on the end of it and White blocks
32 mins in - ball over the top to Zaha, White holds Zaha up and Saka nicks the ball away
38 mins in - ball rolled into Zaha, Zaha miscontrols out of play under pressure from White
41 mins in - ball rolled into Zaha, White closes down fast and concedes freekick not near to the goal.
43 mins in - Zaha attempts 1-2, White cuts it out
0 skinning occurred in either half, on second watch with no emotions he looked far more comfortable than first time through. Not sure what match others were watching tbh he looked fairly easy against a good PL winger.