Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
I think Rice could potentially do Xhaka’s role if he had Partey next to him. He’s got enough energy to play box to box and isn’t afraid of shooting and linking up with the forwards. That’s just my gut feeling.

Partey at right back is just stupid, a total waste of a very good player who was quite instrumental in the good we showed last year. White isn’t perfect but it’s much better for the team if he’s there than Partey.

I don’t know if something has gone on with Gabriel but there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be Saliba’s partner.

I don’t think Rice could play there, he hasn’t got the range of passing and he’s no quicker than Xhaka. Maybe for games like Man United where it’s safety first but I don’t think Arteta understands the concept of putting different teams out depending on what opponent you’re playing.

The problem is he’s trying to get us to play like City, and neither Partey, Rice or Odegaard are good enough in possession to make that laudable. That’s why we concede so many goals at home, we get dispossessed and teams can run at us.

I think the players we have are better off at playing on the counter attack. We’ve got very good defenders, we just need to be able to tweak things so that we can soak up pressure and break on other teams