The Arsenal Thread XXII

you could just unfollow?

lmfao, I'm in tears, racism over saying Cyprus will have a team in the Europa League

I'm not on twitter but I've heard such horrid things about the Arsenal fans on their that I'm glad I'm not on it

im intrigued as to where this argument will go lol, he's trying to claim racism for a comment on how **** cypriot football teams are.

lol Welbeck's been playing on the LW second half of the season ffs

I'm not on twitter but I've heard such horrid things about the Arsenal fans on their that I'm glad I'm not on it

Kane's been their captain the last few games ffs. I don't even know who our starting captain is tbh seeing that Arteta has missed half the season

I was talking to a colleague of mine about who our next captain should be today funnily enough. It's bound to change soon seeing as Arteta won't be around for too long, and nor will Merta. Would really like Jack to get the armband tbh, I know I'll get a bunch of Wilshere haters disagreeing but the guy is probably favourite to get the armband, and would do well with it too imo.

He likes to drift into the center, which forces Bellerin to push up

Thumbs up if you think Arsenal will get second

Thats where he mostly played last season. Scored 9 in the league. I wish Arsenal fans would just admit he's gone backwards as footballer. He had his chance upfront for Arsenal for a large period of the season, didn't do anything. Not good enough for any team in the top 4.

Do you think Wenger intended this?

Bellerin is clearly better offensively in the final third than defensively on the rest of the pitch.

Rosicky will be made captain, only to play under 10 games for that season.

Wenger gonna Wenger.

Unless my knowledge is way off, Bellerin was originally training as a winger in La Masia, but Wenger adapted him as a RB when he joined us. This is probably why he is very good at passing, crossing, and he has a cracking eye for goal as a full back. We are lucky that Coquelin sits back and protects the CB's, which allows them to widen a bit, and cover more ground, and that the rest of our team like to drift around freely (Cazorla, Ozil and Ramsey in particular). This means that there is almost invariably someone else to cover Bellerin when he runs forward, the problem is that we play everything in the final third, which means we get comfortable in possession outside their box (including bringing both full backs up), and leave a CB and Coq near the half-way line (with another one further back). Whenever a team breaks out against us, they can catch us out down the right wing, because Bellerin is usually near the corner flag, Ramsey in near the centre of the box, and Mertesacker is running so slowly time is moving backwards for him.

Another issue is that when the other team plays along the opposite wing, Bellerin gets dragged across with Mertesacker, and usually just stands directly behind him, leaving space down the right wing. A prime example is Sterling, when he got the ball and had a lot of space to run into, winning a penalty, because Bellerin was dragged out of position, and there was no-one on the right wing to back him up.

Sorry for the essay btw.

lol was a good read.

are you sure Wenger adapted him?

Most fullbacks are failed wingers or CB's. I suspect he was a RW, and Wenger forced him back to RB as he thought he wouldnt have the quality to make it as RW long term.

Yeah while Bellerin can get caught up high in the pitch, he has bags of pace to make up for it, the only thing letting him down is, numerous times after catching his man up he cant actually make a tackle. he's young though, he can work on his tackling.

debuchy has striked me as average and equally unconvincing defensively, wouldn't be surprised if bellerin starts as RB next season.

lol was a good read.

are you sure Wenger adapted him?

Most fullbacks are failed wingers or CB's. I suspect he was a RW, and Wenger forced him back to RB as he thought he wouldnt have the quality to make it as RW long term.

Yeah while Bellerin can get caught up high in the pitch, he has bags of pace to make up for it, the only thing letting him down is, numerous times after catching his man up he cant actually make a tackle. he's young though, he can work on his tackling.

debuchy has striked me as average and equally unconvincing defensively, wouldn't be surprised if bellerin starts as RB next season.

I don't know if he was a failed winger, I just think Wenger saw that he had potential as a RB, and if he continued to be a winger, he would be good, but not good enough to dislodge Walcott/Ox/Gnabry.

The problem with Bellerin is that his timing and decision making is sometimes off, and that I have seen ISIS victims with a better ability at heading the ball than him.

Debuchy is not average, he just suffered in a mediocre Newcastle team. He is a slight upgrade on Sagna, who was brilliant for us. Debuchy is by far our best RB defensively, and he has equally good ability offensively. Next season I think Chambers is going out on loan, with Debuchy our starter, then Jenko/Bellerin.

lol was a good read.

are you sure Wenger adapted him?

Most fullbacks are failed wingers or CB's. I suspect he was a RW, and Wenger forced him back to RB as he thought he wouldnt have the quality to make it as RW long term.

Yeah while Bellerin can get caught up high in the pitch, he has bags of pace to make up for it, the only thing letting him down is, numerous times after catching his man up he cant actually make a tackle. he's young though, he can work on his tackling.

debuchy has striked me as average and equally unconvincing defensively, wouldn't be surprised if bellerin starts as RB next season.