Sven Botman

[Mazzy]

It's a shame he's left sided/footed really. Him and Burn would make an excellent pair. 

 

We've actually missed his passing into midfield more than I thought, I guess because Tripps has been doing it recently and Hall did it until he got injured. But Botman was superb today and firing that ball between the incoming attackers and their midfield into Tonali/Barnes and Gordon.

 

[Toon1984]

24 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

It's a shame he's left sided/footed really. Him and Burn would make an excellent pair. 

 

We've actually missed his passing into midfield more than I thought, I guess because Tripps has been doing it recently and Hall did it until he got injured. But Botman was superb today and firing that ball between the incoming attackers and their midfield into Tonali/Barnes and Gordon.

 

Serious question to ask someone who knows more about the game than me: is it not possible to have a good CB partnership that are both stronger on the same foot?

[Mazzy]

4 hours ago, Toon1984 said:

Serious question to ask someone who knows more about the game than me: is it not possible to have a good CB partnership that are both stronger on the same foot?

 

Yes, it absolutely is. But that's not how we are set up, players make movement and runs based on when teammates switch the ball onto their striking foot. We've been playing with the same CB pairing for a while now (left footer at LCB and right footer at RCB). 

 

Same thing happens at fullback. There's a reason Tino and Barnes work so much better than Tino and Gordon on the left and it's why Hall and Gordon was such a good partnership. Hall as a left footer will naturally pass the ball down the line, towards the corner flag for Gordon to run onto, but Tino is always slightly further inside using his right foot, so his passes to Gordon/Barnes head towards the corner of the opposition box, which is exactly what Barnes wants as he drives towards goal but it's not what Gordon wants as he prefers to move out wide, face his player up and then make his move.

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Mazzy

[KingArthur]

6 hours ago, Toon1984 said:

Serious question to ask someone who knows more about the game than me: is it not possible to have a good CB partnership that are both stronger on the same foot?

Liverpool have Van Dijk and Konate, City have Dias and Akanji.. Does Arsenal have 2 right footers also?

[Fak]

Loved that bit of play when he got the ball edge of his own box, strode forward shrugging off his opponent and threading a through ball in behind their backline for Livramento. 

[Shearerlegend]

Controversial take but I believe he is our best player, he is as good defender as anyone. Isak is great too obviously but a little bit overrated 

[The Prophet]

We've massively missed his ability with the ball. Get someone who's equally as good at RCB and it'll go a long way to improving our possession game.

[Fak]

1 minute ago, Shearerlegend said:

Isak is great too obviously but a little bit overrated