@Chrisinho175 think I read somewhere that it costs Arsenal £800k to open/run the stadium on a match day. Wembley is ~50% bigger too. Wembley only used for ~11ish football matches per season (Internationals, 3xFA Cup semis/final, League Cup final, Comm Shield, Playoff finals (lower attendances)
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You told Rice to "raise all these" and he has, dipshit. End of. No need to be embarrassed. Take the L and move on.
Rice is also too busy at the World Cup right now to post any photos of those budget Aldi competitions.
I wonder if Mikel will see Zubi as Rice's rotational position next season at 8 & try to purchase a pure 6 or does he keep trying to upskill Zubi to play the 6? Lots of teams did the 4 man high-press on us after City exposed us with it down the stretch and Zubi couldn't handle it
Been rewatching our live TV games back that my Tivo had recorded in the last week. Zubimendi is so much better further forward than at the 6. You can see why Arteta changed mid-season to have Dec and Zubi rotating at 6/8 more with almost a double-pivot at times.
He has great instincts in the final 3rd w/both passing & timing to attack crosses/shots. I'm sure I read somewhere that Zubi had requested to play further forward last season too.
He doesn't really have the on-the-ball traits to play 6. He's a lot like Rice in that regard.
MLS started down the stretch because he's the opposite. He can manipulate the ball. He is comfortable - arguable too comfortable - receiving under pressure w/back to play then trusting his ability. It's also clear Mikel doesn't trust MLS to play 6 cos if he loses it there = goal
this led to basic passes one-touch back to CBs too often, sometimes leading to awful errors by passing to the oppo's forward. When he would tried to dribble, he'd often lose it in a dangerous turnover situation that wasn't acceptable.
He was trait when playing 6 is ball manipulation. He's fine when not pressed and can turn up field but any sort of pressure and he panics. Like Rice, he isn't comfortable receiving with his back to goal under pressure. Can't dribble, isn't two footed, and gets out-muscled.
best work as a 6 was defensively where he showed great athleticism/bite for a midsized Spanish white guy. Does have the bad Coquelin trait of not fully tracking his runner & passing him off too soon to nobody but think that's a part of Mikel's system that he hasn't adapted to yet