Arsenal

[Robbie]

i don't view mertesacker as good enough tho, arsenal need a better player to partner koscielny.

You should watch more arsenal games

Mertesacker does stuff like this all the time. He's a calming presence in the back 4, and is an experienced leader. I think the problem is that the neanderthals of motd are still trotting out the line "arsenal have a bad defence" from the almunia years.

 

[DavidVillano1]

They also had 19 clean sheets if I remember correctly and Mertesacker featured in all but one of them So he cannot suck that much; I actually do think he is underappreciated as he does the non-flashy work whereas Kos is the more spectacular CB; togethr, however, they work out very well, as demonstrated by the derby on Sunday.

I'd also credit him for having had a minor hand in convincing Özil to join Arsenal; they got along quite well during their time at Werder Bremen and Mertesacker probably talked a good game

14 clean sheets and he featured in all of them.

Mertesacker is underrated, annoys me that solid defenders like him are slated yet someone like Phil Jones gets made out be some great defender!

 

[Faceless]

You should watch more arsenal games

Mertesacker does stuff like this all the time. He's a calming presence in the back 4, and is an experienced leader. I think the problem is that the neanderthals of motd are still trotting out the line "arsenal have a bad defence" from the almunia years.

He gets the job done usually. Experienced defender.. BUT sometimes rely on his CB partner. We all cant be perfect though.

 

[ZenI]

Seen that before, but wow

 

[Fourteen]

Wow, that is excellent ingenuity.

 

[Theodore Evelyn Mosby]

Ozil completed 99% of his passes vs Austria. 99 PERCENT!!!

Why do we have to wait one more week to see Ozil play for Arsenal?

 

[te amo barca]

Ozil's key passes are just clinical.

 

[DB10]

You should watch more arsenal games

Mertesacker does stuff like this all the time. He's a calming presence in the back 4, and is an experienced leader. I think the problem is that the neanderthals of motd are still trotting out the line "arsenal have a bad defence" from the almunia years.

Spot on. He's a solid dependable defender. His reading of the game and positional sense is brilliant. It's just lazy analysis to slate Das Mert, you see it on MOTD all the time. It all stems from the odd occasion when he's caught out because it looks overtly ugly due to his lack of pace.

 

[loozy]

Lovely goal by the BFG

 

[Ketoth]

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Even though Gotze was sold before any of those...

But maybe Wenger and Klopp are conspiring to punish all those clubs that have been stealing from them over the years...

 

[suckabov]

But maybe Wenger and Klopp are conspiring to punish all those clubs that have been stealing from them over the years...

Kloppo compared Dortmund with Robin Hood... that's almost a confession!

But seriously, I hope it happens. The Götze deal is still hurting, slightly.

 

[Ketoth]

Good win. Should've been 3-0 up in the first half, Ozil is a master of the game, but Ramsey MoTM.
Cazorla is injured for over a month, got injured with Spain

 

[Ketoth]

What a goal.

 

[Robbie]

We're back in our 2007 form, with a midfield of Flamini/Wilshere/Ozil/Ramsey instead of Flamini/Cesc/Rosicky/Hleb. The difference 100% is Flamini

Covers every blade of grass on the pitch, screams and yells at players out of position, and keeps the ball moving. When we were facing Stoke, Wilshere kept getting fouled, so Flamini went up to the Stoke player and said "kick him one more time and I will blind you". The refs cautioned him for it