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Was crap when he first came although he was surrounded by crap.
He needed time to settle to the pace of the premier league especially as he lacked pace himself and it's a very fast league.
Now? Best centre half in the league.
Henry Winter's tweet tonight shows journalists are finally recognising his role and importance. Very good to see.
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Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
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eng 0 ger B 1. A few boos at the end. What England would give for such a commanding centre-half as Per Mertesacker.
He turns like an oil tanker though. :lol:
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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Not bad for an oil tanker. :coffee:
He was never crap. He was mostly steady, just not as commanding and effortless as he is now in a settled team and partnership. It doesn't help when Arsenal fans themselves contribute to false and cliche-ridden pre-set narratives about players. See also: Szczesny.Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
He was fucking shite.
Couldn't read the game. Was way off the pace. Was hesitant making decisions.
Now turned it around.
He was never shite. :lol:
There's a reason it was always between Kos and Verm for the 2nd CB slot.
Wenfet confirms talks have begun:
http://news.arseblog.com/2013/11/wen...-negotiations/
BFG :bow: :bow:.
He’s a very good defender and it was often overlooked because of his pace. He makes the others look good imo. Brings order to that defensive line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Good to hear. Also need to get Sagan and Roz signed up AFAP.
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Fucking love the BFG.
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Originally Posted by Özim
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Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
I fucking love this guy, his reaction to the penalty decision was awesome and show how much he loves being here and being a part of this. Plus i think he can stay on top level to his mid 30s, since his game is not based on speed/strength as alot of other defenders.
Before he came to Arsenal he had a race with snails. He lost.
He's done pretty well this season, not perfect by any means but has been very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Zimm just get over yourself, the guy will be reaching his 100th game for germany next year and depending on how long they will go in the world cup, he might be in the top5 over most capped players ever for germany by the end of next year, which is pretty amazing, considering the history of the german national team.
The guy keeps showing his doubters wrong, when will you stop disrespecting a guy that has legend material?
Mertesacker has been a superb signing.
If the best you can come up with is a lame joke and critique that he is "not perfect", other than admit you were wrong, the best thing you could do would be to shut up about him. For now at least.
Of course, with the season being long, no doubt at some point Merts will make a mistake with him not being perfect and all. Why not wait before posting so you can declare yourself right?.
I feel bad for getting on his back last season. He did struggle a bit at first and I initially thought he wouldn't be able to handle the pace of the premier league and our high line defence system. Boy has he proved me and all of his doubters wrong. He, along with Koscielny, was instrumental in our run of results at the end of last season and in our start to this season. He's a fucking beast and probably my favourite player ATM.
BFG :bow:
I said he's not perfect and made a joke about his lack of pace, what the f*ck is wrong with you guys :lol:
Considering the level of jokes some people laugh at in this place that was pretty good!
No.
Then you haven't been looking at some of the sh*t people laugh at on here! I sometimes wonder if these are actually people on bots that are programmed to type and laugh at total rubbish.
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Originally Posted by JonasTC
You can't win anything without a solid centre back partnership.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Look at Sol and Toure. They were incredible.
We've finally found ours. Mertescielny. They can lead us to glory.
He's the sort of player we've needed for a while. Intelligent and defends with positioning and reading danger over reacting and hoping pace will bail you out. The combination with Kos has worked well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
he's also an organizer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
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Originally Posted by mastermind84
Per Filofaxer :bow:
He's big, he's tall, he's got height...
Enough about his penis. What about Mertesacker?
He's not perfect...
Would he get into a North London XI ahead of Kaboul, Dawson, Chiriches and flavour-of-the-week Vertonghen though?
North London XI:
Szczesny
Sagna
Dawson
Koscielny
Gibbs
Ramsey
Ozil
Cazorla
Arteta
Wilshere
Soldado.
Hard to disagree.