Nowt wrong with keeping a high line if the rest of the team pitches in and most of the back line are mobile and organised, those are the things you pretty much need for any defence anyway so it's not much of an issue.
Nowt wrong with keeping a high line if the rest of the team pitches in and most of the back line are mobile and organised, those are the things you pretty much need for any defence anyway so it's not much of an issue.
Don't give a shite about these injuries anymore, they're pretty much part and parcel of what to expect.
Come on dude, our attacking players, pretty much hang our defenders out to dry, and now with Kos and Mer as our two CB's, we are playing with fire playing a high line.Originally Posted by Darth Vela
We better hope RVP and Theo don't get hurt, cause our only chance this season is simply out scoring team, any team with a decent attack is gonna work us over.
Our attackers shouldn't though, with a competent midfield and a little more work from our wingers it's very workable, especially against the smaller tems that sit back more, I'd like to see us sit deeper at times against the big teams as we did against Barca but in general it's fine. Incidentally, Kos is very well suited to this strategy actually, as he has decent recovery skills and reads the game well, Merts lack of pace could be an issue but as long as we stay organised he'll fit in fine.
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I don't get this at all. Are you saying Kos may have to account for Mertesacker's deficiencies? Kos can barely keep his own shit together, he's a skin of the teeth defender with even the simple stuff stretching him to his mediocre limit. If Mertesacker doesn't give us twice as much, pace or none, then we've just thrown £10mill down the drain again, as we did with Kos last year. Some of our defenders are so awful it can make players like Kos look good, but he isn't good by the standards of any other PL team and he wouldn't get in any other PL team. Remember, it was his unique reading of the game and his general inability to kick a ball that started our ongoing collapse.Kos is very well suited to this strategy actually, as he has decent recovery skills and reads the game well, Merts lack of pace could be an issue but as long as we stay organised he'll fit in fine.
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Kos is the worst CB we have. If this is true about Vermaelen then we truly are fucked. Tempted to give Miquel a chance. Can't be any worse than Djourou, Toto or Kos.
My prediction of Sagna, Gervinho and Szczesny dying has been brought forward to next week.
Song's children to be our backline by the Spurs game.
Platini's curse is showing great stamina.
Come on Meee-Gwell.
That's precisely what I'm saying, Kos has zero leadership but is a damn good defender (I know I seem to be pretty much alone in this so feel free to ignore everything else), Mertesacker knows how to organise and has the leadership to pull it together, I believe the technical term is 'partnership'.
From what I've seen it's been mentioned Mertersacker isn't really a leader, certainly not a vocal one anyway.
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