That's a nice chart. Well done. :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
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That's a nice chart. Well done. :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
Theo's problem is not composure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Its that if you held a gun to his mom's head and said you would squeeze it if you don't hold this ball up and bring your midfielders into play, you would end up with Theo's mom's brain matter on you. And he will never learn how to do that because he is physically and technically incapable of that.
It was Costa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Chelsea would have won the league in 2013/14 if they had a competent striker.
Cesc was the cherry on top,
How hard is it to understand it's a combo of both? Cesc was on course to setting the assist record last season. Costa did well to put chances away but it's not as if he was a one man wrecking machine creating his own opportunities. He only scored 21 goals. Nothing amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
How hard is to understand that it was not a combination of both? It was Costa that was the big difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Chelsea's problem was not having a finisher, not creating chances. Fernando Torres, Demba Ba, and the corpse of Samuel Eto'o was their forward line that season.
I am not saying Chelsea were a one man team (well they werent at the start of that season. From January onward they did become a one man attack with Hazard just getting penalties and creating everything)
And to get back into where the convo was going, Cesc has always been a tactical nightmare unless you had a player solely dedicated to making sure he could create. Its why Wenger eventually took the CM role away from him.
Dude, you need to do something about your username. Seriously. What you're saying can't be proven at all. The facts are Cesc got the most assists and had a good partnership with Costa and was on record with the most assists in the league. That's fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
Again, that's your opinion and not fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
Who cares about those chav wankers?
This is a thread to discuss all of Arsenal's transfer activity this summer. Can we stick to the topic please? Or close the thread?
Both amount to the same thing.
and all I said is that Costa was the pivotal player, not Cesc. Chelsea were second in the premiership in chances created to Manchester City in 2013-14 and had the most shots in the league but were 7th in percentage of shots on target.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Even further, I responded to someone saying Cesc was the key reason they won the league last fall which was nonsense.
Has Theo shown a consistent ability to hold the ball under pressure from centerbacks, yes or no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
We have a problem creating chances when the other team has 10 people behind the ball. We will tippy tappy for 90 minutes and 'may be' have a couple of close chances. We dont go wide to open up spaces and since we are hell bent on going down the middle, Cesc would be much better playing the eye of the needle pass when compared to Wilshere, Ramsey or Coq. I would put him on a step above Santi and Ozil to play those killer balls. However Santi and Ozil have better positioning compared to Cesc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn