Yeah - they were getting decent protection - but I feel that we do need to factor in the loss of not just 1 but both of our first choice CMF's and the fact that Ramseyhas had very little experience playing there (one of the problems with AW's obsession with playing players out wide...A team can only defend effectively as a team - and I wonder whether any defenders would look secure with as shaky a MF as we have ATM?Originally Posted by Chippy
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
I think Cech and Coquelin have really papered over the cracks. I don't think either Merts or Kos have been good this season.
TBF Kosc has generally been excellent. Everyone has those off days. However Merts I do not get. We should be easing him out instead of playing him as the default pairing with Koscielny. His positioning is his only attribute, but it is not enough for him to anchor a position in this team. Germany soon realised his faults and he would have been dropped anyways had he not retired.
Make 2mrw better than 2day
Kos gets way too much leeway imo. It's only until Merts showed up that he started playing well. It was a good partnership.
TBF, he was playing with an utter spastic in Vermaelen
The defense has been great this year. A lot of short memory types here.
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