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Stephan Lichsteiner Leaves!

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Jasard

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Tosker said:
'made up' by those who watched him in the recent game against Spain - perhaps you missed it
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Read what Juve fans say about him, it's being over stated because he's put in some good crosses in a couple of games and a good cross against Madrid. I'm not saying it's bad btw, just weird it keeps getting mentioned. Must be because we are so used to seeing Bellerin's :p
 
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Jasard said:
Read what Juve fans say about him, it's being over stated because he's put in some good crosses in a couple of games and a good cross against Madrid. I'm not saying it's bad btw, just weird it keeps getting mentioned. Must be because we are so used to seeing Bellerin's :p
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Probably because for our own Bellerin, I can only say he put in a few good crosses against Madrid in the first leg
 
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KrissKringle said:
WTF? Juve fans said he improved his crossing last season, so we got another RB with dodgy crossing.
I thought he was better in that department, although even if he's sh*t, he still can't be worse than Bellerin at it.
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Crossing is a low percentage method of scoring, cutbacks are where it's at and tbh we only reverted to crossing whenever we were up against a decent defence, it's like our team and manager were clueless. Hopefully it's something Emery works on with the squad.

As for Lich I hope this is the beginning of smart, proactive transfer windows from us, I can't be 100% sure that Wenger would have addressed the Bellerin issue.
 
Ricardinho

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Not one to get overly excited about but a does exactly what it says on the tin type.

Hopefully get a couple of years out of him by which time a young understudy to Bellerin should be emerging.

Welcome Steiner
 
bingobob

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Good signing on a free. A player who has a winning mentality and a does what it takes attitude to win the game. Makes a change from the usual signings who don't use the dark arts.
 
Toby

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Rimaal said:
A 34 year old Zlatan Ibrahimovich couldn't last in the PL, but we expect a 34 year old right back to do well.
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Not really comparable. Both depend on athleticism, but Zlatan was going up against far more physical competition as CF than Lichtsteiner will as RB.

I also think Zlatan has been slightly overrated towards the end of his career due to him bulldozing Ligue 1 without resurgent Marseille, Lyon and Monaco. Although he still looks the same with his 1.95m, I think he had already lost a bit of pace, burst and physicality, relying more on his footballing abilities and technique.

And still, it's not like he was a complete failure. In 16/17, his only full season with Utd, he scored 28 and assisted 10 in 48 games. That't certainly not bad at all for a 35 year old on the down. What ended his European career was the horrible knee injury, not the hardships of the PL. And looking at Lichtsteiner in the CL I don't see any athletic problems with him.
 
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