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Ha! Thought that might be the response!
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...
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fair points. i will make mine now:psychoangus wrote:Ha! Thought that might be the response!
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...
1. squillaci is shit
2. koscielny is shit
3. djourou is shit
4. vermaelen is the new rosicky
done.




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psychoangus wrote:Ha! Thought that might be the response!
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...

Sweet Jesus, NO

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I said it was an option. I never said it was a good one!RoscommonGooner wrote:psychoangus wrote:Ha! Thought that might be the response!
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...![]()
Sweet Jesus, NO

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I think if Ferguson or Mourinho had taken over in May 2010 & had access to the same resources as Wenger we would have won the league last season.
I'm not sure TV5 is that great of a defender & maybe needs a big powerful CB next to him to bring out the best in him.
Also I though Bruce Rioch did a pretty good job for us, took over a team that had become a bit of a shambles by the end of the GG era, added Bergkamp & Platt & got us back into Europe on that amazing final day of the season. He was never going to be a guy to take us to the top but in terms of a stopgap rebuilding job I thought he did well.
I'm not sure TV5 is that great of a defender & maybe needs a big powerful CB next to him to bring out the best in him.
Also I though Bruce Rioch did a pretty good job for us, took over a team that had become a bit of a shambles by the end of the GG era, added Bergkamp & Platt & got us back into Europe on that amazing final day of the season. He was never going to be a guy to take us to the top but in terms of a stopgap rebuilding job I thought he did well.
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psychoangus wrote:I said it was an option. I never said it was a good one!RoscommonGooner wrote:psychoangus wrote:Ha! Thought that might be the response!
A few reasons:
1. I think the coaching is at fault, not necessarily the players. More often than not, LK6 and JD20 have looked to me very assured at the back and it was their first season really.
2. Any centrebacks confronted with enough high balls/through ball will make a mistake, and players like Deniaby because of losing posession/not tracking back let them see far too much action.
3. If Frimpong can make the grade, it frees up Song as another option at the back.
4. Hopefully with TV5, SS18 wont see the first team ever again.
5. Hopefully Miquel and Bartley will prove to be good backups.
I'm more worried about Gibbs at left back for an entire season really...![]()
Sweet Jesus, NO



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