The Arsenal Thread XXIV

Valencias defence isn't ****. Gaya, Cancelo, Abdennour and Mustafi is actually a more than capable defence.

With the new additions to the team, I am coming up with a list of who in the team I think are subs and which are the doms.

The doms:
Cech
Koscielny
Giroud
Gunner Granit
Sanogo (all 6ft4 of dat BBC)
Coq
Iwobi (roadman qualities)

The subs bench:
Mertesacker (he looks like a big pussy and a camp bastard)
Mesut Ozil: complete ****ing pussy. Had a bust up at Real Madrid and his dom mate Benzema had to step in to protect him cos he was being bullied.
Theo
Aaron Ramsey: Looks like a closet queer. Will probably start painting his toenails soon like Ronaldo and jetting off to exotic places with his good dominant looking friend that he is very close with but is "not his boyfriend". On the subject of Ronaldo... honorary mention for him. When your boyfriend is a big North African kickboxer from the ghetto you're a ****ing sub.
Hector: Bottom of the pile.



Wenger: He just watches. All of the time, 24/7. Live, replays, all of the tapes. He just... watches.

Valencias defence isn't ****. Gaya, Cancelo, Abdennour and Mustafi is actually a more than capable defence.

Tony Adams is 49, can we get him down to the Half Moon, 7 pints deep, and still a better CB than Mustafi.

Do wonder if Real Madrid are going to sell James in this window and if we would be in for him. I think that he looks like the type of player that they would sell, given that he was marquee but has not hit the stratospheric heights that his peers have, that being the standard at Real. (Everyone except from Benzema, i.e. Perez's great love can afford to be relatively mediocre to the likes of Bale and Ronaldo).

lol at you. You generally whine the most on this thread and come up with the weirdest comments. Defo on par with Shaun.

I will reserve judgement for now but honestly I'm not that hopeful. UTD are going to walk the league this year like I said. Next year Mourinho will implode and it will be City's.

You don't know football.

Mustafi has even more interceptions than Koscielny. He played with absolutely **** tier defenders at Valencia like Barragan. Kos is reknown for his interceptions and the volume of them... because he babysits Mertesacker. He recovered possession from opposing passes 127 times in 33 games. A big number. Mustafi made more, 133 interceptions in 30 games, more in fewer games. He is an intelligent player and can adjust his positioning very well... i.e. Kos won't need to babysit him.


51 tackles, more than Mert and Kos combined. He's only 6ft, but he's won 73% aerial duels.

The numbers which are most telling are the combination of his interception and tackles per game. It is a big 7.1, the most in La Liga and indicative of his ability to recover possession.

Conclusion? He carried an entire defence, much like Kos a lot of the time, the stats don't lie.

Same old Jam- loaded analysis

How are you mate?

You got all this from a basic sqwuaka stats comparison and a "Mustafi- welcome to Arsenal" youtube compilation? Impressed fam

Those sides that go ahead on penalties are less likely to win at full time. Just ask England.