Beginning of last season? :unsure:
Dont you mean beginning of this and mostly all of last season where he had a shocker?
Fair play to him though, hes looked quality recently
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Beginning of last season? :unsure:
Dont you mean beginning of this and mostly all of last season where he had a shocker?
Fair play to him though, hes looked quality recently
Yep I agree. Fair play to Wenger, I admit I was skeptical about the signing of Kos last season and had pretty much given up on him halfway through last season but he's a player I really like now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
On current form he's in the top 5 CB's in PL this season IMHO.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...s-arsenal-bossQuote:
Arsene Wenger feels that Laurent Koscielny has developed into one of the best centre-halves in the Premier League this season.
The Frenchman was heavily criticised last season as Arsenal's season crumbled, culminating in a terrible error between himself and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny in the League Cup final.
The 26-year-old failed to deal with what should have been a routine clearance, allowing Obafemi Martins to prod home late on for Birmingham to win against all odds.
This year has been a different story altogether for Koscielny though, who has been a mainstay in the Gunners' defence.
Wenger told Arsenal.com that the first time he saw him, he knew that his fellow countryman had all the necessary attributes to make it in England.
“We found him in France of course, from a smaller team. But you could see that there was something special there,” Wenger said.
“He played at Lorient but first he played with a friend of mine in Tours, who talked to me about him when he played in the second division. Then of course we monitored him with our scouts."
Wenger admits that at times last year Koscielny may have struggled with the physical side of the game in this country but now feels that is part of his overall game.
“I believe that last year you could already see the potential but he did not have that dominance in the duels that he has found this season.
“That makes him, I personally believe, one of the top-class central defenders in the Premier League.”
Wenger has to go
Great defender, no question.
Hes been great recently, no question of that but is a month of greatness after 15 months of being shite enough to merit the best CB in the country tag?
When i saw him play against Milan in the emirates cup, his first game, you could see he reads the game very well and had potential to do well, his first season in the most toughest league in the world would always be difficult for him, yet he kept messi quite in the 1st leg, he had the attributes to be a great defender and its SHOWING now, he can only continue, its no fluke or just a random patch of form.
The same Messi who had fuck knows how many chances in that game and fortunately missed them all?Quote:
Originally Posted by GunnerFan4Life
Wouldnt call that being quiet
If we had Squilacci in that position messi deffo would of scored.
Im not in the business of critisising one player to praise another
But Squillaci is shit.