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teamorange
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| ukjets21 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | Gervinho was alright last year, just couldn't finish. That should come with experience |
He's 25 not 18. |
The speed from the French league to the Premier league is quite different. It will take time for him to adjust and I expect him to have a good year this year |
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texans_uk
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| teamorange wrote: | | ukjets21 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | Gervinho was alright last year, just couldn't finish. That should come with experience |
He's 25 not 18. |
The speed from the French league to the Premier league is quite different. It will take time for him to adjust and I expect him to have a good year this year |
Lol, he's had a cracking start.
His touch is awful (as highlighted by the City game) and no amount of adjusting will help that.
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dhunt2402
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| teamorange wrote: | | ukjets21 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | Gervinho was alright last year, just couldn't finish. That should come with experience |
He's 25 not 18. |
The speed from the French league to the Premier league is quite different. It will take time for him to adjust and I expect him to have a good year this year |
Eden Hazard hasn't had much trouble so far. Granted he's a special talent, but for someone who was highly regarded in France as Gervinho was, he should have settled well before now, and if I'm an Arsenal fan, its a little disconcerting that he's still such a middling player
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RoxSox2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| dhunt2402 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | ukjets21 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | Gervinho was alright last year, just couldn't finish. That should come with experience |
He's 25 not 18. |
The speed from the French league to the Premier league is quite different. It will take time for him to adjust and I expect him to have a good year this year |
Eden Hazard hasn't had much trouble so far. Granted he's a special talent, but for someone who was highly regarded in France as Gervinho was, he should have settled well before now, and if I'm an Arsenal fan, its a little disconcerting that he's still such a middling player |
It would be if we were relying on him. He wasn't brought in to be a huge part of the team, like Cazorla. The resurgence of Ramsey and AOC means we don't need to rely on him. A useful squad player, disappointing transfer, but not a disaster.
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charger-man
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Mertesacker was not a laughingstock last year. People who see his tall frame and clunky movements just assume he doesn't have the pace to match quicker attackers. He does. He proved that with the German national team and he's proving it now. His greatest asset is his great game intelligence and he used that anticipation to intercept about 11 balls vs. Man City (defending against a quick, extremely talented attacker to boot).
To me it's not a surprise that Mertesacker has become a success. To keep Laurent Koscielny out of the squad, who was a top 5 CB last season, is quite a feat. Gervinho needs to prove more, I'll admit. He is not a great player by any means, but he possesses great-making qualities. He will never be a world class finisher, Arsenal doesn't need him to be. But he has a lot more to offer than that horrific first touch he showed vs. Man City. |
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yankee0724
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| charger-man wrote: | Mertesacker was not a laughingstock last year. People who see his tall frame and clunky movements just assume he doesn't have the pace to match quicker attackers. He does. He proved that with the German national team and he's proving it now. His greatest asset is his great game intelligence and he used that anticipation to intercept about 11 balls vs. Man City (defending against a quick, extremely talented attacker to boot).
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Uh...what? Mertesacker is INCREDIBLY slow and has to rely on his superb mental game to do anything defensively. The only reason he's having success is because you guys are playing him to his strengths: sitting back and reading the play instead of having to chase it because he was far up like he did whenever he played last season.
And Mertesacker was terrible last season...
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teamorange
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| dhunt2402 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | ukjets21 wrote: | | teamorange wrote: | | Gervinho was alright last year, just couldn't finish. That should come with experience |
He's 25 not 18. |
The speed from the French league to the Premier league is quite different. It will take time for him to adjust and I expect him to have a good year this year |
Eden Hazard hasn't had much trouble so far. Granted he's a special talent, but for someone who was highly regarded in France as Gervinho was, he should have settled well before now, and if I'm an Arsenal fan, its a little disconcerting that he's still such a middling player |
Hazard could be a once in a generation player, there was no doubting his talent (although I do remember my first post in this sub was defending Hazard).
Gervinho was disappointing last year but there was a lot of bright spots in his game. He isn't Theo who just looks down and runs, Gervinho is pretty intelligent and picks up players that make runs. What was lacking was the tight quick passes or quick shots, something that wasn't present in the French game. The faster nature of the English league has less to do with his ability and what he was use to. He will get better even though he is pretty much fully matured as a player in terms of technical ability.
He won't ever be a star in the EPL but he could be a quality starter. |
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texans_uk
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| yankee0724 wrote: | | charger-man wrote: | Mertesacker was not a laughingstock last year. People who see his tall frame and clunky movements just assume he doesn't have the pace to match quicker attackers. He does. He proved that with the German national team and he's proving it now. His greatest asset is his great game intelligence and he used that anticipation to intercept about 11 balls vs. Man City (defending against a quick, extremely talented attacker to boot).
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Uh...what? Mertesacker is INCREDIBLY slow and has to rely on his superb mental game to do anything defensively. The only reason he's having success is because you guys are playing him to his strengths: sitting back and reading the play instead of having to chase it because he was far up like he did whenever he played last season.
And Mertesacker was terrible last season... |
QFT.
And its laughable making excuses for Gervinho, the guy is pretty much the same guy he was last year, lots of energy but sod all production. He is Arsenals Forlan, who to be fair scored a couple of important goals, and will soon be relegated to the reserves at which point I'm sure the tune here will change.
The original point stands, as does my opinion of the two players from last year.
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The Wyzzinator
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Excited to see Gnabry start tonight.. hopefully we can get some early control in midfield with Frimpong & Coquelin in there.
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RoxSox2004
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Wow. We caught a break there.
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RoxSox2004
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Are you kidding me. Atrocious defending.
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The Wyzzinator
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That was far too easy for Reading.
Not too surprising though given the side we've fielded.
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The Wyzzinator
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Koscielny is the king of own-goals of that variety...
Really poor display from the back-four thus far.
2-0 Reading.
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teamorange
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| Kos has looked awful recently |
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RoxSox2004
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Just unlucky for Koscielny. This game may be a write off already.
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