He's a quality player.
Yes, he can be coached into becoming a top class defender
No, this level is a step too much for him, get rid
He's a quality player.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Whilst you cannot condone Koscielny hauling down a player like that (and for me the red and pen were justified), people always have to single out players for sometimes unwarranted critisism. The final act was Kos's fault. But you have to ask why he was in that position in the first place.Originally Posted by IBK
Kos, unfortunately, ends up as the last man in so many occasions, as we fail to deal with problems in midfield, and out wide.
Wenger likes his team to play with a high line, and therefore, this means the midfield must stop the ball from turning our defenders so often. And we just don't do it.
We're also playing too narrow, and the gaps the fullbacks are leaving (generally due to Gibbs being left 2 on 1) is ridiculous.
Therefore Kos is usually the one who has the last ditch attempt to stop a cross (see own goals) or dealing with someone bearing down on goal. And for every one we concede there are two or three times where Kocielny has saved our bacon, this year and last. He's not playing as well this year, like you say, an dI think it is down to lack of a run in the team.
Whilst he, like any other defender on this planet, makes a mistake or two, the fact that our defensive unit is not drilled, has no shape half the time, and is not protected at all times by our midfield, means we're prone to conceding stupid goals all of the time.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I had little bit chuckle at the thought of Kos playing rugby.
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Wenger has to go. We're a shambles of a team and it's because of him. He has no idea what he's doing anymore. This is a brand new team and the defensive line up is totally different to what we had four years ago and it's the same shit different toilet.
I dunno, I think it's more the quality of defender rather than tactics. Yes, Wenger has never been a great tactician but the two goals yesterday and Kos getting sent off were down to having shit defenders. Bould was part of the best defence ever seen and even he can't coach them into being half decent players.
Verms is 27? He still plays like a kid. Way too rash. No amount of coaching is going to fix him now. Now amount of coaching or tactics is going to improve Merts' turning speed of an elephant.
Wenger has won trophies in England. He's also built good defences in England. But he had much better players than he does now - that's the only difference.
Chesney would not have got there first, he wasn't even in the frame until after Dzeko's already been hauled down.
What the actual fuck was Kos thinking? That is fucking hilarious.
I'm assuming a mistake has been made in the poll question.
Kos is more than good enough for the PL. The question then becomes which level in the PL at which point it gets a bt tricky. I don't think he's good enough to start for a PL title challenging side. He is however a very good squad player for said title challenging side.
Wenger with great players is a great manager.
Wenger with average players is a good manager.
A manager is only as good as his players.
He's got the ability to be a top defender but he's also incredibly prone to individual errors. I can't remember the last person we had who was this much of a magnet for trouble.
It was a clear pen. As for the red card, I dunno. He was last man but I'm not sure it was a clear goal scoring opportunity. They still had some work to do to control the ball and get the shot away. A yellow card and penalty would have done IMO. You get a game then. Soon as he was off it killed it and we had little or no chance of getting much.
See LDGs post above, explains it quite well, I think.
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