Abominus
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Pound for pound the worst defensive signing we have ever made, absolutely useless. Should have sold him in the summer, his value has gone down the ****ter now.
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Shkodran Mustafi: Cack On Top
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Player:Saliba
Hard to see us getting £25m for this guy now
Tir Na Nog
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I agree.
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c00lguy
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First of all he's not ginger haired he's brown/blonde.
Second of all, as awful as he's been this season he's still only 25. He could yet do a Koscielny and turn his form around. I hope he has that passion inside him. I don't think Wenger would've paid so much for him if he didn't.
Second of all, as awful as he's been this season he's still only 25. He could yet do a Koscielny and turn his form around. I hope he has that passion inside him. I don't think Wenger would've paid so much for him if he didn't.
CurryFlavoured
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He's just not a very good defender, not good enough at this high level. We've seen him make mistakes regularly since he came here, and he's not physically strong enough for a centre back.
say yes
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Yup. Mertesacker probably the most underrated player we’ve had over this last decade.
Physically he’s well past it now but he ran our (semi-competent) defence from 2012-2015.
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He'll make a great manaer/defensive coach
CHOPS
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At least Mertesacker would've had the brains to head the ball away and not let it go over his head,Christ what was Mustafi thinking of,he's there to defend the ball then defend it and worry about the foul he was claiming for after surely?
goonerwarsh
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When you start pining for Mertesacker as some kind of defensive saviour then you know you’re really grasping at straws. He was part of some ****ing awful defensive displays. I’ve seen him wince out of challenges costing us games. He was ok, not a bad player, did a half decent job. Not sure why he’s been given the position to stay on at the club when we’ve had true winners who have left the club rejected for such a position probably because they don’t tow the party line.
We haven’t had a truly world class defender who could do it all ever since Sol Campbell. That’s what a proper f**king centre back looks like. Tall, strong, powerful, dominant, fast, organiser and leader of men.
We haven’t had a truly world class defender who could do it all ever since Sol Campbell. That’s what a proper f**king centre back looks like. Tall, strong, powerful, dominant, fast, organiser and leader of men.
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CurryFlavoured
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Not buying it. I'm a fan of Per but let's not **** all over Koscielny now that he's clearly declined massively. Koscielny was our best defender and one of our most important players for years. Per was also a good defender, they worked well together over periods.
Right now we've got Mustafi who's a clear downgrade from Per, and Koscielny who's a shadow of what he was. So many crap defenders at the club right now.
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CHOPS
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Wasn't pining for the guy and i have seen many of his mistakes I just don't think he'd have let Aguero score like that it would probably have been him being twisted inside out and not a bread and butter header!
Tir Na Nog
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Koscielny and Mertesacker were a great partnership, who'd have thought in a team sport it requires players forming good understandings with other players around them to be at their best? I don't think it was ever a case of either carrying the other, they just simply worked well with Kos being the aggressive ball winner and Mertesacker being the commanding reader of the game with his excellent positioning.
CurryFlavoured
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Some of the biggest parts of being a defender are being solid and keeping mistakes to a minimum, having a presence/being physically strong, being positionally good.
Meanwhile Wenger is integrating physically weak centre backs with fancy dribbling and passing. Vermaelen, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny (the only success) all of the same ilk. Relatively small, weak build, quick and good on the ball. Need a completely new outlook. It sounds ridiculous saying this but defending needs to come first.
Meanwhile Wenger is integrating physically weak centre backs with fancy dribbling and passing. Vermaelen, Gabriel, Mustafi, Koscielny (the only success) all of the same ilk. Relatively small, weak build, quick and good on the ball. Need a completely new outlook. It sounds ridiculous saying this but defending needs to come first.
YeahBee
Terrible hot takes
don't think I know better but plenty a coaches out there who does at this point
He is clearly doing something wrong hence our league position and lack of game and all our losses. that anybody who follows/knows football can see.
If you don't then you have drunk the kool-aid
and if it is the players who are sh!tty then that is on him to because he has signed every single player
it used to be that players who left us never reached the heigths they had reached with us with somebody else
now players come to us and play worse
CHOPS
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Exactly my point no nonsense with Mertesacker defend first!
carlito'sway
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I gave up on that dude long time ago. I was disappointed he was not shipped out last Summer. He is Verm 2.0, complete liability.
I used to be a Xhaka fan before he joined AFC, but he is definitely not good enough. I agree he should be sold as well.
carlito'sway
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This guy may be the dumbest poster on this board.... Everytime I read his posts, I shake my head at his stupidity.
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