I thought Bellerin had a fantastic game last night. If you want to know just how good an athlete he is, watch how deep in the second half he makes a 40 m sprint on the overlap, then from the resulting corner a 70 m recovery max effort sprint to defend the counter attack.
@clivepafc @Lordhillwood @fkhanage Of course, Clive, we all love what Jack can do with the ball at his feet. But that's only half the game, as you know.
@fkhanage@clivepafc I think he's a good player, albeit young so hasn't developed end-product yet (probably take another couple of years). Problem is he's similar to what we have. Midfield packed with number 10's.
@clivepafc @Lordhillwood @fkhanage I remember a couple of recovery runs in the second half where the Liverpool player with the ball just strode effortlessly away from him.
@fkhanage@clivepafc I wasn't quite sure what his role in the setup was. Also, if he too runs out of gas after 70 mins it puts pressure on the rest of the team if like yesterday we had to make an early sub for injury.
@clivepafc@fkhanage I thought Jack was very poor off the ball all evening. He let Coutinho run off him for the first goal and Salah the same for the second. All he had to do was track the runs.
Xhaka unbalances our team. If you can't trust the deep lying playmaker to receive the ball from Cech, it forces Ozil to drop so deep and vacate the areas where he can be dangerous.
@Melkyor_Arsenal@GrooverBlog Yes, I'm actually one of Coquelin's bigger fans, I don't think he's useless at all. I just don't think he's particularly good at certain things, this being one of them.
@Melkyor_Arsenal Indeed, that's the Liverpool conundrum, good shot suppression but also give up big chances. I'm sure Wenger will pick up that gauntlet at home.
@GrooverBlog@Melkyor_Arsenal Not sure I agree. Yes, Santi benefited from Coq releasing the ball quickly to him but I remember a few games in 15/16 when Coq played with Ramsey & was very vulnerable to the press. Swansea at home in March 16 the worst example.