Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy_Saville View Post
I bet we'd see an improvement right across the backline with every player benefiting. Kos could play one position instead of two, the fullbacks wouldn't then have to cover random and gaping holes appearing as Merts tries to get up steam and move himself from one spot to another on the pitch. The German is decent enough covering set pieces but when the play is mobile and with any sort of pace he might as well be at home with his feet up. Added to that he slows everything down when he gets all those fucking backpasses from the midfield. And his distribution is lousy if he attempts anything other than a square ball to either side. He's not the worst but he's not good enough for us.
Hmmm..that's very debatable. I'm not happy with Merts performances either but I really don't think bringing Gabriel in will improve us that much...if at all. Gabriel or Kos are not perfect, Gabriel especially is quite naďve in his positional play, he obviously makes up for that with his speed which Merts doesn't have.

Gabriel's distribution is even worse than Merts, it's one area he really needs to improve.

The defence are accountable for conceding goals but without the protection from Midfield they are like lambs to a slaughter. I stand by my opinion that if we had Caz and Coq in midfield or a more disciplined structure to our midfield I.E. not Ramsey & Flamini we would see an improvement in our defensive play.